Payday: The Heist – Special Police Guide: Bulldozer

Payday: The Heist is a four player co-op FPS developed by Overkill Studios (now a part of Starbreeze) which allows you and three of your friends to perform all kinds of stings and heists, ranging from stealing diamonds to printing counterfeit money. Reviews of Payday were widely positive, and is frequently compared to the likes of the Left 4 Dead franchise. There are many things that set Payday apart from other four player co-op games: the sheer amount of teamwork needed to pull off a heist, the variety of ways to successfully finish a heist (some may be done stealthily, rather than blasting your way through), the adrenaline pumping music playing as you gun down thousands of police offers, and many more things. The four protagonists (Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf, Chains) work their way through heists usually wearing their trademark clown masks.

Since buying Payday when it went on sale a while ago, I haven’t regretted a single moment of it. With the ability to change load-out and play style so easily, it’s a game that I find myself going back to every week. Also, the randomly generated positions of objectives, guards and, in some heists, beginning spawn points, it’s safe to say that you will not play the same heist in the same way twice.

Thanks to the success of the original Payday, a sequel is being created and will be released in August – see this article for more details. To celebrate this, I have decided to help you out, with the ultimate Payday: The Heist guide. Through this guide, I’ll be running you through many things: special enemies, achievements, strategies for a heist, weapons and unlocks, and even more!

Bulldozer

The Bulldozer is Payday’s equivalent of Left 4 Dead’s Tank. He’s big and he packs a punch, and it takes more than just a few bullets to take one of these bad boys out. They prove a huge problem when they get close, as they pack a Reinbeck – one of the most powerful short-ranged guns in the game. The best way to deal with the Bulldozer is as a team – when everybody is focusing his visor simultaneously, he can go down in two or three seconds. If you’re faced with a Bulldozer in a 1on1 situation, it’s best to just book it back towards your team after calling his position. Bulldozers prove the biggest problem in Counterfeit, where they are able to turn off the electricity and water flow, and then camp the spot you need to interact with the continue the heist.