History Awesome / PAYDAY2

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LS6o2h0rVw PAYDAY: Crime War trailer]], which features a playable PAYDAY Gang-{{Expy}} [[HeroProtagonist law enforcement]] ready to [[BigDamnHeroes take down the gang all by themselves]], [=PvP=] mode and of course, even the cops can use masks. The ending features [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin Dallas' and Wolf's masks getting blasted in the air with bullet holes]]. And the message at the end of the trailer? "[[KickTheSonOfABitch Keep those masks flying]]!"

* Bain might be the epitome of AffablyEvil when it comes to his interactions with the PAYDAY Gang and his Crime.Net contacts, but make no mistake-- he's not a man you ever want to ''truly'' piss off, especially if he's paying you. To drive this point home, one rare random event during GO Bank (the Plan B route), has him go ballistic when the pilot he's hired to evacuate the loot bags via Fulton skyhook, using the bank's roof as a pickup point, making it '''VERY''' clear to the pilot what will happen to him if he dares to disobey-- successfully making the pilot obey his orders for the rest of the heist without further complaint.

** Moreso, on a meta-level, the whole album served as an early announcement that the Hoxton Breakout heist had begun development.

* Meta example: The community, despite having been shaved down immensely, still managed to solve each component of the Beyond Yesterday AlternateRealityGame in less than a day after each encryption showed up. What makes this even more stunning is that the decryption keys are very obscure (for example, Garrett's reply is encoded with a key referring to a very specific number related to the second in units of time, minus ten, the amendments in the Bill of Rights) - meaning that some ridiculously proficient detective work was being done in the process.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LS6o2h0rVw PAYDAY: Crime War trailer]], which features a playable PAYDAY Gang-{{Expy}} [[HeroProtagonist law enforcement]] ready to [[BigDamnHeroes take down the gang all by themselves]], PvP mode and of course, even the cops can use masks. The ending features [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin Dallas' and Wolf's masks getting blasted in the air with bullet holes]]. And the message at the end of the trailer? "[[KickTheSonOfABitch Keep those masks flying]]!"

* Bain might be the epitome of AffablyEvil when it comes to his interactions with the PAYDAY Gang and his Crime.Net contacts, but make no mistake-- he's not a man you ever want to ''truly'' piss off, especially if he's paying you. To drive this point home, one rare random event during GO Bank (the Plan B route), has him go ballistic when the pilot he's hired to evacuate the loot balks at using the bank's roof as a pickup point for the fulton skyhook, making it VERY clear to the pilot what will happen to him if he dares to disobey-- successfully making the pilot obey his orders for the rest of the heist without further complaint.

* The new Crime Spree game mode has players performing heist after heist, with the cops steadily getting stronger and deadlier (including Captain Winters shields appearing on a regular basis, Medic Dozers, Minigun Dozers, and much, much more). Some players have managed to reach over 50,000 in this game mode, at which point literally every enemy is MadeOfIron and almost immediately lethal.
* With the Hoxton Breakout heist now playable, we get a second raid on the [=FBI=] as Day 2 of said heist. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge No quiet option for this one, though]]. Good thing they left the keycards to their infirmary and armoury out in the open, eh?...

* Fans have been waiting for the Hoxton Breakout heist, and it has proven to be WorthIt:

*** The kicker? As of this moment (November 3rd, 2014), this is the ''best paying heist in the game by a wide margin.'' Even on Normal, you can expect to get at least 1 million. There's also a Pro version, which pays ''[[UpToEleven even better]].''
*** This is ''despite'' the heist having absolutely no optional bag loot, only having a single server when it comes to mission bags. This makes the mission ''much'' more single-player friendly.
*** There can sometimes be a male NPC in a classy suit in the Director's Office, which is open instead of locked like most other rooms... that's right, you can not only hack the FBI Director's computer, you can also ''take him hostage''. [[JustShootHim Or shoot him]].