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Postal 2 promises to be the best stress relief of all time!
The fine folks at Running With Scissors have done it again. The original Postal was condemned by Senator Liebermann, banned in 10 countries, pulled from major retailers store shelves and sparked a lawsuit by the US Postal Service. Apparently it's considered okay to have violence in books, TV, movies, art, etc., but not video games, even those developed and marketed to adults (i.e., the MSRB 17 rating). This game will no doubt stir up that hornets nest again, with the same predictable result - lots of free press (translating to sales) for Postal 2.

The basic premise of the game is that you play the Postal Dude and have to get through a week in his shoes to complete the game. You are placed in a variety of situations where you can react passively or um, "not so passively". Violence is optional, it is not required to complete the game successfully (RWS's web site states the game is "only a violent as you are"). They do however, give you a lot of resources in the event you decide to take the "not so passive" approach, including various machine guns, explosives, a gas can & lighter, and a, er, "cat silencer" (don't ask). The violence is supposed to be very over the top and humorous in a twisted way. How Gary Coleman fits in to all this should be something to see...

This game will be stress relief for a lot of responsible, mature adults who understand the difference between fantasy and reality. That said, observe the rating code and don't let your kids anywhere near it ("Oh my God, that video game has warped my fragile little mind!").

As for the mentally un-hinged or those on the verge of performing some violent act being "driven over the edge" by this game, they can get their influences anywhere. Not having video games with violent content will not make that issue go away (or guns or violence on TV, movies, etc.). Sometimes people just go berserk.

I have Postal 2 on pre-order and I'm anticipating hours of mature, engaging, stress reliving virtual mayhem (GTA 2 was getting old). Thanks RWS!

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Like working in Levittown, PA again
The object of this game is to get through the working week. This is a difficult thing for all of us at times, but when you live in the trashy town of Paradise, Arizona, the concept takes on new meaning.

The player takes on the role of the antihero, whose name is actually Postal Dude. All you really want to do is relax and smoke your "health pipe" but your nagging wife keeps sending you out on errands. Since anything is better than listening to her voice, you grudgingly accept your assignments: get some milk, vote, pick up a toy at the mall, and so on. But there is trouble in Paradise. Book burners are protesting at the library. Your church is taken over by Muslim terrorists. And in the most obvious bit of satire, a certain game company is assaulted by parents protesting violent video games.

Most of the "missions" are interrupted by incidents like these, and it's your job to get out of them alive and move on to your next goal.

In addition, you can have fun just wandering around and messing with people. Disrupt a parade or a carnival show. Set people on fire, or go on an all-out shooting spree. If you run afoul of the police, you will find yourself on a new adventure.

It's an amusing game, and it is fun discovering what you can do as you wander through the various areas, but after time it becomes very repetitive. Your tasks almost always follow the same pattern: fight your way through whatever annoying special interest group is standing in your way. The character AI isn't particularly advanced, and the dialogue is very limited. Some of the lines may be funny the first few times you hear them, but not for much longer. It might be hard to believe, but urinating on people and making them vomit does get old after awhile. In the end, traipsing back and forth through the city in a most inefficient manner is simply tedious. If the setting weren't such an eyesore (which, I know, is the point) it might not have been so.

I love that the game is so outrageous and doesn't care who it offends. The charm of the gameplay itself, though, wears off quickly.

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Thes game is won of the best ever
I beet Pastol 2 yezterdey an dit was the funnist game I have ever beenten... its good grafix and other good stuff like the grafix and the content rocks! I love how the grafix are really shiney and sparckleng... very grat! I am supprised this game isnt rated Teen... its nat thet bad... reality its not ! I beat it in 4 months on lievermode, which is the easiest. So this means the rapley valyou is rally hi! HAVE FUN!