DSOGaming writes: "Running with Scissors’ CEO, Vince Desi, revealed that the PC version of Postal 3: Catharsis will be released on December 10th. In addition, the company will hold an official release party for the game’s release – in the very same date – in Germany. On the other hand, those lucky ones living in Russia will be able to enjoy the PC version one month earlier, as the game is slated for release in Russia on November."
Justin from NoobFeed writes - Games like Postal 3 sometimes get delisted and disappear forever, but is this something that actually matters when the game is bad?
It's about preservation. Doesn't matter how bad the game, the movie, the book, the history was. It has to be archived, so that 10 years from now we can be like "oh yeah, this shite exists" and then again in 50 then 100 and then we can be like "this was what they were doing 100 years ago, how interesting"
The Postal games have always been somewhat of a mixed bag in terms of how they are received. The first two were not masterpieces by a long shot, but they have somewhat of a cult following. In case you haven't heard of the series before let’s bring you up to date, that's if you haven't already clicked off after realizing this wasn't a review for Portal 3. The first Postal game was released back in 1997 by American developer Running With Scissors (previously Riedel Software Productions of Spy vs Spy fame). A 3D isometric violent shooter that put you in the shoes of The Postal Dude, a guy pretty down on his luck that wants to slaughter everyone in town with a wide-array of weapons, it was pretty extreme at the time. The sequel released 6 years later, now a first-person affair in an open-world. Again as The Postal Dude, it's more of same except there were objectives added in the form of chores, such as buying milk from the grocery store or picking up your paycheck from work, and you could choose to go about it as a decent, upstanding citizen or you could just cause mass chaos. Anyway, while both games weren’t reviewed by critics too well, they were particularly fun for what they were.
From the review: "The Postal series of games have been primarily known for the controversy caused by their extreme levels of violence, disregard for graphic content, and exploitation of stereotypes. With the change from the Unreal to the Source engine, Running with Scissors had a chance to take the franchise beyond the simple foundations of bad humor and shocking imagery of past games. Unfortunately, Postal III continues in the tradition of its predecessors by containing generic gameplay, off-color humor, and an assortment of bugs that hinder the overall experience."
Postal.. pre-order list expanded
it will flop, 100%
The first one was kind of cool, but that was about it. I want to see a new NOLF game.
At FREAKING LAST.
I read the title of the game wrong... Damn.