I waited 6 months for this to finally get released on consoles only for the accompanying update to erase my save data for the base game. I suppose that’s not the biggest deal in the world, as I already long since acquired that platinum trophy and it didn’t prevent me from being able to jump straight into the new content here. Yet, I nonetheless can’t help but feel annoyed that I can no longer select whichever stage I want anymore without first going back through the entirety of that original campaign and would need to recollect all of the hidden “codex” entries I previously gathered as well. How the heck does this type of thing even still happen in 2026? Oh, they’re also charging a dollar more for this on PlayStation and Switch than PC for some reason…

Yes, a frustrating lack of technical polish hangs over the entire experience, occasionally forcing checkpoint reloads because a critical door failed to unlock after clearing out a room or leaving you exasperatedly searching every pixel of a level because the completion screen says you missed grabbing a collectible poster that doesn’t actually exist. That’s a shame, because this is otherwise a really good DLC that I had quite a bit of fun with. It’s an extra dose of Brain Damaged’s solid, DOOM (2016) lite boomer shooter action that’s sporting some amusing additions to your arsenal, a few goofy new enemy types to fight, and a charming vacation theme that reminded me of Duke Caribbean: Life’s a Beach in the best of ways. Not to mention, the satire is surprisingly much more timely than that of the somewhat dated on arrival COVID and border wall jokes the main offering had to offer, allowing it to provide some welcome comedic catharsis in these troubled times.

That is enough for me to be able to recommend These Sunny Daze, albeit nevertheless a tad cautiously, to the truly hardcore members of the Postal fanbase despite the faults. If simply because they are well aware at this point that launching in rough states like this is kind of just par for the course for the franchise. Plus, with the asking price only being a mere 8 bucks it’s easier to look past the bugs/glitches, brief segments of janky first-person platforming, and the fact that the whole thing can be breezed through in a couple of hours. So, if you think you can put up with those aforementioned shortcomings then this is worth the purchase. It’s more of one of the property’s better installments, and it’s hard to not appreciate that.

7/10