The glove can be improved so that it can shoot electricity and some other functions. The base functionality is for it to suck up gunk. This hand can be upgraded with different functionalities. She has one mechanical hand instead of a real hand. The gameplay loop for The Gunk is actually fairly simple. Besides that, I don’t think the sound is special either because the Gunk itself is silent and there aren’t really any other animals in the game either. The voice actors did a good job and the banter worked out pretty well. There isn’t much to say about the sound department. It was always a bit buggy and sometimes would slow down the game for a few seconds. When playing at 4K/ultra, I experienced no issues except for a few hiccups at the end of the final level when you travel up the elevator. It’s obvious this game was made exclusively for consoles because there are basically no options to change anything besides resolution and quality settings, which don’t tell you what they do. You see Rani, the character you control, in a third-person perspective. There is no extra information shown on the screen. One thing I really enjoy about the game is that there is no HUD. There are jungles, abandoned mines, and even a wasteland where nothing is alive. The game has a lot of different areas, each one with its own distinct look. The premise behind the game is that the Gunk has suppressed all life, meaning it is grey and dull When you clear away the junk, the colors come back and you’re treated with a colorful and gorgeous view. It’s not the prettiest game I’ve ever played, but it’s not ugly either. On a Windows laptop (Asus Zephyr G15 with Ryzen 5 9500H and Nvidia RTX 3090), I played the game. The game is out for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S|X. Let’s take a look at the gameplay first before we get into the looks and sounds of the game. The game ends up becoming a rescue mission for an entirely alien civilization. Things aren’t always as they seem and they eventually realize the world is overrun by something they call The Gunk. They’re down on their luck and they really need to score to avoid losing their ship. You follow two space hauler ships that are visiting a planet that they picked up a faint signal from. Why am I bringing up this point when reviewing the new game from the Swedish studio Thunderful, The Gunk? Well, I finished playing this game. Even for a game, I enjoy, I eventually lose interest or worse, come to realize that I’ll never be able to get into the game again and simply leave it. With two kids and as a tech lead at a company, my time for gaming has got to compete with lots of things including coaching my kids in soccer as well as other hobbies.įor me, the problem is that a lot of video game companies decided that their video games needed to service and be overflowing with content (looking at them again). Most of all, I don’t have the time anymore. The Gunk is available now on the Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Windows PC via the Xbox Games Store, and is currently free on Game Pass, with it set to release on other PC storefronts, like Steam, very soon.I never finish games. Thunderful has been encouraging players to share their creations with the new features through the Thunderful Twitter account, and the hashtag #TheGunkPhotoMode. Would-be photographers can control the roll, depth of field, and exposure, as well as apply various filters, and pose Rani to hit the right mood for their shot.Īlong with this, the update includes tweaks and fixes, with improved resolution settings, upgraded 4K support, optional motion blur, and quality-of-life control adjustments, which are all updates that the community had been eagerly requesting. This feature will not only give players the tools to take pictures of their environment but will allow them to perfect their snaps with a large variety of tweaks and filters. This sci-fi exploration game, developed by Image & Form Games, was released in December 2021 and has been praised for its visuals and vistas, making this a logical step. Players of Thunderful’s action -adventure The Gunk will now be able to record the sites of the ravaged alien planet for posterity with the introduction of an extensive photo mode included in the March update.
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