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Step into the polished shoes of The Cleaner, a professional crime scene cleaner for the mob. There's no business like the cleaning business, and right now business is booming…
Sneak around crime scenes avoiding detection from the guarding cops as you vacuum up blood, hide bodies an...
Step into the polished shoes of The Cleaner, a professional crime scene cleaner for the mob. There's no business like the cleaning business, and right now business is booming…
Sneak around crime scenes avoiding detection from the guarding cops as you vacuum up blood, hide bodies and remove evidence in this 70's styled, fast paced, 2D action/stealth game.
Bought it as an impulse buy, because I thought it was a fun concept and one of my favorite characters from the movie "John Wick" was the sketchy cleaner crew that shows up to clean up the bodies (aka "making a dining reservation.")
It's a stealth game basically cut down to its most basic elements. Move around, reach points on the map, don't get seen by the bright red vision cones. Nothing revolutionary, but it's well put together, stylish, and a fun concept.
Pros:
-I just finished the story mode and reran a couple of levels to find all costumes and bonus levels (haven't beat these yet), so far haven't encountered a single glitch. Dev team did a great job debugging.
-Keyboard control feels very smooth.
-There are more than a dozen of options for additional challenges for hardcore stealth game lovers. It's definitely a replayable title.
-Graphics are minimalistic, but very nice and unique. It balances well with the increasingly brutal murders that happens in the story, and keeps the title (rather) lighthearted.
-Bonus levels - these are really neat. They include separately-drawn victims, completely new maps/themes, and even some new sound effects instead of just rearranging the same maps/objects/characters with increased difficulty. The themes get pretty bizarre and humorous. I recommend finding all of them.
Cons:
-The minimalistic graphics, while tasteful, is occasionally confusing - especially for entrances, raised floor, and some stairs. It doesn't really get in the way of gameplay, but still takes a bit time to figure out some of the maps.
-Is there an option that allows us to skip the story scene after completing the level? I haven't found it. It'd be a nice addition.
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The whole mysterious-caller-assigning-mission-and-location cut scenes and finish-job-then-go-back-to-car procedure do remind me of Hotline Miami, and I was a little worried at first. Upon completion, I think the title does a fine job building its own style.
Overall, I'm happy with the purchase. Would recommend this game to patient gamers, anyone who enjoys the stealth genre, or just looking for a well-designed title with smooth gameplay.
Bought that game on an impulse because it was 75% discounted (cost me 5€) and trailer showed an original artstyle alongside a funky vibe to the game. Unfortunately, behind the curtains the game is really blank.
Starting with the good points of the game, the soundtrack is really cool and does a great job of setting a funky 70s touch to the game. The artstyle is minimalist and original, also playing a big role in setting this cartoon and funk aspect, but I can't help but feel that they could have pushed further in this artistic direction and add a bit of polish.
Now with the bad points, gameplay is the key problem according to me. The game feels really systemic and game mechanics are nothing but classic and well worned action-stealth mechanics. Detection is a simple on/off, your goal is simply to reach points and come back with the bodies, picking up items andc cleaning blood on your way, very basic all in all.
The real problem for me is the guards' AI, they are simply dumb as bricks. If only it was a sacrifice made for the sake of interesting gameplay but no, you can hiode in front of them and just wait for them to go away, they don't notice the bodies gone away or the body bags dropped on the floor, all this leading to very blank and boring levels.
I don't know if the game adds new mechanics and more level design opportunities later on, I dropped after about 2h in and don't feel like pushing further so I can't judge the bonus levels and end game content.
Finally, I told at the start that I had this game for 5€ in discount, but I really think this game should not be sold for more than that.
A very basic stealth game. It is a fun little filler game, but in the end it annoyed me far too much, because of:
- Controls and unclear visual cues: it happened far too often that my character died because it wasn't clear where you could/could not walk, or that I lost a precious second because I got stuck on a corner of a wall.
- No saves: at some point the levels reach a size where it gets very annoying if you get caught near the end and have to redo the whole level.
- No speed-up function: even in this simple stealth game I wished to speed up time more than once.
I had fun just listening to music and playing this. Wish there was a checkpoint system because a few levels are kind of big and if you got caught you would have to restart the whole level again. I did like graphics and the story was alright.
Likes
graphics
Dislikes:
N/A
Rating: 6/10
