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Postal 2: Share the Pain

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Postal 2: Share the Pain
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9.2 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 10 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?

Based on 15 votes
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Game Info

Publisher: Running With Scissors

Developer: Running With Scissors

Genre(s): First-Person Shooter, Action

Players: Multi

ESRB Rating: M (Mature)

Release Date: December 16, 2003

Summary

POSTAL 2: Share The Pain combines the complete, enhanced POSTAL 2 single player game with the brand new multiplayer Share The Pain gameplay! 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. POSTAL 2 is all about choice; experiment with everyone and everything. Also includes 14 multiplayer levels: SNATCH: Fight for the fabulous Postal Babes! Snatch the enemy babe and score! GRAB: Battle to collect all 10 bags, each bag makes you stronger! DEATHMATCH: Chose from 25 characters including Gary Coleman and Osama. TEAM DEATHMATCH: 19 insane teams including Team Taliban and The Gimps. [Running With Scissors]

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

77

Game Chronicles

The enhancements to the single player game are certainly a huge improvement and the multiplayer modes are reasonably fun although you might have trouble finding other people to play with or against.

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72

GameZone

A game that should be reviled and admired at the same time. I kept wanting to despise the game but found myself playing it more and more.

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71

Game Over Online

Without a linear storyline to back it up, Share the Pain brings a limited amount of its humor to the multiplayer world.

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65

PC Gameworld

If you can manage to recognize its underlying tongue-in-cheek nature, Postal 2: Share the Pain can become much more fun to play and maybe even, dare we say, enjoy – at least for a time.

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62

GameSpot

The result isn't going to convince anyone who took Postal 2 the wrong way to give it a second chance, but it's a better game now than before, and those looking for some seriously lowbrow humor in first-person shooter form would likely get a kick out of it.

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60

AceGamez

As an FPS it's fun for a while with some entertaining quirks here and there but not enough to keep you interested all the way through.

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56

IGN

The multiplayer gameplay is just as half-baked on a gameplay level as the single-player, making Share the Pain good for some temporary novelty diversion, but not much more. If you were truly a fan of Postal 2, then you'll probably get a kick out of this.

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52

My Gamer

If you see a copy in a bargain bin someplace for less than $10 and you like FPS games, you might want to give it a try. Just watch out for those sadistic rednecks and their gimp suit.

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50

Gamer's Pulse

The online multiplayer runs pretty smooth and the maps are very well designed, although not overwhelmingly eye-catching. Each level is also liberally littered with weapons and ammo so that you’re never at a loss for something to kill people with.

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40

Cheat Code Central

Once you get past the uber-violent novelty of killing innocent civilians with everything from Molotov cocktails to weapons of mass destruction, you'll find the gameplay rather repetitive and shallow.

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 9.2 (out of 10) based on 15 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Z D gave it a10:
Greatest game ever! I can't wait for Postal 3, which I read is in development as of Feb 08, as well as a Postal movie coming up. Single player is sickeningly entertaining, and the multiplayer is phenomenal. Best LAN party game ever. Ratings obviously bad because of the intense violence and bad taste. Get your noses out of the air critics and come down to earth with the rest of us regular people.

killer89 gave it a10:
Everyone loves violence, no matter if they reject it. This game provides a good way to reduce the fury and other shit. I won't recommend this game for small kids, though. Overall: Gift for sadistic people, teaser for "jesus" people.

1 1 gave it a10:
Great game, absolutely love it.

Chris W. gave it a 10:
I love guns. I LOVE THIS GAME!

Chris B. gave it a 10:
I f...ing love this game cuz its sick, so if your twisted and sick as i am this would be the perfect game for you.Or if youve had a bad day then buy this game and see other people in PAIN!

Zero Hour gave it a 10:
You all thought that gta vice city was violent, huh ?! Well this game is freaking uberc00l. But remember, its as violent as you are.

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