POSTAL - The Darkest Game Ever Made | EDC
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
- Postal 1 is one of the darkest games ever made and the most awkward start to a franchise. Originally released on November 14, 1997, Postal fans consider this to be the black sheep of the series. There are numerous theories regarding the game and what it represents. Is Postal Dude mentally there or has the demon taken over? Well, watch the video to find out more!
This is the middle half of Three Way October where I upload three videos: The Library is NOT a Bad Level (video essay), Postal 1 and They Hunger Episode 1. Only you can stop the evil.
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[Timestamps]
0:00 - Camera Opening
1:33 - Introduction
3:28 - Development & Controversy
5:50 - POSTAL Overview (Part 1)
8:00 - Postal Dude's Psyche
12:54 - POSTAL Overview (Part 2)
18:26 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions
[Music Used]
Map - Postal 2
Outro - Postal
Staff Roll - Tom & Jerry (SNES)
Cold Iron - Postal Redux
HOME - Postal Redux
Track 10 - Doom (PS1/PSX)
The Mine - Postal
Trailer Park - Postal
Trained to Kill - Manhunt
Parade of Disasters - Postal Redux
Truckstop - Postal
Outskirts - Postal
The Bridge - Postal
Mall 2 - Postal 2
Track 19 - DOOM (PS1/PSX)
Central Park - Postal
Cavern Ambiance - Half-Life
Blood Path - Postal Redux
Night of Nights (Flowering nights remix) - beatMario
Shotgun Callosotomy - Postal Redux
#postal #runningwithscissors #videoessay - Hry
Before anyone asks me in the comments, yes I do plan on talking about the Postal 1 expansion pack "Special Delivery" as well as the Japanese port with it's two extra levels.
This was probably the darkest and most fun I have ever had while making a video. It was suppose to come out on the 30th of October, but I didn't meet that deadline. So I decided to just have two videos for Halloween because I love the hoilday to death. Hell I even dressed up as Postal 1 Dude just for this video alone. But I think Three Way October ended about how I wanted it.
I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I did making it!
EDIT: I made a sequel to this video for the POSTAL expansions.
Here you go ➡️ czcams.com/video/ixUuevv52rI/video.htmlsi=88pM6lfZKENkF3wu
5:11
"Bears the unmistakable image of an AK-47 rifle"
*Shows an M16*
Says a lot about CNN
Didn’t they call a pump shotgun an AR-15 once?
I'll never understand how people think they can speak on political topics when they aren't even familiar with the subject matter.
AN AR15 WEIGHS AS MUCH AS 10 BOXES THAT YOU MIGHT BE MOVING SHOOTS 50 BMG IN FULLY-SEMI AUTOMATIC WITH DOUBLE BARREL EXTENDED MAGAZINE CLIPS
@@Volkswagen_will god I wish
I think it is safe to say that we once again have entered the societal state and political landscape where, if Postal 1 would have been released today, it would still end up offending a lot of people now
Again?
Especially with the school cutscene that was purposely removed for obvious reasons
@@Digitizer777 I mean, it was removed even then because that shit is apparently too sensitive, and I kinda agree
@@KeksimusMaximus
Yeah they originally thought that level was unthinkable IRL, they ditched it for the remake because that's sadly not the case anymore and they weren't trying to be tasteless. Vince Desi actually specifically draws a line at harming children, that was the entire reason they're invincible actually, to show you the game _wasn't_ going to go there.
The original was re released fine
Though if a new one, with more realistic graphics, resurrected this tone and style... yeah, probably
Sad to say, *Postal* really feels like the world right now. Violent, depressing, and just filled with grime.
Damn dude. Fr fr
You can try be a postal dude atleast (joke)
@@kleininmaybe we’re all Postal Dudes
Postal terrifies me. Not many people understand what psychosis is- and this game feels like something all too real. Someone who has been stressed to the point that they are at the very end of their patience and sanity- suddenly snapping irreversibly.
It feels influenced by something inhuman. Something we might know, but don’t want to acknowledge. I don’t know how else to describe it.
The art work is beyond terrifying and has that feeling of “I shouldn’t be here” when you see any of the loading screens.
This is a deep comment man. Thank you!
i have early signs of psychosis ( tame for now dalylight allucinations , voices like murmuring , dettachment from reality , etc the only thing that gives docs hope is that i´m very calm and collected ,quite diplomatic they say so it´s probably just stress ...maybe? )and postal is way tooo familiar for me , love the postal games regardless though
@@SirKat-mo7bd man I am so sorry about that, it sucks to hear.
