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POSTAL 2: Overview and Comments

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 18 / 30
Date: March 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Index:
1: The Game
2: System Requirements
3: The Design
4: The Outcome

The Game
Postal 2 is a true 3D interactive game in which you play "The Postal Dude". He is a regular guy with regular chores to accomplish. However, you (as a player) decide on how to interact with the NPC (computer controlled) characters. This is astonishing.

Example of game play: Your walking around a huge town to meet Gary Coleman (yeah he is a guest star). You accidentally bump into someone (an NPC). Let's say the NPC reacts by yelling at you and then hitting you. Well, you have the choice to either walk away, defend yourself or use this as a reason to GO POSTAL on the town. It's so real and you are not required to go nuts and shoot everyone like other games. For lack of a better comparison, it's like DOOM meets The Sims. Except you don't have to feed the fish and pay the bills and all that other repetition.

System Requirements:
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
Direct X 8.1 (download direct from Microsoft)
733MHz Recommended
128Mb RAM
8X CD-ROM
Windows compatible sound card
32Mb 3D video card
16 bit stereo Direct X compatible sound card
1.2 Gig available hard drive space Windows 98/ME/2000/XP

The Design:
Postal 2 designers (Running With Scissors), created a stew of the best gaming ever created. If the game was a car, it would be like Ferrari speed, big SUV comfort, the body of a Super Model with the kitchen sink in the trunk.

The game takes full advantage of:
Epic's Unreal Warfare Engine
Liquid Dynamics: Pours, drips, runs and puddles
AI: Sophisticated people and animal interactions
All in a non linear, wide open to explore world.

The Outcome:
I not going out on a limb here. With that said, Postal 2 is the coolest game ever created in the genre of a shooter game. It takes shooter games to beyond the next level. We all remember our old favorite game that we got the sequel to and it had a couple of neat things that we really didn't want or need to warrant buying another game. Usually you have to wait for 3 versions for any real advancing in a game. Postal 2 skips version 2, 3, and 4. This game is like getting a steak with all the dressings when all you expected was a plain old ham sandwich with an extra slice of ham. For real.

This game will sell out. Order it ASAP.

Sick, horrid, violent, evil... you'll have barrels of fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: April 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First off, I'm going to say something that I am sure someone else writing a review for this game has already said, "This is NOT a game for the faint of heart..." If there were a definition for, "violent" or "controversial" this would be it. You are a white [man] known as Mr. Peepshell, or the, "Postal Dude,"whom lives in a trailer behind someone's house and your soul task throughout the game is to run around a city commiting tasks that you would think to be simple for your .... wife. Freedom-wise, this game outdoes any of its predecessors tenfold. You may go into ANY building, interact with ANYONE you see on screen, and do virtually anything you want, from sticking a cat on the barrel of your gun to use it as a silencer, to urinating all over the place in some poor fool's house. This game pushes new boundaries in ignoring what the rest of the world thinks. You can pour gasoline on someone, light a match, throw it on them and they will be engulfed in a ball of flame and slowly burn to a charred corpse, crawling on the ground crying desperately for help. Even kick bodies and watch them flop around realistically, splattering a grotesque decal of blood on the wall. Walk into convenience stores and kick merchandise into people's faces, only to soon be attacked by enraged policeman. Something I may need to mention is that this game is extremely racist. The convenience store is controlled by a bunch of arab women who attack you if you decide to go into the "employees only" section. Gay dance clubs are strewn throughout with in which you can interact with some, let's just say, "interesting" NPC's. Anything you would not want your innocent little darling of a child to see is thrown in this game tenfold; do not expect anything wholesome. Even the kindest of people can have their heads blown off by, well, you. Religious references are intact and mocked horribly. (For example, you go to a church to confess your sins in one of the missions and a bunch of psychotics....burst through the door, and before you know it, the priests whip out shotguns and say they must, "Do it all for the glory of God."

I suppose you are wondering why I enjoy this game. Simple answer; I'm sick. That and the fact you can run around with virtually no restrictions and fulfill all the dirty little thoughts that go through your head. If you have a strong stomach and a gamer's desire for, "No limits," buy this game. Otherwise, get over it.

Postal 2 promises to be the best stress relief of all time!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 14
Date: March 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The fine folks at Running With Scissors have done it again. The original Postal was condemned by Senator Liebermann, banned in 10 countries, pulled from major retailers store shelves and sparked a lawsuit by the US Postal Service. Apparently it's considered okay to have violence in books, TV, movies, art, etc., but not video games, even those developed and marketed to adults (i.e., the MSRB 17 rating). This game will no doubt stir up that hornets nest again, with the same predictable result - lots of free press (translating to sales) for Postal 2.

