>>1128061 It's a game people praise not for its gameplay but atmosphere like all gta games and RDR. It's only appealing for gamer dads.

>>1128061 Postal is an Art Game, it sucks as a game Postal Redux doesn't suck as a game, but sucks as an Art Game Basically play Postal 2, then Paradise Lost, then wait for Postal 4 to be updated for 5 more years until it's finally good

>>1128309 >postal 4 STILL sucks balls how do they do it lads

>>1128061 Amp up the difficulty and play redHat if it's a challenge you are looking for

>>1128309 >>1128325 Postal 4 will never be good because the very premise of it's existence sucks If it was just bad mechanically, like clunky or buggy or something which it is, but that's besides the point that could be fixed in due time But you can tell from the writing and the gameplay direction itself that their very plans suck from the bottom up, and that can't be fixed with any amount of years of tweaking the spaghetti They're trying to recreate Postal 2 almost like people who didn't make Postal 2 but rather some unrelated people who only played it and got the jist of the superficial aspects of the game, as opposed to everything under the surface that made it fun >They made fun of current events, we should too! No, they wrote whatever was crazy and assholish and rude enough to be fun, it just so happened to BE current events at the time, it doesn't need to be now >They had postal dude in a sexual outfit, we should do the same! No, they just had him end up in a wacky situation that just so happened to be a sexual outfit, it doesn't need to be >They made the game a chore simulator, we should have it be the same! No, they just chose the most fitting game to get their vision across, which happened to be a chore simulator, it doesn't need to be one, find your vision first and then work around it >They had a silly genitalia related mascot so WE also need a silly genitalia related mascot! NO NO NO! Start thinking in terms of themes and courses of action, try and remember your mindset AS you made Postal 2, not just copying the STUFF from Postal 2 Goddamit

>>1128061 this whole series is just one giant shitpost about society

>>1128061 Hey its a free game

>>1130704 I will always find it hilarious how so full of themselves they are when shitting(rightfully) on Postal 3 when 4 is close to how bad that is to play.

>>1146195 It almost feels like the shitting on P3 is cemented as an intentional meme to distract from how bad P4 is Like those insecure girls who always make an ugly face in photos so they can have a controlled thing people can mock to distract from whatever trait of their appearance they're ACTUALLY insecure about

>>1128061 as others have said, its more about the atmosphere. the game is like 2 hours long and simplistic. the only reason to even beat a level is to get to the cool level transitions and read more exposition. the finale isn't even particularly jarring anymore by todays standards. that said it is just a free experience, if you don't care about the theme then, as a game, it doesn't get better overtime. it probably would be more fun at higher difficulties, i don't recall feeling challenged on 'postal' difficulty either

>>1128309 If you like boomer shooters Brain Damaged is pretty good >>1130704 I hate how P4 stepped away from the violence and cruelty of P1/P2 and instead is trying too hard to be safe wacky.

>>1151567 Yeah the writers just seem scared of going overboard now P2 felt like the dude ACTUALLY hates everyone equally, whereas P4 is just the kinda humor where a guy goes "haha I hate everyone equally" because he's afraid of being proper edgy

>>1130704 Postal 3 & 4 were both written post-Mike J so that doesn't surprise me. He wants the game to be mainstream so you can't be legitimately evil anymore. To put in another way, they're afraid of getting cancelled. That's why the hate group is "gentle hipsters" instead of SJWs or Leftists. At least when they changed the ending in Postal Redux, that was a proper business decision i.e. AO rating = no console ports. Everything else, I shrug.

>>1151731 It's genuinely obnoxious how the only way to be edgy nowadays is to be politically controversial I miss the old web and early 4chan type of edgy humor, y'know, big horsecock futanari eating babies shanking grannies dickbees and all that, now it's just "I... DISAGREE WITH YOU POLITICALLY!" "NOOOOOO THE MICROAGGRESSIONS REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" because everyone is so desensitized to any kinda horror or shocking actions or imagery and the only thing that makes them peeepee their pantaloons in fear is not being the popular kids in school

>>1128061 I played it in the 90s and thought it was pretty crap as well So it's not even that it was good for its time

>>1152667 >only way to be edgy nowadays is to be politically controversial Shadow the Hedgehog is "edgy" yet not politically controversial. It's very much possible. Postal was made by pushing people's buttons hence the title: Postal. Unfortunately, most people don't know how to do that anymore.

>>1151731 Felt like finishing my Postal 3 pacifist run today, the game is absolute dogshit and crashed 8 times, but it still had 100x more soul than P4. If development went smoothly and they didn't compromise and turn it into a linear mission based game it would have been fondly remembered.

>>1157664 The new voice of postaldude definitely leaves a lot to be desired and i don't know how they managed but they even made the gameplay that should've been the strong point feel like it doesn't have any weight behind it.

>>1155018 Shadow the edgehog is "edgy", not edgy It's "GRRRR I LIEK DA DARKNESS AND LISTEN TO MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, MOOOOM!" type of edgy, but it's not offensive or crude

>>1155018 >Shadow the Hedgehog is "edgy" lol whut.