This may have to do with the hit-detection of the hiding locations, but nonetheless it did get very frustrating and didn’t feel right.Serial Cleaners is an innovative stealth game filled with ’90s references, hard as nails sneaking challenges and some weird aesthetic choices that mark the game out as one of the more interesting skulk-’em-ups you’ll see this year. When accidentally spotted and chased by the police I would run to the nearest hiding spot and would have to press A multiple times for it to register my input, resulting in being caught and having to start over. A big part of the gameplay is hiding in things, and to do that you simply walk up to a certain item and press A. When I was trying to run away from the cops there were times that I felt button presses were being missed on many occasions. With such a fast-paced “mess up once and it’s over” gameplay, I did feel that there was a problem with some of the controls in certain situations. While at times this can be pretty daunting, the level size and length feels small enough that I never thought I couldn’t overcome an area. You fail and have to start the whole level over. The level of difficulty gradually increases throughout the story, getting pretty intense along the way. As you learn and develop strategies, these new methods brought into the gameplay actually feel like an upgrade to your arsenal. New puzzle elements are constantly introduced in a way that doesn’t feel overwhelmingly convoluted. Every level is designed moderately simple, and gradually gets bigger and more complex the deeper you get into the campaign. The tough part is stealthily executing each assignment while police are surrounding the scene of the crime. The objectives in every level are overall fairly simple: Collect evidence, dispose of the bodies, and vacuum up a certain amount blood (to make it hard for forensics). You’re slowly introduced to the various gameplay concepts and goals throughout the beginning missions, acting as a nice and easy to understand tutorial. Each mission starts with Bob getting a phone call from a client to “pick up” their messes, each at different locations.
The artists really nailed down the environment from the cars’ designs to the wallpaper on the walls. Set in the 1970s, the artistic direction jumped out at me from the get-go.
Bob’s house, where he lives with his caring mother, serves as the hub world.
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