@@ElephantsDoingCrack thanks,mate , if everything goes wrong at least i can go postal ,lol , after all the earth is hungry :3
Maybe just anger/hate because the world sucks too. I feel that. I have a silent demon in me, my anger. Earth is hungry must mean you are hungry for violence.
Anyway, the real plot is just the town is crazy and you kill to survive. Postal 2 is that. Also the movie.
can't imagine how scared someone was when they heard someone screaming in the woods and in reality it was edc445 shooting a found footage postal thing
For the opening bit, I was trespassing on all those properties and was breaking the law by being there. But that is how dedicated I was to this video. It was really fun to make that section
@@ElephantsDoingCrackW
5:10 "Bearing the unmistakable image of an AK-47 rifle" ...people were just as stupid back then too.
What's stupid is that you don't even GET an AK-47 in the game
All you get is a pissy submachine gun that doesn't do enough damage to even work as a 'last ditch' weapon
@@jeremyallen5974 no we aint saying that, it wasn't an AK-47, it was a fucking M16
@@jeremyallen5974The submachine gun is literally the best weapon in the game, because while its' weak the devs (accidentally) gave it the best range of all weapons, and no enemies wield it, so you can just fall back and shoot them while they can only launch their easily dodgeable rockets.
@@jeremyallen5974 Now that i think about it, a lot of Postal stuff does the fake AK imagery thing.
You see The Dude wielding an AK in a lot of promotional material, like in the Postal 1 black and white picture of The Dude, the Postal 2 Dude holding it in the Share the Pain boxart, that one wierd old mobile game shows more of the same, Redux artwork shows The Dude, AGAIN, with an AK, etc.
Yet... no official Postal game has an AK until Postal 4... game where the same gun i'm reffering to is named and modeled after an AKM, not an AK-47.
Postal 1 is probably the best example of a extreme tone shift, It like a band that does edgy comedic Noise rock but their first album is Noisy Dark Ambient.
I certainly agree that postal 1 wasn't trying to be edgy, it tried to be a traumatizing experience, and it succeeded, but at the cost of being a little edgy in my opinion
5:11 "unmistakable image of a AK 47 rifle" bruh thats a M16. Its a whole ass different design!
Made in the U.S.A, baby!
proudly
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I like to think that postal dude's mass genocidal crusade did happen all the way to the Air Force Base. And his dwindling sanity snapped and had mental breakdown. Which caused him hallucinate the elementary school.
Also the ending dialogue confirms it all happened.
"Population pressure and the stress of modern life may cause an increase in violent tendencies. The urban environment is the incubator for all sorts of undesirable behaviors. However much this atrocity disgusts us, he may actually consider himself a hero. This is common among those who are referred to by the popular slang, going postal. In his tortured mind, he may feel he was battling against impossible odds. It is not unusual for some individuals to believe that the entire fate of the world rests in their palm. In the end, our subject displays all the classic symptoms of a paranoid delusional. We may never know exactly what set him off but, rest assured, we will have plenty of time to study him."
Also, fun fact. In Postal Redux. The ending dialogue is voiced by Corey Cruise. The voice actor for the postal dude in Postal 3 and Brain Damaged
I find it funny that half of the horror games don't scare me but postal 1 exists and its unironically disturbing, some other games like Hatred tried to be the next "postal 1" but failed so horribly that they added the main character from hatred in postal redux and made fun of the game.
And quite honestly, there will never be another game like the original postal.
Damn straight
19:18 perhaps the first game existed in universe and was worked on by the Postal Dude of Postal 2 since he's a game dev
Could be why he got fired.
And he states that "I only started yesterday!" So, this means Postal 2 could take place after Postal 1 was made.
12:54 you have the ability to duck to dodge the rockets
I already beat you to it in my new postal video. Sorry
Phenomenal video essay, your additions the entries really help visualize the horror of watching the actions some broken beyond saving.
While I do like the demon theory and it has its appeals I think the best interpretation is just pure acceptance. Postal dude was truly just someone having a breakdown, straggling on to hope of a solution, a break from horrors of the universe.
What makes it truly horrifying is not the thought of the human spirit breaking, but what it will resort to in order to maintain hope.
Dude, AMAZING comment. This shit is goated and you were truly cooking. I appreciate it and your analysis.
I'm planning on making a video about Special Delivery and made a poll on my community post if you wanna go vote for what color to use for Postal Dude.
@@ElephantsDoingCrack Thank you, I’ll be sure to check out the poll.
