Last Update: 2/13/07
Postal 2
Notice: Not suitable for children
In the second game of the series, you are "the dude", living in a shabby trailer on the edge of the town of Paradise with a significant other whose nagging is just one of the many reasons you might just go over the edge.
Each day you leave home with a list of chores, and day one finds you heading to the office to pick up your check, but a pink slip awaits, as the game continues to urge you to cross the line.
Unlike the 1997 Postal however, in this game you can choose not to let things push you over the edge, instead following a pacifistic route, though you are certain to witness mass carnage either way.
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Developer: Running With Scissors
Publishers: Windows edition by Whiptail Interactive , Linux version by Linux Game Publishing
Released April 2003
Minimum System Requirements
733 MHz Pentium 3, 128 MB RAM, 8x CD-ROM, 32 MB GeForce2-class, DirectX 8.1 compatible video and sound card required.
Trivia: Postal III is set to be released in 2008 on PC and Xbox 360. It is currently being developed by Running With Scissors and Akella, using Valve's Source engine.
It's always funny until someone gets hurt... and then it's absolutely friggin' hysterical!
In the second game of the series, you are "the dude", living in a shabby trailer on the edge of the town of Paradise with a significant other whose nagging is just one of the many reasons you might just go over the edge.
Each day you leave home with a list of chores, and day one finds you heading to the office to pick up your check, but a pink slip awaits, as the game continues to urge you to cross the line.
Unlike the 1997 Postal however, in this game you can choose not to let things push you over the edge, instead following a pacifistic route, though you are certain to witness mass carnage either way.
Additional Game Features:
- Walk a week in the Postal Dude's shoes.
- Freely explore full 3-D open-ended environments.
- Interact with over 100 unique NPC's including Gary Coleman, marching bands, dogs, cats and elephants, protesters, policemen and civilians, with or without weapons.
- Accessible map of town shows all main locations.
- HUD displays current weapon and available ammo, inventory button displaying current selected item, and health status.
- Arsenal includes a pistol, shotgun, fully automatic rifle, gasoline can, Molotov cocktails, frag grenades, rockets and more.
- POSTAL 2 is all about choice; experiment with everyone and everything.
- Originally a complete single player game, various multiplayer modes were later added in the "Share the Pain" edition.
- Powered by the Unreal 2.0 engine.
- The "1337" patch reduced long load times, and added levels, such as "Tora Bora Cave" where the dude comes across Osama Bin Laden in the course of his search for weapons of mass destruction.
Developer: Running With Scissors
Publishers: Windows edition by Whiptail Interactive , Linux version by Linux Game Publishing
Released April 2003
Minimum System Requirements
733 MHz Pentium 3, 128 MB RAM, 8x CD-ROM, 32 MB GeForce2-class, DirectX 8.1 compatible video and sound card required.
Trivia: Postal III is set to be released in 2008 on PC and Xbox 360. It is currently being developed by Running With Scissors and Akella, using Valve's Source engine.
Publisher: Whiptail Interactive
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Bottom Line: Need to blow off some steam? Play this! Rising from the ashes of Postal is it's controversial partner, Postal 2. Your journey starts in Paradise, AZ.
You control the madman himself, Postal Dude, who needs to run some errands for his miserable wife and other such fun activities. A trademark of this Running With Scissors game is how open it is, if you don't like the way some chode is looking at you, get the shovel from your shed and knock his head off. This game may be old but it's still an awesome game to play if mindless violence doesn't bug you. Learning Curve: Takes a second
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