The basic premise of the game is that you play the Postal Dude and have to get through a week in his shoes to complete the game. You are placed in a variety of situations where you can react passively or um, "not so passively". Violence is optional, it is not required to complete the game successfully (RWS's web site states the game is "only a violent as you are"). They do however, give you a lot of resources in the event you decide to take the "not so passive" approach, including various machine guns, explosives, a gas can & lighter, and a, er, "cat silencer" (don't ask). The violence is supposed to be very over the top and humorous in a twisted way. How Gary Coleman fits in to all this should be something to see...

This game will be stress relief for a lot of responsible, mature adults who understand the difference between fantasy and reality. That said, observe the rating code and don't let your kids anywhere near it ("Oh my God, that video game has warped my fragile little mind!").

As for the mentally un-hinged or those on the verge of performing some violent act being "driven over the edge" by this game, they can get their influences anywhere. Not having video games with violent content will not make that issue go away (or guns or violence on TV, movies, etc.). Sometimes people just go berserk.

I have Postal 2 on pre-order and I'm anticipating hours of mature, engaging, stress reliving virtual mayhem (GTA 2 was getting old). Thanks RWS!

Faster load time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

All the other reviews describe the game really well. I just wanted to say there was a new patch and it helped the load times. It cut the load times in half atleast. Postal 2 is a great game.

Postal 2 -- FINALLY!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: March 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The fine folks at Running With Scissors have done it again. The original Postal was condemned by Senator Liebermann, banned in 10 countries, pulled from major retailers store shelves and sparked a lawsuit by the US Postal Service. Apparently it's considered okay to have violence in books, TV, movies, art, etc., but not video games, even those developed and marketed to adults (i.e., the MSRB 17 rating). This game will no doubt stir up that hornets nest again, with the same predictable result - lots of free press (translating to sales) for Postal 2.

The basic premise of the game is that you play the Postal Dude and have to get through a week in his shoes to complete the game. You are placed in a variety of situations where you can react passively or um, "not so passively". Violence is optional, it is not required to complete the game successfully (RWS's web site states the game is "only a violent as you are"). They do however, give you a lot of resources in the event you decide to take the "not so passive" approach, including various machine guns, explosives, a gas can & lighter, and a, er, "cat silencer" (don't ask). The violence is supposed to be very over the top and humorous in a twisted way. How Gary Coleman fits in to all this should be something to see...

This game will be stress relief for a lot of responsible, mature adults who understand the difference between fantasy and reality. That said, observe the rating code and don't let your kids anywhere near it ...

...P>I have Postal 2 on pre-order and I'm anticipating hours of mature, engaging, stress reliving virtual mayhem ...Thanks RWS!

ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: March 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is greatest FUN game ever! I love your stile RWS! Now ready to blast all other 3D shooters to pieces! Go get it NOW!

Fun! Pure and Simple

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: April 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

What people don't realize is when you buy a game like Postal you buy it only for the fact that you can kill everyone. What do you think the Postal name is all about??? People are idiots if they buy this game for a "story". This game is FUN, PURE AND SIMPLE. Just murder. Awesome. This with revolutionize the freedom a player has in a game. I've heard people complain about the "missions" in the game.... WHY? Why don't you all just kill yourselves because in this game you don't do "missions" you "live" a real life with objectives that people do IN REAL LIFE. If you think its stupid then your life is stupid, so why not end it? This game is not stop fun. Live a life of an ordinary man... that kills people. But only when you want to. You can play the whole game without killing anyone, thats what makes it so cool. You have the choice to kill.

Awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: April 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I only played the demo version and it looks great. I wish that either on the full version or an expansion pack, you could actually blow up everything (e.g., cars, houses, etc.). Right now the gas can just burns for a while over a static model and goes away after a while.

Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

One of the most original and hilarious games I've played. The things you'll see, as well as do, is amazing. With a high end system this game even looks great. You won't be disappointed.

Kudos to the guys and gals at 'Running With Scissors'.

Highly recommended.

Stress Relief

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This has got to be the most violent and vulgar game I have ever played. And thus the most fun I have had in a long time. This is the only game I have played that watching others is just as fun as playing. The controls are easy and the storyline is filled with humor. I found myself pausing in mid-game so my laughing wouldn't get my character killed. If anyone needs to go postal, this game is the best game out there.

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