Postal: Brain Damaged Is A Glorious Fever Dream
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0:00 Intro & Opening Remarks
02:21 Story, Premise & Writing
06:41 The Weapons Part 1
10:20 The Weapons Part 2
13:52 Items & Special Abilities
17:13 Critiques & The Bad
21:29 Closing Remarks & Outro
22:40 Amazingly Awesome Patrons - เกม
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ok boomer.
Is it bad, that because of a 2 second gag clip, I bought Turbo Overkill instead?
You know, COVID is still out there as well as stupid Karens, so tell me about dated...
You forgot to mention the shovels parry move, really satisfying reflecting bullets back at enemies
The pistol is literally just the smart pistol from Titanfall. It even references it with the line "Is this pistol smarter than me?"
this
you say that like it's a bad thing
Loved that thing. Overcharged Smart Pistol was ridiculous and unstoppable in PvP
isnt it just the same shit the revolver did way back in postal 2?
The design also kind of looks like the Smart Pistols from Cyberpunk.
As far as the dated humor goes, it's a very Postal thing to have. Most people don't really play Postal games til long after the relevancy of their topics already dried up. I personally find it interesting to see the mindset of the people who made it and when they made it.
Yes, Postal bizarre charm comes from being needlessly offensive - and there is nothing more offensive than dated humor. If the humor was current or relevant then it could be interpreted as an attempt at art, which would be antithetical to everything Postal stands for.
@@GepardenK and thats what i was thinkin "like is ent postal in its full MENT to be dated beyond fucking hell?"
I find it kinda weird to call it dated, mostly because a lot of the references are still relevant. Mostly because people won’t let go of those things.
@@R0seshad0w give the game maybe 5 years before its dated than its true postal
The 2020 and later refrences are decent, *but* the humor has devolved.
Postal Dude's piss versatility would make TF2's Sniper proud.
Sniper: *sniffles* im so bloody proud of ya bloke...
@@MrGrimm-eo5lc mate**
*Meet the Sniper blares as the TF2 fans amass in this thread*
@@TheQuaadFather Yup lol.
About the Kick-Parry feat, Postal 2 actually had this before Ultrakill! If you saw a homing missile coming at you, you could temporarily kick it away for breathing room! It's not as shoe-horned in as it might seem! The devs really thought this through!
Same with incoming grenades, actually. And if you kept kicking the missile away, it'd eventually run out of fuel and hit the ground.
Ultra-postal
The tropes in this guys head are old, true. But I think that's the point. The turmoil in his head is the culmination of all the things that have frustrated him over the years. The game is him venting that frustration mentally.
Honestly unless they redo enemies and stuff it’s impossible for all jokes to be “current”
@monty python seems kind of pointless to complain about the in game humor especially since covid is still very much relevant and people still complain about karens.
No matter how dated they get, Tourettes Guy sound clips will forever be hilarious.
One of the best Internet Originals...
I'll always fondly remember his comment about Chewbacca taking a shit
Every episode of his lol
He made his choice. I have bipolar and would completely understand if someone recorded one of my panic attacks and posted it online for views. I'd hate them for it, but I'd understand.
And timeless
Greatest internet legend there is
I'm glad Corey Cruz got to stay on for more Postal games after -Redacted- was a thing.
He was seriously the silver lining of that shitheap.
that, and there’s the “goodbye almond eyes” remix
Postal 3 isn't that bad I bought it, expecting it to be a horrible game I got it for 1 euro btw, I'm not that crazy to buy it for 12 euro haha, but the jokes, music and cutscenes were really good and funny, gameplay was meh, did have fun messing around in the map, but the enemies and shooting was ok
@@tennisthelegend those were different time different studios and it was a mistake until they added postal 2 dlc post apocalyptic
that has postal 3 guy
basically postal 3 supposed to be non canonical character and a game was supposed to be non canonical but throwing a gag
yeah postal 3 guy knew his game sucked lost the meaning of what postal about
@@joshuagraham2843 I mean it was only the gameplay that sucked, jokes, and cutscenes were pretty funny, better then postal 4
@@tennisthelegend it has some degree of crappery but for one of the worst games of all time, i don't hate it.
"...A mancubus in a sexy nurse outfit."
While this is freaking hilarious in and of itself, I see these nearly every year around Halloween walking around the downtown area of Gainesville, Florida. At least the ones in-game appear to have some degree of self respect and don't smell like body soil from a ripe corpse (or drunkenly shouting because you openly recoil with horror when they suddenly approach you).
