I would anticipate that the ratings for this game will go from the very low to the very high. Sure, it has bad language but the box and opening screens warn of that. It is totally violent but to have violence simply for the sake of violence isn't the reasoning behind things in this game. This game is not simply a first-person shooter like Serious Sam or Unreal2:Awakening. To look a little past the bad language and violence, this game takes most of the 'bad' in our society and puts it all into one small town, and does it with quite a sense of humor. Postal Dude's comments about 'Crack won't buy itself,' the religious priest that begins killing people on the street as a way to protest violence, the Osama look-a-likes that fanatically kill anyone they choose, the obviously crooked cops, and the parent anti-gaming anti-violence hate groups that invade RWS and kill everyone inside... It's all our hypocritically good, but evil, wrapped into one small town. I love it! I make computer games myself and have worked on many titles including several well-known shooters. I too have gotten caught-up in the publisher-forced cycle of making politically correct games that try to please everyone for the sake of better sales. I applaud RWS for having the 'balls' to be committed to making a game such as this. My game development career began about 15 years ago in garages-turned-offices where we made games that WE wanted to make, using the subjects and material that WE wanted to use. We weren't constantly under the microscope to make things that minimized violence or bad language. If we wanted it in there, then hell, we put it in there. I long for those days and it's like a breath of fresh air, at least from this old game developer, to see a company like RWS that's committed to making a game that probably won't top the charts in sales, but is still a project they took pride in making. Sure, some things in the game could be improved. There's too many loading zones that force a player wait, and the interior textures and models could be a little better. But overall, it's ahead of it's time. Years ago, people blasted DOOM for being overly violent. But look where it's taken gaming 10 years later.
Nothing more to say really, if you don't like it, take a look at the release date :) Try to appreciate it for what it is. For people like me who very much enjoy just creating random mayhem, like the people that have spen... Read Full Review
:Good Idea: ·You control how the game plays. You can actually play the game without being a psycho or you can just start out as a lunatic. It's up to you. ·Throwing a hand grenade at Gary Coleman is always good. ·Smok... Read Full Review
