Postal 2: Share the Pain

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8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 289 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 226 out of 289
  2. Mixed: 31 out of 289
  3. Negative: 32 out of 289
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  1. nastyjes
    Apr 12, 2023
    3
    Postal 2 is a bad shooter. I don't understand why this game needs Counter-Strike style multiplayer.
  2. Unlovedone
    Dec 16, 2022
    10
    Sincerally one of the best game which I had played. Specially with AWP mod, try it.
  3. Inny74
    Jul 18, 2022
    10
    One of the best games of all time, and often goes on sale for under $1 in some cases. In Postal 2, you can:
    1. Get people to sign your petition. Ask them or force them to ;)
    2. You can buy milk, or you can steal it. I'm sure the business won't mind and definitely won't go after you. ;) 3. Gary Coleman. Enough said. This game is as violent as you make it. You can even complete the    One of the best games of all time, and often goes on sale for under $1 in some cases. In Postal 2, you can:
    1. Get people to sign your petition. Ask them or force them to ;)
    2. You can buy milk, or you can steal it. I'm sure the business won't mind and definitely won't go after you. ;)
    3. Gary Coleman. Enough said.

    This game is as violent as you make it. You can even complete the entire game as a pacifist, depending on difficulty!    … Expand
  4. petrkozak13
    Dec 13, 2021
    8
    Quality DLC for a quality base game. More of the Dude Postal is always a good thing (or at least I though before playing Postal 3).
  5. Achspman
    Jan 2, 2021
    10
    its funny that it gets a low score from critics but good from people who actually played the gme.
    very fun especially tuesday
  6. rdg1994
    May 30, 2020
    10
    Excellent videogame which shouldn't be taken itself seriously. Which most critics at the time, did it, as you can see.
  7. Helen_Butte
    Nov 2, 2019
    10
    Great game. Good sense of humor and nice gameplay. When I play it again I think about my childhood. :)
  8. ZEVS
    Oct 17, 2019
    10
    Очень крутая и интересная игра, просто волшебное творение
  9. ECWWCWWWF
    Dec 30, 2018
    8
    A psychopathic game featuring a beautiful dark humor.definitely worth a look
  10. Panchogul
    Nov 24, 2018
    10
    Uno de los mejores sandboix que he jugado, es dinámico, adictivo, visceral y entretenido.
  11. Al89ex
    Feb 6, 2018
    6
    It is unusual project, it deserves an attention to play The game has good action and atmosphere
  12. evolver
    Nov 21, 2016
    0
    Bought this on Steam and it crashes reliably if too many NPCs are killed. I have Windows 10 with 8 gb ram and i7 processor. same problem on Mac too. talked to RWS about the crash on Mac, they said their code guy went awol and that they would have it fixed soon. RWS has not fixed this 2 year old bug and suffice to say, they will not fix it. The bug report submission form has been disabledBought this on Steam and it crashes reliably if too many NPCs are killed. I have Windows 10 with 8 gb ram and i7 processor. same problem on Mac too. talked to RWS about the crash on Mac, they said their code guy went awol and that they would have it fixed soon. RWS has not fixed this 2 year old bug and suffice to say, they will not fix it. The bug report submission form has been disabled or broken, the link that leads to RWS's forum is dead, and they no longer respond to the Steam message boards. I think it's time to bury this title. It's been two years and I'm tired of waiting for them to do something.… Expand
  13. multiman
    May 28, 2016
    0
    What is this? The game is full of crash causing bugs and it adds only 20-30 minutes of new gaming experience. The developers think they can sell everything - and they are right. There are enough people, who pay money for this. Wouldn't even buy it for 1 Dollar.
  14. rockstarsuck
    Jul 20, 2015
    10
    Gra z mojego dzieciństwa.

    Postal 2 jest jedną z najbrutalniejszych gier wszechczasów (jego sprzedaż została zakazana w kilkunastu krajach!). Opowiada ona przygody Kolesia - ogromnego pechowca. W grze sami decydujemy jaką drogą podążamy - możemy zarówno zabijać wszystko co żywe, jak i przejść grę bez żadnego morderstwa (nie wliczając pierwszego dodatku - Apocalypse Weekend). Gra    Gra z mojego dzieciństwa.

