A cult classic for both the right and wrong reasons. What may have started as a janky and exploitative game managed to become into a self aware and unique experience as years went by. It may not have the most solid features, but it sure makes for it by being an experience that is hard to summarize into a few paragraphs and its better, well, left to be experienced. Especially because the game is only as violent as you want it to be. That’s right; despite the violence being one of the game’s selling points you are not forced to partake into any of it and it is completely possible to play it it in its absurd entirety by being a pacifist… Or a doormat, if you will.

You may have seen the most popular streamers play it and your favorite reviewers talk about it, but I can’t stress enough that no one experiences this game the same way and that’s due how open and interactive it is. It’s not a game you can play once, no, you’ll need to play it multiple times to see every little corner and Easter egg it has to offer. Hell, despite my hours I remain shocked at the little things I’ve missed and it offers so many tools of destruction that no one plays it the same way either. What someone may tell you about the game it is just a small bite into a wedding cake. And if that wasn’t enough, the game has an ongoing modding community so you can turn your wedding cake into a metroplex of a cake with varying degrees of insanity. In short, the replay value is off the charts.

But of course, the game is not for everyone. You need to be very open minded and have a sense of humor to enjoy and understand the roots of the game, after all it was made in a different time but it remains just as relevant as when it was originally released. Another downside is that the expansion that comes included (Apocalypse Weekend) strips away some of the best elements of the base game (Like being more linear and pacifism no longer being a possibility and having more limited replay value), making some of the game’s flaws more notable but it makes up for it by having added features the game originally lacked on release. Apocalypse Weekend remains worth playing but it is somewhat of a downgrade of the main game.

At the time of me writing this review it has been 17 years since Postal 2 has been originally released in 2003 and people talk about it still to this day. Don’t be let out and just experience it on your own to understand the love. After all, if I had to sum up the game in a few words it would be that: An experience.

A cult classic for both the right and wrong reasons. What may have started as a janky and exploitative game managed to become into a self aware and unique experience as years went by. It may not have the most solid features, but it sure makes for it by being an experience that is hard to summarize into a few paragraphs and its better, well, left to be experienced. Especially because the game is only as violent as you want it to be. That’s right; despite the violence being one of the game’s selling points you are not forced to partake into any of it and it is completely possible to play it it in its absurd entirety by being a pacifist… Or a doormat, if you will. You may have seen the most popular streamers play it and your favorite reviewers talk about it, but I can’t stress enough that no one experiences this game the same way and that’s due how open and interactive it is. It’s not a game you can play once, no, you’ll need to play it multiple times to see every little corner and Easter egg it has to offer. Hell, despite my hours I remain shocked at the little things I’ve missed and it offers so many tools of destruction that no one plays it the same way either. What someone may tell you about the game it is just a small bite into a wedding cake. And if that wasn’t enough, the game has an ongoing modding community so you can turn your wedding cake into a metroplex of a cake with varying degrees of insanity. In short, the replay value is off the charts. But of course, the game is not for everyone. You need to be very open minded and have a sense of humor to enjoy and understand the roots of the game, after all it was made in a different time but it remains just as relevant as when it was originally released. Another downside is that the expansion that comes included (Apocalypse Weekend) strips away some of the best elements of the base game (Like being more linear and pacifism no longer being a possibility and having more limited replay value), making some of the game’s flaws more notable but it makes up for it by having added features the game originally lacked on release. Apocalypse Weekend remains worth playing but it is somewhat of a downgrade of the main game. At the time of me writing this review it has been 17 years since Postal 2 has been originally released in 2003 and people talk about it still to this day. Don’t be let out and just experience it on your own to understand the love. After all, if I had to sum up the game in a few words it would be that: [i]An experience.