@@Dodsodalo
Definitely keep the flashlight off... You can tell it's them by their baritone "I'M SO WASTED! I'M SO WASTED!"
Mancubus lol seriously? Really? U mean an incubus equals a mancubus im srry but thats too stupid for i to even register its an incubus dude not a mancubus tho i will admit im will to go that route tho but no fella it is a goddamn incubus lol gotta say this was awesome tho really.
@@torymann4174
A Mancubus is a massive, corpulent creature from the Doom game series... not a misnomer for an incubus.
@@G0thCrayon take a look at what fella typed genius n yes it is misinformation lol one i dont care about also it is a first time for i on mancubus so yah better clarification idiot wont kill any1 for that. Lol
@@G0thCrayon ie. U genius if u dont understand fella heres clarification lol
It looks like this is hands down the best combat system ever put into a Postal game, with some tweaks and patches and maybe a couple of bonus modes it will be really good.
Before he even mentioned their previous game I was thinking I should wait for some patches and balancing because it's obvious the game could use some and be actually great
@@alexsilva28 I think it's generally a good idea to wait for games to get patched overall. Sometimes there are community fixes and patches years down the line that improves the gameplay significantly (just look at Thief 3 and Vampire Bloodlines community fixes)
Man I hope they don't patch Piss Cancelling
Why do you have a mask in your damn profile picture?
@@richarddavis3157 I like to listen to Slipknot
As for the movement: this game also has actual Quake 3 style strafe jumping. Yep, not "kinda do the thing and it will work" like in DUSK but actual, easy to learn and hard to master strafe jumping you can only find in Quake Champions nowadays. Instant buy!
And you can maintain momentum around corners by sliding.
Huh? Dusk did it perfect.
@@charleslarson5983 I'm not saying it was bad but it was way too easy to perform and it had no depth to it as a result.
For me it feel very serious sam-ish
Needs multiplayer and mods
The pistol's alt fire is a reference to the smart pistol from Titanfall. It has the exact same aiming reticle with the bullet trajectory arcs, the same 3 shot burst, the dude even does the same twirl after firing it. I love how all he did to make it "smart" was duct tape a TV to it.
Feels like Serious Sam 2 and Doom but in Postal world. What a game 😂
Between the graphics and the chaingun being a 1:1 copy, it feels a lot like ultrakill personally.
Bruh the shotgun is the exact same lol
Yeah, judging by the footage, the visual design and a lot of the mechanics are awfully derivative, even if intentionally so
All I’ll say is that part of the charm of Postal 2 is how every joke continues to get more and more dated as time goes on.
postal 2 definetly gets better with time
Yeah but 2004 humour is just amazing, on a conceptual level. George Bush memes... 🤌
Nice to see Corey Cruise as the Dude again. I know he’s an optional voice in 4 now but it’s cool to see him take up the helm for an entirely different game. He does a good job
He definitely does, he's my second favorite Postal Dude.
You mean the 3rd. This is the 4th postal game. Just so that we are all ON THE SAME PAGE here or else! mom joke time.
@@RMJ1984 I don't even know what number 3 is.
@@BSzili Postal 3 is Paradise Lost
@@RMJ1984 Postal 3 was made by Valve because it doesn't exist
I love the fact that "Bunny hopping" is in this game. A feature EVERY good ego-shooter needed to have since at least 1999.
I hate how Postal understands my sense of humour, I feel like such a child for laughing at the covid boss.
same.
Hey Gman, I just wanted to say that your videos are really special to me. Seriously, watching and rewatching your content after work or before going to bed reminds me of my childhood, when I used to read about all those amazing games in magazines (but couldn't afford them or my PC couldn't handle them) and playing demos they were adding to each issue. Brings a tear to my eye. Keep up the good work man! Stuff like this means a lot to your viewers.
Dzień dobry, Panie Mariuszu
@@supersprawy Siema, ale to by nic nie dało, nie dałoby nic, nie nie
Zajebiście że Polacy potrafią oglądać nie tylko jakieś TVGRY, tylko wartościowe, dobre kanały
@@supersprawy TVGRY to tylko lubiłem za Szefa historyczne ciekawostki i recki crapów, teraz to w ogóle polecieli w dół z jakością jak się najlepsza część ekipy rozeszła
@@supersprawy Nie przypisuj preferencji w oglądaniu poszczególnych kanałów do konkretnych nacji, plz.
You know what the craziest thing is? This is, technically, the best Postal game, without question. It actually feels like this game is trying to be legit, rather than just being a game where you can go around peeing on people and saying funny one-liners, beating the shit out of people in dick costumes and it crashing every 15 mins.