    Postal 2 jest jedną z najbrutalniejszych gier wszechczasów (jego sprzedaż została zakazana w kilkunastu krajach!). Opowiada ona przygody Kolesia - ogromnego pechowca. W grze sami decydujemy jaką drogą podążamy - możemy zarówno zabijać wszystko co żywe, jak i przejść grę bez żadnego morderstwa (nie wliczając pierwszego dodatku - Apocalypse Weekend).

    Gra oferuje:
    - duży otwarty świat (możemy zarówno udać się na misje, jak i chodzić po mieście)
    - ogromny wybór broni (od prostej łopaty, maczety, aż po karabiny maszynowe, bazooki, czy napalm)
    - sklepy, w których możemy kupić broń, przedmioty leczące lub rzeczy potrzebne do wykonania misji
    - moim zdaniem bardzo dobrą grafikę
    - gigantyczną dawkę czarnego humoru
    - możliwość znęcania się oraz torturowania każdej żywej istoty

    Postal 2 w mojej opinii jest jedną z najlepszych gier, jakie powstały. Warto także zaznaczyć, że gra często otrzymuje specjalne aktualizacje (głównie na święta) oraz patche usprawniające rozgrywkę.

    Po 12 latach od wydania podstawki, firma Running With Scissors postanowiła wydać drugi dodatek o nazwie Paradise Lost!

    Wprowadził on:
    - nową kampanię dla pojedyńczego gracza
    - wiele nowych broni oraz przedmiotów
    - możliwość pokazania środkowego palca :D
    - po zażyciu odpowiednich środków korzystanie z dwóch broni naraz
    - efekt kopnięcia w jaja
    - sporą ilość bosów
    - wygodniejszy, bardzo przydatny wybór broni
    - odmienione Paradise po wybuchu bomby
    - kilka nowych lokacji
    - automaty, z których możemy kupić przedmioty leczące oraz broń i amunicję

    Bez wątpienia jest warty zakupu, jeśli polubiłeś podstawkę to Paradise Lost na pewno przypadnie ci do gustu!    … Expand
  15. Praesi
    Jan 5, 2015
    8
    A big middle finger to all kinds of Industrys and a sarcasdic, black humor filled rampage you shouldnt take to serious.

    If you are a Religion Maniac or a member of the teaparty, make a huge bow around this Game.
  16. Garfoodle
    Dec 25, 2014
    10
    Its gotta be one of the worst games i've ever played, but it really is great. It looks like crap, it plays even worse, and can be done in a few hours. But the amount of offensive content here is appalling. And I love it for that. But don't come in expecting a serious game or anything, mind.
  17. RomneysTesticle
    Oct 28, 2014
    10
    Ok. For anyone who says this game promotes violence: you are wrong. The game says at the beginning that the actions portrayed are only meant to exist in video games, not real life.

    This game is amazing for so many reasons. First of all, there is actually head splatter, dismemberable body parts, you can pee on people, pee in peoples' mouths, make people vomit, throw anthrax filled cow    Ok. For anyone who says this game promotes violence: you are wrong. The game says at the beginning that the actions portrayed are only meant to exist in video games, not real life.

    This game is amazing for so many reasons. First of all, there is actually head splatter, dismemberable body parts, you can pee on people, pee in peoples' mouths, make people vomit, throw anthrax filled cow heads at people, cut peoples' heads off with garden clippers, and way way more. But if you think this game promotes violence, again I say you are wrong. This game is about free speech. It is about pushing the limitations of what is acceptable. Great game, could be offensive to people who can't differentiate reality from fiction and irony from literalism.    … Expand
  18. zombiechan
    Oct 20, 2014
    9
    Postal 2 is a fun game made by fun developers that love to poke fun at themselves as well as society. If you want a game where you can go complete psycho or just go and buy milk like a normal person, Postal 2 is for you.
  19. FindingOnions
    Sep 19, 2014
    10
    this is possibly the best game of all time. I had the original but this is just so much better, but the only problem is that multi-player is hosted by game-spy but that doesn't affect the core game so my review is still a ten. also this game cost me just £2 as it was on sale on steam
  20. pysiek1234
    Mar 17, 2014
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. [PL]Gierka jest bardzo bardzo fajna i śmieszna . Grafika nie jest przeszkodą do zabawy z POSTALEM 2 bo wygląda ładnie :) Niemoge doczekać się Postal 4 / [ENG] The game is very very cool and funny. The graphics are not an obstacle to play with Postal 2 because it looks nice :) Waiting for Postal 4… Expand
  21. MrNut
    Feb 23, 2014
    10
    I first played this game when I was around 10 years old. I guess one could blame the game for my anger issues and moodiness. But then again, it does say 18+ on the box.
    Seriously now. Don't let your kids play it. Not only is it violent, it's a disgusting show of all wrong there is. Like art, it presents reality through exaggeration (in this case, "exaggeration" means lots of human guts    I first played this game when I was around 10 years old. I guess one could blame the game for my anger issues and moodiness. But then again, it does say 18+ on the box.
    Seriously now. Don't let your kids play it. Not only is it violent, it's a disgusting show of all wrong there is. Like art, it presents reality through exaggeration (in this case, "exaggeration" means lots of human guts and cat silencers) that not everyone will understand. It's the Nick Cave of games (although I'm not sure if Nick Cave has a song about raping cats with guns), it seems purely negative, but then it goes deeper and takes you on a ride.
    The perfect satire.

