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ºSaintadriaNº has POSTAL 2

Apr 11, 2016 @ 3:07am

Why is Postal 3 so hated?

I just want to know

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BubblestationCPH has POSTAL 2

Apr 11, 2016 @ 3:22am

cus its not Postal 2?

Toaster_Tester has POSTAL 2

Apr 11, 2016 @ 3:45am

RWS explained the situation by stating that Postal III "was licensed to a Russian publisher and developer who were supposed produce the game to our design, with a much bigger team and budget than we had for POSTAL 2. Even taking those facts into account, it didn't work out very well. It was a mistake and one we will not repeat". They also added that "after the disaster that was PIII due to the mistake of outsourcing it, we have decided to make the next game 100% in house."

A later interview with Running With Scissors employee Jon Merchant further clarified the situation, with him stating that "Akella had vastly more resources than we had for POSTAL 2, so it seemed reasonable at the time they could produce a game that was at least equal to the game we made inhouse. Things started out well but I think they got hit pretty hard by the economic problems of 2007-8, and it all started to go downhill from there. The final product was very far removed from our original design, and horribly broken." He also commented that "the game is a broken mess and should not be sold. We stopped selling the game ourselves some time ago when it became apparent that neither us or the community would get the SDK tools. We don't regard it as the third POSTAL game, just a dodgy spin off that should never have happened."

Vince Desi summarized the situation in a 2013 interview by saying that "some deals work, some don’t, PIII failed for many reasons. Worst of all we lost control of the project and that was the beginning of the poofest. Historically we had a great relationship with Akella, our Russian publisher, and for the record the folks there were good people and I consider them my friends regardless of the fiasco PIII ... Again, it is a testimony to POSTAL fans around the world who have shown their loyal support beyond all odds and hurdles that allows us to keep on going."

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Last edited by Toaster_Tester; Apr 11, 2016 @ 3:45am

B Dawg

Apr 11, 2016 @ 5:05am

It was simply bad. Nuff said.

Trick

Apr 11, 2016 @ 7:53am

Originally posted by Minister of chlorine:
-No free roaming in the story mode
-There is no map cause you don't need one
-There is no currency
-You can't collect any items like food, health pipes ect.
-You can't really interact with the NPCs
-The aiming is terrible
-Bugs everywhere
-Constant game crashes
-The story doesn't make much sense
-New voice actor (even though I got used to him by now)
-The 3rd person is a pain in the ass
-The story is actually really short, there are like 20 missions which all take like 3 minutes
-It has no replay value
-Most of the weapons are useless
-The weapon switching is also a pain in the ass
-You can't buy stuff from stores
-The enemies are a joke
-No option to set difficulty
-The life system is like Watch_dogs
-No jumping

Tiffany A. Apr 11, 2016 @ 8:17am

I think of Postal 3 as an average game, while other Postal games are decidedly great. To be fair Postal 3 would have been at least good, but in very early 2010 (around Feb/March) it was clear the game was going to have some problems. It's a shame since it looked good up until then, even in Jan 2010. It's not perfect, but it's still a Postal game and as such I can reasonably enjoy it.

468528456

Apr 11, 2016 @ 12:32pm

Bad customer service

RusDaddy

Apr 11, 2016 @ 1:28pm

just think of it as a bad dream like dude did

Guz

Apr 15, 2016 @ 2:37am

cuz it sux as*s. Even RWS don't want anything to do with it. The Postal "charm" is gone, all there is left is a dull, broken, piece of sh*it game that should get mad cow tourettes disease and die in flames.