The game ends on a cutscene of the Postal Dude in a mental institution, with a doctor discussing the events of the game and commenting on the Dude's mental state. Both end the same, with Postal Dude collapsing on the ground and children's laughter ringing in his ears. If completed on the harder difficulties, two figures are standing there- presumably the Postal Dude and presumably his ex-wife. ![]() Instead, the Dude walks towards a casket lowered into the ground with no one but a priest at the funeral. POSTAL Redux scrapped this ending because it no longer applies as an unthinkable nightmare. Eventually, he collapses to the ground, with children's laughter ringing in his ears. However, a cutscene plays out where Postal Dude tries to hurt the kids but cannot. POSTAL has the Dude going to an elementary school. There are two endings, depending on the version. As such, when he fights through the masses, he does not see them as people but as infected. ![]() While the original choice was for the Postal Dude to be possessed by a demon (with Rick Hunter's lines being named 'demon' in the files and having Vince Desi doing the normal grunts), this was changed in POSTAL Redux, where Rick Hunter does all the voice lines.Īccording to his diary, the Postal Dude believes that he is the only unaffected person by chemical warfare that caused everyone else to be murderous. From what can be gleaned, it is clear that the Postal Dude has undergone a mental breakdown due to several factors- one of which is being kicked out of his house (evidenced by the moving truck in front of his house and by the diary entry found in the original game's manual and the harder modes in Redux). Back when Running with Scissors was trying to find its footing with this franchise, the Postal Dude, as a character, was not touched upon, only hinted at through his Diary- and later War Journal- entries (found in the game's manual and in Redux on harder difficulties), voice lines, and the ending. In POSTAL the Dude we know and love today differs significantly from the first game. While most of the game is up to the player's decision, it is clear to see that Postal Dude is impulsive, snarky, and a bit of a dick, but he also has his good qualities. It is clear that he takes joy from other's pain, but these tendacies can be suppressed, unlike the original Postal Dude. Despite the inherently violent nature of the POSTAL games, Postal Dude is more aligned with an anti-hero, unless he is taken down a different path otherwise by the player.
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