
Writing for the former, reviewer Travis Northrup stated he felt that unlike media such as South Park and Grand Theft Auto V, the provocative humor was not backed up by intelligent writing, leading to a game that he described as having the "subtlety and nuance of an enraged ape throwing its dung". Conversely, IGN and Wakeling described the game's jokes as poorly written and reliant only on shock value. Hardcore Gamer reviewer Chris Shive stated that the game "plays it too safe" with humor resembling "a parody of what was edgy in 2003", but ultimately still enjoyable by the series' fanbase. The story and writing was widely criticised by gaming publications. GameSpot reviewer Richard Wakeling called it a "genuinely awful experience that should be avoided at all costs".

Multiple publications criticised the game's unentertaining gameplay, frequent bugs and performance issues, and poorly executed and dated jokes. Reception Īccording to review aggregator Metacritic, Postal 4: No Regerts received "generally unfavorable reviews". Planned gameplay elements include additional weapons, optional "side errands", different outfits for the Dude, and cooperative multiplayer.
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It also returns the series to a first-person perspective, which was eschewed by Postal III in favor of third-person. The game is centered around different "errands" that The Postal Dude must complete each day, which include being a prison guard, a sewer worker, and an animal catcher on Monday, a variety of tasks for a gang from "South of the Borderland" on Tuesday, such as border smuggling and turf tagging, working for the mayor of Edensin on Wednesday, including a successor to the petition errand from Postal 2, working for the local mafia on Thursday, with tasks including testing prototypes for video games and rigging an election, and working for the enigmatic kingpin controlling Edensin on Friday, including raiding an ancient temple, dealing with a mercenary militia at the local mall, and plugging a dam before a doomsday cult can use it to contaminate the town's water supply. Postal 4 borrows many of its gameplay features from its predecessor, Postal 2.

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