Squeaky Clean

[code]Curator page here-->[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/37670120/] DaRevieweD #88 [/url]<-- [i]New review every Weekend[/i][/code] The moment I saw "killer" and "shower", I thought this will be a pretty steamy selling point! As we all know, the restroom is where uber creepy encounters go to set up. Besides, slasher films are like my go-to and I do consider them the greatest staple of horror! First-timer [b]Carrion Wave LLC[/b] so far has a [b]Squeaky Clean (SQC)[/b] reputation. But after playing their Steam debut of the same name, I'm not so sure anymore... What it actually ended up was a gimmicky party-ish endeavor similar to [b]FNAF[/b] or the delightful[url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/DeadeGuard98/recommended/1046820/] I'm on Observation Duty[/url]. While both sides don't lack in the "scares and cheap thrills" department, the difference is there's a story here although just barely. Anyhoo, grab your supplies and let's run down every crevice of that dirty thing you call a body~ [h1]"Don't Drop That Soap Now-"[/h1] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2489534398 [u]The Gist:[/u] Impersonate five wretched "victims" and the days leading up to their doom. It's such a shame, all they wanted to do was finish soaking their troubles away and not end up such unfortunate hot messes (did I just describe the game lmao, kidding)~ [spoiler]! What happens in the shower, stays in the...[/spoiler] [h1][+] PROS;[/h1] [b](a) Slaughter, Rinse and Repeat![/b] Here’s something different, unsettling and perverse! A game of [i]red light, green light[/i] where the objective is to clean your body parts; head, body, arms and legs without getting throat slashed by a deranged being. Turn on the showerhead, squeeze a glob and turn around in all directions including above and below, whenever you see a split-second static take over! Successfully making eye contact with the peeping tom will keep him at bay!! However, progress will automatically decline to zero every second you’re not scrubbing. So, don’t be TOO distracted by messages from your boy toy, bath toys (minigame), chat groups and what nots! And of course, there will be unaccounted disturbances too; the tap coming off, water shut by itself and etc. I’ll leave you to your twenty showers~ TIPS: 1) No imminent danger within the first minute and a half~ 2) Start with the head (50s), body (34s) and then the limbs (25s) 3) Turn around whenever you hear anything! 4) You can ignore the phone entirely; but miss out on lore!! 5) Even with your view obscured checking the phone, turning around [b](b) ACK!! Right in T-the PEEPERS![/b] There’s a shocking deal of attention paid to setting an atmosphere with the unreal lighting! Graphics aren’t crisp or detailed, but dull which works honestly in this grave predicament! Because of the straining gameplay, it’s so relaxing to see differently arranged bathrooms, other knick-knacks and even your phones! Points for trying~ [b]Hoovobot[/b] has just the right songs for this vibing slasher, further accentuating the mood and “personality” to each victim. The sleazy one for the party girl, the upbeat one for the devil-may-care attitude and a slick one for fascinated- you catch my drift! [b](c) Oh It's A Bloodbath Alright.[/b] A slasher of course isn’t complete without paying homage to scream queens and classics!! The idea of getting murdered in the shower? Derived from Alfred Hitchcock’s [b]Psycho (1960)[/b]. Then the phone trope of unnerving messages and getting creeped on most notably from [b]Scream 1 (1996)[/b] and [b]Scream 4 (2011)[/b]. Although, the story here luckily takes more of a supernatural nuance and emphasis of unsolved serial killings!! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2489530761 [b](d) A SHOWER, Not A Grower?[/b] SCARY: 1st) The moral panic of serial murders as disseminated through the media or discussion boards serve to drum up paranoia and fear to almost irrational levels. But it also has the opposite effect, people get desensitized until, as SQC shows- it’s taking place in their own home. 2nd) The “unreasonably childish” phobia, and I’m sure everyone has experienced this. You know, whenever you shut your eyes to wash your face. And you hesitate to or hastily open them hoping to catch an intruder before you? 3rd) Also, bathrooms are very vulnerable places. Not only applies because you are naked, or you forget to lock the door and someone walks in. But I’m talking having nothing to fight back with, snakes crawling up the toilet and tripping hazards!! I’m definitely gonna be more careful in toilets… [h1][-] CONS;[/h1] [b](i) Can’t Wash Yer Hands Off This![/b] The nature of the gameplay made me hate showers and it becomes just a menial task you have to do and quickly too! Otherwise it's impossible to get anything done... Sure, they played around for a bit with the way scares were orchestrated but usually the memorable ones happen just once per day or twice/thrice per victim. There's just too much redundancy!! I also think the forced facing against the shower head whenever you're scrubbing is foolish. Why not have the victims face the direction of the corresponding body part; for example when washing arms, look either to his/her left or right and with the legs, gaze straight below you!? It's a weird position to be showering in. [b](ii) Soiled Reputation~[/b] Characters may have their own unique interior decoration and smartphone devices. But, they feel like the same person in spite of their texting mannerisms and attitude to the killings. Which is why I think some voice acting like different utterances of gasps, heavy breathing or even coughing when blood starts spraying out the shower would have helped even a little to add urgency or emotion! The unwarranted and uncalled for difficulty spike at the end of [i]victim #4[/i] and the whole of [i]victim #5[/i] made reaction times near instantaneous. Suddenly, I was dying left and right, when up to that point I had never died yet! It feels cheap, prolonging the inevitable unsatisfying conclusion... [b](iii) SHAME-POO on You!!![/b] BUGS: X Stage/Day select text overlaps with title menu text X Blur effect from steam persists til you resume cleaning X Unplayable end credits; hit the shower again!! NITPICKS: ~ Call the frigging cops!! ~ Separate menu for received/checked text messages! ~ Goofy looking Slenderman knockoff. [h1]"Or You'll be Done Dirty...!!"[/h1] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2489597793 SQC isn't bad; suspenseful for what it is but novelty never goes anywhere. And NOT because you're holed up in the bathroom. What could’ve been for slasher lovers went down the by now clogged drain~ Starting out, it's utterly awash with discomfort and the dread of finally catching a glimpse of the slowly encroaching killer ramps it up! Graphics aren't much but emit an oppressive, forebodingly damp atmosphere aided by the varying ambient tracks and decor. Plot began well but quickly turned banal... routine- not the good kind with progression of days and outcome being so predictable. Initial fear of the antagonist gives way to annoyance, like when cold water hits your back and hence the desire to get the shower over with ASAP! The sudden, unnatural difficulty shift of the final victim made even the most hygiene conscious want to throw in the towel. Not to mention, victims don't get much of the limelight and instead are just hovering heads, fodder without any meaningful personality. SQC may seem really shi**y from my depictions but I may have been in there too long. It's entertaining in short bursts, scares but I'm just severely disappointed and no amount of water will wash that away~ [h1]6.9/10[/h1] [b]I'm fearful but also curious what the teased sequel will be like~[b] [code][i] Thanks to [b]Andreas & Carrion Wave[/b] for da key[/i][/code]

