Essentially, it’s a series of boss encounters - each and every one legitimately different and special and memorable. Most games would focus on how and where we find these bums Cuphead foregoes the hunt in favor of delivering us right to these deadbeats. The structure of Cuphead is such that it rarely wastes time on lesser encounters. The only way out of this is for Cuphead to act as an aggressive collection agency, fighting everyone else who owes the devil money until they pay up. Making matters worse: The devil is the bookie.
Every victory is sweet.Ĭuphead tells the story of the eponymous protagonist who’s up to his straw in gambling debts. No one is going to stumble into success in Cuphead. Liberally sprinkle in failure at each step. There’s a process to every single fight: Introduction, dissection, analysis, execution. There’s a cognitive brilliance about Cuphead that makes it more rewarding than most other platformer shooters. Eventually, it’s hardly reactionary anymore it’s muscle memory at that point.
Reactive shooting and jumping only go so far. It’s a tough game, but Cuphead‘s difficulty lies more in exhaustive pattern recognition than anywhere else. Beating Cuphead should come with a complimentary Mensa membership.
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