#The gunk chapters Patch

The Gunk is here to give players on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox (including Game Pass) a brand-new IP to tackle just before the new year. It was odd to see, and it made those areas hurt my eyes in all honesty.December is usually very quiet on the new release front, and though this year is really no different, the month isn't totally devoid of new games, even now as we cross the halfway point. Then I took a screenshot and showed my friends. At first I thought my glasses were dirty, so I cleaned them. The character design doesn’t exactly fit with the rest of the beauty of the game, mostly because of the faces, and sometimes some areas just look incredibly blurry.

Though the game looks absolutely gorgeous in some areas, and the devs do a great job at making the planet seem void of life in certain scenarios, there’s a few times where everything looks off. There was never once where I went “oh I need this upgrade!”, as eventually, I just got them all, to have them all, because why not? Which brings me back to the point of, some mechanics felt like they didn’t belong, and we’re just added to give the player more to do between the platforming and puzzles. But unfortunately the upgrades that you use the materials on, all felt very useless. I was exploring every nook and cranny of the planet, to learn more about it, and acquire more good. Coupled with some fauna that I could actually acquire to get upgrades for Rani, I felt like.

#The gunk chapters Patch

Like the patch of flowers, or the weird mushrooms, or even the metal that you suck up. The game excels at both those areas, and mixed with some truly beautiful scenery and amazing violin music, I didn’t need anything more for the journey.Īs you go through the planet, you actually get to scan some objects to learn more about them. Now and again there might be a small enemy that you can suck up and shoot back at other creatures, but for the most part, the game is platforming and puzzle solving, as I said earlier. When you encounter the Gunk, all you do is suck it up, to bring life back to the area it’s in. Rani is equipped with a mechanical arm that basically has a vacuum cleaner in it. Though the game is mostly platforming and light puzzle solving, it truly felt like the game was meant to be something else, and then they threw in the gameplay after. The story is broken up into 8 chapters, and you’ll find yourself clearing gunk throughout the entire game. The game is filled with dialogue, as Rani explores and Becks tells her to come back to camp, and they have their fights because of it all, or they get closer because of animals they see, or get excited about the potential of the planet!

But the writing between them, and relationship building felt very real. The game points in the direction of the latter option, but even then, it was truly only left up to speculation. Whether she was her friend, or sister, or co-worker, or even lover. Rani of course takes it upon herself to follow the strange readings, and this mysterious organism, even at the behest of Becks, who by the end of the game, I didn’t know what she was to Rani. The Gunk is a sentient form of organism that sucks the life out of the landscape, and turns everything into a barren wasteland. For this planet could be filled with materials or treasures that they could sell off, to pay off their debts, buy some food, and live happily! But when Rani lands, she finds something that isn’t exactly inviting. When Rani (pronounced Raw-Knee) and Beck’s stumble upon a faint energy signature coming from an unknown planet, they find themselves drawn toward it. The Gunk was published by Thunderful Publishing, and released on XBox consoles in December of 2021. The Gunk is a platforming adventure game, developed by indie studio Image & Form, who are well known for their Steamworld series.