Postal III | |
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Developer(s) | |
Publisher(s) | Akella |
Distributor(s) | Valve Corporation |
Series | Postal |
Engine | Source |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
Release | |
Genre(s) | Third-person shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
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Aggregator | Score |
Metacritic | 24/100 |
Review scores | |
Publication | Score |
Game Informer | 1/10 |
GameSpot | 3/10 |
Postal III (stylized as PostaLIII) is a third-person shooter video game developed by TrashMasters Studios, co-developed by Running With Scissors and published by Akella. It is the third game in the Postal series, being the sequel to Postal 2, telling the story of the Postal Dude's adventures in a town named Catharsis, following directly from the ending of the second game in which the town of Paradise was destroyed by a nuclear bomb.
Postal III was released in Russia for Microsoft Windows on November 23, 2011, and in North America on December 23, 2011. Ports for OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 were announced, but ultimately canceled.
Postal III includes performances by a wide array of minor celebrities, including Ron Jeremy, Jennifer Walcott, and Randy Jones. The game also contains characters depicting Uwe Boll (director of the 2007 Postal film),Sergei Mavrodi, Osama bin Laden and Hugo Chávez.
In Postal III, the Postal Dude emigrates to Paradise's sister town of Catharsis as he previously blew up Paradise with a nuclear bomb. Due to the economic meltdown, the Dude drives into town and becomes stranded because he can not afford a tank of gas. He must then find work and do various odd jobs to escape the town.