His glowing review of The Last of Us Part II was criticized by a large number of the fanbase as being to uncritical and failed to point out the game's many perceived flaws.

Dunkey's criticisms about the game's Kudzu Plot, Continuity Lockout, and storytelling were met with mostly acceptance from his viewership, but his criticism of the game's engine and fighting system were met with a lot of disagreement, especially since as a whole, he unironically gave the game a 1 out of 5, which led to accusations of letting his well-known unapologetic hate towards anime color his opinion of the game to an unfair degree.

As noted under He Panned It, Now He Sucks!, his Kingdom Hearts III dunkview split the fanbase.

Others believe this was entirely intentional, citing the lack of a regular 'Dunkview' in the title. Some even went as far as to accuse him of making several of the same mistakes he criticized game journalists over in his infamous Game Critics video.

His video on Splatoon 2 fractured his fanbase, with fans of the game believing he gave the game an unfair shake, making several Critical Research Failures and outright failing to mention the existence of several game modes.

This issue is brought up and sarcastically Lampshaded in his mixed but overall positive review of Dragon Quest XI: Some also enjoy seeing him tear into a genre they dislike as well, which only furthers the debate. His fandom remains divided on whether he should review these games knowing his distaste for their mechanics colors how much he enjoys these games, or if he is fine reviewing them because of the possibility of him revealing he actually really likes them (as was the case with Persona 5 and Earthbound). He has always been up front about hating aspects like turn-based combat, cliche anime story-lines, and 'anime-noise' grunting & exclamations characters will do to fill gaps in a conversation.

Whenever Dunkey reviews a traditional RPG, or a game with Japanese storytelling and game mechanics, he will rarely if ever give the game a good score.

In Dunkey's case, it needed its own page.

Played with strangely and hilariously in Best Video Game Music.He would go on to name it his seventh favorite game he played in 2021. He later made a video revisiting the game, in which he admits he had fun on follow-up playthroughs, and gives the game a more even-handed critique.

He received backlash for his withering review of Death Stranding.'Discussing Last of Us 2 with Youtube Comments' largely consists of rebuttals and Take That, Critics! responses to various YouTube comments, but he also addresses controversial points and acknowledges some criticisms of the game as valid (such as characters being Made of Iron and other contrivances).

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