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Postal 2: everyone is batshit insane except you. Postal 1: you’re the insane one.

That image of the Postal Dude hiding in the corner, desperately clinging to a rifle like a child with a blanket or a teddy bear. That messed with me.

After seeing the loading screens, music, and diary entries the gameplay is honestly the least disturbing part

I feel like the second game shows the world through the eyes of Postal Dude while the first shows what's actually happening.

"Your responsible for what the Postal Dude does, but don't receive any of the punishment." Man, that does make the ending seem even worst than I thought.

my favorite theory of all time is the idea that postal dude was legit going insane over the existence of humanity he is a overworked tired man living in the corner of a shitty neighborhood, everyday he sees the worst in humanity and everyday the sounds outside his home drive him more and more over the edge till one day he wakes up, goes outside and he does not see humans anymore he cant see people, just demons or beasts he fights confused and afraid thinking he is killing monsters out to get him and when he gets to the elementary school he stops and snaps out of his crazed mind, he cries at the sight of children ignorant to the world and just having fun, playing and enjoying each other company

What if -- and hear me out -- the "Easy" and "Medium" level cards are what the Dude actually wrote down, while the "Hard" and "Nightmare!" cards are what he _thinks_ he wrote down.

That quote from Jon gave me shivers in regards to the original elementary school attack ending from the game. “The original ending no longer applies, because it was suppose to depict something completely unthinkable”

I still find it hilarious how the creators of Postal 1 (RWS) are some of the most polite people i have talked to.

I played Postal 1 redux not long ago and man...it isn't fun. Not in a gameplay sense, but it's like every aspect of the game really tries to tell you not to continue in a subconscious way.

(Not) Fun fact; I was told why post office shootings were so common back then when I got hired by the USPS. It's generally attributed to two reasons - Many post office workers were war veterans, since it was hard for them to find work outside of government jobs. They of course had a number of mental illnesses that were untreated back then, like ptsd. I never thought about it before being told in orientation, but it's sad and makes a lot of sense.

I feel like the really grim thing about Postal 1 is how it contrasts to all the other postal games, and what it feels like to me, the rationale was. RWS tried to make a horror game, essentially, and got lambasted and skewered in the media for it. So they said 'fuck it' and turned it into this absurdist comedy, even then still receiving vicious criticism. At the end of the day, Postal 1 was something Americans were not prepared for, because of how dark it was, because it required introspection, it was easier to just reject it. I feel like RWS started off wanting to make stereotypically 'smarter' games and became disillusioned after Postal 1...

“Audio/Visual Nightmare” is the best descriptor of Postal 1 I’ve heard in a while.

Though it's entirely possible to run through Postal 1 without killing a single Innocent, you couldn't NOT throw a firebomb at the marching band when you were 12. It was like putting Oreo pudding in front of you and saying, "Don't eat it."

comparing Postal to hatred it's like trying to compare a complete psychopath to the kid who's trying to be edgy

I member when people like Extra Credits freaked out about the release of HATRED but forget this game existed years before

I first noticed how messed up the game was when you got to the outskirts early in the game and had a insanly brutal quote: ''The air ripens with the odors of the dead and dying. It smells like...victory.'' That quote alone made this game extremly disturbing.

4:50 small correction, his main pain sound (the AAUURGH) is a stock sound, but vince did the FIIIIIIIRRE voiceline for him

I stand by my theory that the original postal is a political statement about mental healthcare and mental health awareness, this game was accused of glorifying this violence but the same people who accused it would neglect mental health at every turn. What makes this game so scary is that it's not a game, these things happen in reality and we as a society only seem to care when it's too late.

The ending to Postal 1, namely the original and it's still images, is unironically one of the most horrifying endings I've seen in all forms of media, The Dude got condemned to a personal hell for something he ultimately had no control over. That is terrifying.

In the OG credit image of the well with the dead bodies, there is actualy a baby shot in the back besides the dude cut in half in the center.

the first postal game is quite an interesting mix of isometric top-down shooter and horror game, playing it for free on steam made me curious enough to play the second game and even watch the movie.

That dev quote about the last level is horrifically devastating, no other way to put it really

2:50 "Graphic design is my passion"

The scariest part about Postal 1, that there's a chance that something similar to it in real life happens.

