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  1. Oct 12, 2017
    10
    If the Mega Man games and old Mickey Mouse cartoons had a child it would be Cuphead. Awesome challenging gameplay and the lovely artstyle makes this game one of the best jump'n'shoot games of all time.
  2. Dec 20, 2017
    10
    With these types of games, rage is one f the things i cannot control. This usually ends to me deleting the game and never playing it again. Yet when playing cuphead i constantly keep going back in and come out with victory. With its beautiful art style and it clever boss design, it is a remarkable game that I not only impresses but fascinates. After every death, i jump right back inWith these types of games, rage is one f the things i cannot control. This usually ends to me deleting the game and never playing it again. Yet when playing cuphead i constantly keep going back in and come out with victory. With its beautiful art style and it clever boss design, it is a remarkable game that I not only impresses but fascinates. After every death, i jump right back in learning from it and each knockout is a satisfying feeling that never gets old. The idea of having a simple difficulty for the bosses is a nice addition, although you dont get a contract, the player is still is rewarded with advancing to new areas around the isle, which can lead to finding new run n' gun levels which can get you more coins and you get more flexibility to upgrade your player and then come back to finish the job. Speaking of upgrading your character, the powerups you can buy are nicely balanced and having the ability to switch is especially nice for the multiple stages the bosses can have. The run n' gun levels are also spectacular as they are a good break from the brutal boss fights. These levels are a great way to get coins and are never too difficult. Overall cuphead was a blast to play as it was able to always to bring me back in with it stunning art direction and its spectacular soundtrack (which i listen to constantly). Considering that it is only $20 it is a game that you cannot pass up. (If you do buy the game, you may want to change your controls or get a controller as the controls on pc are very strange) Expand
  3. Oct 31, 2017
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i cant allow myself to say something bad about this game in fact this is hard to find a problem in cup-head with perfect mission design.
    animations are perfect the graphic is really really good and game play is simple but nice
    the worst thing is the balance between player and boss but its not going to be a problem because after losing several times (maybe 30 times!!!)you can feel the balance
    sound effects,musics,voices are brilliant
    and story is simple but really attractive and engaging
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  4. Nov 15, 2017
    10
    Просто лучший платформер на данный момент, это все что нужно знать ;) А так, отличная визуализация, замечательный саундтрек, хороший геймплей. От всей души рекомендую)
  5. Dec 6, 2017
    9
    Cuphead has a great graphical style and is challenging in the right way, offering satisfactory rewards after every stage. Despite some unfortunate problems (mainly bugs), I still super recommend it.
  6. Nov 5, 2017
    9
    I fell in love with the art style the first time it was shown, and waited in anticipation for game play, and when I finally saw game play I was even more intrigued. Now that I have played it and beaten it at least once, I can say without a doubt this game is amazing, and I love the influences it draws from (gunstar heroes, mario, contra, dark souls). If you're looking for a pushover game,I fell in love with the art style the first time it was shown, and waited in anticipation for game play, and when I finally saw game play I was even more intrigued. Now that I have played it and beaten it at least once, I can say without a doubt this game is amazing, and I love the influences it draws from (gunstar heroes, mario, contra, dark souls). If you're looking for a pushover game, look elsewhere even on EASY mode, this game is HARD which I personally love in games a challenge, so yeah this game is beautiful and full of amazing and well executed ideas, and I hope for some DLC pleeeeeez.. Expand
  7. Nov 8, 2017
    8
    Very good game with a few flaws in both design and reason.

    You're given 6 charms but only one of them widely considered the must crucial to success with that being the smoke power upgrade which heavily detracts one from using any of the other charms. There's a simple mode but it's not useful in the slightest. You can't use it as practice because it removes attack patterns. You
    Very good game with a few flaws in both design and reason.

    You're given 6 charms but only one of them widely considered the must crucial to success with that being the smoke power upgrade which heavily detracts one from using any of the other charms.

    There's a simple mode but it's not useful in the slightest.
    You can't use it as practice because it removes attack patterns.
    You can't use it as an easy mode because it doesn't allow progression.

    Outside of that, the game is fairly straight forward that plays more like a mix of megaman and contra only far less forgiving.
    To a hardcore fan this is fantastic to say the least as it will offer a great challenge!

    If you're looking for a hard game with no give then look no further.
    Just don't deal with the devil...

