RAID: World War II

This game is living proof of what three people with passion can do with a game. The M.U.G. Team revived the buggy mess, and have been perfecting it ever since. Gameplay is extremely fun, raids are cool and can be played many times, challenge cards provide new challenges (duh), and seeing that sweet gold counter tick up after every raid is definetly worth it. Overall, the game has a few bugs (random crashes once in a lifetime, ai pathfinding on maps like Trainwreck) but is definetly worth it! I am waiting excitedly for the next update (Full Stop), and will definetly keep playing the game!
Huge respect and thanks to the M.U.G. Team, y'all are awesome, and actually interact with the community!
Blammo, my fellow raiders!

When this game released, it was just another PAYDAY clone. Today, with all the unexpected new updates, this is a great game to play with friends.
It is not like current day PAYDAY 2, this game has kept the charm of the old times, resembling a lot more to what PAYDAY: The Heist was.

Update: They did it, they brought back the Halloween update with a discount on top. 10/10
Ever since the M.U.G team took up the decaying husk of this title, this game has become an objectively better game. Comparing this to its shoddy jokes of a competitor (you know which) there's some serious fun and consistency to be found here.
A standing ovation goes to you, M.U.G. I did two Operations in a row and didn't crash once while being a client. The experience was some of the most fun I've had in a co-op game in a while. If I could, I'd genuinely fund the updates because I absolutely want more of this stuff! Here's to a hopeful return of the Halloween event.
Personal addendum; I do not often write reviews and I don't care to put much effort in it, but I think the game deserves a better review rating than it does.

RAID: World War II reminds me why I even like cooperative games like PAYDAY: The Heist in the first place.
Let me ask you two questions first.
For your favorite live service game, which update would you say it's the best one?
Would you want your favorite live service game to permanently end on said update?
Both RAID: World War II and PAYDAY: The Heist have something in common that none of their successors have ever captured.
They are both games that may seem very simple and content-lite at first glance.
But that is precisely why both games work so damn well.
They don't need me to constantly play them and grind them for RPG-like progression.
They don't need to constantly deliver content updates for me to feel like the game is getting more feature-complete.
If you need a game to provide extrinsic motivations to play the game (such as updates), was it ever fun in the first place?
RAID: World War II is only focused on giving me a damn good cooperative First Person Shooter where every public lobby feels like I'm just hanging out and having fun with other players rather than fighting against them.
And that's the important thing.
That feeling of camaraderie in just a short play session because the game is fun to play.
That is intrinsic motivation to play the game.
That's why I'm glad that M.U.G. team (a small group of three modders who are updating the game in their spare time without pay) have taken over development of this game after it has originally stopped development nearly half a decade ago.
Because every update they make (no matter how infrequent, which is perfectly fine by me, take your time), I would say that it would be a damn great update to end on because it would be fun to go back to regardless if it ever got updates thereafter.
Here's to hoping the team will eventually get to make a new DLC Expansion Pack (alas the Wolfpack DLC for PAYDAY: The Heist) because I want to support them in whatever way I can.
But for now, have this positive review!
Here's hoping this game can get to Mostly Positive in due time (in a digital marketplace that sadly doesn't appreciate games which are late-bloomers being supported by modders in their free time).

this game is more than a "payday ww2 clone", it is better than vanilla payday 2 and certainly is better than 100% of coop games released in a span of 5 years

Crazy to think anyone would come back to this game after 7 years to make it into a decent playing experience. For somewhere between $4-10 you can finally indulge in the fantasy of killing Nazis and stealing their gold. I shouldn't need to explain why that's appealing.

Game started off as a mixed bag, but now it's definitely a worthy game capable of giving you and your friends dozens of hours of fun! Thank you devs for not abandoning the game and still working on it!