*_"Population pressure and the stress of modern life may cause an increase in violent tendencies. The urban environment is the incubator for all sorts of undesirable behaviors. However much his atrocities disgust us, he may actually consider himself a hero. This is common among those who, in the popular slang, "go postal". In his tortured mind, he may feel he was battling against impossible odds. It is not unusual for some individuals to believe that the entire fate of the world rests with them. In the end, our subject displays all the classic symptoms of paranoid delusions. We may never know exactly what set him off but, rest assured, we will have plenty of time to study him."_*

(I apologize in advance for my poor English) Also, when completing Rampage mode in Postal Redux, you will see another ending. Against the background of amazing artwork, such a speech sounds: "After overseeing the subject for some time, the primary assessment has entered closing stages. The subject's next of kin have refused to cooperate with the ongoing evaluation. While the subject remains largely unresponsive to outside stimuli, caretakers have reported brief moments of coherency. Here in these increasingly sporadic times of lucidity, he describes himself as embarking on a self-proclaimed everlasting crusade, some sort of unending rampage. It isn't certain exactly who he's competing against, but he seems he desires the judgement of some unknown figure. Communication with this unseen force suggests an inability to distinguish between his delusions and reality. Observations show him withdrawing further and further into himself. Diagnosis is unclear at this point as despite our continued efforts, the subject's condition seems to only deteriorate with time. He appears to be trapped inside his own mind in an endless struggle against himself..."

My dark theory: The image of Postal dude backed up into a corner shows the aftermath of his arrival at the Elementary School… His utter mental breakdown coming to a close as he emotionally crumbles to pieces, with the police finally locking him up in a place housing many other disturbed individuals, where he’d spend the remainder of his life

What i find frightening about Postal 1 is that the Postal Dude looks so inhuman during the air force base's loading screen, he doesn't look like a man there, he looks like a demon in pure joy in what he's doing. But his mind is saying otherwise when you read the journal entries.

If I remember correctly the dude in postal 1 thunks the airforce is using chemical to turn people crazy and he is simply trying to save himself and stop the spread of these chemicals In truth he suffers a full on psychological break and goes on a rampage in his own delusions

To me Postal 1 and 2 are like thought experiments. Postal 1 was "Can we make game that is fun to play, but an emotional, visual, and sound trainreck?" Postal 2 is "How do we offend as many people as possible?"

For me Postal 1 is a depressing reminder of the reality of mass shootings or other violent crimes commited by mentally unstable people. People driven to insanity by stress or other factors until they do terrible things, and as much as we try to dehumanize them, they probably had their reasons to commit such atrocities; nonsensical ones, sure, but reasons that at least they thought made sense. And forgetting about those people and what led them to do what they did is exactly the thing that allows for more such people to appear. Postal 1 is one of the most disturbing games I've played because of how many thoughts it brings to my mind and how it breaks the feeling of safety I and many others take for granted

Nice to see someone showing Postal 1 so much love. A lot of people write it off as trite and overly edgy, but they're not looking past the surface. There are so many incredibly interesting layers to this game.

What really gets me about this game, is that there is no antagonist. A lot of games have a main antagonist. Amon in Starcraft 2, The Prophets in Halo 2-3, Wesker in Resident Evil 1 and 5, stuff like that. But some games change up the formula by making the antagonist into something less tactile. Say Frostpunk for example, you're definitely fighting something, and that is the weather. It's a nice change of scenery, making your antagonist into something you have no control over. Cry of Fear is an amazing game, and while you could say that the "Doctor" could be the main antagonist, he's more of a plot device to further reinforce that YOU (or rather, who Simon perceives himself to be) are the antagonist. Simon also has a lot of mental issues, and tries to solve them one way or another with the tools he's given, and finally getting his ending, good or bad. Not gonna spoil endings here, obviously, but let's say every ending he gets (except maybe 1) is pretty much set in stone, that he sorts himself out. This bring me to POSTAL 1. The same could be said about Postal dude. Mental issues, figuring his shit out with the tools he's given, yadda yadda. But there's a huge difference in the gameplay. Simon, in Cry of Fear, is quite literally, fighting his own demons. Each enemy represents something about him or those around him. He can SEE his demons and fight them. Postal dude doesn't know what he's fighting. He's not even aware he's sick. Simon at least had the idea that he wasn't all that great in the head, Postal dude has no fucking clue. He legitimately believes that he's cleansing the people. He's doing "good". It really hammers in the idea that these mental illnesses are not as easy to point out as someone who doesn't have them, seems to think. You cannot see what his illness is. He doesn't tell you. The narration doesn't tell you. I'm not a psychologist to evaluate his illness, but I doubt as psychologist could just point and figure what he has. It would be best to just lock him up before any more damage is done, which is, well, the ending. The people are innocent, the ones who fight back are innocent, Postal dude, albeit absolutely off his troley, is innocent in a twisted way. The people who lock him up at last, are also innocent. I may be over analyzing this game to hell and back, but I feel as if this here is one of the most accurate pieces of media when it comes to showing the struggles of mental illness, and how most of the time, the ill don't have the slightest clue they are off their rocker, despite it looking so apparent to an outsider. Thanks to whoever read this wall of text, kek

