The core gameplay loop remains from the 2017 original, whereby you’re dropped into a location, with various bodies strewn about, blood trails plastered all over the floor and evidence that needs to be removed, pronto. While it doesn’t differentiate the gameplay dramatically, each character has their own abilities which’ll make you assess your route to success just that bit more. Vip3r can interact with various computers to hack objects which provide distraction opportunities or knock-out options, while Lati vaults walls, dashes over gaps and creates shortcuts by moving objects. Not just for gruesome effect, it can also be a tool to shock any nearby law enforcement into passing out, allowing him to remove them from the mission area. Hal, for example, is wildly erratic and violent, giving him the means to dismember bodies. Each cleaner has their own style of doing so, providing an element of variety to each mission. The team are here to do a job: make bodies disappear, inexplicably hoover up blood and avoid the fuzz at all costs. Split into multiple acts, you’ll embark on a flashback memory for each character per act. Exploring the seedy underbelly of the 90s is constantly compelling and Serial Cleaners takes advantage of this exceptionally well. There’s a dramatic moment that happens about two thirds of the way through that felt like it came out of nowhere, and I’m still unsure about whether I’d just missed something or if it just wasn’t set up properly.Īside from this, the band of ill-fitting criminals are charismatic and have their fair share of heartfelt moments which carry the narrative well. The writing and dialogue is adept at exploration of each character’s motivations and history, but the way in which the story jumps around did prove confusing. It’s a very Pulp Fiction-esque type narrative, where the present-day scene acts as a gateway to explore how each member entered the fold and became part of the crew.
The 90s backdrop works superbly well in providing creative setups for their missions and backstories. A psychopathic yet deeply curious brute, a budding art student with a wavering self-assurance and a hacker who speaks in acronyms because it’s so el-o-el. There’s 4 in total, including our returning anti-hero from the original, who now leads this eccentric bunch. Serial Cleaners opens with an introduction to all of the new criminal crew.
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