Postal 2: Share the Pain

[A Lost Soul]

Just a quick review for anyone who is interested. If you want to play a First Person Shooter that laughs in the face of political correctness, this is the game for you. You are appointed menial tasks to complete such as picking up milk, cashing your check, returning a book to the library. You pretty much have free run of your little redneck town, and you can do any or all of the following (as well as a bazillion other things): 1. Find a shovel and beat people with it. 2. Sneak into a sewer full of rocket-launcher toting bad guys that all look like Osama Bin Laden. 3. Get set on fire. 4. Rob your neighbors. 5. Destroy public property. 6. Urinate anywhere you wish (including, but not limited to: on the street, in someone’s house, on another person or animal, on yourself) 7. Shoot protesters (Parents Against Violence in Video Games). 8. Buy and smoke crack 9. Thwart, aid, or ignore completely a bank robbery. 10. Use a cat as a shotgun silencer The graphics are great, gameplay is smooth, and the interface is about as easy as you can get (as most FPS’s are—plus you can remap all your keys). You can go through the game avoiding all violence and wrongdoing (loser) or, as the name suggests, you can let out all that pent-up aggression and go postal. Your character is amusing, to say the least, and shoots off some great one-liners as he meanders around town. Keep in mind that the game is about as far from PC as you can get. And it’s so beautiful. Plus the guy can pee for, like, twenty seconds.

[nightowl]

Plus the guy can pee for, like, twenty seconds.[/b] LMAO!!! I think I've heard/seen of this game. Is Gary Coleman in this one by any chance? If this is indeed the game I am thinking about, then I gotta go get it.

[A Lost Soul]

OMG! Yes, Gary Coleman is in the mall. One of your 'menial tasks' is to get his autograph. LOL.

[WerBurN]

roflmao, i have to go try this game!

[Crucible]

I played the game... First thing I did was beat the dog to death. After that I just spend a couple of hours killing people. But yeah, pissing on people is great.

[A Lost Soul]

The very first thing I did was find my way to his employer's place and beat the shit out of him after he fired me. LOL. And then the protesters attacked. I think I'm playing it all wrong though. I mean, there really is no right way to play it, but it is called Postal. When people start shooting at me, I run to the cops and let them deal with it. Saves me ammo for later. I almost fell out of my chair laughing when I realized how you put yourself out when you're on fire...

[Kaniaz]

Originally posted by A Lost Soul The very first thing I did was find my way to his employer's place and beat the shit out of him after he fired me. LOL. And then the protesters attacked. I think I'm playing it all wrong though. I mean, there really is no right way to play it, but it is called Postal. When people start shooting at me, I run to the cops and let them deal with it. Saves me ammo for later. * I almost fell out of my chair laughing when I realized how you put yourself out when you're on fire... You don't have to pee on yourself, do you? Wow. I never knew this game exsisted. But it looks like it rocks. Getting it. Screenshots for those who love their eyecandy: Links: Get the Demo Official Site (Home Page)

[A Lost Soul]

Yes, you have to pee on yourself to put yourself out. LOL. Those screenshots are great, but they just don't do the chaos and hilarity of the game justice. It really is funny as hell, so long as you don't have a very politically correct sense of humor.

[nightowl]

How much is this game? It looks great and how long is it?

[Kaniaz]

According to Gamers Hell, it takes you 15-20 hours to complete on a normal difficulty setting, if you feel like not exploring some locations and just doing the tasks. According to Postal 2's official website, the game costs $29.95, and can be bought from them here. Amazon.com is a little cheaper, at $27.88, and can be bought here. One advert board reads: "HEY KIDS! YOUR PARENTS ARE GOING TO DIE! MAKE SURE THEY'RE PREPARED WITH INSURANCE FROM Fee Of America"

[nightowl]

Thanks! ^^ hahahaha

[Kaniaz]

I just got the demo. And I've just decided to go get the game. This is perhaps the most funniest game I've ever seen in my lifetime! During the demo, you only do ONE task, "Get milk", but it ends up being sooo funny! I mean, when you take the back exit and decide NOT to pay the cashier, you find out there is an arab training base! The woman start running after you with guns shouting "LALALALALALA!", you see people that look suspciously like Osama Bin Laden running after you as well...Well, it's just amazing. Reccomendation: Get it =D

[A Lost Soul]

I'm so retarded that I actually paid the guy for the milk. He goes "Five dollar please" and my guy responds with a delightfully blunt, "You've got to be fucking kidding me!" ROFL.

[Serinanth]

I think I am gona have to get this game teehee

[WerBurN]

yay, another a game that totally rocks that the RIAA (wait, is that the right agency? maybe...meh) is gonna have a kitten about...and i dont mean a good kitten, like the kind LS hands out lol

[A Lost Soul]

LOL. I'm totally against censorship (one of the very few things that I don't play devil's advocate about). I think that any moron who took this game that seriously has some deep-seated issues that they should probably work out in therapy. It's so friggin cool that you can shoot them in ths game! They're the bad guys! And if they have a kitten about it? Well, I win, because my kittens are better! Oh, and the company's name that brought you this wonderfully sarcastic, nasty, beautiful game? Running With Scissors.

[A Lost Soul]

Well, I'm on Wednesday now in Postal 2 (the levels go according to days of the week). This game just keeps getting better and better... I met Gary Coleman and ... well, you just have to see for yourself. It's friggin hilarious! Check out all the stores in the mall, too. My guy died three times because I was laughing so hard. Oh, and when I play games, I have this habit of quicksaving a little more often then is probably healthy. So, after my fifth quicksave in about twenty minutes, my guy goes, "My grandmother could beat the game if she saved as much as you do." I almost fell out of my chair.

[Lowercase Society]

Running with Scissors...thats the name of a WIERD AL YANKOVITCH cd. and this game, like everyone said, looks great, how much does it cost? OH! has anyone played SPLINTER CELL-damn its hard.

[icedawg]

i played this game a few months back. i don't like to admit it, but i actually played the whole thing through. i just get addicted to a game whenever i start it and have to play it through. there was quite a bit about this game that was a little too violent for me. heh. shooting people from a distance is one thing, but i thought it was a little much that you can chop their heads off with shovels, plus, that they will run around screaming for quite a while while on fire. i think the latter is what really made this game a little eerie for me. (yah, i'm a little lame when it comes to these things. the only violent dream i ever remember was me being in a video game similar to this, and i eventually ended up trying to simply rationalize with the bad guys...hehe.) but, if you guys don't know this already, you can break into the police station, fight your way through, and find a cop's uniform in the locker room. put that baby on, and the cops won't give you anymore trouble (unless you shoot one of them). it's a lot of fun, and you can keep wearing it for the duration of whatever day you're on. you have to go back and get it if you want it the next day. 'k bye

[su-chan]

oh my god, this sounds like the greatest game ever known to man. XD

[Kaniaz]

I like the women that you see when you win a multiplayer.