POSTAL 4: No Regerts

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4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 113 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 113
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 113
  3. Negative: 57 out of 113

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  1. Kabaozgur61
    Oct 15, 2019
    2
    Game optimization is very bad the game cannot even pass past previous postal games
  2. maxduhmine
    Oct 18, 2019
    0
    Not great, ̶n̶o̶t̶ terrible
    Game optimization is terrible,bugs...
    Don't buy.
  3. ThatOnePlayer
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    The humour of a 12-year-old. Such ugly graphics. The most videotaped and boring open world I've ever seen. And the slowest credits possible... Frankly, if I were them, I wouldn't even have taken out a credit, it's better not to know the creators of this abominable piece of ****
  4. moongrim
    Apr 22, 2022
    2
    Crashing and performance issues aside the game still sucks monkey balls. Feels like they were in a hurry to push it out and as a result it runs like ass.
  5. tangentgrey
    May 5, 2022
    0
    The devs like to pretend that they learned their lesson from the mess that was Postal 3, but this game is somehow even worse.

    Postal 3 is at least funny. This game doesn't contain any actual jokes.
  6. Shinkle
    Apr 22, 2022
    4
    This just isn't a good or fun game. I rate it a 4 because I think the art and sound team did a good job.
    Gameplay, level design, story, writing on the other hand isn't done well, it's boring, uncreative and cheap.
    This game is like a high-school group project to make a powerpoint where the smart artsy kids got put with the annoying kids that quote 2012 memes and reddit jokes.    This just isn't a good or fun game. I rate it a 4 because I think the art and sound team did a good job.
    Gameplay, level design, story, writing on the other hand isn't done well, it's boring, uncreative and cheap.

    This game is like a high-school group project to make a powerpoint where the smart artsy kids got put with the annoying kids that quote 2012 memes and reddit jokes. Something that is presented well but flops on content.

    A modern rendition of what the original postal was about, a game crude and offensive with the tools to make some wacky scenarios could have real potential in 2022, but every punch, every beat just feels annoying and unfunny. The levels feel like job simulators with the boring 'screw in lightbulb ,carry box, report scrap' objectives and every time someone speaks I roll my eyes waiting for them to shut up.

    Modern hardware, systems and culture could've gave the grounds for something really out there, something really creatively crude. But no, it's just early 90s level design with 2016's 30-something year old Facebook humour sprinkled in.

    A waste and a shame. They took the easy route on gameplay and humour and it shows, there is nothing original about this, the original postal games had the humour and delivery of a good south park episode, this on the other hand goes for the low-hanging fruit. We're making fun of SJW culture when before we were pissing on Gary Coleman. It's just creatively bankrupt.

    I wish I could say the game tried hard, but it really didn't, had the devs not made postal two, this would not have any reviews and would go completely unheard of, and I'd be an afternoon of free time better for it.    … Expand
  7. Slatop
    Apr 21, 2022
    0
    This game is worst entry in this series. First problem, most prominent one is optimization. It wasn't done for 3 years and developers would deny themselves that it's their fault. They even divided it into smaller areas and still runs poorly. World of this "game" is dull, boring. In short - too big and too empty. NPCs are also lackluster - both in terms of looks and AI, which is one of theThis game is worst entry in this series. First problem, most prominent one is optimization. It wasn't done for 3 years and developers would deny themselves that it's their fault. They even divided it into smaller areas and still runs poorly. World of this "game" is dull, boring. In short - too big and too empty. NPCs are also lackluster - both in terms of looks and AI, which is one of the worst I've ever seen. I started the topic of graphics, so I'll say that this game looks like Sims or Fortnite, which isn't fitting for Postal game. Postal 3 looked better than that. Even Postal 2 looked better than that. Gunplay is so broken that would quickly turn you into pacifist. Quests are unimaginative, stupid and made with intent to make you angry, which is not what videogames are about. Humour in this half-product is from the lowest levels, it's embarassing. Various bugs also plague this game. Yes, there's choice for Dude's voice, but it would be good for co-op and not singleplayer campaign (I won't deny their performance, because it's good). There are sounds, they didn't forget about them. Also there's other problem with fanbase, or rather RWS' fanboys that will defend this "game" no matter what. Of course they are not true Postal fans, because instead they would really care about the state of this "product". So won't be ashamed or scared of saying the truth. Godspeed!… Expand
  8. Lightbulbmoment
    May 6, 2022
    0
    A Running With Scissors employee actually sent drones to spam this garbage game with 10/10 reviews so I made an account just to give this low effort trash a 0.

