![]() ![]() Things get very tough as bosses don’t just use one move, stop and then move onto a different attack as is the norm. You won’t know their attacks or their progression until you experience them yourself, obviously, so although I managed to beat the first boss on my first go with a decent rating it wasn’t long before each boss took multiple goes and then part way through the second area I’d died on a single boss more than I’d died on the whole game up to that point. They’ll have there attack patterns which will start out simple enough at first, but after you’ve done enough damage they’ll move onto another form with different attacks and then another and maybe another. By default you have three hits you can take before you die which sends you back to the start of the stage again.īoss fights are split into sections. As levels are only bosses they can be completed in a couple of minutes, but you’re often tasked with playing near enough perfectly for those two minutes. Fans of the genre, games like Contra or Bleed, will be used to it but Cuphead arguably knocks it up a notch again. You may want to take that extra hit point as Cuphead is punishing. There are no boss fights in these levels, you just have to get to the end but they do hold coins which you can use to buy new weapon types and charms at the shop which grant enhancements like an extra hit point or invincibility on your dash. There are six ‘run-and-gun’ levels as well, which are more traditional in that you run from left to right shooting enemies and jumping across platforms. Here you’ll use your abilities to shoot, parry, dash and jump to avoid enemy fire, obstacles, moving platforms or whatever else the boss throws at you and put as much damage out as you need to win. There are no obstacles or lesser enemies to fight before reaching the main event, you explore the world map, pick a level and then the boss is there in front of you ready to destroy you. Most of the levels in Cuphead are simply boss fights. To do so they have to travel the land of Inkwell Isle and take on many bosses with the odd platforming level sprinkled in. Rather than give up their own souls they’ll collect the souls of others to deliver to the Devil instead. You play as Cuphead or his brother Mugman, or both in local two player, after they’ve gambled with the Devil and lost. Everyone who is interested will know about the visuals and difficulty, but was it worth the wait? ![]() ![]() This, however, did not prevent it from becoming a critical and commercial success, with praise being pointed towards its challenging, but beatable bosses and its superb retro inspired aesthetic.Ĭuphead is currently available for the Xbox One, PC, Mac, and the Nintendo Switch.Augin PS4 / Reviews tagged 2d / animation / belated / bleed / contra / cuphead / difficult / run and gun by GarethĬuphead has been out on various formats for many, many years now but it’s finally arrived on PS4. Simple enough? I wish it was, as Cuphead is most known for its enraging difficulty, with it sometimes being dubbed as the Dark Souls of run and gun games. Defeating bosses means being able to upgrade their abilities and skills. Players are able to choose which level they would like to tackle first, although some levels are locked until a specific boss is beaten. To regain their souls, they must traverse mystical and fantastical worlds to collect the souls of the Devil’s previous debtors. ![]() The game’s plot is simple enough: two brothers, the titular Cuphead and Mugman, bet their souls against the Devil and lost. Many have assumed that the studio in question is developer Studio MDHR, creators of Cuphead, and that their announcement will involve the release of the run-and-gun title for the PlayStation 4, as well as the release of its anticipated DLC expansion titled “The Delicious Last Course”.įor those who have been living under a rock for the past couple of years, Cuphead is a run and gun game which was released for the Xbox One and PC in September 2017. Mac and Nintendo Switch versions were released in 20, respectively. It reads that “a special update from one of our favorite indie game studios” is to come. Speculations have run rampant, especially since well-known games journalist Geoff Keighley posted a notification for July 28th, 2020 at 8 PM PST, which can be watched live on YouTube. ![]()
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