"It's a game about jet-washing enormous structures that are covered in dirt and mud, with a growing variety of jets, nozzles and sprays. Your job is to remove every last speck of dirt, at which point you get paid, can buy more gear, and then move on to the next project. It should be the dumbest thing, and yet it proves outstandingly soothing, even cathartic, as you methodically make a gross thing get shiny and clean."
"And while I'm delighted to report PW2 improves on the original in a bunch of different ways, what this amounts to is tweaks, streamlining the more fussy and less enjoyable aspects, and fixing the weirdness of how the first game handled soap. All very welcome, but none of it revolutionary. This is a refinement, not a step forward, and that leaves me in the peculiar position of being very happy playing the game, while still fundamentally disappointed to not have something new."
PowerWash Simulator 2 replicates the original's core loop of jet-washing large, dirt-covered structures and vehicles using an expanding assortment of jets, nozzles, and sprays. Players remove every speck of dirt to earn money, purchase equipment, and progress to new jobs. The gameplay remains calming and cathartic through methodical cleaning. Improvements include streamlined mechanics, fixes to the prior game's awkward soap system, and general polish to reduce fussy elements. Menus remain complicated, but the removal of persistent, costly detergent refills addresses a major annoyance. The sequel refines and polishes rather than introducing major new concepts.
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