    Don't trust this sleazy company.
  9. Switchbutton
    May 5, 2022
    0
    It's one of the laziest, unfinished, and BORING games I've ever played.

    Even Postal 3 is better. Because at least that game doesn't commit the sin of being BORING.
  10. burninghangman
    May 7, 2022
    0
    This game is a complete scam. Dozen upon dozens of stolen unreal store assets, most missions are either boring as heck or are stolen from postal 2, and the game crashes at EVERY. SINGLE. LOADING SCREEN.

    Avoid at all costs. The only positive reviews are from ACTUAL Running With Scissors employees
  11. Hensin
    May 4, 2022
    1
    Это подобие игры нее стоит даже траты время на расписывание ее недостатков, это просто хрень по мотивам... Любой кто захочет в ЭТО поиграть, подумайте как следует.
  12. Vygero
    Apr 21, 2022
    0
    >be RWS
    >give rights to make another Postal game to other studio
    >they make Postal 3, a bad game
    >make new game themselves
    >turns out to be even worse
    >don't listen to critics and listen only to yourselves
    >be surprised of game ratings
  13. trickymerchant
    May 8, 2022
    0
    Half of the game's assets are stolen from the Unreal store, and the other half are stolen from Postal 2. Total scam.
  14. icegrandpa
    Apr 26, 2022
    0
    just a trash game that is not finished. save yourself the money. not worth even your time if it's a free game.
  15. JFK_Gaming
    Jul 8, 2022
    0
    The Hunt down the Freeman of the Postal series. The game has a high score on steam, because of the band kid, nostalgia obsessed fans, that the Postal fan base is today. Most of whom gave the game a positive review on it's self admitted janky Early Access release in 2019, which is proof they'll accept literally anything that Running With Scissors gives them. Most of whom are also saying theThe Hunt down the Freeman of the Postal series. The game has a high score on steam, because of the band kid, nostalgia obsessed fans, that the Postal fan base is today. Most of whom gave the game a positive review on it's self admitted janky Early Access release in 2019, which is proof they'll accept literally anything that Running With Scissors gives them. Most of whom are also saying the negative reviews come from the gaming journalists, ignoring the criticism from long time fans, about things like the store bought assets, bad writing, RWS's hostile reactions to criticism, mobile-game graphics, 45 minute long load screens, etc.… Expand
  16. sKeettastiK
    Jul 18, 2022
    0
    The game is completely dysfunctional. We live in an age of abysmal cynical broken **** games
  17. Gervant228
    May 25, 2022
    0
    Это вообще не уровень Постала 2,даже не уровень Постала 1. Нет старых,классных шуток,классной локализации,где было переведено ВСЁ,а здесь,сука,даже субтитров нет во время катсцен. А еще эти разрабы смеялись над третьей частью..да вам до нее бегать и бегать.Это вообще не уровень Постала 2,даже не уровень Постала 1. Нет старых,классных шуток,классной локализации,где было переведено ВСЁ,а здесь,сука,даже субтитров нет во время катсцен. А еще эти разрабы смеялись над третьей частью..да вам до нее бегать и бегать.
  18. FareWare
    Jun 16, 2022
    0
    I Wish I Didn't Have To Say This But, It Doesn't Feels Like a Postal Game..
  19. FourthMailman
    Jul 13, 2022
    0
    if this is good game, then im pope and im not even religious. game is so bad that i wont even get it for free.
  20. Minatoor
    May 8, 2022
    0
    Buggy beyond repair. Crashes at literally every single loading screen. I want a refund.....
  21. Undeadbobop
    Aug 9, 2022
    2
    I don't even know where to begin, this is barely a game. Its more a bad tech demo for unreal 4.
    This game feels like it was mostly made by 1 guy who was rushed. I know exactly how that feels and been there. But yeah. Crashes everywhere, poor story with worse writing than postal the movie. Go watch that instead, so do anything instead. Story is probably the worst thing here, right next to    I don't even know where to begin, this is barely a game. Its more a bad tech demo for unreal 4.
    This game feels like it was mostly made by 1 guy who was rushed. I know exactly how that feels and been there. But yeah. Crashes everywhere, poor story with worse writing than postal the movie. Go watch that instead, so do anything instead. Story is probably the worst thing here, right next to level design. If you ever want to know how to not make a game, take all your tips from this one and you will be set. There is so many things they could do to fix it, but they choose to instead attempt to deflect any and all criticism at RWS. It was in a pre-released state for nearly 3 years with little to no improvement where it needed it. So much of the game is broken and buggy. Yes postal 3 was better, the devs constantly trash postal 3, but it is far better than this hot mess. They attempted to give a critic of the series a role in the game, he manages his own store... which stores in this game do not work. They apparently have a bunch of side missions... most do not work. I remember clearing a minor mission and it said I still had to do it after completing it. Multiple times. So many bugs, so many crashes. I at one point ate food while on fire and the game crashed almost every time I did this. I noticed several bugs reported some. Not a single reply from RWS. There is too many bugs to report at this point. The only point that doesn't feel like its in a constant state of cheat death debug mode where instead of loading the last save it just teleports you to the checkpoint. This checkpoint warping is a big issue on later stages of the game, especially the final boss fight warping you back to another map entirely, I had it glitch out so many times and crash because of this. The game unloads and reloads assets quickly but yet the loading screens take forever like every last one of them is loading every last resource in the game and precaching them all no matter the level. Like it is loading every texture too. This is bad, it makes the game easier, keep in mind just playing the game is difficult on even high end hardware. This game runs poorly no matter what, all of the difficulty of this game comes from how badly it performs. No matter what they add to the game at this point the level design will kill it, if not the level design the performance of the game. It is in desperate need to lower loading times and increase frame rates. So much is being done wrong here I don't see any possible way the devs can save the game underneath all these problems in performance, even if so difficulty at this point will put the game at such a easy difficulty that it will need heavy balance changes. Many of the weapons are underwhelming. Certain weapons should share ammo like the 2 shotguns in the game. Swimming is completely broken where you when you surface to the top of the water the water collision no longer works and you are no longer swimming till you hit the bottom. Sometimes glitching through objects and getting stuck.I did notice a few people were missing in the credits as well; I heard from many that they used store bought assets. I can honestly belief this as there is a vast difference in model types, art styles, and many assets that don't match the rest of the game.