6:23 "To the collective relief of almost everyone..." That one guy: GOD DAMMIT

I personally never leaned into the "Demon" being the one to push Postal Dude over the edge, as that always felt like a cop-out. Kind of like what Hotline Miami did. It takes depth away from his character imo. There are good people in real life who are mentally unwell and untreated who just snap one day and hurt others, and we don't blame any demons when they do so.

I still find the "the City" level loading screen the perfect sum up of the game, and of its protagonist on the lower difficulties. Also: considering the imagery, the parade level is the last level where the protagonist is sane, as the loading screen is normal and the one after it is distorted.

I'm just now looking into the first one after so many years and Postal Guy in the first one feels a lot like one of the strayed side-characters in a Silent Hill game that was lost in the loop and never made it out like the protagonist does

Now I see why Postal 2 had these sinister vibes from time to time slip through. P2 menu, as a kid, with it's music was really disturbing and scary to me and the Apocalypse Weekend with the hospital felt to me like a horror game.

This game literally looks like something you'd found in the darkweb

So I remember my uncle had this game and as a kid I thought it was really neat. All the subtext flew way over my head and I never even thought much of the demonic and nightmarish imagery and sounds because I was so used to DOOM which my uncle also played. I just thought it was what shooters were supposed to be like. I didn't think about it too much. As a kid I remember thinking it was a very cool "realistic" fantasy of going around shooting everyone in the neighborhood. As a kid this was a cool idea to me, not because I wanted to really do it or anything but in my mind it was like a simulation, a "what if I was pitted against everyone, how well might I do?" No part of me has even been all that violent and I haven't hurt anyone seriously to date. As a kid I had even less understanding of the morbidness of this game and violence in general, it was just something I had always been around and I was conditioned to find it entertaining. I did understand the rules of reality and why fantasy is not something to emulate so there was never any danger there. Anyway, that probably makes me sound like a psychopath but it was just a normal, American upbringing. I have to date not shot anyone and don't plan to. I have grown to abhor real world violence (and I never reveled in really seeing people get hurt) and understand better my fascination with fictional violence as being a sort of coping mechanism and something to release pent up rage and stress. It's not something I ever plan to act out in reality. One thing I did always recall and confused me from the game was that first entry of "The Earth is hungry. Its heart throbs and demands cleansing. The Earth is also thirsty." As a child I imagined the Earth having an actual heart that was demanding food and drink and it always stuck with me because it was such a surreal idea presented with no real context for my childhood mind to make heads or tails of. Now of course it's easy to understand that it's true meaning being a literal demon/voice from some mental health condition is demanding the postal dude kill people. That quote has stuck with me though and it permeates in my mind at times as a memorable passage.

6:58 this goes really hard

6:58 is one of the most heart breaking quotes a games manager could say. Creators of a game known for breaking standards of societal norm and pushing the envelope of what a studio could get away with. The most extreme thing they could think of has sadly become an almost daily reality. Something a game that’s known for showing horrible situations has something they wanted to show as being the worst thing they could think of, has become a reality. Think about that. They were trying to be fucked up. Reality has become so fucked up that its too much for Postal.

Game director's quote about them changing the ending of the game in redux was just heartbreaking to listen to. It's like making your main character eat human flesh to give emphasis on the fact that he isn't normal, but 10 years later what you tried to use as the example of insanity is an event that takes place IRL every other week.

It’s almost sad that RWS is clearly capable of making things like this, that can make people feel unsafe, you know, true art, yet what they’re best known for is fart jokes: the video game. I said “almost”, because I just saw that they got Rick Hunter back for Postal 4.

POSTAL 1 was the first and probably only game to give me nightmares after playing it, especially now in modern day, since these shootings are so regular, it's absolutely terrifying.

I went through a Psychosis for about a year or two, and I get how the Postal 1 guy feels. He's definitely on the defense (in his mind the people around him are like something out of a nightmare, like a sick joke that everyone is in on and he is the only one who can see it). I've had that feeling. Never went violent though, but I can see where Postal dude is coming from.

