That being said, combat is infrequent and not especially taxing (as I’ll discuss later) so you’re best off going for perks that’ll add a bit of spice to your gaming such as the turbo-charged suction upgrade.Īt first, you’ll be all over resource collecting like a fly on shit gunk, but you’ll soon realise there’s no real scarcity to materials in the world.
From gaining the ability to run faster to adding a laser blaster to your arsenal, it’s worth spending time gathering materials to improve your load-out.
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The crafting system is quite simplistic but offers decent upgrades for your glove that you can install at the ship’s workbench. Not only do you feel like a true space pioneer charting a brand-new world, but you’ll also learn about the material properties of each item and what you can do with them. Aside from suction power, your glove also doubles as a handy scanner that you can use on the planet’s myriad of flora and fauna. While it differs in many ways to the procedurally generated Universe of No Man’s Sky, The Gunk engenders a similar sense of joy through exploration, albeit on a much smaller scale. That being said, you’ll have a lot of fun exploring the luscious world, not least because the tightly written (if not somewhat predictable) story will hook you in for the duration. In fact, it’ll take you until the near the end before you come across anything particularly tricky, which does make the game feel a little uneven. Puzzles are satisfying to solve, even if they’re not very challenging for the most part. When you pick up a certain seed and aim one into an energy pool, a giant, colourful plant will shoot up like a beanstalk, providing you with a handy set of stairs to further your exploration. You’ll then be able to carry it around or aim and launch it at things. When you get your glove up close to certain plants, you can turn on the suction and pull the seed right off the stalk. Through a delightful back-and-forth between the duo over the radio, we learn that Rani lost her arm in a previous misadventure and now relies on her trusty power glove (affectionately nicknamed Pumpkin) to do all the heavy lifting. It’s quite similar to clearing the Rot in Kena: Bridge of Spirits except you’ve got a hoover on your wrist. Once you cleanse each area, it bursts to live with greenery once again exposing useful plants and materials that will help you solve the game’s environmental puzzles. Not only is this oddly therapeutic, but playing with an Xbox controller gives a satisfying rumble as you gobble up all the bad stuff.
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To get around, you’ll need to suck up the gunk with your power glove, which is basically like a portable Dyson on speed. With your mind on your money, you set off to explore the planet and discover more about the peculiar ooze. After landing your ship, the Dust Bunny, Becks speculates that the gunk might be a supercharged power source that could make you both a lot of dough. Set on an untouched exotic planet, you take control of space-scrapper, Rani, as she and her partner Becks search for valuable resources to pay off their mounting debt. The Gunk is an action-adventure caper from the creators of the SteamWorld franchise, releasing as a day-one drop on Game Pass. If, like me, you get a kick out of watching Jet washing and blackhead removal videos on YouTube, then:
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