Postal

K. Fields
2018-01-06T16:25:29-05:00
Video Games

As I continue playing my large backlog of computer games in roughly chronological order, next in line was Postal from 1997. It is a somewhat infamous game because of its violent content, featuring a deranged madman on a killing spree. While certainly not an all-time great, it provided a bit of fun for a short time. I completed the 16 levels of the main campaign in around two hours.

The action is presented in a third-person isometric view. The game a bit cartoonish and doesn’t take itself too seriously. For me, the best part of the game was experimenting with the wide range of weapons available: machine gun, shotgun, spray cannon, grenades, missiles, heat seeking missiles, Molotov cocktails, napalm, flame thrower, and mines. There was a variety of settings leading up to the final level set on a U.S. Air Force Base.

Postal ended up a brief diversion after playing a true classic in Total Annihilation with another classic yet to come. Next up is Half-Life.