*Medium difficulty:* "My whole life is just cold, bitter hatred and I always wanted to die violently." *Hard difficulty:* "My enemies are after me, babe. I'm wearing a bulletproof vest at all times."

"Some designer lost his tiny mind" -Dude

Postal 1 is really unique the first of its kind video game, the closest games to it are manhunt and cry of fear or afraid of monsters. I theorize the postal dude was a mentally ill man for months maybe even years and then his psychosis hit him(which is the scary part there is probably someone out there that is mentally sick but is hiding it and at one point it all crashes down on him). Its the most dark and grim game that there is its images, music all represent the postal dude(which is why its similar to cry of fear) and one of the few games to show true horror its a shame people don't pay much attention to games with the 'insanity horror' but anyways postal is a unique and very mysterious game when it comes to its lore... we can only speculate but we never will find a real answer it will forever remain Unknown which is it's horror the fear of the Unknown we just can't understand the dude.

I remember watching my dad play this game as a kid. I'd draw the RWS logo in my coloring book lol. There was a contest if you wrote a postal story, and my dad (being a postal worker) wrote about his boss at the time. RWS mailed him a poster that they signed during the holidays, i guess they had a very small crew back then because there's like 7 signatures on it. My mom hated the game and threw out the giant OG strategy guide they also mailed. I wish they still had all the stories that were sent in, it would have been fun to read them. I feel like writing this will put me on an FBI watch list, but i guess it goes to show you how different of a time 97 was

Postal 1 makes you feel uneasy. Hatred is just funny with how edgy it is. I also find it funny that we call the protag not important since he did say that was his name

Honestly, Postal always seemed interesting. Especially the whole part of Postal Dude being mentally insane and just having a comolete breakdown that causes him to go on a rampage. Worst part is, it's something that could be possible in our world...

The fact that postal 1 is so dark and depraved is what makes it my favorite in the series. I liked the hardcore edge it has, that the other games kinda lack. I wish RWS would make another one in this same kind of style.

Call me crazy, but I think the gaming industry could use more games like Postal 1. Testing the cultural boundaries of society and pushing the envelope via controversy. It’s always fun to see boomers melt down over virtual violence.

3:29 song is "ice" in silent hill shattered memories. good game.

There's something very interesting about the psychological horror of Postal 1, much of it stemming from the fact that it's something that could very well happen in real life, that "monsters" can be real under the wrong circumstances, tho I am happy that they decided to go for a more explicitly dark humor route in Postal 2, that's the vibe I mostly associate with the Postal series, this very unique atmosphere of brutal violence and absurdity.

POSTAL shows that the scariest thing isn’t vampires, zombies, demons, ghosts, or other supernatural elements. It’s the human mind, and how it can break like a twig.

I wish RWS would come back to that era of Postal in some way. I just really like the way they created it, so creepy and disturbing, I don't think any other game really showed a schizo mind in this kind of way. The journal entries and the horror art really is great, plus the amazing soundtrack. The Postal lore about the dudes psychotic mind just seems very cool to me. I guess they like the approach they took, i love the silly postal but i wouldn't like for it to just be remembered as that. Plus people who like very edgy stuff would appreciate it. Maybe we will see that in some No Regrets DLC.

I love how he speaks about Doom, when he talks about games that can be played in pacifist way, like it's not a violent game where you mow down a literal hell of demons, and then the "Even Postal 2", which advertised itself as "Only as violent as you are", which spoke directly about how it can be played in the most relaxed way

Postal 1: I have a dark story, lots of violence, and I'm very realistic (not in graphics). Postal 2: haha funny cat gun silencer go brrrr

How ironic that a town called "Paradise" is where a game like Postal takes place.

Honestly there's a lack of that type of horror games on today's market. The type where the horror doesn't come from spooky monsters/serial killers/whatever chasing you, but from what the protagonist does and thinks. It's hard to make a game that scares you with the gravity of what you as the protagonist do, as opposed to just throwing monsters at you. Postal 1 can be played like an action shooter, but it's a much better horror. One where the monster is you...