So this game was mentioned to me as a "game similar to FNAF with jump scares and intense game play." Oof was this further from the truth. The jump scares are very dull and the game play is really repetitive. Not much as far as variety and the replay value is zero. I posted a full review on youtube, if you're interested you can check it out at this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYPggPeI0OQ Also this is my first review but I'm not a bot, it's just my first one. Buyer beware.

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This was awesome. I really enjoyed it especially for the price. It wasn't super scary but it did get me once pretty well and gave off a creepy atmosphere the whole time. I have only played the first part so I'm sure the other parts will give me more scares. I would for sure recommend this. If you want to see the first bit of gameplay you can check out my video below. https://youtu.be/A02cbO9ltFg

Feels like a scam, you play the same painfully boring washing mini game over and over. First time I started the game I got insta-killed for no apparent reason and sent back to the menu. Played 5 days and it was all the same, then got killed at the end for no reason after the shower handle disappeared (bug?). Other reviews for this game also seem a bit dubious. Do not buy.

God this is so boring, where did the positive reviews come from? Shower, stop showering to spook off the whatever that is watching you. Rinse repeat. All you do is be in the same space, and I'd agree it was FNAF themed. If there was more do it. But there isn't. You just shower, same interactions over and over. I couldn't get through the pain of just rotating in the same space doing the same mundane actions over and over again. I'd be able to get though the awkwardness of this if it wasn't so dragged out and makes me feel like this is all the game has to offer. It's boring.

Recibi este juego gratis y es tremenda porqueria, literal solo tienes que ver un muro por 2 minutos hasta que una barra se llene, el asesino no da miedo, y no tiene forma, literal se glitchea en su animacion, todos los niveles son increiblemente aburridos y repetitivos, los primeros 5 minutos son buenos pero despues todo se vuelve monotno

Since I got this game for free from a fried trying to help another friend spread the word about the game they had been making, I figured I'd write a review for this game (And before someone looks at it and says, "oH iT's A bOt, ThEY'vE nEVeR wRItTeN a ReVIew bEFoRE UntIL nOW", bite me, I'm just too lazy to ever write reviews for anything else I play) Anyways, with all that being said, time for the review. This game is meant to be a scary game about a murderer who kills people inside their own shower, which is obvious without even having to have any context as to what this game is before playing. When I first played it I found myself chuckling a bit more than I was scared to be honest, but that's just because I wasn't expecting it to be what it is. The premise of the game involves you sitting in your shower and cleaning yourself off as you look around to avoid getting caught by the appropriately named, "Shower Killer", and that's pretty much it. I didn't get too far in but I can assume the mechanics don't change as you progress, only the difficulty and persistence of the killer. For as simplistic the game is and how choppy it may feel or seem sometimes, I still think it's fun and manages to have a creepy atmosphere about it, despite only ever needing 5 buttons to play. All in all, I think it's worth a try if you want something with a creepy atmosphere without the difficulty of any of something like FNAF or other similar games.