Postal 2

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 660 Ratings

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  • Summary: Forget what you know about first person shooters. 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 orForget what you know about first person shooters. 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. POSTAL 2 is all about choice; experiment with everyone and everything. And remember... it's only as violent as you are! [Running With Scissors]… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 27
  3. Negative: 11 out of 27
  1. PC Gameworld
    82
    I can take points away from the game for many things, but none of these things really detract from the fun that you can have with this game. The game is about one thing, and one thing only - fun. And it delivers.
  2. PC Gamer
    79
    A nonstop tour de force of insulting insanity. And even though I should be disgusted by the potty humor and derogatory caricatures, I had a blast playing through it. [June 2003, p.74]
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  3. ActionTrip
    71
    The most hyper-violent game I’ve seen since "Soldier of Fortune." Intentionally ironic and satirical, Postal 2 picks up where its predecessor left off – as a game that, while highly controversial, is shitloads of fun.
  4. Cheat Code Central
    50
    You'll play Postal 2 for the novelty, but its junk food gaming at best. Bad for your body and mind and only used for the short high you'll experience while you notice your boredom level increasing after hour number 2.
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  5. Gamezilla!
    49
    It’s best looked at as an extreme guilty pleasure. There’s plenty of obscene humor and over the top violence to be had, but not much else.
  6. Adrenaline Vault
    40
    With a little elbow grease and perhaps a dash of maturity, Postal 2 could've been a harrowing psychological tale of one man's collapsing psyche. Sort of like the movie "Falling Down" realized in an interactive 3D environment.
  7. GMR Magazine
    0
    Including a coin-op arcade game called "Fag Hunter" in the game world is not only not funny, it's disgusting and hateful. [July 2003, p.73]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 118 out of 171
  2. Mixed: 35 out of 171
  3. Negative: 18 out of 171
  1. EgeChicken
    Aug 29, 2022
    10
    Damn. This is some proper dumb fun. The jokes are good most of the time but the gameplay is where this game shines…
    …because this game is    Damn. This is some proper dumb fun. The jokes are good most of the time but the gameplay is where this game shines…
    …because this game is ridiculous. It’s like playing a regular show episode. Return a book and be greeted by a big fire and armed protestors. It’s ridiculously fun.    … Expand
  2. illusineer
    Nov 21, 2016
    10
    This game is fun as **** You can piss on people, shoot their **** heads off, go on a limb chopping rampage. The humor style is unique, andThis game is fun as **** You can piss on people, shoot their **** heads off, go on a limb chopping rampage. The humor style is unique, and hilarious. With almost 20 different difficulties, it's something you might wanna play more than once. However, if you don't like black/dark humor, you should consider eating some dirt. Just a suggestion. This game is full of it, and man is it a breathe of fresh air in a world where everything is sacred and everyone's feelings are especially. The fact that the devs are still updating this game with new content in 2016 says a lot too. Just don't let anyone shoot you while your dick is hanging out. Umph, that's going to be sore tomorrow.… Expand
  4. GrumpyDan
    Jul 10, 2015
    10
    Leave any reservations at the door before playing Postal 2 and you're in for a good time. Cut people to pieces, light them on fire thenLeave any reservations at the door before playing Postal 2 and you're in for a good time. Cut people to pieces, light them on fire then urinate on them to exinguish the flames or stick a cat on the end of a shotgun and fire away. Or don't do any of this and just be a nice, normal citizen.

    In this game you're The Dude, going around doing things like collecting milk and a paycheck, but something always manages to go horribly wrong and you're forced to murder everyone in your near vicinity. It's like a poor man's Grand Theft Auto, without the driving, constant cinematics and only mimimal social commentary.

    Damn good fun for anyone who doesn't have a stick up their butt and the expansion packs and recent DLC are all great also.    … Expand
  5. Chuckiscool
    Aug 12, 2019
    9
    This game is amazing, the only reason this game has a 50 meta-score is because they're too much of saps accept it's merits (one of theThis game is amazing, the only reason this game has a 50 meta-score is because they're too much of saps accept it's merits (one of the magazine reviewers with a 0 score had a 100 score on the sims lol). Though I only rarely laugh at the humor, the game excels in it's gameplay. Trust me, this game with suck 100 or more hours out of you, guaranteed.
    Reasons:
    1. The sheer freedom with it's open world
    2. The A.I. is pure gold, even with it's faults
    3. The gunplay is super fun against enemies
    4. 13 difficulties plus a difficulty customizer and all of them are unique
    5. Enemies and areas are all unique as well
    If you want a video of it, watch pyrocynical's LP on it
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiKceCZSMJM    … Expand
  6. Cat_Anarchist
    Jan 1, 2020
    8
    Good game for good people. I play in her since 7 years of my life and I don`t become monster or something else. Good protest game against allGood game for good people. I play in her since 7 years of my life and I don`t become monster or something else. Good protest game against all this **** "tolerancy notoxic comfortable society for all genders and bla bla bla".… Expand
  7. Izoeros
    May 10, 2022
    7
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  8. multiman
    May 28, 2016
    0
    This is definitely one of the worst games I have ever played. I bought it when it was on sale for 0,99€ and I regretted it after 5 minutes.This is definitely one of the worst games I have ever played. I bought it when it was on sale for 0,99€ and I regretted it after 5 minutes. The graphics are worse than an average game of 1998 and the controls are terrible. It is really, really boring and you will ask yourself what you are doing after a couple of minutes.… Expand

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