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Postal 2 Demo Released

by Maarten Goldstein, Apr 11, 2003 3:16pm PDT

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Publisher Whiptail Interactive has released a playable demo for Postal 2, allowing you to see for yourself if this game sucks or not. You can grab the 123mb demo, which contains a single errand, from FileShack. Thanks Blues News.

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I just played the Postal 2 demo last night and am looking forward to purchasing the full version. Does anyone have a used copy of Postal 2 they'd be willing to sell? If so, please let me know. Thanks!

May 26, 2006 8:44am PDT

I just played the Postal 2 demo last night and am looking forward to purchasing the full version. Does an... : ClarkieDude

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Everyone needs to ignore these pampered ignorant total geeks that set there life to a computer game, and know that this game is just fun as hell... funny and entertaining, thats what games are suppose to be.

Apr 13, 2003 8:45am PDT

Everyone needs to ignore these pampered ignorant total geeks that set there life to a computer game, and ... : jadefalcon

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Sigh too bad they didn't spend time on making a decent game, rather than making a flaming pile of crap that moves video gaming one more step away from legitimacy. I mean come on now, what the hell is this.

Apr 12, 2003 4:54pm PDT

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Sigh too bad they didn't spend time on making a decent game, rather than making a flaming pile of crap th... : Cpt. Baseballbat
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- Movies and video games are so deeply ingrained into the world that they don't have to worry about "legiti... : Poor Yurik

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more entertaining then most crap these days... Splinter Cell...

Apr 12, 2003 3:43pm PDT

more entertaining then most crap these days... Splinter Cell... : Vladfrost

#135

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I want a new carmageddon. This was OK, but cars give a satisfaction no gun on foot can.

Apr 12, 2003 3:18pm PDT

I want a new carmageddon. This was OK, but cars give a satisfaction no gun on foot can. : indeego

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Downloaded it. Pure shit.

Apr 11, 2003 10:03pm PDT

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Downloaded it. Pure shit. : Thradar
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  Real descriptive, explain? : digitaljihad
  - Dude, does it really merit more that what I said? No. : Thradar

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the time limit was a psychological trick on developer's part. they knew somebody would come up with a time-fix. when a person devotes time to figure out how the timelimit in the demo works and the workaround to that, they feel more personally attached to the game. it's like they get the satisfaction of saying, "fuck you!" to the developers with that fix. this is ONLY if they bother in the first place.

Apr 12, 2003 2:03am PDT

the time limit was a psychological trick on developer's part. they knew somebody would come up with a tim... : kramweil

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hm, i enjoyed it a bit; not worth 50 stones, but i would pay 30 for it

Apr 12, 2003 8:38am PDT

hm, i enjoyed it a bit; not worth 50 stones, but i would pay 30 for it : mrspyral

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I'm going to buy this, the RWS guys have done an excellent job translating postal (both the feel and mood) to an FPS. All the new features are great and I'm incredibly impressed by how high the framerates are with so many people (30 on screen at times) and how almost everyone looks unique due to all the mix and matching of faces and bodies.

Apr 12, 2003 4:02am PDT

I'm going to buy this, the RWS guys have done an excellent job translating postal (both the feel and mood... : Poor Yurik

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This was alot more entertaining than I expected, but then again, I'm a twisted fuck.

Did anyone manage to find the hunting rifle? I cleared the whole town, got on like 4 of the rooftops and still couldn't find it. I love the weapons, especially the shovel, gasoline, and shotgun. I dropped a molotov cocktail on a city street out of a nightclub window and it caused this gigantic chain reaction of burning people running into other people until before I knew it there were like 20 screaming pedestrians on fire :D

The suicide cam/method is classic, hahah.

Apr 11, 2003 11:33pm PDT

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This was alot more entertaining than I expected, but then again, I'm a twisted fuck. Did anyone manage... : Poor Yurik
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- The hunting rifle is on top of the nightclub. Jump on the dumpster behind the laundromat, jump on the fen... : emnii

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I am one of the few people who highly enjoyed the Postal 2 demo and thanks to Duke's fix for the time limit, I've found all of the "hidden" stuff in the demo EXCEPT for the catnip. Has anyone found it and what does it do?

Apr 11, 2003 11:00pm PDT

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I am one of the few people who highly enjoyed the Postal 2 demo and thanks to Duke's fix for the time lim... : emnii
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  Catnip makes everything bullet time style if you eat it. (weapons are still hitscan though, but people sc... : Poor Yurik
  - Thank you sir! : emnii

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hahaha this is great. as usual is the games that just concentrate on 'fun' instead of graphics (which arent bad, but my point is that they arent super amazing) are the ones that get 'rave reviews' ... meanwhile boring simple as shit games with amazing graphics like splinter cell get high recommendations

Apr 12, 2003 1:25am PDT

hahaha this is great. as usual is the games that just concentrate on 'fun' instead of graphics (which are : paganritual

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By: StimpyBoy-KNoB- x Show Full Post

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Gah, I'll try that again.