It's nice to see that the developers didn't think a game being broken and sometimes unplayable is a "good thing," and "adds to the charm of it all."
Really hope the journalist from the mainstream sites play and review this game. They may be surprised by how good it is. Great review by the way!
Honestly, the game should be titled "Postal: Dude Eternal".
That would’ve been perfect
my god... yes!
They really missed a beat there.
That's actually a better title. Missed opportunity
Absolutely a Doom clone this game is.
The asylum actually reminds me more of a throwback to the Alice games.
Like, maybe they took inspiration from the American McGees Alice games.
They definitely have, they even said so in a steam community post.
There is also an hitman 1 reference
seeing the game finally.. makes me want to actually buy it. you make it worthwhile with the reviews you do
The Circle of Life: First we had "DOOM clones", then "first person shooters", followed by "boomer shooters". And now we are here, in the era of "DOOM Eternal clones".
Not complaining, I love it.
Boomer shooter is such a moronic term, Games are eternal.
doom 2016 was a better game then eternal
Anything that has to do with ``Doom´´ Eternal is fn trash. That game ain't Doom, it's a fn pve Quake 3.
@@IAmTh3Doom We agree to disagree then - Eternal 4 Life.
@@BEAT.SWEATS Here comes the guy with an opinion none asked.
Cartoony, colourful boomer shooter?
Yes please.
Every time a Gman video ends it feels like you've just reached the end of the season of your favourite show. It just hurts.
Can't wait to play it. I've got all the Postal Games (1, Redux, 2 + DLC, 4) and the movie on DVD, Blu-Ray and Digital. Such a huge fan of this series.
looks like you’re missing one there, my man
What about the dreamcast port ?
@@officialFredDurstfanclub No, I think that's all of them.
@@Elatenl Comrades, this man is clearly delusional. Take him to the infirmary...
@Plague doctor postal 3 jackass
The shovel actually used to be the way you’d parry projectiles- thus why they kept it around
You could kick homing missiles back in Postal 2
@@pyroparagon8945 And grenades.
This is definitely what a 1996 shooter looks like if it were made in 2022, which I guess is the appeal of all modern boomer shooters.
I guess this game is interesting in two ways:
- They could really appeal to the comic con/nerd crowd with its endless references to other familiar properties
- They probably couldn't because it's endlessly vulgar in a way that Saints Row or GTA could dance around.
What an interesting game I am definitely not interested in. Thanks to Gman for playing it for me!
agreed. I love that he plays games I will never ever want to play.
@@GameTimeWhy Username does not check out
@@alexsilva28 I don't specify who is gaming.
sucks for you the gameplay is stupid fun and i'm having a blast
No fun for you, i'm buying this game.
Can we appreciate the world we live in where Doom Eternal has influenced the Postal series?
?OG Doom has influenced many more Shooters.
@@Bembel81 WAY more. Insanely more.
@@Bembel81 I agree, obviously Doom has influenced countless FPS games, I would simply argue that this game wouldn't have been made if it weren't for the boomer shooter revival that Doom Eternal has helped propell from the indie scene into the mainstream FPS landscape
No.
I want to live in a world were Postal influenced Doom Eternal...
I got to say i'm really surprised. I did not see this coming, i've not heard anything at all about a new new postal game. And it looks dope AF.
New postal game I can actually run, I'll be playing this until rws fix their game
"That South Park FPS from a few years ago"
Wasn't 1998 like 24 years ago?
You know what this game reminds me of?
If South Park the 1998 game and Series Sam, Clive Barker's Undying, American McGee's Alice, Postal 2, KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child and Psychonauts
had a party together one night, and this was the hang over.
Those Alice games were super fun back in the day. I wouldn’t mind seeing remastered versions on modern consoles or maybe even a new sequel. Always thought that series was super underrated
@@jeremyroberts8822
Yeah a remaster would be nice, but i think the first game is abandonware now.
Seems to me, the fire pissing in this game is the best version of a flamethrower that has ever been in an fps.
Never thought a Postal game will replace Doom for me, but here it is !
Lmao
Another entertaining video and a great review! I love how you still cut to random memes/clips of other games etc to make your points while talking - keeps things interesting for someone with a crappy attention span like me. At this point you're my favourite reviewer and I hope you can cover plenty more games this year :)
@GmanLives The burning piss was actually introduced in Enhanced Mode for POSTAL 2 as napalm piss, as in you can piss out actual napalm.
