The reception to the Postal games was never really what anyone would call “positive.” There was a bit of hope for this to go the other way when Postal 4 spent a considerable amount of time in Early Access, allowing players to inform the developer of issues to try and make for a better final product. Then it released to a Metacritic average in the low 30s. Despite bearing the series name, Postal: Brain Damaged is actually very good. In fact, it’s quite close to being great. However, it’s held back by some worrisome bugs and notable problems with balance and enemy placement.
Postal: Brain Damaged isn’t a Postal game. Not really. It features the series’ protagonist and humor, but structurally and gameplay-wise, it’s very much a ’90s first-person shooter. The story is that the Postal Dude is asleep and dreaming about various things. There are three episodes with five levels (four standard and one boss battle), and each episode has the …