Screenshots:

Nice sniper shot, I bet that hurt!
http://members.rogers.com/astapins/Shot00009.jpg

Yes, corpse fires are fun.
http://members.rogers.com/astapins/Shot00018.jpg

So is pissing on them.
http://members.rogers.com/astapins/Shot00019.jpg

Shoot people in the knees, and they crawl.
http://members.rogers.com/astapins/Shot00022.jpg

Nice Beaver! Thanks, I just had it stuffed!
http://members.rogers.com/astapins/Shot00025.jpg

Apr 11, 2003 10:27pm PDT

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Gah, I'll try that again. Screenshots: Nice sniper shot, I bet that hurt! http://members.rogers.co... : StimpyBoy-KNoB-
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    Near the milk store, there's two buildings, one smaller and another bigger one. Behind them is a dumpster : StimpyBoy-KNoB-
    - err, forgot one part, dumpster, to the wall, along the wall, and jump to a brick ledge along the big buil : StimpyBoy-KNoB-

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You know what? This is actually fun. Free roaming do what-cha want. You shoot cars and they explode and go flipping into the air. There's good ragdoll physics, good framerate, unlike another recently released demo that uses the Unreal engine (cough) I actually have no complaints about the technical side of the game. That, and it's fun. :)

That + the 'fix' for the demo time limit makes this a totally worthwhile download.

Apr 11, 2003 10:35pm PDT

You know what? This is actually fun. Free roaming do what-cha want. You shoot cars and they explode and... : Dynotaku

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So this game is pretty much all about murdering innocent people? And making them suffer before dying? Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

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So... how's the graphics? Lens flares? Colored lighting? :)

Apr 11, 2003 10:31pm PDT

So this game is pretty much all about murdering innocent people? And making them suffer before dying? Som... : Talavaeniere

#115

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This game makes the Baby Buddha cry...

Apr 11, 2003 10:28pm PDT

This game makes the Baby Buddha cry... : Talavaeniere

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After playing through the seven minute demo three different times, I have to say that actually I found the game pleasantly full of potential. The graphics are fine, and apparently the full version uses higher resolution textures, movement and framerate were perfectly good on a 1.1 ghz Athlon with Geforce4 Ti4400. You have different ways to go about achieving your objective, from patience and passive, to wholesale slaughter. The games feel sort of reminds me of a less gothic form Blood, with a more satirical tone. While I had hopes for this game, actually it appears to have exceeded those hopes. It's definately not for everybody though.
The seven minute time limit is only a feature of the demo, and not part of the full version. So my advice is play it 3-4 different times and do different things to get a feel of whats possible.

Apr 11, 2003 5:35pm PDT

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After playing through the seven minute demo three different times, I have to say that actually I found th... : Dreagon
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I bet all you time-limit-haters still love Pikmin.

It just isn't right.

There should be a law against time limits in games (except for very occasionally).

Any game with both time limits and unskippable cut-scenes = death penalty.

Apr 11, 2003 6:41pm PDT

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I bet all you time-limit-haters still love Pikmin. It just isn't right. There should be a law again... : nudel
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- GTA and Vice City being the worst. Destroy 400 kabob stands in one minute (over all three parts of the ci... : Talavaeniere

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1. Bring up console with tilde
2. Type in: SET GAMESTATE DEMOTIME 9999
3. ???
4. Profit!

Love,

Duke.

Apr 11, 2003 7:37pm PDT

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- ^^^ This allows you to specify your own time limit in the demo, BTW. : Duke Nukem Forever
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  Thank you, kind sir. : Dreagon
  - No problem, I didn't like the time limit either. : Duke Nukem Forever
- Thanks, beat my estimate. http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=7205001 : pigvomit
- You are a king among men :D : Q-ball
- Haha, they left in a console command that lets you change the time : esky
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  ...ok, i must be missing something. what game is this for? : captain hampton
  - nevermind, i thought this was in er or whatever. doh. need sleep. : captain hampton
- I bet this was a Running with Scissors guy that saw how everyone is pissed and said fuck, kets put out so... : khorn8

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You're kidding about the 7 min thing, right? 123 megs for 7 mins?

Apr 11, 2003 4:58pm PDT

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You're kidding about the 7 min thing, right? 123 megs for 7 mins? : GeorgeB3DR
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Dec 31, 1969 4:00pm PST

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HELL YEAH :D

Apr 11, 2003 9:37pm PDT

HELL YEAH :D : Poor Yurik

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Bet you didnt think you were going to die today.....Well SUPRISE!

Apr 11, 2003 9:34pm PDT

Bet you didnt think you were going to die today.....Well SUPRISE! : Normality

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Okay admit it...who actually bought the original? No one? Mmkay, thanks.

Apr 11, 2003 9:08pm PDT

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Okay admit it...who actually bought the original? No one? Mmkay, thanks. : Thradar
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- I did and the 2nd one is just as fun imo...looks at what I have said here =( : Normality

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developers that put pointless time limits in demos need to be shot. I can't think of any reason why they would put that in.

Apr 11, 2003 8:13pm PDT

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- Seriously. If they are going to go to the trouble to hide weapons in secret places and stuff like that, t... : Dreagon

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As a murder simulator it's pretty fun for a while. But then I killed everyone in the town and there was nothing to do, plus there's only so many times you can decapitate someone with a shovel, set their headless corpse on fire and then piss it out without moving on.