My theory is postal 1 takes place after the events of postal 2. In postal 2, we can see that the dude tries to solve every issue at first in a peaceful way like a normal human being. People around him are always the problem makers which causes chaos and ends with dude killing them all. It seems like his mental condition is in the process of declining because of the insane people around him, but he still tries to stay mentally healthy. Postal 1 might be showing his failure to do so and having a complete mental breakdown.

i love the aesthetic of the menu. the song is so nice for some reason too. game is very atmospheric

Got this for $15 awhile back I remember opening the game and just sitting there for a good 10 seconds just gazing at the horrors infront of me and I started the game only for more "unsettling" horrors "The earth is hungry its heart Throbs and demands cleansing The earth is also thirsty"

Being a guy that’s gone through a psychotic break, I can’t help but feel for Postal dude in Postal 1. Yes, the acts you commit in game are horrible, but when you see the world through his lens..you see a scared, paranoid, schizophrenic man who’s uncontrollable thoughts/delusions have pushed him to do these things out of defense for himself. As someone that’s gone through psychosis (granted I didn’t physically harm anyone) it’s really hard to put into words for a “normal” person. All I can tell you is I hit my head really hard one day, and after about an hour or so my brain starts wigging out. Felt watched from above, uncontrollable thoughts, uncontrollable emotions, thoughts that I could speak telepathically, thoughts I was God, harassing people, name calling, paranoid thoughts that..some surprisingly came true which only made the delusions worse cause now it seemed the delusions are real. Thoughts people were trying to steal my identity, thoughts people were trying to fuck with my car, getting assaulted by family/friends family because they’re angry with me. Almost committing suicide to a love letter I wrote my ex cause the voices were convincing me it was a good idea. Delusions that ex was coming back. All out of my own control. I had no control. My eyes may have been open, I may have been speaking, but the man everyone knew was gone and replaced by a fucking freak. All over a head injury. People are quick to jump to “they’re insane” when really it’s “they need help, bad”. After the psychotic break all that’s left is a very apathetic shell. A lot of shame, a lot of guilt, a lot of self disgust, and honestly PTSD caused by your own brain. Flashbacks to the psychosis event you so desperately try to run away from. It’s hell. A hell you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy. Actually, I take that back. I wish it on judgmental people that fail to empathize, but feel entitled to empathy. Maybe they need a taste of psychosis so they can understand it a bit more.

"My name is not important" bit got me

My experience of Postal 1 was dream-like, I would say. Postal 2 is also dreamlike, but it's dreamlike in a funky way, while Postal 1 feels like nightmares, random thoughts, morbid curiosity and youthful forgetfulness/naivety fused into a strange mixture of memories. Even now when I recall my playthrough of Postal 1, it feels more like a dream than something I played when I was a child. Forgetfulness certainly played a part in me feeling this way, but the game certainly feels detached from reality in many ways. Thanks for this video.

I played through Postal redux and Postal 2 recently and i noticed that some of the tones of Postal 1 are still somewhat present in Postal 2, when i entered the mental hospital an uneasy feeling swept over me. like all of the goofy noises and sounds of Postal 2 went silent and this dreadful aura filled the space. was quite cool

Just gotta say, as an edgier gentleman with no intent to recreate the actions of the Postal Dude, postal redux is my favorite game of all time, due to it's ability to hit like a semi, rather than the lawn mower hatred rides on. I like to be challenged mentally, not feel mentally challenged

Back then, I honestly didn't know what Postal was and I even used to mistake the title for Portal. Come to find out the game's about a mentally ill man committing mass murder with incredibly dark undertones (obviously). Quite the surprise honestly.

Buff Wizard talking about Postal 2: _Whimsical music while explaining the controversy_ Buff Wizard talking about Postal: _Instant Horror Channel_

"it is no longer an unthinkable nightmare, but a very depressing reality" God.

This kind of reminds me of a quote from Farcry 3 that the mc Jason says. “I know - I never thought I'd be able to kill someone. The first time it felt wrong. Which is good, right? But now... it feels like winning.”

Having beaten the game for the first time recently (playing the series in order), I thought the scream when selecting something on the main menu was a distorted evil laugh.

This games is so terrifying. The music alone is so dark and tense

The first postal game is the most interesting in the series and cannot be compared to the others

Damn that's told perfectly. The dark vibe is extreme in this video, plus it feels like watching an documentation about somthing

What if we were that demonic possession in his mind and we are responsible for what he's done in-game? That would direct more blame to us.

Given how many shooter type games we had in my school's computer club, I'm actually surprised someone didn't sneak this in. And I was a sophomore in high school when Columbine happened. I feel like I remember seeing the game but I never played it. Although I'm sure someone I know owns it. I liked your even narration. It added a layer of heaviness to the already chilling nature of the game.

