Posted April 21, 2009
A lot of people say one thing about Postal: It's good at what it is. What it is is a psychopatic murdering game where the player mows down 2D characters like ants with a nearly infinite amount of weapons. I disagree with the fact that it would do it well. Sure, if you like killing 2D sprites, Postal will provide good fun. However, this doesn't mean it would be a good psychopathic murdering game, as it never gives you any reason to play it. The gameplay on it's own doesn't hold you for over 30 minutes, the "story" is jibberish and very uncaptivating as it's never revealed in-game according to all I can remember, and the graphics aren't exactly something you awe over.
Postal doesn't have any hook to keep you killing aside from the killing itself. If you go and play this game for over an hour and still enjoy it, you like killing little sprites. There's nothing wrong with that, but it's, in my opinion, a rather marginal crowd that enjoys that. Or atleast I hope so. I personally do not enjoy killing sprites, and hence I didn't enjoy this game at all. It has no content other than to shoot and little difficulty or challenge. You just shoot. Kill. If you're into that, then this is well worth your money. Other than that, there's little fun to be found in Postal.
Postal doesn't have any hook to keep you killing aside from the killing itself. If you go and play this game for over an hour and still enjoy it, you like killing little sprites. There's nothing wrong with that, but it's, in my opinion, a rather marginal crowd that enjoys that. Or atleast I hope so. I personally do not enjoy killing sprites, and hence I didn't enjoy this game at all. It has no content other than to shoot and little difficulty or challenge. You just shoot. Kill. If you're into that, then this is well worth your money. Other than that, there's little fun to be found in Postal.