    11/10, has smelly cow heads.    … Expand
  22. CLS
    Jan 9, 2014
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Postal 2...the game where almost every button of your morality will be pushed to its limits. The game wherein you play as a dude whose simple errands become a life-or-death situation. From cashing your paycheck to getting Napalm, everything goes to hell for no apparent reason.

    The game also offers a diverse cast of characters: They range from corrupt policemen, terrorists from Taliban, irate pedestrians, killer concern groups and even a guest appearance by the late Gary Coleman. So how do you deal with these kinds of people? Will you tolerate them or will you finally stand up for yourself and murder them?

    "Creative killing" is applied here. Pour gasoline on people, light them up then pee on them for maximum humiliation. Taze them, blow their heads off, snipe them off, inflict them with anthrax, the list goes on and on...

    This is not a game for everyone. So for the easily offended, don't bother playing this because Postal 2 delivers offensive content like no other. For those who wouldn't mind...then by all means play this game!

    REVIEWER'S NOTE: POSTAL 2 has been updated further as of this date (1/9/2014), thanks to the efforts of the RWS staff.    … Expand
  23. Paragonsolstice
    Jan 1, 2014
    10
    The game is so much fun and well worth 10 dollars! I highly recommend it to anybody that likes to have a lot of fun in video games. It's a shame that is got banned in a few places...
  24. m0rb
    Dec 29, 2013
    8
    when I saw this game the first time, I couldn't believe it wasn't banned instantly!
    it really is THAT violent but only if YOU want it to be!
    soaking an innocent bystander in gasoline, lighting him or her up, watch them burn.... then, get your penis out (oh yeah, you read right!), P*SS on him/her to put out the flames, then stand on the burnt, dying body as it crawls away... THAT is    when I saw this game the first time, I couldn't believe it wasn't banned instantly!
    it really is THAT violent but only if YOU want it to be!

    soaking an innocent bystander in gasoline, lighting him or her up, watch them burn.... then, get your penis out (oh yeah, you read right!), P*SS on him/her to put out the flames, then stand on the burnt, dying body as it crawls away... THAT is POSTAL 2.

    it CAN BE the most violent, brutal and, to be honest, SICK game ever made but, again, ONLY IF YOU want it to be.

    all missions can be finnished with minimal use of violence!
    only sometimes will you be attacked without provocation, in which case you have to defend yourself.
    and if you turn to violence, boy oh boy, this game IS violent!