It is one of the 6 piss modes you can toggle through in Enhanced Mode
I watched this vid about halfway through, and decided id pirate the game and give it a go cause it looks fun. Played for about 1hr and decided I had to buy it to support the devs, this game is 10/10 FUN. I haven't enjoyed a game like this for years, I feel like a teenager again (postal 2 was one of the first games I played on my first rig back in the mid-teens 2014ish)
I'm glad it's currently reviewed as overwhelmingly positive on steam, i hope it sells well.
11:07 A real missed opportunity you didn't compare that gun to the BFG 10K from Quake 2.
Out of the day of completely renovating our little garden house, your video was literally everything I needed
I've noticed that just swinging the shovel with multiple clicks tends to work better and faster on enemies, chopped up entire groups like that.
One thing I wish the game mentioned was that you could block attacks with the shovel by holding down right-click. Wasn't until my second playthrough when I realized you could do that.
i think the game mentioned it back at the demo version
Loved the Republic Commando reference. That was actually pretty specific.
I love your seinfeld references gman, they really add so much to the content
I think the grabby hands from the staff room might be a reference to the OG Postal end credits slides where the Dude is locked up in an asylum
Hope this one does well, Everyone involved with this deserves the W.
That pistol that locks on to 3 enemies and the fires off shots in rapid succession was done in the original Titanfall, _way_ before *TURBO OVERKILL.* Although, considering my encyclopedic knowledge of FPS's is mainly rooted in "Console Peasant FPS/TPS" - and I only know about PC games through TH-cam (channels like this), and rare occasions when I'd get to use someone's PC - I can't say for sure that Titanfall had the *"ORIGINAL"* Smart Pistol, as it's known in that game. I do remember the weapon being praised for its originality when that game launched, so who knows. I'm just waiting for X|S / PS5 ports of TURBO OVERKILL, SELACO, and a bunch of the other incredible "Boomer Shooter Revival" games that've been hitting PC lately.
I remember playing the demo for this game and having a blast. Thanks for the great review and reminding me this gem is now released!
06:30 'That South park game from a few years ago ...' 23+ years ago to be precise.. and I loved playing it, like Postal, so bad it's was good !
Holy shit this was a pleasant surprise love your videos man you’re the best person on the site
The intro animations of both new Postals are animated by Alek Wasilewski, the Newgrounds veteran who also made the game Tsioque.
I seriously love your review man, your taste in games has been shape my own taste too! you really made my day when you're upload lmao
I think it makes sense all these references were outdated. They were relevant when the game was being designed probably a year or two ago, and they were so baked into the core of the game's design that they were too deep to change when they went out of fashion.
I dunno if your install is just bugged or not. It's entirely possibly, my install is bugged in strange ways as well.
The bow and dildo weapon does, in fact, penetrate multiple targets if you draw it back completely first. The holy hand grenade also deals tripple damage compared to the rockets.
(on my install anyway)
maybe its just postal jank embedded into the installation or they just updated it?
Playing through the game now, and I really like the visual design. it's like Hyperstrange games have a distinct look and they took their own spin on Postal. Which is good, I guess RWS gave them enough creative freedom.
Kicking back stuff has been a Postal tradition since Share the Pain where you could kick back rockets and grenades. You can do it in the main game too but Share the Pain was where you needed to.
Dude they mentioned you and your video in their recent patch update as an inspiration for future updates !
Its all in his mind?
It really is a Psychonauts FPS.
Looks...Amazing??!! definitely giving this a shot.
the second I learned you could strafe jump in this game was when I started really getting into it. You can do so much insane shit with it, combine the grapple hook and the slide and it becomes one of my favorite movement systems of all time.
Thanks for uploading on my birthday!
Calling Postal 4 "the third entry in the series" is both amazing (ignoring P3) and technically wrong (because Paradise Lost IS Postal 3 even if it is just a DLC).
We need more games like this!
That tourette's guy "piss" got me lol
I love the time bubble, feels like a homage to quantum break
We need someone to make a gman video where it's just him saying things out of context at this point
Thanks to Gmanlives. I can say proudly that I played games that are actually fun and enjoyable. And at the end of the day makes my day a whole lot better. Instead of playing games that on only streaming on twitch, tiktok or what ever the trend is.
And the fact that he's a metal gear solid fan is just the cherry on top.
Thank you for recommending actual good games.
This channel needs to hit 1 million soon :)
Love your stuff Gman!
