![]() ![]() It feels like you’ve accomplished something. So, when you do eventually complete a platforming level or defeat a boss, it feels like an event. If you die it’s on you, and with each death, you’ll come back stronger, faster, and smarter. ![]() Sure you’ll die a lot (like, a whole lot), and sure you’ll get frustrated, but the game never feels unfair. It’s a really difficult game, but to me at least, the true appeal of Cuphead lies within this difficulty. Their attacks aren’t wholly unpredictable or hard to spot before they launch, there’s just so much happening on screen at any given moment that if you blink it’s all over. While we’re on the topic of bosses, the ones in Cuphead are total dicks. In fact, if it wasn’t for The Crusher dragging my (mostly) dead weight through about half of the levels, I’d have probably never even reached the game’s first boss. Everything happens really fast, and I always seemed to find myself with a single life left before I even realised it. Well, Cuphead isn’t Dark Souls, but I probably died more during my 45 minutes or so playing the game than during my entire playthrough of Dark Souls 3. I mean, I’ve finished all of the Dark Souls titles, and I only cried like twice (please, hold your applause). Now, I’ve repeatedly heard that the game is really difficult, but I just brushed it off as those people not being as 100% legit beastly as I am at games. Which, as I’ll attempt to explain in this post, is a very, very good thing. What Cuphead actually is, is a frustrating, fast-paced trek into cartoonish madness. Okay, now that you have a basic idea of what the game is, forget it. It has a retro arcade feel to it, with visuals to match. So, when the lines dissipated a little, I summoned The Crusher with the help of the official NAG signal, and we geared up for what would turn out to be one of the most fun gaming sessions I had at rAge this year.įirst off, for those of you who don’t know, Cuphead is an indie game by Studio MDHR, and plays for the most part like a run-and-gun platformer. If you did, I feel bad for you, son.Įver since Matthew and Chris The Crusher tried it out at rAge 2015, I’ve been itching to have a go at the quirky platformer myself. So many, in fact, that I fear some of you may have missed the small area at the Xbox booth dedicated to the absolutely brilliant Cuphead. There were a ton of games on show at rAge 2016. ![]()
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