Posted May 14, 2010
Postal 2 has an M, but if any game deserves an AO rating it's this one. It's an open world game where you have a a specific key bound to the 'Unzip Fly' command. Playing this game is descending into the misanthropic nightmares of Jack Thompson, with a far more visceral experience than third-person shooters can offer.
But good lord, is it fun. The developers have thrown a huge amount of stuff in here, and the world behaves more like the real world than most gamers are probably comfortable with. There are true decisions; sure, you could become a serial arsonist, or sodomize a cat with a shotgun, or you can complete the entire game without wielding a single weapon. The Postal Dude is only as violent as you are. With the Unreal 2 and Havok physics engines, modified with full fluid dynamics, it's somewhat dated but more than capable of delivering the goods.
Finally, I want to share an incident that defines the Postal 2 experience for me. In a desert canyon, I had beheaded a drifter with a solid blow of my shovel, and was kicking the severed head down the road when a stray dog ran up to it, picked it up, ran over to me, dropped it at my feet, and looked up at me expectantly. I spent the next ten minutes playing fetch with a stray dog and a HUMAN HEAD, tears of laughter rolling down my cheeks. This was not a scripted event, this is just one example of the kinds of things that happen spontaneously in this game. Try it, but for God's sake keep it away from the kids.
But good lord, is it fun. The developers have thrown a huge amount of stuff in here, and the world behaves more like the real world than most gamers are probably comfortable with. There are true decisions; sure, you could become a serial arsonist, or sodomize a cat with a shotgun, or you can complete the entire game without wielding a single weapon. The Postal Dude is only as violent as you are. With the Unreal 2 and Havok physics engines, modified with full fluid dynamics, it's somewhat dated but more than capable of delivering the goods.
Finally, I want to share an incident that defines the Postal 2 experience for me. In a desert canyon, I had beheaded a drifter with a solid blow of my shovel, and was kicking the severed head down the road when a stray dog ran up to it, picked it up, ran over to me, dropped it at my feet, and looked up at me expectantly. I spent the next ten minutes playing fetch with a stray dog and a HUMAN HEAD, tears of laughter rolling down my cheeks. This was not a scripted event, this is just one example of the kinds of things that happen spontaneously in this game. Try it, but for God's sake keep it away from the kids.