As The Postal Dude (that's actually his name), you're tasked with completing a series of mundane errands over the course of a work week. The cars lining the streets are apparently just there to mock you.

Rather than adopt the conventionally linear structure of most first-person shooters, Postal 2 has a more open-ended structure reminiscent of the recent Grand Theft Auto games, only you're stuck running around on foot. The single-player portion of Postal 2: Share the Pain is largely the same as before. This rerelease of Postal 2 addresses the game's painfully long loading times and adds some multiplayer modes and a few other extras. The result isn't going to convince anyone who took Postal 2 the wrong way to give it a second chance, but it's a better game now than before, and those looking for some seriously lowbrow humor in first-person shooter form would likely get a kick out of it. More than half a year later, a rerelease titled Postal 2: Share the Pain addresses the most glaring technical issue of the original-the painfully long loading times between gameplay areas-and adds some goofy multiplayer modes (those who already own Postal 2 can get the multiplayer upgrade at a discount, though it was initially promised as a free download).

Yet while the game flaunted its naughtiness, it unfortunately didn't offer enough in the way of entertaining gameplay or longevity to justify all the irreverence. Truthfully, Postal 2's content wasn't far in excess of what you could find on a typical episode of South Park. The sequel to the controversial 1997 shooter promised to be even more offensive than its predecessor, and it did in fact deliver tons of gross-out humor, racist jokes, and gory violence, all while being perfectly flippant about it. Last April's Postal 2 seemed to purposely divide gamers into a 'love it' or 'hate it' camp, the latter of which was considerably larger.

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