One of the weapons that you can wreak havoc with in Postal 2 will be a gas can, and its contents will run down walls, splash, and form puddles just like you'd expect it to do. Alt-click on your mouse, and your character will flick a match that will ignite the gas stream that you previously created, causing a small line of fire to race along the trail until exploding in a giant fireball once it reaches a puddle. "You can do so much with just this one weapon," says Fouts. "One of our favorite techniques is to run circles around people with the gas can and watch them fry."
VE: Postal obviously got a ton of press because of its violent nature. The bad boy of crown gaming as of late has been Grand Theft auto 3. Obviously you want that distinction back for your game. What kinds of violent content are you planning for this game?
Vince:: POSTAL 2 is a violent comedy...ha! Seriously we don't put violence in the game for violence sake, it needs to be funny too.VE: Do you think Postal got a bad rap amongst the press as being all shock value and no gameplay?
Mike: The hype did hurt in some respects because people were expecting something very different and were surprised to find an isometric view with small characters and a focus on fast-paced gameplay that actually required quite a bit of strategy to stay alive.
Today, the most dangerous videogame development company on the planet, Running With Scissors, announced POSTAL 2 is coming for REAL!"It's as much fun as pouring gasoline on a grease fire and caffeinating sex rolled into one!" screamed a jubilant Vince Desi in referring to licensing Epic Games' UNREALÂ Warfare engine. "The spineless bastards who pretend to represent the interests of the non game-playing public are going to **** themselves when they see this!"
Why make POSTAL 2? As a responsible videogame development company, our first obligation is to our fans and all video game players. Wracked with remorse over the legendary POSTAL and the irreparable damage to the mental fabric of society it caused, we decided to atone by making a "politically corrected" game about the most boring subject we could think of: a guy going to buy milk.
We are now in the process of making a nw POSTAL game that will be 1st person with strong online support. I really think taking advantage of the Internet will make for a great new version of POSTAL
Apologies for that headline...
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