Apr 11, 2003 9:20pm PDT

As a murder simulator it's pretty fun for a while. But then I killed everyone in the town and there was n... : slax0r

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I tried to see my weener :(

http://www.goodheadbeer.net/images/bathroom.jpg

Apr 11, 2003 4:02pm PDT

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I tried to see my weener :( http://www.goodheadbeer.net/images/bathroom.jpg : Degenerate
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  you really are a suck bastard!! you know that! : jedi_27
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    suck = sick. my wife just corrected me : jedi_27
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      wouldnt have needed correction if you were from new zealand : paganritual
      
      Now, now.. some people do know how to spell over there. : special agent smith

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Bill's quick capsule review: piece of shit.

Apr 11, 2003 6:10pm PDT

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Bill's quick capsule review: piece of shit. : Afterglow
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- it sucks and i wont buy the demo, but atleast you can piss on people and objects. once again apart fro... : VERTEBRAINS
- Bonus points for the reference. : azshack

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I think the SF mirror is busted. I keep getting a corrupt file message when I try to unpack it. I've DLed it twice.

Apr 11, 2003 7:21pm PDT

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I think the SF mirror is busted. I keep getting a corrupt file message when I try to unpack it. I've DLe... : Dynotaku
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  - Sure, I'm DLing it from another source first to make sure that it's not my system being a 'tard first. : Dynotaku

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I can just hear the anti-violence nazis complaining how there is a demo availible to children without any age verification. I sense bad things in the future.....

Apr 11, 2003 3:36pm PDT

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Fun, mindless, violence. Pulls no punches about it. If you feel like getting some frustration out by shooting someone until they're nearly dead, then setting them on fire and listening to them scream in agony, this is the game for you.

Apr 11, 2003 6:52pm PDT

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  - Heh, and the best is if you catch yourself on fire. Pissing up into the air onto yourself is what classi... : Xak Malice

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this game is fun as hell. its similar to gta3 sans the cars. while gta3 focus is mainly on the car portion, this is all mayhem on foot. i wish there was headshots or somesort of hit placement. it seems when i get into a firefight there is no avoiding getting hit because no matter where i shoot it still takes 2-3 shots. and if you strafe around them while shooting, even though they're not aiming at you, (cause they can't rotate fast enough) you still get hit. being able to lean around corners and shoot would be nice too. the load times for me are about 15-20 seconds, not as bad as everyone else i guess (1GB ram though). also telling people to "get down" or "get the fuck down" has no effect whatsoever. and another thing, when 'rivals' start shooting at me on the street the police don't seem to care. but if i start shooting them back every cop is on me and doesn't even pay attention to the people that started shooting.

Apr 11, 2003 5:14pm PDT

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    gasoline will do the trick. : poppasp1ce
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      hit alt fire to light and throw the matches. : Dreagon

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Well - For 7 minutes @ 123MB and the super long load times... The graphics are meh, the gameplay is alright...only 2 bullets in the Desert Eagle. I'll wait until its in the $9.99 bin.

Apr 11, 2003 5:53pm PDT

Well - For 7 minutes @ 123MB and the super long load times... The graphics are meh, the gameplay is alrig... : Madwacker

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http://www.shacknews.com/images/image-o-matic.x?postal2/gary.jpg

This is worth the download alone.

Apr 11, 2003 3:23pm PDT

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  - no its just that Paradise, AZ(tm) doenst get visited by big celebraties very often. : pigvomit
- Hmm, you might be right :) : emcea

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can you beat babies with baseball bats in the demo? if so, far do they fly? if not, fuck that shit!

Apr 11, 2003 4:55pm PDT

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- I didn't see any babies my first time through, but I sent a pleasantly plump pedestrian soaring with a wh... : gyvoji

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This game looks like pure shit.

Apr 11, 2003 5:06pm PDT

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- No http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/postal2//1/thumbs/explosion.jpg : dognose
- I'd say it looks more like adulterated shit. You know, the ones with stuff in them. : Sampo

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If someone figures out a woraround for the 7 minute thing please post it here. I'm not going to bother with it otherwise.

If there are any RWS guys lurking on the board here, you should know that time limits=bad. I hope the full game doesn't have time limits in it.

Apr 11, 2003 5:10pm PDT

If someone figures out a woraround for the 7 minute thing please post it here. I'm not going to bother w... : Dynotaku

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Lol, yep, game blows as hard as it always looked...SHOCKING

Apr 11, 2003 4:58pm PDT

Lol, yep, game blows as hard as it always looked...SHOCKING : brewsterdog

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pure trash, this is gta3 all over only worse
I am playing Vietcong after just completing Mafia, these are good games.

Apr 11, 2003 4:52pm PDT

pure trash, this is gta3 all over only worse I am playing Vietcong after just completing Mafia, these ar... : 12345678

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I expect a way around the 7 min time limit by 11pm pst. Get to work!

Apr 11, 2003 4:50pm PDT

I expect a way around the 7 min time limit by 11pm pst. Get to work! : pigvomit

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