    Now for the good, yes if everything was fixed it might be better. If all the glitches and bugs and the devs added a feature of auto detect stuck players like postal 2 did than maybe it might be a ok game with terrible world design. This would require way way more than what they are currently putting into the game and require a major massive overhaul. Every part of this game is under developed, nothing is done, so much is unfinished. Oh thats right I am trying to talk about the good here.... Monday: Missions are more complete here than every other day, its a ok opening jokes at the start need to be heavily reworked within the opening, most of them are terribly done and phoned in, most of the humor here is shock humor that is worse than postal 3 bad. Tuesday: You turn into a cat, also one of the most glitchest missions in the game how ever. Weds: You go to a theme park with working rides. Thursday: Level design here is ok has creapypasta vibes. Friday: making it through this day is a challenge in itself, its the glitchiest day filled with the most bugs and needs to be entirely reworked, the ending of the game is awful and makes the game feel pointless.
    Loading screens want to compete with sonic 06 and duke nukem forever. This game is barely a game. Damn I did it again one more time the good: Weapon mechanics they have weapons, all the melees pretty much do the same thing, all the weapons have multiple skins which is a good thing, pretty much the ak and the m16 perform identically. The only weapons you will get ammo for is the pistol and shotgun early on and then only the m16 and ak. They have more weapons but not enough ammo.Damnit I give up. Here is the review.    … Expand
  22. GVB
    Jan 11, 2023
    2
    It's not about the performance (that it is a disgrace) or the ugly graphics (oh, man, watch the trailer or just a couple of pics and will get the idea), but the humor. It's not irreverent. It's not dark. It's not brave or provoking. Just a lot of scatological jokes so, so lame that would not be funny even for a 13-year-old boy.

