It's easily to learn, easy to pick up and play without the hassle of learning lots of little things. The majority of it is about timing and how quick you can think if you're spotted, but for me that's part of the charm. There's not a lot of strategy involved here, which is a shame as there's not a lot of game mechanics. If you manage to turn a few corners quickly enough, or dive into something to hide, you should be good to go when they wander off. Getting caught is, of course, but outrunning and outwitting the slightly dumb cop AI isn’t too hard. Thankfully, being seen isn’t the end of a mission. After spending a few minutes carefully planning out my route to each body and my escape, then instantly losing when I’m caught can certainly be frustrating. I’ll be honest, I’ve rage quit a good couple of times. Bodies might move around, for example, which helps keep it fresh. Things change a tiny bit each time you fail, too, so you’re not doing the exact same thing each time. Inspired by the 1970s quite obviously, with some fantastic mellow tunes and the levels themselves are inspired by actual 1970s murder scenes.Ī lot of the gameplay can end up being trial and error, but thanks to how simple the controls are to manage it stills remains a lot of fun after repeated failures.

The game utterly oozes style out of every orifice! There’s a lot of retro styled games that’s for sure, but Serial Cleaner has some serious funk going for it.

You will be avoiding cops, jumping into boxes for cover, picking up fancy magazines to unlock new clothes and plenty more. Great idea, but fantastic to see them so open about it and give you the option to disable it.Īs far as stealth games go, it’s a little simplistic, but it’s quite hilarious and clever with the mechanics. It’s very forthcoming about that and it can be disabled. I never aim to be first though of course, to ensure what I cover is accurate.įirst thing to note, is that the game uses an IP location service to gather real-world data to influence the gameplay. The game released on July 14th with day-1 Linux support, so I’m admittedly a little late in covering it. View cookie preferences.ĭisclosure: Key provided by GOG.com directly. YouTube videos require cookies, you must accept their cookies to view.

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