Looking for a comprehensive Fresh Start Review? We’ve got you covered! A World in disarray, only an agent of C.L.E.A.N. can save the day! Jump into one of the strangest heroic games on PlayStation 5, which we have experience with, where the goal of the game is literally to clean the world. Here is our Fresh Start Review.
Developed by Chicken Launcher and Awaken Realms, and published by Awaken Realms and Maximum Entertainment, this simple yet endlessly entertaining simulator of cleaning the world is fascinating. Built on the Unity Game Engine, this simplistic tale of repetitive actions is a joy to play and keeps you engaged.
STORY
Well, what can we say? The objective of the game is just to clean? There has to be more than that, right? You might be pleasantly surprised by this underwhelming concept. The game revolves around the idea of cleaning the world, granted, if you clean in real life, that’s probably more beneficial than one player in a virtual environment with scripted outcomes, saving a fictional earth, but we won’t judge since the game is fascinating.
While the game is all about cleaning, and you can be anything you like in a video game, a one-man army, a professional sports person, or even a deliveryman. Fresh Start has some sort of magic about it (probably because you can clean an entire level faster than it would take you to clean your house). From its simplistic mechanics system to its breathtaking stylistic locations, it has a good few reasons you would want to play.
We’re not just addressing the fact that the animals in the game need rescuing since it would be better to do it in the real world, but in the real world, no individual can do what you do in a game, isn’t that the magic of them?
Mechanics, Graphics, & Technical things
While Mechanics and Graphics aren’t much where Fresh Start is concerned, it is captivating to be able to play as a cleaner who has a seemingly magical tool to perform their job. I’m not one for chill games; that being said, I enjoy Train Sim and slower games like Fishing and Pool (mostly the minigames from Yakuza for these). Fresh Start is simple to pick up and drop mid-journey with minimalist commands and easy concepts which stick with you.
Let’s face it, Collect Water, Decompose Dirt, Collect trash, and revitalise Foliage isn’t too difficult to deal with, but it is strangely fun to experience. Graphically, the game is almost like a child’s picture book with its vibrant use of solid colour and just past basic shapes.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, the game is so entertaining, relaxing, and one which you can sink into; you can lose hours easily. From the oriental worlds of Japan and China to the cold alpine mountains and even tropical beaches, the game has a variety of locations where you need to save the wildlife. The controls make the game easy to pick up, no matter how long you have been away, with basic commands and concepts that anyone can understand. The game really is a joy to play.
There are, however, some bad points, like no backfaces on some objects, or random holes in some of the maps, thanks to a lack of collision (the hole was under a waterfall), or even a stutter, which is performance-based when you hit a milestone. With this being such a good game to just relax to, I overlooked a lot of the problems until I fell in the water, then it was time to be critical.
Firstly, some objects in the world, namely the water pipes in Australia, show there are holes in the mesh thanks to not being aligned correctly, while it isn’t a big thing, it does catch the attention. Adding to this point, there is a tarp in Poland over the caravan, which acts as a porch. The inside of this, which the player will see, is nonexistent, meaning you look up at the sky. Again, this isn’t a big thing, although if you could jump higher, you might be able to climb on the caravan thanks to clipping through the tarp, but it’s only hypothetical.
Secondly, some of the collision items, like on trees, are off some, meaning you can clip through the tree. In addition to this, there is a hole in the world under the waterfall in Japan, which was irritating. Although you don’t need to go over to the waterfall for anything, it seems strange that you can drop below the falls.
Finally, when you hit a milestone, either 33%, 66%, or 95% of the overall Nature gauge, you will get a sharp stager as the code fires off and you freeze for like an 8th of a second. This isn’t an issue, and hitting multiple locations one after another doesn’t seem to stack the effect. This could mean that the cache is seemingly cleared when the level is concluded, meaning the potential for a problem is already dealt with, but come on, this is PS5, and we see more complicated things in Ghost of Yotei. The point is, this broke the immersion for me, which is why we are adding it to the bad points.
Overall, the game is fantastic, even with its bad points. I would still play it. It’s fun, captivating, and for what it is, it’s a nice game to just sit back to.
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