[postal2mac] First impressions

[Ted Stalcup]

OK...Few things, not necessarily bugs and in no particular order:

1.  the game runs fine on a 1.33Ghz Powerbook G4 but I did hook up a 
mouse to make it a lot easier, messed around with my Ishock gamepad for 
a while and gave up because it stuck me in forward motion.  I doubt its 
the game, probably resolvable using the Ishock controller app.  The 
game, as expected, does make the Aibook pretty hot, the freeware 
Temperature Monitor app. shows the temp floating between 140F and 
144.5F which is the fan kick on for this model.

2.  the game probably would run on my B&W with its 600Mhz G4 and 32MB 
Radeon but the current beta seems to lack medium and low textures so 
you play in a white/grey shaded world.  The animation minus texture 
maps works fine on the old beast.

3.  Installer takes forever

4.  The things in the sewers underneath the library are damn near 
invincible, close range pistol and shotgun hits to no avail..should 
have made that jump I guess...but then there seems to be more to 
explore down there so there has to be some way to kill the 
things...which look like skinned dogs.

5.  What the heck do you do in the Library anyway...besides try and 
fail to resist the temptation to sneak up behind Bin Laden in the 
reading room with a shotgun (he has the assault rifle so don't miss).  
I have the library book but there is nothing readily apparent to DO 
with it.  On the other hand, although there is only like..1 bookshelf 
texture, there is some nice architectural design on that board; look up 
at the glass ceiling for a bit.  You can also jump from the second 
level onto the tops of the bookcases below, doesn't do anything though, 
I was hoping for a medkit although I located the others.

6.  On the first day, when the protesters storm RWS, if you 
"accidentally" shoot up the RWS staff...it doesn't seem to bother them 
much, they never return fire.

7.  Car windows, video games, televisions...oddly invincible...not sure 
whether its the engine or whether there just aren't a lot of 
destructible items but this is one tough environment.

8.  The shovel is too weak, you hit a guy with a shovel 2-3 times, he's 
going down, let alone 5-6 times.

9.  Maybe its me but the "police meter" seems pretty lenient, you can 
lay waste to a dozen people, half of them cops, hide in a corner for 
about 5 minutes and then walk out like nothing happened...perhaps if 
you spent more time on the run?

10.  When cremating an insolent jerk who you had to terminate because 
he wouldn't sign your petition....step back after pouring the gasoline 
and before you throw a match...although that nice lady did offer to get 
me a bucket of water.

-Ted Stalcup