I remember being scared shitless by the title screen when my pc was at full volume in the middle of the night.
The shotgun headshots getting cut is the peak of comedy
Can we agree that the demon is not a demon it is just his fucked up mind... split personality or something. I think that makes it creepier yet I love how RWS left it for interpretation
That is a cool idea too
One of the coolest things about Postal Brain Damaged to me is that they brought the OG VA back to boice the alternate personality.
He refers to himself as a demon, which is what hes credited as voicing in postal 1(not fredited as the dude, but a sepetate entity)
It is a very cool detail
9:54 my cameo
You died
Really liked the cameo tho
Just finished postal have to say this game was beautiful
I mean... I guess
I don't plan on playing any Postal game, but this one is 100% the one that caught the most my attention because of the dark theme, probably the darkest i seen in video games. I wish there was another game like this but with a deeper narrative.
You might be interested in Manhunt if you haven't played it before.
@@personman1148Already seen it. It's nowhere near as dark as Postal 1.
5:01 "ak47 rifle" *shows an m16
such a good video essay, mister EDC, thanks for the entertainment and the laughs
Thank you, I am so happy to hear this man! I want to make more videos with the same quality as this one.
12:02 another video made this mistake, this specific OOARGH hurt sound is a stock sound, heard it in multiple places including a beastie boys music video, but there is another voiceline like oooohh which is vinces line, but cant remember where it plays
Damn oh well
Great video bro, keep the content coming !
I can't wait to talk about Special Delivery and Super Postal. It will be a short and not as talked about subject
@@ElephantsDoingCrack I'll be here to watch it ! I haven't played that yet but that video may inspire me to actually check it out ! This video was great bro. Love the content!
This game got me into top down shooters
surprised to see such a low view and sub count on such a video on such a channel! great vid, dude :) keep going!!
Thanks man! That means a lot to me and warms my heart
the Kalashnikov AR-16 tactical assault weapon with extended clips and rapid fire
This is a great video man! I wish this has more views.
Thank you and hey don't worry man. Not too long ago this video was at 200 to 300 views. But recently due to my newest video it is have been slowly blowing up. I can see this video hitting 1k views at least before the end of the year. I'm okay with that since this video is paying off and is building up an audience.
Thanks again for your comment!
Yoo that is nice to hear:)@@ElephantsDoingCrack
Great vid bro
Video games don't cause you to become a violent sociopath overnight
True
Fps games don't
Rayman 1 however...
HOW THE HELL DOES THIS HAVE 307 VIEWS?! EDC YOUR VIDEOS ARE AMAZING!
I don't know, but I get comments like that all the time. It lets me know that I did a good job : )
Well done EDC
Great game , I had got the first postal game for my switch , it’s really awesome 👏 and creepy , by the way , the postal 1 dude is actually the father of the postal 2 dude . When you go to the grave sit in postal 2 , it will show postal 1 dude sir grave , meaning that the postal 1 dude sir killed himself in the mentally ill hospital . It’s also hinted in postal 1 that the postal 1 dude was mentally ill and I also believe that the game hinted at the postal 1 dude being possessed by a demon or a evil entity .
Yeah I have heard this theory about the Postal 1 Dude being the Postal 2 Dude's dad. I thought of bring it up in another video in the future if I ever continue Postal
The subtitles in this video refer to him as Demon.
Nice silent hill feeling in the first one
very much appreciated, thx
2:38 I thought you would do it in his mouth, as a Chekhov's gun type thing.
Is that an AI voice of Rick Hunter reading the basic intros to each level? It sounds absolutely on-par, like it was always intended he'd voiceover them
Yes it is an AI (elvenlabs). It was a really cool thing to do and I'm proud with the results
Just for the record, I don't endorse AI and only use it for entertainment purposes.
wunning wit sissahs
man I love this series
My next Postal video will be on Postal 1's expansion pack Special Delivery and Super Postal. At least it's the idea anyways
Happy Halloween!!🎉🎉
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
13:01 The Bruh-ssiles
it's funny you mentioned the first game being more horrifying than most horror games nowadays, i'm actually planning on making a video essay on the potential this series had to become a horror franchise before p2. it's so depressing thinking about the ideas that could have been implemented, but simply were just changed to be more comedic in tone. i'm glad postal 4 and brain damaged are finally starting to bring some horror back into this franchise if even a little bit, especially since i consider og postal to be "faux-horror" and the rest to simply be action-comedy "edgy" shooter games that give the vibes of diet 4chan/diet reddit.
as for the top-down perspective, if ya hated this then _hoo boy_ i know you'd hate hotline miami lmao
Thank you for your comment! I hope your video essay goes somewhere and that I will watch it when it is released. As for the change in tone, I completely understand why they ditched the dark aspect of the franchise in favor of leading towards the humor.
