POSTAL

POSTAL is quite possibly the father of edgy shooter games and one of the only twin-stick shooters worth actually playing. It caused a notable shitstorm of controversy thanks to the moral guardians who were also afraid that games like DOOM would turn our children into Satan-worshipping murderers.

Plot
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POSTAL is a story about a miserable young NEET known only as the Postal Dude, who snaps one day and goes on a genocidal killing spree. The player is forcefully subjected to his meandering nonsense as the game goes on via journal entries detailing his shattered thought process. It quickly becomes obvious that something isn't quite right with the Postal Dude's noggin as he believes he is on a crusade to rid the world of a madness plague that has descended upon the helpless masses, turning them all into rabid lunatics out for his blood, except - spoiler alert - he was the real lunatic the whooooole time.

Our hero finishes the story by either shooting up an elementary school and then suffering a complete mental breakdown, or, in the remake that came 19 fucking years later, POSTAL Redux, crashing his own funeral and then doing the same, or something.

Gameplay
POSTAL is an isometric twin-stick shooter. The objective in each level is to kill a certain number of "hostiles" (NPCs out for the Postal Dude's blood) on each map before proceeding to the next one, all while trying to avoid getting killed yourself, dumbass. It is also possible to murder noncombatants, which yields no punishment or reward, and is not necessary to proceed to the next level. The game boasts a wide variety of weapon choices for your sick mind to have fun with, as well as an execution option with which to euthanize downed NPCs.

Did You Fuckin' Know?

 * POSTAL was released two years before the Columbine High School Massacre. Makes ya feel old, don't it?