    does anybody know another game, in which you can CATCH CATS and USE THEM AS A SILENCER for your GUNS?
    I didn't think so...    … Expand
  25. Lambo442
    Oct 28, 2013
    10
    So far I haven't seen anything to warrant giving this title less than a ten so I don't get the bad critic reviews. The graphics are impressive, the city you live in is detailed, the people who go about their daily lives will interact with each other, talk, or start shooting. It really is like an early GTA prototype. You can really explore the place too, enter properties to steal etc. It'sSo far I haven't seen anything to warrant giving this title less than a ten so I don't get the bad critic reviews. The graphics are impressive, the city you live in is detailed, the people who go about their daily lives will interact with each other, talk, or start shooting. It really is like an early GTA prototype. You can really explore the place too, enter properties to steal etc. It's satisfyingly gory, with plenty of blood and rolling heads and there's a tasty array of weapons. And that's just the single player. The game seems perfectly made for multiplayer, with enough maps etc. Love this game to bits… Expand
  26. Fire-Demon
    Sep 15, 2013
    10
    Simply awesome game and a breath of fresh air in this hysterically politically correct climate the world is in, the "critic rating" do differ allot from the user rating notice? well those critics are scared to upset their politically correct partners.. unzip your fly get your pipe stuffed and go postal
  27. NotAUsername
    Sep 8, 2013
    8
    While the graphics are questionable, the gameplay is awesome! It's like GTA with a little extra freedom to do whatever you want. I got to mention that the ability to pee on people is just hilarious! Overall, a pretty good game!
  28. Earthykiller127
    Aug 1, 2013
    10
    This game got all the thing a normal game doesn't mostly have Fun Show your wee wee to everyone, kick terrorists in the face, and even get sent to jail for taking a piss on a cop
  29. AxeFish
    Jul 23, 2013
    5
    Please do not misunderstand this score. Yes this game is fun, mainly because of how stupid it is. But if you look at the game as a whole, it's a mess. Gun play is pretty awful, although the weapon mix kinda makes up for it. The AI is just terrible. I have no clue what's going on. One moment everything is fine, the next everyone's screaming, people are randomly trying to shoot me and thePlease do not misunderstand this score. Yes this game is fun, mainly because of how stupid it is. But if you look at the game as a whole, it's a mess. Gun play is pretty awful, although the weapon mix kinda makes up for it. The AI is just terrible. I have no clue what's going on. One moment everything is fine, the next everyone's screaming, people are randomly trying to shoot me and the police wants to arrest me for doing absolutely nothing.
    You can imagine what multiplayer looks like. The same awful gun play added with kids spamming the chat.
    I know this game isn't to be taken seriously and most people just play this game just to take a piss on everyone. I will admit, there are moments that do make me laugh simply because of how ridiculous they are. But a game just being funny and ridiculous is only funny for so long and once it actually comes to playing the game, you're gonna have to put up with all of these problems.    … Expand
  30. JStheguy
    Jun 22, 2013
    8
    A rather interesting little game, I would say this is one of the best examples of an open-word game, even now. You start each day outside of your trailer home with a list of errands to do and the scummy city of Paradise, and the game basically just says "Go nuts!" and has you try to make anyway you want towards completing your objectives. An early example of this is Monday's "Buy someA rather interesting little game, I would say this is one of the best examples of an open-word game, even now. You start each day outside of your trailer home with a list of errands to do and the scummy city of Paradise, and the game basically just says "Go nuts!" and has you try to make anyway you want towards completing your objectives. An early example of this is Monday's "Buy some milk" errand, you can stand in a line, that they thoughtfully custom coded NPC's to specifically annoy you, or you steal it, almost gaurnteeing that you will find yourself trying to evade the storeowner and the police. Now on to the town this playground of death takes place in, Paradise. Paradise is anything but, and the developers tried thier hardest to let you explore every last nook of every last dying business, crack empourium, and trashy home of this h***-hole, this makes a stark contrast to stuff like the GTA series where you can explore a massive cityscape, but almost all of the buildings are pretty much painted boxes that you can't enter. The biggest sticking point of this game is the crudness of it all, what with the ability to shoot a cop, shock him until he falls to the ground, and pee on his crumpled, barely alive form. Honestly, the violence is all played for laughs and has roughly the same physics as an episode of Loony Toons. The only real problem I can say is that the redneck enemy type is prone to bugging out into an infinte spouting of "Yeeha-woo-yeeha-woo-yeeha-woo" and that it is sort of short, it can be beat in about 3 hours if you are good at it.… Expand
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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Cheat Code Central
    40
    Once you get past the uber-violent novelty of killing innocent civilians with everything from Molotov cocktails to weapons of mass destruction, you'll find the gameplay rather repetitive and shallow.
  2. Game Chronicles
    77
    The enhancements to the single player game are certainly a huge improvement and the multiplayer modes are reasonably fun although you might have trouble finding other people to play with or against.
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  3. IGN
    56
    The multiplayer gameplay is just as half-baked on a gameplay level as the single-player, making Share the Pain good for some temporary novelty diversion, but not much more. If you were truly a fan of Postal 2, then you'll probably get a kick out of this.
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