    The map is the other great problem. Bigger than Postal 2,    It's not about the performance (that it is a disgrace) or the ugly graphics (oh, man, watch the trailer or just a couple of pics and will get the idea), but the humor. It's not irreverent. It's not dark. It's not brave or provoking. Just a lot of scatological jokes so, so lame that would not be funny even for a 13-year-old boy.

    The map is the other great problem. Bigger than Postal 2, but worst in every aspect, boring, with no soul.

    So, in conclusion... even Postal III (being a terrible game) is better than this.    … Expand
  23. arostislavna
    Dec 13, 2022
    4
    It's designed to be bad and broken... and it does exactly that so it should be a 10, but in the real world it's still bad and deserves a low score.

    if YOU buy this crap, YOU'RE the problem.
  24. Marfol
    Jun 13, 2023
    1
    Awful game. Just awful. Lazy development. Normally I would go into detail on a bad game but it's not worth my time. Avoid.
  25. borgaborga
    Jun 13, 2023
    1
    absolute joke of a videogame. developers are acting like clowns on social media all the time, while their game is absolute half-baked garbage. this was my first and last postal game. I can not believe someone took their time to make this game. 1/10.
  26. petrkozak13
    Sep 1, 2023
    4
    I've never played something so broken. Even though this game came out one or two years ago, it's still full of major bugs, weird design choices and many more problems. I love Postal 2 but this one was a misstep. Maybe they'll fix/finish it some day, untill then I refuse to continue playing.
  27. nastyjes
    Jul 18, 2023
    3
    Looks ugly, a lot of bugs a year after the official release, the plot is even more idiotic and ridiculous than in Paradise Lost, the optimization is better than in the alpha version, but it still sucks. But the game retained everything that you loved so much in Postal 2: loadings between locations, terrible shooting, ugly animations, almost absent AI. In many places, the game does notLooks ugly, a lot of bugs a year after the official release, the plot is even more idiotic and ridiculous than in Paradise Lost, the optimization is better than in the alpha version, but it still sucks. But the game retained everything that you loved so much in Postal 2: loadings between locations, terrible shooting, ugly animations, almost absent AI. In many places, the game does not hesitate to completely copy Postal 2. You will again ask to sign the petition, you will vote again, and at the end you will again encounter a local apocalypse with cats falling from the sky. This game is dangerously close to Postal 3, but still better.… Expand
  28. ChiIIaoi
    Apr 24, 2023
    3
    Review só pra lembrar a nota que eu dei pro jogo:
    Jogo mt ruim, agora só escrever pra passar dos 75 caracteres.
  29. Sr_Zeba
    Apr 12, 2023
    2
    The game is a big mess, even after a year since launch, the game is pretty much incomplete, there are a lot of glitches that ruin the expirience and most of the missions are boring. It's sad that Postal 4 managed to be worse than Postal 2 (even 3 if you ask me), a game from 20 years ago.
  30. Bandalf
    Jul 28, 2023
    0
    Buying a pack of crisps would be a better idea instead of this...There isn't event a word to describe this thing. The worse game i ever played.

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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 20
  3. Negative: 19 out of 20
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 29, 2024
    40
    The first installment, despite its unremarkable gameplay, at least tried. It brought the story of a man who just wants to exist, but the whole world is against him. Here, from the start, you're a nutcase in a bathrobe who shoots prisoners and cleans sewers. And sometimes he hallucinates. If there's satire, it's on the level of cops eating donuts. [Issue#319]
  2. GameGrin
    Nov 29, 2023
    40
    Multiple updates since leaving Early Access have still resulted in a game that barely squeezes past “mediocre” in the fun department, and should have probably not left it.
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  3. Gaming Age
    May 23, 2022
    25
    Busted in more ways than anything I’ve played in a while, it’s very disappointing as an evolution to the series. Maybe we’ll get the No Man’s Sky of Postal games and in 5 years, this review will look stupid, but where I’m sitting now, at the 1.0 release, I’m not hopeful. At least I liked No Man’s Sky on launch.
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