Take a walk in Postal dudes shoes (Followed by Urinating on midgets, lighting fires and using cats as silencers)
This is by far the most VIOLENT game I have ever layed eyes on, as well as the most disgusting.
But in amongst the Violent, revolting and actually at times quite disturbing shell, There is a quite a funny game.
The sick and sadistic black humor really was very funny at times, even though it was usually very stereotypical.
It's easy to understand why this made so many people angry, It did make some random cracks about homosexuals, middle easterners etc.
I did a random test to see if this made me more Violent then usual, To test the "the game made me do it" that this game came out with.
I played the game for 3 hours non-stop, for a week, I did have a change in my behavior.
Not Violent as such, but more un-friendly and scary.
Alright, lets get to story.
Long story short, Postal 2 has no story, you are asked to do an errand and you can do this as Violently or calmly as you wish.
Even though it is possible to go through the game without killing a single man, woman or animal, it is VERY HARD;
The situations you are put into are hard to get out of without violence, nearly imposable even and even if you really really try you'll probably get frustrated and just have to kill a few.
In the Game play, It is pretty straight forward, Kill and keep going forward.
The game is not very liner, so you can go and complete the errands in different ways.
For example, the mission in which you must get milk on Monday;
You could just walk in, grab the milk, wait in line and buy it and leave. End of mission.
Or you could run in grab the milk and hold the shop keeper up at gun point, causing the front gate to close and postal dude to run through what seems to be an illegal arms and drug dealership.
when you're just wandering around paradise you can either just move quietly to the next area or flip out and KILL EVERYONE in the area.
In the graphics area, in todays standards the game looks a bit old school, using the old unreal engine.
But it does have a bit of a charm to its look.
In the weapons department is where this game really shines:
Napalm launchers, gas cans, anthrax filled cow heads.
The game has a good selection in its belt.
Postal 2 Share the pain also has a new added multi player feature, while it was chaotic and fun, that was about the only thing that had really made the Postal 2 into Postal 2 STP.
And as the editor was hard to use and often times very unstable, it really wasn't a very important addition to the pack.
Postal 2 STP is a Fun little 20 minute at a time game that works kind of like a stress relief game.
The graphics were a bit mediocre in some spots and the game was often times over the top, throwing a Little too much violence and racism for the unsuspecting public.
The bottom line is, if you like senseless GTA style violence and some funny and stereotypical moments and situations then give Postal 2 STP a shot; But if you are very serious or very easily offended then leave it be.