    Or maybe you should!
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  8. Oct 16, 2017
    9
    With the artistic visual style identical to the old TV cartoons, which had a certain pretty insanity that today's cartoons don't have, like characters moving in an unusual way turning into objects and a lot of other crazy things, graphics have a phenomenal quality, it really looked like i'm playing a classic cartoon. The gameplay itself is something like Metal Slug style where it can alsoWith the artistic visual style identical to the old TV cartoons, which had a certain pretty insanity that today's cartoons don't have, like characters moving in an unusual way turning into objects and a lot of other crazy things, graphics have a phenomenal quality, it really looked like i'm playing a classic cartoon. The gameplay itself is something like Metal Slug style where it can also be played from 2 simultaneously.
    It was not long before the news came that this game is very difficult, with this in mind and after seeing some videos of the people suffering, I called my brother to help me on this journey, we started to play and really the game was very difficult, but someday my brother told me that he read somewhere that the game was even harder when playing 2, the lives of bosses and other enemies doubled, which would be fair since it has 2 guys shooting at the same time without stopping, well ... more or less fair, the truth is that about half of the game I started a new version alone and the game is extremely more easy to play, some enemies die with 1 simple shot, and the same enemies that die so were not dying with 2 shots when we were playing 2 ... how to understand this math? For me the game sins in this question where playing with a friend should facilitate things rather than hinder them, except that some areas were totally designated for 1 player, where 2 players can mess up a lot to each other, well we still end this game playing together.

    Apart from this detail, the game is very cool, it has several interesting power ups that help a lot, and although it is a game with an above average difficulty, it is not a game so revolting and impossible to pass, if you learn a lot as you try , the stages last for a maximum of 3 minutes and after they pass they do not have to worry anymore, there is no Game Over that forces you to start all over again like in Battletoads & Double Dragon for example.
    The game was a well deserved sales success, and now I'm looking forward to a sequel, I hope they put more stages to pass, because in this are very few, most are just bosses, I believe the series has a great future ahead .
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  9. Oct 22, 2017
    9
    Is it sad to say I was more excited for this than Mario. The game play is tight, the visuals are amazing, and the bosses are all memorable. While some say the game is too hard I say its changing, like meat boy every death felt like your fault. I give this game a 9/10 for lack of online multiplayer.
  10. Oct 12, 2017
    9
    Historia:
    No apuestes con el diablo esa frase resume el arco argumental del juego es bien sencillo y fácil de entender Cuphead y Mugman con racha en los dados se atreven a desafiar al diablo apostando su alma y pierden la pierden pero pueden recuperarla si hacen un trabajito para el diablo que es llevarle el alma de todos los deudores que vienen a ser los bosses del juego. Es un argumento
    Historia:
    No apuestes con el diablo esa frase resume el arco argumental del juego es bien sencillo y fácil de entender Cuphead y Mugman con racha en los dados se atreven a desafiar al diablo apostando su alma y pierden la pierden pero pueden recuperarla si hacen un trabajito para el diablo que es llevarle el alma de todos los deudores que vienen a ser los bosses del juego. Es un argumento simple que todos pueden entender y explica porque hay más bosses que niveles algo un tanto extraño en un juego que deberá tener más niveles que bosses.
    Genero:
    Cuphead es un juego claramente Run and gun el personaje cuphead y mugman de desplazan por la pantalla de izquierda a derecha como un clásico juego de plataformas. Algunas pantallas son en avión con lo cual el género puede ser catalogado como shut ‘em up y enfrentamiento con bosses
    parecido a
    El juego se parece a nada pero si estiramos la comparación diríamos algo así como castelvania de nes o metroid en el sentido que son juegos plataforma con algo de run and gun y son muy difíciles. Las etapas en avión podría parecerse algo al type-R. también me evoca el fenómeno de Kaizo Mario niveles muy difíciles que hay que intentar mucho
