Serial Cleaner – PAX East 2017 Hands on Interview

<p>Like it or not&comma; violence is a big part of most games&period; But to be fair&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s a big part of all entertainment mediums &period; Whether you&&num;8217&semi;re shooting dudes&comma; slashing monsters&comma; or straight up poisoning victims&comma; video games get messy and high body counts are common&period; But what about after all that violence&quest; iFun4All&&num;8217&semi;s <em>Serial Cleaner<&sol;em> explores this idea and I got to play it on the show floor of PAX East last weekend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Serial Cleaner<&sol;em>&comma; the upcoming 70s themed&comma; heavily stylized animated title from iFun4All puts you in the roll of a professional &&num;8220&semi;cleaner&&num;8221&semi; for the the criminal underworld&period; You&&num;8217&semi;re job is a little different than Harvey Keitel&&num;8217&semi;s The Wolf&comma; in Pulp Fiction&comma; as you need to disappear evidence from an active crime scene&comma; crawling with cops&period; From it&&num;8217&semi;s overhead&comma; 2D-ish perspective&comma; similarities to games like <em>Hot Line Miami<&sol;em> are immediately apparent&period; However&comma; this game contains no real combat and takes place long after all the violent acts have been performed by someone else&period; The similarities with <em>Hot Line Miami<&sol;em> however are a little more than just cosmetic as careful planning is a necessity for success and abrupt failure is always just one minor misstep away&period; During my time with it&comma; I found it to be a step in difficulty compared to many stealth titles in that it required more planning than most as cops would often change their movement patterns&comma; namely when they notice a piece of evidence has vanished&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Serial Cleaner<&sol;em> is available now in Steam Early Access for approximately &dollar;10 and upon completion&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s slated to arrive on both PS4 and Xbox One for a few bucks more&period; If you&&num;8217&semi;d like to know more about the stealth mechanics&comma; crime scene inspiration and the joys of tampering with evidence&comma; check out our video interview with one of the game&&num;8217&semi;s creators&comma; recorded LIVE on the PAX East show floor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"c26dF&lowbar;zwAQ0" title&equals;"Serial Cleaner - PAX East 2017 Hands on Interview"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;c26dF&lowbar;zwAQ0"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;c26dF&lowbar;zwAQ0&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Serial Cleaner - PAX East 2017 Hands on Interview"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;