
It’s obviously been built in a modern Unity engine and there are areas that show this, but it’s deceptively retro looking.

Now it’s all lower polycount characters, simplistic 3D character animation and relatively flat lighting and effects. Where the original had a pulpy 70’s art direction, somewhat reminiscent of cartoons and comics, the sequel leaps forward to the 90s. Serial Cleaners is that kind of sequel, jumping from having just one protagonist to four, and while it’s still a single player action-stealth crime scene cleaner, there’s now a greater focus on story and a darker tone to the crime drama running through it.įive years on from the release of Serial Cleaner and the sequel comes with a new tone and style. It’s rarely used, but when you see it, you know what you’re getting: more. When it comes to sequel naming conventions, one of my favourites is pluralisation. " Serial Cleaner 's luscious puzzles blend Hotline Miami with clean '70s chic". " Serial Cleaner Is a Great Idea Wrapped In An Infuriating Game". "Crime Scene Cleanup Game 'Serial Cleaner' Finally Has a Release Date for iOS from iFun4All and East2West". "The murder-scene-tampering Serial Cleaner out today". Number of options, a great premise, and some uniquely engaging gameplay." NintendoWorldReport praised the gameplay and retro charm but felt that the Switch controls were sometimes inconsistent. Push Square wrote, "Its difficulty and slight release content are offset by a Conversely, GamesRadar 's reviewer found the scenes where he was caught funny, and he enjoyed the level design. Rock Paper Shotgun, NintendoLife, and Vice liked the game's concept but found the idea of restarting randomized levels infuriating. On Metacritic, Serial Cleaner received positive reviews on the Switch and mixed reviews elsewhere. The Nintendo Switch version followed on November 30, 2017, and it was released on iOS on June 20, 2019. Serial Cleaner was released for PCs, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on July 14, 2017. Being caught forces players to replay the level and randomizes the locations of the objects that need to be cleaned. Player can hide in various spots on the map, which causes the police to lose interest in them. Police are already at the scene, and if they see the cleaner, they chase. Besides moving corpses, this takes a literal aspect as they vacuum up blood. Players control a cleaner who is hired to remove evidence at crime scenes in the 1970s.

Players attempt to remove evidence from crime scenes without being caught. Serial Cleaner is a stealth game developed by Draw Distance and published by Curve Digital.