    Edad calificación ESRB PEGI
    ESRB tiene clasificación E para todo público, para el estándar europeo es PEGI +3
    Idioma
    El juego solo trae idioma inglés, pero no supone un problema es un inglés básico
    Multi jugador local. Cuantos players
    El juego cuenta con multijugador local el primer player controla a Cuphead y el player 2 a mugman ambos jugadores juegan en la misma pantalla de modo cooperativo
    multijugador online
    No cuenta con juego en línea
    accesorios mandos pistolas de luz alfombras
    El juego en pc se juega con teclado(es difícil jugar bien con teclado), pero preferiblemente se recomienda usar un mando inalámbrico del estilo de Xbox 360, Xbox one, PS4 o similar. Ya que requiere se precisos en el gobierno del personaje.
    se instala en disco sí o no y cuanto ocupa
    El juego se instala en nuestro ordenador obviamente y ocupa en torno a 11.200 MB 11,2 GB
    Duración cuanto demoras en terminarlo en condiciones normales
    Si demoras 30 minutos por nivel serán unas 14 horas si demoras 50 minutos por nivel serán 22
    DlC si no planes
    El juego no cuenta con DLC y no hay planes de que vallan a existir
    Micro pagos
    No todo se desbloquea jugando.
    Actualizaciones si no
    Si el juego contara con su primera actualización debido a un problema que en Windows 10 si jugabas con teclado y usabas los comandos ALT+TAB solo en versiones compradas en Windows store se borraba el progreso. No ocurre con la versión de Steam
    Jugabilidad
    La jugabilidad de cuphead es correcta movimientos precisos son necesarios para poder sortear los niveles y bosses, en los niveles run and gun obtenemos monedas para mejorar nuestro personaje con diferentes armas y encantamientos, el juego presenta enemigos que hacen lo mismo pero van saliendo al azar y tienen pocos patrones pero también son al azar entonces no sabes que es lo que va a pasar no lo puedes jugar de memoria si bien hay curva de aprendizaje no es memoria lo que requiere para sortear niveles es más bien habilidad o destreza y comprender las mecánicas de juego.
    Rejugabilidad
    El juego tiene gran rejugabilidad para mejorar las notas en los niveles o lograr más porcentaje d de completado se pude lograr hasta 200%
    Diversión
    El juego es más desafiante que divertido puede llegar a ser frustrante pero es perfectamente posible de hacer
    Dificultad
    La dificultad es elevada como antiguamente los juegos de NES como Castelvania o Metroid quizás dificultad similar a niveles súper experto en Mario Maker
    Bug
    No se conocen salvo el problema con Windows 10 y la store de Windows que da problema si juegas con teclado y presionas ALT+TAB que pierdes tu avance. Solucionado mediante actualización. El juego está bien hecho.
    Trucos
    No tiene trucos que hagan más fácil el juego
    Ester Eggs
    Muchas monedas ocultas si conversas con tal personaje, descubrir modos secretos y cosas del estilo.
    apartado técnico
    El juego está desarrollado en el engine grafico Unity, funcionando bajo la API Direct X9.0 se desempeña correctamente al no tener gran carga grafica por ser 2d el atractivo visual lo da la animación hecha a mano cómo se dibujaba en los años 30
    Gráficos
    Excelentes muy logrados considerando que hablamos de un juego de dos dimensiones, todo está animado con dibujo a mano lo que lo hace especial
    Ambientación
    En los dibujos animados de los años 30 con colores algo lavados muy logrados
    Musica - OST
    Gran banda sonora evocando la época de los años 30 Jazz en un videojuego es algo memorable
    Calidad precio
    $19.99 dólares es un precio muy acertado para un gran título, que no tiene nada que envidiarle a juegos del doble o triple de su valor.
    Conclusiones El juego es totalmente recomendable Calificación muy bueno 9/10
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  11. Oct 14, 2017
    8
    그래픽뿐만 아니라 게임성도 훌륭한 그야말로 Masterpiece.
    단순한 시스템이지만 아트스타일의 개성 덕에 게임의 재미를 살렸다.
  12. Oct 15, 2017
    10
    (believe me, I'm trying so hard to be polite writing this)
    It is such a shame that this game only has a 8.5 user score just because people don't have the patience to actually enjoy the process of learning to play the game.
    For me, this is, or atleast is very very close to being my favourite game ever, and guess what? I never in my life played 2D scroller games so I expected it to be
    (believe me, I'm trying so hard to be polite writing this)
    It is such a shame that this game only has a 8.5 user score just because people don't have the patience to actually enjoy the process of learning to play the game.