This makes me feel like Postal would work really well in the Borderlands 3 engine
God damn that'd actually be dope. Borderlands 3 is an incredibly fun game with an incredibly meh story for me, taking that away and going for all out unabashed shitpost like Postal would actually be pretty awesome
Uh regular Unreal Engine? lol That's completely possible if they wanted to, it's the way Borderlands implemented the artstyle which makes it look unique
@@steve7745 I hated the villains so much in borderlands 3, their dialogue gave me a headache after awhile it really felt like they’d never shut up. Definitely a big downgrade from the borderlands 2 villain. Despit that though I did enjoy the game overall borderlands is always hella fun. That new spinoff wonderlands was great as well
I played it on POSTAL difficulty and I did not have the same issues you had, especially ammo. There's Krotchy Vending machines that fills your ammo as well as the ammo box consumable that gives you ammo. The only issue I had that equaled yours was Laser enemies since they had smaller hitboxes and dealt so much damage your armor would fall apart instantly. Also, there is an auto-jump, so holding crouch and jump zooms you around with no effort.
I think I've watched almost every one of your videos. My favorite thing is that I always gloss over your thumbnail for like 3 days and then sometimes not going to lie, it plays by accident in my recommended. This sounds bad lol, but I'm always so happy to know you put out something crazy interesting in game culture and always try to remind myself to be on the lookout for a whacky thumbnail.
Tourettes Guy and not mentioned in the video, fart sounds, are still ace.
Also that time time bubble mechanic reminds me of Quantum Break. Hope you get to that one and Control at some point as you've hit the other Remedy classics
The Penetrator, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.....
Sounds like the same weapon from Saints Row 4...
Who would've thought one of the best Doom Eternal clones would be a Postal game?
"Clones"
7:32 You can block with the shovel
The lock-on for the pistol is likely a reference to the Titanfall series' Smart Pistol, not Turbo Overkill, mainly due to the techy bits and constant references to the pistol being smart
Fun fact : you can parry with the shovel 🙂
If it’s things in his head, they would be callbacks. I don’t think 2019 is that far back to reference
I like how the holy grenades blow up like angels from evangalion
the fact the references are outdated is just icing on top of the cake
first time seeing this game, looks sick
Gman, you are the best and I genuinely love everything you share with us, but Tourette’s Guy must live on in your videos forever! He never gets old.
But in all seriousness, do what you want brother. It is all love.
Using piss to open doors and destroy obstacles? This really is a postal game holy shit
I will say, the Gatling is FANTASTIC for boss fights, especially the non robot phase of the final fight
Basically 2020: The Game.
Honestly I just love how Gman’s comment section always seems to be able to respect each other’s opinions and tastes. I really like that people here can actually disagree on what they think is good civilly without judging each other for their preferences. It’s always nice to see mature attitudes towards gaming discussion and analysis these days.
I’m actually pretty excited to play this!
Postal was fun, I remember the original. Gloomy and brutal.
Another chap who went 'postal' was Ned Kelly. Recently, I released a game called Ned Kelly: Armored Outlaw.
Gman would tear it apart (it needs updates lol). but for now it's on itch and Steam.
Those fly NPC honeys couldn't get any more dummy thicc
I honestly like the idea of people "cloning" Doom Eternal, because it has to be by far the best modern shooter made
For real, good ideas ought to stay around
Its good.
Dusk is better.
But its good.
@@Wylie288 L opinion. Dusk is still a masterpiece though
5:35 Or Grout's mansion from Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. 😌🙏💯
"south Park shooter that came out a few years ago"
My dude, that game is close to 20 years old. I know, I feel it too.
Every time there is a weapon that looks like a chainsaw you know Gman is gonna compare it to doom and how it's not nearly as good as doom's version.
Almost like this is a review hey…
Good show, Gman. Unfortunately youtube decided they were going to butcher it with their awful adverts this go around.
"that South Park First person shooter that came out a Few years ago". Few years= Quarter of a centaury
Semantics.
The criticism about Suburbia just being a bunch of copy-pasted houses sounds about right. Suburban houses in the U.S. can get so very samey you can end up with entire neighbourhoods with only a handful of floor plans. And that's by design.
Alright, I’ll treat it as a 2020 game then
“It’s been a month now since I did a video on Postal 4 the third game in the series “ Am I the only one who caught that lol
it was meant to be. Postal 3 is what you get if you bury a dead game at the Pet Sematary. "Sometimes, dead is better". we shall not speak of it 😂
This game will basically be a relic of a time where things were at there craziest.
Hey man, Danny is a timeless classic