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Postal 2

2003 66 / 100 Adventure Indie Shooter
Try to live a week as The Postal Dude doing everyday chores on your to-do list, such as picking up milk at the grocery store. In a world where cats can be used as assault rifle silencers, it's not surprising that a milk carton costs 5 bucks. Stealing said carton might be relatively easy in your basic corner shop, but when the shop is owned by a bunch of trigger happy jihadists, you might want to think twice about try Show full summary

Try to live a week as The Postal Dude doing everyday chores on your to-do list, such as picking up milk at the grocery store. In a world where cats can be used as assault rifle silencers, it's not surprising that a milk carton costs 5 bucks. Stealing said carton might be relatively easy in your basic corner shop, but when the shop is owned by a bunch of trigger happy jihadists, you might want to think twice about trying to leave without paying for your overpriced groceries. Little mistakes like that might just flip the switch and make you go postal.

World design Open World ExperienceStory-focused Game feelChallenging GameplayCombat-focused

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What it is about.

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Story & context

Live a week in the life of "The Postal Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

ExperienceStory-focused Game feelChallenging GameplayCombat-focused GenreAdventure GenreIndie GenreShooter ThemeAction ThemeComedy ThemeOpen world Traitaberrant a.i. behaviour Traitadapted to - movie Traitaddiction Traitaggressive door-opening Traitanarchism Traitanimal companions Traitanimal cruelty Traitarcade cabinet Traitbanned Traitblamed for real life murders Traitbloody Traitbreaking the fourth wall Traitbully mode Traitburning Traitcat Traitcats Traitchemical warfare Traitcontroversy Traitconveyor belt Traitdark humor Traitday-based narrative Traitdeath Traitdeveloper cameo Traitdifficulty level Traitdoctor Traitdog Traitdownloadable content Traitescaping imprisonment Traitextreme violence Traitfalling damage Traitgog preservation program Traitgore Traithistorical figures in fictional settings Traitmale protagonist Traitmelee Traitmod support Traitmoral decisions Traitmoving bodies Traitnotoriety system Traitnuclear bomb Traitnudity Traitpacifist playthrough Traitpizza Traitpop culture reference Traitpriest Traitprofanity Traitracial stereotypes Traitragdoll physics Traitreal-time waiting Traitrobbery Traitsatire Traitscripted events Traitsevered limbs Traitshopping Traitslow-motion Traitsniping Traitsteam Traitsteam greenlight Traitsteam trading cards Traitsuicide Traittank Traitterrorists Traittrilogy Traitvending machine interaction Traitvent crawling Traitviolence Traitvision obstruction Traitwaking up captured Traitwasd movement Traitzoom platform

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Running With Scissors
Publisher
Whiptail Interactive, Linux Game Publishing, Running With Scissors
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
First person
Themes
Action, Comedy, Open world
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Linux Apr 15, 2005
  • Linux Feb 04, 2005
  • Mac Nov 02, 2012
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Apr 14, 2003
  • Linux Nov 02, 2012
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Apr 17, 2003
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Nov 02, 2012

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