İlk oyunun gerici atmosferi hakkında fazlasıyla bahsetmiştim. Bu yeniden yapım ise o gerici atmosferi fazlasıyla kaldırıp daha hareketli müzikler koyarak tamamıyla bir aksiyon oyununa dönüşmüş. Şahsen bu durumdan şikayetçi değilim. İlk oyunun gerici atmosferi öne çıkan bir yöndü ancak oynanış kısmında görsel ve mekaniksel anlamda çuvalladığı oluyordu. Bu yeniden yapımda ilk oyunun kaotik ve hiçbir şey belli olmayan görünüşü daha temiz bir duruma getirilmiş. İlk oyunda en çok canımı sıkan şeylerden birisi nişangahı görememekti Redux versiyonunda gayet her şeyi belirgin hale getirmeleri muazzam olmuş.

Oyunun hikayesinde birkaç değişiklik yapılmış. Hikaye üzerindeki değişiklik o kadar büyük değil sadece son bölümü değiştirmişler. Denemediğim bir mod ama oyuna Co-op eklemişler. Bunların dışında oyuna Rampage modu gibi skora dayalı mücadele modu gelmiş.

Aslında incelemeyi yazarken Redux versiyonunun fazla zor olduğu aklımda kalmıştı. Sonra o kadar zor mu diye hatırlamak niyetine Rampage moduyla tekrardan oyunu bitirdim. Eski oyunda pek mücadele ettirdiğini hissettiremeyen zorluk dengesi Redux'ta çok güzel bir kıvama gelmiş. İlk Postal'ın en büyük sıkıntısı oynaması pekte rahat bir oyun değil ancak Redux gayet keyifli ve rahat oynanabilir bir yapım.

very......................... Inspiring

jk ahaa

or am i 😈

yes, just a jest

This isn't as funny and absurd as Postal 2, but I will still give it credit for not being cringe millennial burnout humor like Postal 4 or... whatever Postal 3 was. It still has its own gruesome sense of charm, but as we all know, Postal isn't exactly known for its solid core gameplay loop. I don't even think it's worth mentioning in depth because you're probably going to be playing this for "haha school shooting game", but just know there will be a fair amount of jank that can be frustrating to deal with, even for the standards of its time.

This might be a hard review, Postal is the kind of game you should play behind closed doors, not to be judged by your peers.
In hindsight, how different is the original Postal from say, Cruelty Squad or Hotline Miami, fans of both games might enjoy their post-ironic, gritty, dark, and action-packed counterparts - not for the faint of heart. Postal's premise isn't that farfetched: go Postal to your heart's content, until stopped - or not - by Police forces. Everyone's got beef against someone or something at some point; Postal is the devil on your shoulder personified, indulging you in murder porn. The game transgressed the video game culture of the 90s and early 2000s, part of a counterculture sowing panics in the likes of Jack Thompson and other conservative think tanks.

There's no doubt that Postal: Redux is the penultimate Postal game - or version of Postal. The 1997 classic is remade from the ground up in Unreal Engine 4, features new quality of life improvements that fans of the originals will surely appreciate.
The original Postal runs natively in 640x480 resolution and there was no option in a menu to change resolution. While Redux has been updated with widescreen support, the game doesn't feature the 4:3 aspect ratio found in the 1997 original.
Also added to Postal: Redux is a no-hassle native controller support. The game is otherwise quite faithful to the original, now with a few sensitivity changes, victims aren't quite as vocal as in the original, and retconned from the original is the elementary school, now understandably replaced with a funeral. Added into Redux is the co-op feature, players can now bring a friend to the rampage, the game doesn't offer any insensitive for real "cooperation" gameplay, but now allows players to experience Postal together.

Postal Redux can be a blast, and while playing it is maybe going to put me on the list of some government agencies, it's worth it.