On the face of it, that doesn’t sound “fun”, but that kind of difficulty was old school gaming in a nutshell. This wall also has spikes and lava flowing all around it, so good luck with that one. Managing to break through said wall rewards you with the satisfaction of knowing your determination is stronger than a computer’s ability to eviscerate you, along with a bigger, sturdier wall to break through. You see, Cuphead’s gameplay could be described as running full steam into a brick wall repeatedly until either you or the wall breaks. If old school platformers are your Kryptonite, Cuphead likely won’t be for you. However, just like those genre stalwarts before it, the cutesy animation betrays a sinister and punishing difficulty curve. Inspired by retro run and gun shooters like Metal Slug or Contra, Cuphead feels fast and responsive, like all platform shooters should. It’s a fiddle and a hickory stump away from The Charles Daniels Band showing up and having a duel.īut art style and peculiar premise does not a fun game make, so it’s just as well that Cuphead has those bases covered too. It’s not enough to witness the game via the screenshots plastered around this review, you have to see it in motion.Įven the plot, hokey though it be, feels lifted from a cartoon of that 30’s era, with Cuphead and his good chum Mugman having to collect souls for the Devil in order to pay off a gambling debt and avoid eternal damnation. In this day and age, StudioMDHR Entertainment managed to give Cuphead something most games crave: a unique identity.Įarly footage showed us the intricately animated bosses we’d be facing as the little liquid-receptacle headed hero, and all subsequent footage released left the gaming community blown away. Ever since it was shown off as part of Xbox’s Press Event at E3 2014, gamers were drawn in by the 1930’s visual aesthetic, adorned with colourful characters and a soundtrack led by an authentic vintage big band. If art style alone determined the quality of a game, Cuphead could very well have been the greatest game ever made.
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