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Gumstein: The Awakening

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47%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

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About Gumstein: The Awakening

Gumstein: The Awakening is a single player platformer game. It was developed by MajorPAIN and was released on January 30, 2019. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Solve puzzles and evade hazards using several interesting abilities such as sticking to walls, splitting, and launching your other half through multiple levels on your quest to find Ruby

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80%Audience ScoreBased on 10 reviews
graphics3 positive mentions
gameplay3 negative mentions
  • Unique and creative mechanics, especially the ability to split the protagonist into two halves, which adds a fresh puzzle-solving dimension.
  • Gradual introduction of abilities and increasing puzzle complexity keeps the gameplay engaging and rewarding.
  • Adjustable difficulty settings, achievements, and leaderboards provide flexible challenge and replay value.
  • Platforming controls and hitboxes have issues, leading to frustration with precise movements and jumps.
  • Level design often involves excessive backtracking and can feel tedious, with some puzzles lacking clear explanation.
  • Technical aspects such as repetitive and limited sound effects, static animations, and lack of localization limit the overall polish and accessibility.

  • gameplay

    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    18% positive mentions, 55% neutral mentions, 27% negative mentions

    Gameplay in Gumstein: The Awakening centers on inventive puzzle mechanics, notably the protagonist's ability to split into two, encouraging players to combine various movement skills thoughtfully. While platforming sections can feel repetitive and the overall presentation modest, the game's mechanical creativity and evolving abilities provide a fresh and engaging puzzle experience.

    • “The story remains secondary to the mechanics, with most of the experience concentrating on combining careful observation with increasingly elaborate movement abilities.”
    • “Really awesome puzzler that stays interesting by introducing new abilities and puzzle mechanics.”
    • “In Gumstein: The Awakening, the levels feel a bit lackluster and rely on an old mechanic of simply dragging the player back and forth across the level several times to hit buttons.”
    • “Its modest presentation and limited scope prevent it from becoming an essential platformer, but its mechanical creativity makes it a worthwhile free experience for anyone who enjoys puzzles built around unconventional movement.”
    • “The stronger puzzles emerge when these mechanics begin working together, forcing players to remember everything Gumstein can do rather than relying on one favorite technique throughout the entire adventure.”

  • graphics

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions

    The graphics are polished and visually appealing with good artwork, but the overall presentation feels static due to limited animations. Additionally, the design relies on somewhat overused tropes, which detracts from originality.

    • “While the graphics are pretty (though not really inspired), the animations, or rather the lack of them, make the game feel very static. For example, in some levels you can find green gas in the background—it's gas, not rocks—make it move!”
    • “The artwork is quite good and really polished, though some elements fall back into overly used tropes.”
    • “The artwork is nice and adds a good bit of polish to the whole presentation.”
    • “While the graphics are pretty (though not really inspired), the animations, or rather the lack of them, make the game feel very static. For example, in some levels, there is green gas in the background—it's gas, not rocks—make it move!”

  • story

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The story is minimal and serves mainly as a backdrop, with little narrative development beyond the initial cutscene. The game focuses more on gameplay mechanics and exploration rather than elaborate storytelling or cinematics.

    • “The story remains secondary to the mechanics, with most of the experience concentrating on combining careful observation with increasingly elaborate movement abilities.”
    • “The game does not depend on elaborate cinematics, enormous environments, or extensive storytelling to make an impression.”
    • “Story-wise there isn't a lot more, since no information is given after the initial cutscene.”

  • optimization

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    The game offers good performance incentives through Steam leaderboards but lacks formal optimization for SteamOS and controllers, including the Steam Deck. Players may need to manually configure controls and settings to achieve a smooth experience.

    • “Steam leaderboards complement this performance-oriented side by providing an incentive for competitive players to refine their runs.”
    • “Its 2D platforming structure appears naturally suited to controller input, but SteamOS behavior, controller configuration, interface readability, and performance are not formally guaranteed.”
    • “Players interested in using Steam Deck may need to experiment with Proton or manual control adjustments rather than expecting an optimized experience immediately.”

  • music

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The music and sounds are very basic and limited in variety, with the background music resetting to the beginning each time the game is launched.

    • “All sounds and the background music are very basic and, again, are too few.”
    • “The background music is also reset back to 0 every time I launch the game.”

  • grinding

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in this game is closely tied to its puzzle mechanics, which many players find repetitive and tedious due to the constant back-and-forth movement through levels.

    • “The puzzles drag you back and forth through the level, which is tedious.”
    • “This is basically how the puzzles work, and it starts to feel tedious after a bit.”
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Gumstein: The Awakening is a platformer game. Common tags for Gumstein: The Awakening include free to play, indie and puzzle platformer.

Gumstein: The Awakening is available on PC and Windows.

Gumstein: The Awakening was released on January 30, 2019.

Gumstein: The Awakening was developed by MajorPAIN.

Gumstein: The Awakening has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Gumstein: The Awakening for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

Gumstein: The Awakening is a single player game.

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