@@ElephantsDoingCrack hahaha tysm!! as much as i understand the shift in tone i actually was kinda sad to see how the games ditched it entirely, it's such a neat idea that i would've loved to see expanded upon. :'-]
I’d nominate BAD MOJO for “Darkest Game Ever”
Game I will have to check out
Yo, a new movie
5:05 ah, yes, AK47
That grunt isnt vince desi, thats a stock sound
Its in Hexen and Mission Impossible on n64
I've been told that 💀
Why couldn't Nekopara be like this game? It would suck a whole lot less.
On god facts 🙏
Me see postal. Me happy
Next video is mostly likely going to be more POSTAL
I just need to get 3 and brain damaged and I can complete my collection 🙃
Although debating if i should waste money on 3 though
Its more of a matter of if you really want to or not. The game actually works fine now and can mostly play it without crashes (from my experience). It's not as bad as some people make it out to be, but I do put it at the bottom of list.
4:45. Correct. Postal was banned in Australia. However. It was and still available on Steam back when it was called: Postal 2 Complete in 2012. Check the list of banned games in Australia wiki.
EDIT. (April 22nd, 2024).
As of April 18th, Postal 2 has been delisted from Steam in Australia, days before its 21st anniversary. And just another day or 2 later Postal 4 has also been delisted too.
Reasons? Unknown.
I'm sure it was, I'll check it out
Postal 2 Complete was banned again in Australia
@@HattieJosh Yes. As of April 18th, the day before it's 21st anniversary. It was delisted and a few days later, so was Postal 4.
the dankest game ever made
That should be the Postal 2 title
Bro clearly hasn't played fear and hunger ☠️
Cool? 💀
Im really glad this game has its humour but a lot of people completely ignore or miss it. I mean the whole point of the marching band was purely for laughing at how loud all the stacked up screams are. this is what separates Hatred, its very clear they were just trying to take the edginess even further but without the humour and personality of postal
In postal 4 the character known as the boss, which is the final boss of the game happens to be the dudes, father and all the people saying postal 1 dude is not postal 2 dudes father he makes so reference to the journal when you’re about to fight him
30 seconds before the video said its free on steam i typed it in to look it up and now i have installed.🤣🤣🤣
Congratulations and beware of the horrors!
@@ElephantsDoingCrack my cousin had this on his computer
That is cool to hear man
Central Park
BUTTSAUCE!! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
alright lets see how long this video takes to traumatize me (im new to the Postal series and know nothing about it)
edit: 1:26 "BUTTSAUCE" HELPPPP 💀💀
edit again: yeah this game is messed up
5:07 average gun control advocate
Real
Real bet on god fr fr
Postal 1 is cool postal 2 is funny.
I mean... I guess Postal is cool
@@ElephantsDoingCrack as a game it’s cool. And by cool I mean like edgy I’ve never played a game where you’re going insane and shooting up a whole bunch of people because you’re going insane. It’s an interesting concept.
Only on paper though shootings are not fun in real life.
I remember Vince Desi saying something like "Violence is fun in fiction, not so much in real life. Keep the two separate." Something along those lines
Butt sauce
Happy halloween gay man!
it all stems from the household and if you’re a shitty parent well thn you’re gonna get a shitty kid wreaking havoc n thinking they’re some character from a video game
@@ElephantsDoingCracku talked about the controversy behind this game n the media blaming these games on violence n ppl “going postal” n this is my take or am i wrong?
@@nascr7_47 oh yeah sorry
@@ElephantsDoingCrackall good man like your vids you earned a sub good sir 👍
@@nascr7_47 thanks man! I'm glad you enjoyed it
Keked a little at the fact that zoomers find Portal 1 so scary that they compare it to the actually fucked up Postal. Lel. It's really funny to me, because at the time of its release, Portal wasn't even remotely considered "scary" by anyone. Hilarious and funny? Yeah. But definitely NOT scary, lol
Ok cool
Okay John 4chan
its a topic done to death by a channel with a annoying voice
Don't make me blush : )
Cry us a river 😭💯💯💯
@@MauricioJara taking shit from the guy who role plays as a hotwheel, and has a more annoying voice
@@PlastiGomiyou sound like someone I would punk for their lunch money. Don't hate foo
@@LilLorThatGamerFoo yeah okay internet tough guy