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That’s right. An absolute cult-classic and a machine of giving us morally questionable fun (to say the least) is celebrating its 25th birthday this year! And to share this fun with you we’ve launched special discounts on series’ POSTAL 2, Postal 2: Paradise Lost and POSTAL 4: No Regerts up to 90% off that last until November 15th, 11 PM UTC.

All these games are first-person action shooters where rampage and its ridiculousness knows no limits.

POSTAL 2 is the one that re-started it all. In this entry, infamous The Dude shows up for his first day working at RWS and hilarity ensues - you fight cops, rage against everyone, terrorize the city and most importantly - are on a quest to buy milk.

Postal 2: Paradise Lost is a full-fledged expansion pack for POSTAL 2 continuing the saga. You join The Dude as he ventures back into his former hometown embarking on a quest to find his lost dog. But not all is as it seems, as the once tranquil (relatively speaking) town and its citizens have been transformed in the wake of the nuclear destruction.

And POSTAL 4: No Regerts is The Dude great comeback. In this title several years have passed since the events of Paradise Lost, and all the Dude’s seemingly got left to his name is his canine cohort and his bathrobe, and neither of them smells all that great. However, on the horizon, he glimpses an unfamiliar and dazzling town that beckons to him. Which means more satirical and outrageous comedy.

But as we invite you to visit or re-visit The Dude’s world we’d also like to look at some of the most INSANE moments in his history so far. Let’s buckle up and reminisce about just how crazy our beloved protagonist is.

1. Everyone and everything is a urinal



We mean… even though that’s not a specific moment or event, we had to put it here. One of The Postal Dude’s favourite “weapon” is peeing on everyone and everything. It’s so bizzare, so over the top and so POSTAL-like that mentioning it was a no-brainer. This iconic mechanic can be used anywhere and everytime you like and guess what happens when you pee on people? Yes, they vomit - but to be fair it could be really practical because by doing so we disable the NPCs and can think how to eliminate them in some other, equally outrageous way.

2. Declaring an all-out war on Parents For Decency



In POSTAL 2 when The Postal Dude is going to receive his pay-check to buy the milk that his spouse is asking him to, he runs into the angry mob of parents that blame video games violence for real life violence and protest outside the company. So naturally what does The Postal Dude do? Dispose of them in whatever fashion the player wants. This triggers an open war with them and throughout the game we can run into said parents that attack us on sight.

3. Visit to church



It wouldn’t be anything extraordinary if that visit was done by anyone but our protagonist. While his initial intentions are to confess his sins, when he sees the queue to the priest he can’t help himself but to find a way to skip it. Either by a grenade, setting the church on fire or… you get the idea. And if that’s not enough that same church soon enough gets invaded by the terrorists and the place turns into a brutal battlefield. Another normal day in POSTAL 2.

4. Dealing with jailbreak



In POSTAL 4: No Regerts The Dude gets the job as a guard in a local prison from the job center. Perfect man for that position of course. And guess what happens? Yep, within a few minutes all the inmates break out and our “hero” has to manually lock them up again going from terminal to terminal and using a variety of “tools” to do so. Chaos and rampage truly worthy of a POSTAL series.

5. Turning into a cat



Another task in No Regerts is to make a delivery to some shady pet store. That visit ends in The Dude passing out from the chemical fumes present there and then turning into a cat. Or hallucinating about turning into a cat? We have no idea but that makes it even better. Then as a cat we have to bully a nearby dog, find a ladycat to “romance” with her and pick up (still as a cat) some milk just like we had to do it in POSTAL 2. Does it all make sense? Absolutely not. Is it overwhelmingly funny? Absolutely yes.


So there you have it - our choice of some of the insane moments in The Postal Dude life. Of course the whole series is filled with those and many of them can depend on the player's choices and how they choose to deal with specific situations. That’s why we’d like you to share some of your best memories with POSTAL.
Shame that Redux isn't here. Good improvement over original.
I don't think we will get "Postal Redux" until "Postal 4" is mostly bugfree. The mentioned that they can invest worktime into Redux for GOG, when part 4 needs no more work. So more waiting time then... :(
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ssling: Shame that Redux isn't here. Good improvement over original.
Sorry, it's not. It's just not.

At some point Redux might have been the better choice because the original Postal had borked controls that made the game effectively unplayable. But all that has been fixed, plus a whole bunch of options and content have been added. Original Postal has pretty nice visuals (for 1997) and an unusual art style whereas Redux has shit visuals (for 2015 or whenever it came out) and has a fairly bland art style. Add to that the fact that Redux neutered the ending and some of the visuals and one can only conclude that Postal 1 is the infinitely better choice than Redux. And unlike Redux, it's free - you're effectively paying to get a worse product.

