The Gunk - 71 metacritic

This was one of the hyped Game Pass games of the season. Looks like it's getting mixed reviews.. You gonna check this out, SW?

Still going to try it because graphically it looks interesting. Said to be a short game.

Wasn’t really expecting anything Earth shattering but it did look interesting from what I’ve seen on it. Seems decent enough. Will check it out at least.

"The Gunk" is gunk what a terrible name for a product i can't think of a worse name

Already finished the game.

71 isn't bad. It's not great, but it might be worth a bit of play. I will check it out soon.

Another bland multiplatform game.

Looks interesting, cool art direction. Downloading now, it's only ~12 GB

...aaand? How was it? Other than short.

Really? That's your criticism?

What about....Elder Scrolls? Might as well call it "Old Paper".

Names are names, at least when I hear "The Gunk" in reference to a game I think "The gunk? Hmmm I wonder if the game is about stopping this gunk". And it is.

Gunk is bad, it's dirty. I want to clean the gunk away in my life. Therefore if a game is called that, it interests me.

Is it bland because it is multiplatform?

@mrbojangles25: It was just OK. They didn't push the core mechanic and the length of it is satisfactory because of that. It controls well enough but they were unable to make it as satisfying as Luigi's Mansion. The sci-fi elements are good but it wasn't pushed in an interesting way. I just wished they did more. I am not a fan of force walk, taking control of the camera for points of interest and Chapter 7.

@x_hedon: I thought it was exclusive to MS?

@vfighter: no. It’s on PC and Xbox. Multiplatform.

That would be odd because all Xbox games are multi-platform.

@mrbojangles25: game play and score

Played a little this morning. Felt like I was a cleaner.

It is not like this is the first time a developer states nonsense about a console. Did you forget the God-tier SSD?

Been shilling on The Gunk for a while now and I hope it's as good as it looks. I watched about 30-45 minutes so far and it seems like good fun. The developers also have a good track record with their Steamworld games and they haven't really made anything bad yet. I feel pretty confident about this one so I'm going in full force.

@Pedro: Or how the cloud was going to revolutionize Crackdown 3 lol.

It doesn't matter. Both were nonsensical. You attempt to make one less nonsensical is equally nonsensical.

That is another one.

Seems like that is more of what you are doing than me. 😂

Gunk game with a gunk score for gunk gamers🤭

71 average is good and about what I expected based on previews. I look forward to playing it at some point.

@girlusocrazy: You just outed yourself as the triggered one.😂🤣

Just like The Medium and The Ascent yet another game will never be mentioned by Lems again.

You took the time to make a bad photo edit. 🤭

@girlusocrazy: Damn am good.😎

You are both pathetic.

Stop.

@girlusocrazy: You are embarrassing yourself and I appreciate it.

I agree he is pathetic. 😊

When i hear GUNK, i usually think of Pedro. Dunno, maybe this is a toxic thing to say, but he reminds me of gunk. It is what it is.

That is what most of your posts are. Why you projecting your low self worth on me?😎

About what I expected, another decent game for gp, nothing more nothing less! Can’t all be big AAA games like halo and FH!

I just finished it... it was funish but a low to mid 70's score is accurate for this.

IMO it was an environmentalist message first with some puzzles thrown in

Best wait for the official GS score before writing off 71 out of 100 games,a 8 or 9 here destroys most ps games.

Let that sink in.

I've played it for an hour or so (thanks Xbox gamepass) and will agree with the metacritic score,looks great on the series X

I never understood how someone is triggered just because you say so. Kinda feels like the one busting his balls to call someone triggered several times with different picture edits is the triggered one, no?

Pedro speaks nothing but the truth, and gets a lot of hate from butthurt fanboys for it. xD It's really fucking funny. Wish I had that ability.

On topic, will check the game out. Looks pretty fun. And if it's short as well, what the heck.

Lmao, so true. All three were hyped by the Gamepass fanboys.

The Ascent is awesome actually. One of my favourite games of the year.

The Medium is medium. Nothing great or terrible about it.

The Gunk so far is cool. If you get some satisfaction from games where you have to clear stuff, this is like a more evolved, story based sci-fi version of that. But I have only played the first hour or so, I've enjoyed the atmosphere and the gameplay loop but it might get worse (or go nowhere) from here on. But a 70/75 seems appropriate.

The Gunk got Skunked. lol

Oh well, back to Halo. :P

Seems like you and your goons are confusing gamers looking forward to a game to hyping a game. Learn the difference frustrated one. 😎

Pedro doing rounds damage controlling it seems 🤣🤣

PSA...

How long is The Gunk?

A single playthrough of The Gunk will take you about 6-8 hours to complete. The game is mostly quite linear, though there are some optional paths that you can go down in order to find more crafting resources on your travels. You'll want to do this, most likely, as crafting all of the game's 15 upgrades will require you to find just about every last collectible resource on the alien planet across the game's eight chapters.

There are four kinds of crafting elements, which you can learn more about in our beginner's guide for The Gunk. There are no alternate endings as best we can tell, nor any side missions. This is a rather straightforward action-platformer with some light combat elements. More than anything, what The Gunk does well is in its setting and music.

The alien planet has a rich history that you'll unravel throughout the game's story as you push back against the game's titular pollutant extraordinaire. New characters will emerge on your journey, while other familiar faces will be seen in new ways in this intimate story of friendship among the stars.