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The Original Postal Has Been Made Open Source

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Re: The Original Postal Has Been Made Open Source

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Post by cvs268 »

pyromine wrote: post #4

This is completely off-topic, but in the vein of talking about old games. Does anyone have any suggestions for games that scratched the same itch as the old school RTS games like Age of Empires and Rise of Nations? I've been searching for years but never found anything that eclipses the classics.

Most of this year, i have been busy being a benevolent ruler of my tropical islands in Tropico 4. Got it for free on some sale (i think Humble Bundle).

Planning to finish the campaign by the end of this year and then will probably proceed onto "Tropico 5 - Complete Collection" on Steam.

Re: The Original Postal Has Been Made Open Source

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Post by BuuQu9hu »

pyromine wrote: post #4

This is completely off-topic, but in the vein of talking about old games. Does anyone have any suggestions for games that scratched the same itch as the old school RTS games like Age of Empires and Rise of Nations? I've been searching for years but never found anything that eclipses the classics.

http://wz2100.net/

Re: The Original Postal Has Been Made Open Source

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Post by jakebasile »

andrewflnr wrote: post #49
jakebasile wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is amazing how much objectionable content they put in that game while still maintaining a satirical black comedy tone instead of a "trying too hard" feel. The tagline was "it's only as violent as you are!" as it is possible to complete all your tasks without violence. At one point, it has you protecting the developers of the game from anti-violent video game protestors who want to solve their problems with violenc…

So what you're saying is that it's the video game version of Cards Against Humanity.

I think CAH does tread into the TryHard zone, but that's personal taste. They're similar in method but different in feel.

Re: The Original Postal Has Been Made Open Source

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Post by Insanity »

jakebasile wrote: post #17
j_s wrote: post #2

POSTAL Redux is currently $1.43 (84% off) on Steam; reminds me of Contra. Reviews say the only unexpected down side is load times; hope they can tighten that up. http://store.steampowered.com/app/401680/ Edit: I think the big "feature" is co-op.

Postal REDUX and Postal 2 are great games, but I strongly suggest you do not buy Postal 3. From the developers of Postal 1 & 2: > Okay, I’m going to level with you – don’t buy Postal III. You’d regret it. Hell, you’d regret playing it for free. It’s a sometimes boring, other times frustrating, unfinished, borderline-broken mess, and we can’t do anything about it. source: http://runningwithscissors.com/?page_id=853 ed…

Clicked on the "Don't buy on Steam" button, was worth it! These guys have a sense of humour that is quite inline with what I find funny :-)

Re: The Original Postal Has Been Made Open Source

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Post by a3_nm »

SwellJoe wrote: post #46
mixedbit wrote: post #30

Does the release include the original game assets, or do assets need to be purchased (like with Doom releases)?

I dunno, but Postal is $0.49 in the Steam sale right now, if you need the assets. http://store.steampowered.com/app/232770/

Even if they are available for $0.49, having them under an open source license would be very different. (It would make it possible, e.g., to modify them and ship them in other games.)

Re: The Original Postal Has Been Made Open Source

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Post by erikj »

pyromine wrote: post #4

This is completely off-topic, but in the vein of talking about old games. Does anyone have any suggestions for games that scratched the same itch as the old school RTS games like Age of Empires and Rise of Nations? I've been searching for years but never found anything that eclipses the classics.

Check out Empire Earth and its sequels.
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