![]() ![]() These encounters throw plenty enough at you, and you’ll have to memorize attack patterns to survive. Just because there aren’t zillions of things to avoid doesn’t mean there isn’t anything to avoid. With the shmup mechanics here, the game feels a lot more like the memorable moments in old horizontal shooters like Thunder Force III, R-Type, Gradius, or Life Force rather than the more contemporary bullet hell shooter. The difference being here, you’ll be piloting a plane, and fighting a multifaceted battle against a boss character. There are shmup levels too, these generally play like the third type of stage I’ll get to in a moment. So you can swap out items for others after you’ve paid for them, and see what load out works best for you. But there are a wide variety of things to check out here. For instance, buying extra health comes at the cost of weakening your attacks slightly. But any item you choose will have a side effect to balance things out. Some of the items in the shops will give you a new style of weapon, or extra hits on your health meter. So you’ll certainly need to play these if you want any hope of buffing up your character. In these stages you’ll find the aforementioned coins. The game play is not a twin stick style, rather a more traditional one. You can’t shoot backwards while moving forward. So you’ll have to fire where you’re going. These play like you’d expect, taking homage from games like Contra, and Metal Slug. There are three main types of stage on display here. Each map also has a shop in it where you can use coins to upgrade your abilities. There are three maps, and you’ll need to complete every stage to move onto the next one. The game places you on an overhead view of a map, where you move the characters around, and choose a stage, or talk to an NPC. So that’s the set up for just why Cuphead, and Mugman are off on their adventure. But they plead for their lives so he tells them he’ll forgive their debt if they go get the soul contracts of the others in the town. Unfortunately, the Casino is owned by the Devil, and he rigs the game at the Craps table to claim the souls of our heroes. Cuphead, and his brother Mugman go against their guardian’s wishes when they visit a casino. ![]() The game starts out with a very clever tutorial, and a classic story book introduction. ![]() In the realm of audio, and visual experiences Cuphead is nearly in a class all by itself.īut what about the game play? Well, it’s a fairly solid, and enjoyable experience. There is such a wealth of talent on display through the entire game that it’s honestly something that has to be experienced. Just seeing the game in action alone would be worth the price of admission. So not only does it look like an 80-year-old cartoon, it also sounds like an 80-year-old cartoon. Studio MDHR even went as far as hiring an actual big band jazz ensemble to write, and perform the score for Cuphead. The angled pupils, exaggerated movement, and pretty much everything you can recall from old Popeye, and Betty Boop serials are here. All of the hallmarks of vintage cartoons are here. As a result the game delivers on the core promise of looking, and feeling like a 1930’s animated short. Every frame of animation was hand drawn on a cell before being scanned into a computer to be inked, and colored. Studio MDHR painstakingly made every background in the game by matte painting it. Cuphead very likely has the best animation of any video game ever made thus far. Because the finished product is nothing short of amazing. They ended up quitting their jobs, and re-mortgaging their homes just to be able to bring this title to market. Early on they discovered that making that vision a reality was going to be far more time-consuming, and expensive than originally thought. Studio MDHR started out with a vision: An action game that truly feels like playing a late 1930’s cartoon. GENERATIONS: The animation on display will even amaze your Great Grandparents.Ĭuphead is the result of a couple of high-risk takers. Tough, but fair challenge.ĬONS: Some bugs keep it just shy of perfection. But if you need more details before doing so, read on. If you haven’t already bought, and downloaded this game to your Xbox One or Computer you really ought to. And while many games have done so, Cuphead is one of the ones that stands out from the crowd. Cuphead is a magnificent blend of gameplay taken from Contra, Gradius, and even some Mega Man for good measure. But the hype for this one really is deserved. By now, you’ve heard the praise, the fervor, and the cries of sore losers everywhere. ![]()
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