POSTAL 4: No Regerts, developed and published by Running with Scissors, comes out of Steam Early Access, which it has been in since 2019. Now does this title live up to being a sequel to “The Worst Game Ever”? It embraces the low scores it has received from review websites and does not shy away from its laughable mechanics.
Well, to start, POSTAL 4: No Regerts is all about taking as much violence, humor, and satire to a level that many aren’t ready for unless you’re a previous fan of the franchise. The publishers want the cult following fans to forget about Postal 3, which is considered a true mess and horrible sequel, that they don’t even consider its existence. This title was made to bring fans back into the open world and first-person shooter action that led to Postal 2 becoming loved by many. The game has been in Early Access for the last three years there is hope that the game would not have a huge buggy mess, even with that being a part of the charm for many with the franchise, that tends to not be the case.
The story of this title revolves around you being the Postal Dude, along with your dog named Champ, where you find yourself in a city named Edensin, Arizona. If you noticed the name of the city, Eden=sin, then that’s the type of humor that you will have to prepare for yourself. The main goal is completing missions in the open world so that you can recover your car and trailer so that you both can hit the road. These missions are all about a connection to events, such as your character rigging an election, that bring a type of satirical humor to those current events. The Postal Dude can wear many hats from being involved with crime to being a dogcatcher. These jobs are what the title uses to emphasize the humor, that gave me a chuckle now and then, of jokes and mayhem.
Then, there are times when your character will lose it and go “postal” where you are expected to kill a lot of people with that increasing the mayhem. I truly could not get into the humor, I’m sure some people would be interested, but it seemed lazy to me. I know that’s a part of the point, but I just did not find enjoyment in it. There are just so many references and jokes that can come your way till you get tired of the jokes with the chuckles becoming less frequent. Now, I can see individuals being into this humor, which at times I tried to get back into that mindset, but I just couldn’t find myself being into this humor that is such a huge part of the game.
Now, the worst part of my experience with POSTAL 4: No Regerts, is the performance is downright abysmal. I know from reading about the previous games of Postal that this is a common occurrence with many people enjoying that aspect. But I ask what the point is of having an Early Access title if it can barely run at times and when it does that experience is not that great. This would be fine if the title was free or cheaper, except it’s far from that coming in at a $40 price tag, which to me is ridiculous to have a game that tries to be one big joke. Now, when POSTAL 4 does play, the game does embrace that nature that the game is a mess with horrible controls and sound design that was beyond awful. I tried to understand this aspect of the title, but with that high of a price tag, I can’t find myself embracing it. Unless you really want to support this indie developer, I would not be too happy with a purchase price of $40.
Honestly, I keep finding myself wondering. Did this title set out and work on me with the frustrating aspects that it possesses? Where I became annoyed at times based on what this title has to offer. Maybe I am a part of this big joke that POSTAL 4: No Regerts is putting on, but I would feel like a bigger joke If I paid $40 for this title.
POSTAL 4: No Regerts is available on Steam, GOG, and Green Man Gaming.
Gaming has always been an outlet for me to interact with different people and explore all kinds of possibilities. I play a wide variety of games always willing to try different mechanics and storylines that developers are trying to create for their games. I grew up delving into MW2 and World of Warcraft, I miss the Wrath of The Lich King days, and as I have gotten older I have found a love for RPGs and strategy games, my favorites being The Witcher 3 and Total War. Always looking forward to the next great game.
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