If you’re offended by the fact you can urinate on yourself and others then you’ll definitely not want to hear what else is in the game. Arab people bearing a very close resemblance to Osama Bin Laden walk the streets and take part in an attack on a church where gun-touting priests deliver their brand of justice. Many of the bathrooms in the shops aren’t really the cleanest of places so don’t be surprised to find feces on the floor and the sink. If you’re offended by being able to put a cat on the end of a shotgun and firing shots, don’t buy this game. I could go on and on some more but let me just warn you and say for a fact,
Postal 2 is one of the most un-PC games out there today. I can definitely see many protests for this game as news of it hits the mainstream. The game tries hard to be funny and dark but most of the time I played through it with a small smirk at the jokes.
The graphics in
Postal 2 are a mixed bag but do offer some good models. Using the Unreal engine, there are some fine points in the game. The dogs and cats are modeled well and move realistically. You’ll even see different color schemes to make it a little more diverse. Civilians come in various shapes and sizes giving you a colorful array of folks to run into. There must be something in the water in Paradise because most of the women are big busty gals with Barbi-like figures. Some of the animations are nice but most of the time they seem a little stiff. The way that some of the characters run just don’t seem natural but the cartoony aspect does fit into this game a little bit. The ragdoll physics is applied well in this game with almost everything having some mass. You can kick bodies around and watch them flop or send some gas dispensers at a gas station flying. For those with a morbid sense of humor, you can lop off a head of a victim with a shovel and play golf with it. The physics system does generate some nice effects in some scenes. One of particular note was after escaping from a group of rednecks, I fought a few on a spiral staircase. Killing one and kicking their dead body down the flight of stairs produced a cool visual effect of the body tumbling down with the arms and legs flailing. There is some really nice texture work throughout the game with some good modeling of buildings such as a local arcade complete with standup games. It definitely doesn’t come close to the clean looking
Unreal 2 but it does do an adequate job of providing good visuals. I did experience a few anomalies such as clipping issues and a body attached to the ceiling so it’s not quite polished.
The lack of multiplayer will hurt its replay value. You’ll miss a lot if you don’t explore the city of Paradise but not enough to warrant too many replays at the game. Perhaps a few postal dudes running through the town completing various tasks might offered a little more fun as you could team up with your buddy. In this case though, the single player game won’t take too long to finish and you’re left with wondering if it’s even worth it to go back and stand in those lines again to get the milk.
Playing on my AMD 2200+ system with an All-in-Wonder 9700 Pro card and 512MB of ram, the game ran pretty well and there are plenty of tweaks to make the game as best as it can on your system. There were a few crashes to the desktop randomly but I didn’t experience it that much.
In the end, if you like offensive games,
Postal 2 is for you. There are some interesting moments and meeting Gary Coleman is a little humorous. The graphics aren’t the prettiest but the physics system is top notch. Harsh language and offensive visuals don’t make a great game though and this game has plenty of it. It can be quite frustrating with the sharpshooting, hard to kill AI. Load times are a bear too. The game is short and you can probably finish it in a few days. Exploring the areas and finding hidden places will extend your playing time, as there are a lot of places to look around when not finishing your chores. While I don’t think it’s really bad, it’s still a disappointment considering the amount of hype and push this game gets. It’s too bad the hype is more so for the vulgarity and offensive material.
Postal 2 does have one thing going for it. I played it a lot more than
Postal 1.
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Postal 2 gives you some unique weapons to use and going through the tasks of each day is a little enjoyable. Lack of multiplayer, long load times, incredibly hard enemies, and short gameplay leaves this game in the average region. This game will have something to offend most people.
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