![]() ![]() Whenever I wanted to mow down innocent civilians I stuck with the machine gun since I’d rather not waste the ammo for the other weapons. It’s actually a great weapon for long range and I found myself using it when I needed to hang back and pick off hostiles one at a time. You’ll always be equipped with a machine gun that has unlimited ammo but does little damage and in POSTAL Redux it has a higher rate of fire. The levels themselves are open so you’re not forced down a specific path but they’re small enough they didn’t really take me long to complete. You will navigate through some urban areas like The Ghetto, Central Park, and a level just titled “The City”. You start out in your home town and blast your way through mostly rural environments like a Junkyard, Truck Stop, and Train Station. Killing innocent civilians doesn’t count towards progression but there’s no penalty for killing them. Hostiles include police officers, soldiers, and anybody with a weapon, really. Each level has the same objective and that’s to kill a certain percentage of hostiles before you can proceed to the next level. You go from level to level killing everybody in your way. POSTAL Redux, on the other hand, supports both control types flawlessly. I used an Xbox One controller to play the original game and had no problems, however I couldn’t get the keyboard and mouse controls to work as I wanted. I’m not sure why those levels are top-down but that’s what it is. I would say POSTAL is an isometric twin stick shooter even though a few levels are played from the top-down perspective. It’s definitely not the focus of the game. There is no character development and the story is never really fleshed out. I’ll refer to him as the Postal Dude since that was the name given to the protagonist in POSTAL 2 and they’re both voiced by the same voice actor. He believes the Air Force is releasing poison gas and only he is immune to its effects. From what I’ve researched online, you’re playing as a schizophrenic man who has been evicted from his home. I don’t own nor have I ever seen a physical copy so I have no idea. I’m guessing the story was established on the box or manual from the original retail release. With that said I am going to cover the original POSTAL and POSTAL Redux in this review.Īs far as I can tell the story isn’t really developed as you play. I had already owned the original game and by that I mean the Steam version with support for modern hardware and full Xbox 360 controller support. In fact, the only reason I even played it was because Steam had POSTAL Redux on Sale and I thought “sure, what the hell”. I never really gave the original game a chance until now. It’s a hilarious and controversial game that has no shame and is kept alive today thanks to constant support from the developers at Running With Scissors including recent DLC. POSTAL 2 is crude, rude, offensive, and I love it. ![]() ![]() It's great news and all, but Linux is still waiting on all the updates Postal 2 has gained, but RWS did state to us they are working on that themselves now rather than relying on external porter Ryan "Icculus" Gordon.I think most players are more familiar with POSTAL 2 than the first game. ![]() It will be great to see it revamped completely with nicer controls, as the controls have not aged well. I am a big fan of Postal 1 due to playing it a lot when I was younger, and it was one of the craziest games around. #POSTALREDUX- RunningWithScissors November 14, UE4 PC, Mac and Linux confirmed releases for now, possibility more platforms to follow. Many new features such as co-op.- RunningWithScissors November 14, 2014 POSTAL: REDUX is confirmed! Faithful to the original with redrawn HD art & redone character models. We will keep you posted if we hear anything else on it. The only word on release is "2015" right now. They have been very supportive of Linux in the past too, so it's great to see them continue this. The new Postal Redux will use Unreal Engine 4, so it's not surprising Linux is a platform. RunningWithScissors is planning to re-do Postal 1 into "Postal Redux", and they confirmed it will be on Linux. ![]()
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