Once i ended the game, I only thought of one word, insanity

5:57 did you really say "über seriously" 😂 my guy, that came unexpected

I remember playing Postal years ago, one of Vanilla copies - a Disk. I remember listening to the outro while looking at it’s art and there lies a baby amongst the pile of people … shit was wild lol

Sad to know that they changed the original ending not because it was to offense but because it would barely have its impact like it did back then Thats justs beyond sad but besides that yeah you nailed postal 1, it is truly a very dark game

I can't remember where, but I remember somewhere in an interview Vince desi said that even as far as the games have gone, he will never have kids (or at least killable ones) in a postal game

postal 1 feels like you are playing a game you never are gonna play again, because it's a dream. either that or it feels like after playing too much on a row just makes you want to leave the computer and do something else, with this feeling that (personally for me) induces the game, making you feel like you had a long or bad day.

I originally played postal 1 because I got introduced to the series with postal 2 and thought it would be more silly edgy fun, but fucking hell I remember feeling so empty yet anxious by the end of it, like I was emotionally drained yet never more paranoid. Honestly I have been trying to chase another game that makes me feel like that but I don’t think I’ll ever find another one.

Postal 1 is the Walten Files of video games. It has no remorse in its aggressive content, it embraces just how insane and horrible it is, and it just screams the word "Raw" at every corner. To be blunt, it's bloody brilliant

6:47; Wow, considering the crap RWS is making now (idk, I haven't seen good in Postal 3), and also considering how the industry goes freaking hard on censorship because "muh feelings", the developper's response to removing that ending feels incredibly chilling (almost like the game itself), and feels justified unlike the other, recent censorships. Thanks for showing what this game really is about, since myself, I only knew the series from 2 and onward, which of course are freaking weird, but you made me do a 180 on how I may feel about this and now, I wanna try it. The idea you get a different narrative from the Difficulties is a great idea in my opinion, rewarding you with something new and almost game-changing for better skill.

"or adults like YOUR DAD" no joke I learned about Postal 2 because I was calling my dad up on his birthday or my birthday or something and we hadn't talked in a while so we were just talking about what games we'd been playing and he just started describing postal 2 in explicit detail to me and I remember feeling like... a mixture of horror and "I need to see this game immediately"

My friends and I all played it when it came out. Oh the discussions on what it all meant and the like. How crazy and detached from reality it was. Looking back, it's unnerving how much closer we become, where mass shootings are now just a blip on the news. Also, the sound design is one of the best. It adds the unnerving feeling throughout. As the crowd and voices die down, literally, the droning becomes more prevalent. You can't escape it until everyone is dead, if I remember right (it's been a long while).

The game is worth a thousand words really. There's so many angles to approach it too. Be it like to a degree there was truth to his insanity. All things considered, the first level is a eviction notice after a night of hearing death outside and wearing a kevlar vest, to which you go outside and are greeted with Police armed with rocket launchers. Or that much of it was in his head ect. Regardless, this is my personal guilty pleasure favorite of the series, even if 2 has more content value. The theme and the concepts it presents you is unlike anything else. The atmosphere of insanity is truly great too. I wish more people covered this game. As a side note, have you seen the new ending for Redux? It's canon there's 3 spree killers who were inspired by Dude and broke him free at the end of the coop game.

NGL, I really into Postal 1 and Redux than Postal 2 and 4. I really love any games that can deliver such a feeling that every action that you can and will commit that leads to such dire consequences, a feeling of guilt and regret like Spec Ops The Line. But Postal 1/Redux just let us witness and experience about how humanity can go beyond to be hellspawns.

Postal 1 is... an experience. What drew me in was the level cards, with the horrific soundtrack and disturbing visuals, I'm a zoomer who grew up in the slenderman era of youtube and my friends and I stuck to our corner of urban legends. I quite enjoy games that go full psycho horror and despite being a psychopath simulator Postal 1 is one of the few games I can find that satisfies my wanting of darker horror games. I seldom can find a modern game that does it.

Postal 1 is in a group of media that makes me feel weird, like a sense of morbid curiosity. I wouldn't be able to handle actually playing it, but I'm compelled to learn more.

They were fans of silent hill i think

I honestly would love to seem RWS try this style again, the atmosphere of Postal 1 is actually great and genuinely unnerving. Some of that imagery is so striking and almost Silent Hill esque. I'd love for a Postal 5 to suddenly be another Uturn back to this style, goofy should still be the main tone for Postal but at least one more shot at this style would be super interesting.

I kind of consider Postal 1 in its own horror category, and would place it alongside games like Manhunt in its themes. Horror games where you feel like a monster hit different.