

Working her way through various Biomes (and there are several, such as deep mines, canyons, desert wastelands and jungle) Rani comes across the ruins of an alien civilisation and eventually a pod containing a living member of this forgotten race. Handily, sucking up the gunk with Pumpkin and clearing an area entirely, not only uncovers a source of energy that our heroes can exploit but also allows the local plant life to recover. This looks like a giant bunch of black grapes that writhes, multiplies and sometimes floats around. Once they have managed to land the ship, Rani sets off to explore and comes across an entity that is polluting the planet which she christens ‘The Gunk’. He is a robot with a very novel way of wearing a Trucker’s cap and a memorable catchphrase. The third member of the crew is known as Curt.

It functions as a scanner to identify the flora and fauna of the planet, has a hoover action to suck up useful resources, a light to see in the dark and can be adapted to include a pulse cannon. This piece of tech is affectionately known as ‘Pumpkin’ and has multiple practical uses. We learn that Rani lost half of her arm in a mining accident and now wears what is known as a ‘Power Glove’ in its place.
#THE GUNK GAME PASS FREE#
Becks, the Crocs wearing Pilot of a ship known as ‘Bunny’ is the sensible one and Rani is a free spirited inquisitive individual. In the beginning we find a couple (in all senses of the word) of female scavengers arriving at an unknown planet looking for energy sources to exploit in order to pay off their considerable debts. Are you ready to strap on a Power Glove and suck up some pulsating parasitic black slime? I thought so, lets make like Freddie Mercury with a hoover and break free in the Xbo圎ra review of The Gunk. Not a lot has been known about the game itself apart from what could be gleaned from a few short trailers and that it will be available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers on day one of its release. Although it was scheduled to launch in September of this year it is only now becoming available, just in time for the holiday season.
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Since it was originally announced during the Xbox Series X Games Showcase in July 2020 there has been a lot of anticipation regarding the release of the Gunk.
