PowerWash Simulator 2

This game is relaxing and highly addictive! The very first first time I played, 6 hours flew by and it didn't even feel like it. It's very hard to put down once you start seeing the dirt and grime being washed away to reveal the items underneath. The graphics remind me of Pixar and have this charm to them, and the levels can be simple and straight-forward with mostly flat surfaces, to highly complex and detailed with nooks, crannies, and crevices. One mechanic that I really love is the time-lapse replay that shows you actually cleaning the location after you finish a level. The controls, to me, are easier on a controller than mouse and keyboard (I use an Xbox controller), and it did take me some practice to learn the different nozzles and switching between them. Most of the levels have tools like ladders, scaffolding, abseiling lifts, and scissor lifts to help you reach heights. This game does have a story to it that takes place through text messages on your character's phone, which isn't award-winning, but it does fit the charm of the game. There is no music and voice acting, which doesn't bother me because that can many times ruin the immersion. My only gripes is that the extension ladder cannot be placed back down once it's been picked up, and it does block your power wash equipment from cleaning while you're on it. And the scissor lift can't be moved while you're in it except to raise and lower it. All in all, great game to relax to.

So, I never played the original Powerwash Simulator, only got this one to play with some friends and this is probably the most exhausting game I've ever played. The game is way too bright and saturated to the point that I have to wear sunglasses IRL just to play it for more than half an hour, and there's no way to fix it, it feels like it's trying to appeal to brainrot kids. Some of these jobs are so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ tedious, you will be stuck for what feels like an eternity working on entire buildings for practically nothing to reward you. The way Soap works in Multiplayer is genuinely awful, if you push R you remove all the soap for everyone, which is easy to do by accident since R also rotates the other nozzles and you rotate nozzles a lot. Also, everyone SHARES soap so if one guy spams the crap outta soap, you can't use it until the soap is cleaned off. On top of that I don't think these Soap Mechanic is explained anywhere in-game, and we only found out by messing around with it and googling it Also the Acheivements locked behind DLC is obnoxious, (even if it doesn't really effect me)

I find this very therapeutic and relaxing

прикольная, медиативная

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Difficulty }--- ☑ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☑ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☑ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10

Great game, really makes you slow down and appreciate the process rather than rushing to the finished product. I like the addition of the surface scrubbers, makes large flat spaces much more tolerable. Love the patience boost this and PW1 have given me. The background lore is also very intriguing, without being too intrusive or commanding. I do wish it was easier to access the messages log, I still haven't figured it out, but that could be a me issue. Love petting Ulysses and her kittens anytime I can!

Although this game is a chill, cozy time-waster simulator, it can be really annoying at times. Some spots only become visible and cleanable when lying prone, but then normal movement is impossible and you bump into everything. The controls are weird and annoying overall. Sometimes the character forgets how to walk or run and moves at a snail’s pace for no apparent reason. Clearing the last remaining dirt pieces at the end is even more annoying. The game gives a weak yellowish blink when you press Q to highlight them, but those dirty spots are often still impossible to see. Level design feels weird. It seems the developers hadn’t yet figured out what works and what doesn’t in this type of game - the demo levels are the ones that really shine, while the mansion and billboard stages in the full game disappoint. It does its one signature gimmick well, but it falls short technically in far too many other areas. Never buy it at full price. Wait for it to drop to around five dollars on sale, pick it up for a few nights of co-op with friends, and forget about it forever.