PS: Also the voice work in P1 is much better. As much as I like Rick Hunter, he really phoned it in for Redux.
Post edited November 11, 2022 by fronzelneekburm
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fronzelneekburm: At some point Redux might have been the better choice because the original Postal had borked controls that made the game effectively unplayable. But all that has been fixed, plus a whole bunch of options and content have been added. Original Postal has pretty nice visuals (for 1997) and an unusual art style whereas Redux has shit visuals (for 2015 or whenever it came out) and has a fairly bland art style. Add to that the fact that Redux neutered the ending and some of the visuals and one can only conclude that Postal 1 is the infinitely better choice than Redux. And unlike Redux, it's free - you're effectively paying to get a worse product.

PS: Also the voice work in P1 is much better. As much as I like Rick Hunter, he really phoned it in for Redux.
All points you mentioned Redux does better for me. Looks better, sounds better (weapons!), plays infinitely much better (finished both side to side for comparison couple months and will never come back to original - free is the only price it's worth today). I'm also glad they changed this anticlimactic ending. Not saying new one is great or anything but at least it ain't blatant virtue signaling like old one.
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ssling: Looks better
Errrm... I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
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ssling: Looks better
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fronzelneekburm: Errrm... I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
I don't know what it suppose to prove but I never saw that face in close up anywhere in the game. Or any close ups.
Do not buy Postal 4 and wait for a year or so until you buy it if you're interested. I'm losing my mind with that game right now (fitting I guess), every 30 minutes the game crashes or I run into a game breaking bug.
Couldn't finish a mission or a day more than a handful at times (had to restart from an earlier save). Right now opening the game map/inventory causes a memory leak which leads to the game crashing a couple seconds after, meaning I can't look at the mission objectives, map or anything at all.

Or rather buy the game if you want to support the devs. I'll uninstall the game and wait for a couple dozen patches.
Post edited November 13, 2022 by NuffCatnip
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NuffCatnip: Do not buy Postal 4 and wait for a year or so until you buy it if you're interested. I'm losing my mind with that game right now (fitting I guess), every 30 minutes the game crashes or I run into a game breaking bug.
Let's be honest here: Even if this thing ran smoothly and didn't crash constantly, it would still be a tedious pile of shit. Back when P2 came out, it was also somewhat prone to crashes and had fairly long load times (though if memory serves not nearly as horrendous as P4's load times). But there's one crucial difference between the two: P2 was still an immensely fun, original game and if it crashed I booted it right up again. When P4 crashes, it's almost a relief. As if the clouds parted and God himself tells you to do something better with your time.

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NuffCatnip: Or rather buy the game if you want to support the devs.
Better yet: if you want to support the devs DON'T buy Postal 4, because it's sending exactly the wrong signal. You're paying money out of brand loyalty, not because you're buying a game that's legitimately good.

If you want to support the devs, buy 10 copies of Postal 2 and give it to your friends. DO NOT waste money on Postal 4! They would basically have to revamp the entire thing to make this thing remotely enjoyable.
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NuffCatnip: Do not buy Postal 4 and wait for a year or so until you buy it if you're interested. I'm losing my mind with that game right now (fitting I guess), every 30 minutes the game crashes or I run into a game breaking bug.
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fronzelneekburm: Let's be honest here: Even if this thing ran smoothly and didn't crash constantly, it would still be a tedious pile of shit. Back when P2 came out, it was also somewhat prone to crashes and had fairly long load times (though if memory serves not nearly as horrendous as P4's load times). But there's one crucial difference between the two: P2 was still an immensely fun, original game and if it crashed I booted it right up again. When P4 crashes, it's almost a relief. As if the clouds parted and God himself tells you to do something better with your time.

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NuffCatnip: Or rather buy the game if you want to support the devs.
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fronzelneekburm: Better yet: if you want to support the devs DON'T buy Postal 4, because it's sending exactly the wrong signal. You're paying money out of brand loyalty, not because you're buying a game that's legitimately good.

If you want to support the devs, buy 10 copies of Postal 2 and give it to your friends. DO NOT waste money on Postal 4! They would basically have to revamp the entire thing to make this thing remotely enjoyable.
I agree, Postal 4 is rather boring, exploration is not as often rewarded as it was in Postal 2 and the weapons, with the exception of a couple few, are underwhelming. A pacifist playthrough is, from my limited experience, painful and you have to reload constantly. The loading times are way too long for what is presented....
...Buut I don't want to start a rant, as there are way too many issues with the game right now (and some of them are as you already said hard to patch out). :P
Postal 3 has been removed from Steam cause of activation server problems and has the risks to become abandonware. But those people who waited it may hope that if devs fix it they can make GOG version by the way.
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action_fan: Postal 3 has been removed from Steam cause of activation server problems and has the risks to become abandonware. But those people who waited it may hope that if devs fix it they can make GOG version by the way.
This isn't even true lol
Post edited November 21, 2022 by Linko64