[Feedback] Bring Locke back and maybe kill off Shade

1K votes

Shade reminds me of a wet piece of toast. I don't wanna eat it.

Add a toggleable option that replaces all Shade voice acting with Locke.
Or kill off Shade and bring Locke back, I don't really care.
Shade is lame.

You had a beloved fan favorite voice actor, Locke, towards the end of Payday 2. So logically speaking he should have officially taken over in PAYDAY 3.

But no, instead you bring in a random lady that nobody has ever even heard of. How does it make sense to suddenly replace the voice you are going to be hearing 99% of the time with a random person who nobody cares about? Why didn't you take the literal guy who got awards for best voice actor and such. Do you think Shade is gonna win those awards? No.

Open for Discussion Feedback Suggested by: JimmyChanga (18 Sep, '24) • Upvoted: 2 days ago • Comments: 10

Comments: 10

19 Sep, '24
lockelover69 Merged
Add a toggle-able option that replaces all of Shade's voice lines with Locke.

Shade is the worst voice actor I have ever heard in a video game. All her voice lines sound the exact same in terms of tone. She has zero character.
100+
20 Sep, '24
Snaex Admin
"[Feedback] Add a Locke option that replaces Shade with Locke" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-09-19), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
20 Sep, '24
Enceladus
Shade ain't terrible, she just doesn't compare with Locke, Vlad, or Bain. Locke seemed like the obvious choice to make as he was already our main contractor after Bain died, though if it were to bring him back as our main contractor I'd like to see him getting more serious just like in the prototype, we already have Vlad as the more goofy light hearted contractor. Though it brings another problem, all contractors asides from Shade are mostly unheard of, you only get some instructions from them when selecting a heist and that's it, they don't interact or give instructions to you mid heist like in Payday 2, it would be
94
20 Sep, '24
Alex DoubleAU
Better idea, add another new handler, and people will beg to have shade back

People hated Locke taking over for Bain, remember?

Shade being an old contact of Bain makes perfect sense
Hell, he could have been in contact with her during all of Payday 2 for all we know

Remember, how far Bain's influence reached is still unknown

Locke just randomly betraying Murkywater is still less believable than Bain asking one of his contacts to keep an eye on the gang in case something happened
20
24 Sep, '24
Binanderthal
Shade needs to interact with other characters. Vlad and Locke especially.
It would even be cool to see Shade + Locke as a handler duo.
All of this would help Shade develop into an interesting character.

But currently, Shade does suck. A lot. And they need to do something about it.
78
24 Sep, '24
Ricky
They need heist contractors to interact with shade and the crew during their heist just like Bain and vlad did back in the day. Of course not every contractor fits this role but I’d expect vlad and a few others.
67
24 Nov, '24
freakybob
I think killing off Shade would only do good things for the game.

Payday always had CRAZY operators, Bain and Locke were over-emotional, crazy but cool - It's fun chaos.
Shade on the other hand is cold and calculated. Even more serious than Bain ever was in Payday: The Heist. It feels too forced.
36
10 Dec, '24
FarddyParddy
A setting so I can choose to play with Locke as operator instead of Shade would be so awesome....
3
10 Dec, '24
FarddyParddy
Actualyy to add to that: While I do like a setting for it, it would also be very cool to hear Shade and Locke as operators together, like they guide you through a heist together.

Either way not hearin Vlad or Locke talking to Shade is a crime, it seriously pisses me off we haven't had any memorable vlad or locke lines so far. only cold, calculated shade. so lame
2
2 days ago
howard
ya i dont want it to be locke i dont want shade but i dont want locke over shade feels like she should be in the hitman's game not these