Serial Cleaner is a game in which you receive calls from a mysterious client who directs you to fresh crime scenes. Your job is to dispose of all bodies, retrieve evidence and weapons, and often to clean up blood that's been left behind. And it's fantastic. I love it so much. My wife and I played it together, passing off the controller when one of us got caught.
It's so fantastically intense. You know how it feels when you're running from [REDACTED] at the climax of SteamWorld Dig 2? Or doing the Green Demon challenge in Super Mario 64? Or even just hiding from plain ol' Slenderman or FNAF robots? That delicious adrenaline as you plead with the game "PLEASE DON'T FIND ME PLEASE DON'T FIND ME PLEASE DON'T FIND ME"? That's Serial Cleaner in its entirety.
I've honestly never screamed so much at a game. Not in anger, more like:
don't look at me don't look at me don't look at me don't look at me
OH CRAP HE SAW ME NOOOOO RUN RUN RUN RUUUUUUN
This was easily one of my favorite games on the Switch during its first year. Though, YMMV because (for me, at least) a lot of the enjoyment comes from playing with someone. Not wanting to get caught so you don't have to give up the controller, screaming together, etc.
I don't know if it's for everyone because it can be a little frustrating at times, but it's 100% fair. I've never felt like the game screwed me over or like it was impossible to get out of a situation. If you're calm and analyze the movement patterns of the guards/cops that you need to avoid in each stage, you can make it through.
Until you screw up and you scramble for cover like a panicked maniac.
Would recommend to anyone who's interested after a cursory glance.
P.S. The main character's mom is SUCH a sweetheart.
It's so fantastically intense. You know how it feels when you're running from [REDACTED] at the climax of SteamWorld Dig 2? Or doing the Green Demon challenge in Super Mario 64? Or even just hiding from plain ol' Slenderman or FNAF robots? That delicious adrenaline as you plead with the game "PLEASE DON'T FIND ME PLEASE DON'T FIND ME PLEASE DON'T FIND ME"? That's Serial Cleaner in its entirety.
I've honestly never screamed so much at a game. Not in anger, more like:
don't look at me don't look at me don't look at me don't look at me
OH CRAP HE SAW ME NOOOOO RUN RUN RUN RUUUUUUN
This was easily one of my favorite games on the Switch during its first year. Though, YMMV because (for me, at least) a lot of the enjoyment comes from playing with someone. Not wanting to get caught so you don't have to give up the controller, screaming together, etc.
I don't know if it's for everyone because it can be a little frustrating at times, but it's 100% fair. I've never felt like the game screwed me over or like it was impossible to get out of a situation. If you're calm and analyze the movement patterns of the guards/cops that you need to avoid in each stage, you can make it through.
Until you screw up and you scramble for cover like a panicked maniac.
Would recommend to anyone who's interested after a cursory glance.
P.S. The main character's mom is SUCH a sweetheart.