Cuphead is a shooter type game that is heavily influenced by cartoons of the 1930's. It brings an old and nostalgic look and has all the elements of the great cartoons of that time being sharp punny humor and great and vivid characters and animations.
The game is simple--you accidentally gambled your soul to the devil and in order to prevent him from collecting that debt, you must act in his stead and collect other debts from various creatures all over the world. You drink some magic tea and Poof! You now have magic powers!
The game consists of several different shooter abilities that you can purchase with coins, that are collected in certain 'run and gun' levels where you platform through a long stage full of enemies. But most of it centers on epic boss battles where you fight many different assortments of colorful characters who evolve into different stages as you progress through the fight.
This game is incredibly hard and really doesn't have a learning curve. the only way to learn is to fail. Repeatedly. My friend and I are in the middle of world 2 and have died nearly 600 times. This game is ridiculous. But so incredibly addictive.
I'd honestly recommend it to anyone and there are difficulty changes so you can make it easier, but regardless it is niche and such a fun challenge and you'll enjoy your time playing and also feel so very accomplished after every stage.
All in all, I look forward to more from the developer, Studio MDHR and all the future things and ideas they plan to release for Cuphead itself. Pick it up on Steam or Xbox One!
