The authors of the fan project Postal 3 Unreal presented the first gameplay trailer since 2021, and also spoke in detail about the development progress on ModDB.
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Postal 3 Unreal is a total conversion of Postal 2 Complete to Unreal Engine 2. The team plans to completely recreate the third part using modification tools for the second, not even forgetting about bugs, including the “famous crash when throwing a grenade.” They promise to “squeeze everything” out of the outdated engine so that their version will surpass both the “broken and unfinished Postal III” and the “old and crooked Postal 2.” The authors do not intend to transfer the mod to a more modern generation of Unreal Engine or to the base of another game due to the large amount of work.
The main innovation will be a first-person view. Additionally, new weapons and an open world are confirmed to be explored in Freeroam mode and between missions in Story mode. The original story will be left untouched, but if you choose a good path, a choice of mission order will appear. There will be two gameplay modes – in the style of Postal 2 (open world, amplifiers, no health regeneration) and close to the original (no open world, additional weapons and items and with health regeneration). Perhaps they will add a third one with a combination of elements at their discretion.
Among other things, a new interface, a redesigned main menu, a full interactive city map, a fast travel system (cut by the developers), a completely new mission objective system in the style of the shooter Devastation, sprint and stamina mechanics, more realistic shooting (zoom aiming, updated reloading, dynamic accuracy and recoil, weapon swinging, tilting), the ability to complete the game without killing and change the appearance of the hero. In addition, optimization improvements, support for submods, third-party maps and localizations are expected.
Postal 3 Unreal will have a fully working map of the city of Katharsis
Players were impressed by the new trailer. “Finally, Postal III is playable,” reads the most popular comment by braindredd. The mod was also supported by the creators of the series from the Running with Scissors studio.
Along with the publication of the first development diary on ModDB, the team updated the screenshots for the first time in nine years. Such a long lull was explained by the fact that only recently access to the page was restored – all this time information was shared through VK, Discord and YouTube.
Postal 3 Unreal does not yet have even an approximate release date. The creators asked gamers not to ask questions about this and not to ask to release the game in early access – they are working on the project in their free time and do not want to reduce its scope. “The new demo and full version will be released when they are ready,” they emphasized.