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[Lunatic_Gamer]

A smaller scale game that's caught the attention of many, The Gunk leverages Unreal Engine 4 to impressive effect. Here's Oliver Mackenzie with a look at how the game looks and runs on Xbox Series consoles.

 

[winjer]

The art style, especially the main character, looks a bit ugly.

 

[Batiman]

I had this installed since last week and haven’t got around to playing it yet. This actually looks pretty nice. I’m not expecting much but the environments make it look pretty cool.

 

[Pedro Motta]

I actually enjoyed it.

Very simple mechanics and gameplay, does nothing new, but yet I'm almost finishing it.

 

[Kuranghi]

The art style, especially the main character, looks a bit ugly.

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Indeed, looks like the main character is carrying a massive load of poo in her pants as well. I'll give it a go still but my hype has slid off the side of the operating table so I'll wait for deep sale.

edit - As others saying its more annoying its such a letdown given that Steamworld Dig 2 was fucking amazing, thats one of the best metroidvanias ever made imo. It even has Mario Sunshine/Odyssey style challenge rooms. They took allllll the right inspirations for that game.

What the heck were they inspired by for this game?

 

[Hendrick's]

Big disappointment from this dev.

 

[adamsapple]

Played this on the Series X. Incredibly smooth experience from start to finish.

Going by the video, Series S could use some work on the performance.

It's a very nice, fun, little 6~8 hour game.

 

[Hosam6xavi]

The art style, especially the main character, looks a bit ugly.

Yep i expected better from Image & Form Games.

Coming from SteamWorld Dig games to the gunk is a huge downgrade on everything

 

[winjer]

Yep i expected better from Image & Form Games.

Coming from SteamWorld Dig games to the gunk is a huge downgrade on everything

So true. Steam World Dig and Heist looked so unique and cool.

 

[Magic Carpet]

The plot should be called "The Tiff". The main characters have cabin fever and are getting on each others nervs.
I've been ragging on the game since I finished it but it's actually a decent game with a good playtime and simple enjoyable mechanics.

 

[Riky]

Quite enjoyed the game, find it pretty relaxing after playing Halo online, something you don't have to concentrate too hard to enjoy.
It's always satisfying when you clear an area too.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

This gets a look, but Psychonauts 2 gets a pass... I stopped watching all their stuff last year.

 

[Robb]

Played through this recently, didn’t really know what to expect but it was quite fun. But it’s far from perfect, the entire upgrade system seems quite pointless to me. They could’ve done a lot more with that.

A short but sweet little game.

 

[Punished Miku]

I had this installed since last week and haven’t got around to playing it yet. This actually looks pretty nice. I’m not expecting much but the environments make it look pretty cool.

I really like it. The hate this game gets is baffling to me. Reminds me of a PS2 era adventure game with much better graphics.

 

[Punished Miku]

Coming from SteamWorld Dig games to the gunk is a huge downgrade on everything

 

[VolticArchangel]

Not on Steam. Is this on Gamepass?

 

[Punished Miku]

Not on Steam. Is this on Gamepass?

Yep.

 

[Deerock71]

From a technical standpoint, it checks all the virtue signaling boxes.

 

[adamsapple]

This gets a look, but Psychonauts 2 gets a pass... I stopped watching all their stuff last year.

To be fair, if you notice, DF's new contributor Oliver is doing a lot of these 'smaller' game videos that DF normally wouldn't touch (eg Tales of Arise). Oliver is a fairly new addition, if he were around the time Psychonauts 2 had come out, I bet he would have covered it.

 

[VolticArchangel]

Yep.

 

[UnravelKatharsis]

Anencephaly - Wikipedia

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What the heck were they inspired by for this game?

Being a little more than half way through the game myself, I'm going to have to venture a guess that someone had an explosive accident in one of the stalls at the office, and the toilet wouldn't flush.

The art director probably came in soon after.

 

[TLZ]

I enjoyed the gameplay. Chill game. Easy. I enjoyed clearing out all that gunk like a Ghostbuster.

Voice acting sucks though. And whatever their story is.

 

[MrFunSocks]

I got an easy achievement from it for the Microsoft rewards points. Can’t complain.