    For me, this is, or atleast is very very close to being my favourite game ever, and guess what?
    I never in my life played 2D scroller games so I expected it to be very difficult.

    It was, but the fact that I couldn't just run headlessly through the game was great. I got to enjoy the process and satisfaction of learning the mechanics of each boss and that is how the game is supposed to be played.

    If I can finish the game, so can anybody else.

    So upsetting to see all these people with no patience whatsoever whining about the difficulty and basing their low rating just for that.

    Even so, there is a "simple" mode which makes the game way easier so it makes it even worse looking at these reviews.

    This game deserves to be my very first actual game review, it is phenomenal.

    + Great graphics, which everyone already knows
    + Very smooth controls, everything works perfectly
    + I didn't come across any bugs or glitches
    + The soundtrack is incredible
    + Difficult but satisfying learning curve, and on simple mode anyone can finish it

    Couldn't recommend it enough, get it!
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  13. Oct 17, 2017
    9
    What a Game!! Very cool looking Graphics and Effects especially the Sound. Its quite diffiicult but its not that hard and frustrating that i would ALT+F4. Its just makes you addictet.

    Graphics: 10/10 (in very special way)
    Gamedesign: 9.5/10
    Balance: 8/10 (some bugs there)
    Sound: 10/10
    Scope: 7/10 (its quite fast done...but its worth playing it again maybe in multiplayers +1)
  14. Oct 27, 2017
    9
    Не люблю платформеры, но в Cuphead поиграл, мне даже понравилось, но ничего, кроме, офигенной графики и музыки меня не зацепило. Если в детстве смотрели Дятла Вуди, мультики Дисней и т.д. то берите смело, пустите слезу по старым временам.Не люблю платформеры, но в Cuphead поиграл, мне даже понравилось, но ничего, кроме, офигенной графики и музыки меня не зацепило. Если в детстве смотрели Дятла Вуди, мультики Дисней и т.д. то берите смело, пустите слезу по старым временам.
  15. Oct 23, 2017
    10
    You can see the sweat, tears and love that went into every frame of every drawing, of every single entity in this game. It's sparkling with personality, and there is tons of variety throughout the game to keep you occupied. It's challenging, sure, but even if you're not particularly fond of hard games you can easily overlook it because of the visuals alone. Buy this game!!
  16. Oct 30, 2017
    9
    Now this is a very good game, where do I start, the graphics are superb and beautifully animated.
    The game play mechanics are perfect, yet the best thing this game has are the bosses, every boss is unique in its own, the difficulty is tuned for casual gamers and for die-hard gamers.

    In short, worth every penny.
  17. Oct 26, 2017
    10
    Obviously everyone has got their opinion whether games are more entertaining with difficulty or without, however Cuphead excels at throwing you content thats fun and challenging closing the gap between casual and competitive players our widening it either way its a very fun game thats worth the price and the frustration

    Also the art style is gorgeous and the character design definitely
    Obviously everyone has got their opinion whether games are more entertaining with difficulty or without, however Cuphead excels at throwing you content thats fun and challenging closing the gap between casual and competitive players our widening it either way its a very fun game thats worth the price and the frustration

    Also the art style is gorgeous and the character design definitely makes it better than a lot of 3D Games
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  18. Nov 1, 2017
    9
    Amazing art direction, soundtrack and animations. There's plenty of personality in every frame and the gameplay is dynamic and challenging making an almost perfect experience.
  19. Jan 3, 2018
    10
    if you are disabled, please do not say that the game is bad, you need practice to win it
  20. Nov 25, 2018
    6
    It's easy enough to dismiss this review as one of many "gaem to hard it suxx" reviews, but do keep in mind that Dark Souls is my second favourite game of all time. Moving on, this is very likely the most overrated game I've ever played. None of the bosses feel memorable, and this is an immense issue considering that 90% of the gameplay is boss fights. For me, it never feels like anythingIt's easy enough to dismiss this review as one of many "gaem to hard it suxx" reviews, but do keep in mind that Dark Souls is my second favourite game of all time. Moving on, this is very likely the most overrated game I've ever played. None of the bosses feel memorable, and this is an immense issue considering that 90% of the gameplay is boss fights. For me, it never feels like anything more than a bullet hell with different visuals and slightly different jazz playing in the background. It's largely trial and error with some (sometimes offensively bad) rng mixed in. Let's make an analogy to my favourite game of all time - Hollow Knight. HK has this exact issue with the final boss of the pantheons, who in fear of spoilers, will remain unnamed. Now imagine that boss, but it's the entire game. A grindy demi-bullet hell that rides solely off of visuals and music. The difference being, the HK boss is considered one of the weaker ones in the game, and Cuphead is somehow one of the most popular games of 2017.
    Given this, It must sound like I straight-up detest the game. Not that anything I say matters very much, I'm sure innumerate people will dislike this review the instant they see the yellow. So what did I like about this game?
    Well the controls were sufficient, the arbitrary artistic enjoyment was there, and the game was decently entertaining.
    And that's about it.
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  21. Oct 12, 2017
    10
    I should hate this game. It should be something I refunded after 20 minutes. I hate super difficult games. I refund many games in under an hour because of their difficulty. I love platformers, and they are maybe my favorite genre next to puzzle games, but I haaaaate the bosses. I have played entire games only to not finish them because I didn’t want to finish the final boss.

    This
    I should hate this game. It should be something I refunded after 20 minutes. I hate super difficult games. I refund many games in under an hour because of their difficulty. I love platformers, and they are maybe my favorite genre next to puzzle games, but I haaaaate the bosses. I have played entire games only to not finish them because I didn’t want to finish the final boss.

    This game is amazing! Every boss demands new thinking, new strategy, new management of weapons and abilities, and a new test of patience and wishing to whatever gods you worship for a lucky run. Including resets because of an early fatal flaw, I probably attempted to defeat the dragon over 200 times. I changed weapons, bought new upgrades, and changed strategies numerous times. Yet I never rage-quitted. I just wanted back at another chance again and again.

    Why if I hate bosses, and I love platformers, would I love a game that is only a platformer in order to play bosses? Because the bosses in this game are so varied and complex that they each present a new puzzle of strategy and gameplay to defeat, that to call them traditional bosses is an insult to the design. Maybe that and the fact you know that that is entirely what you are signing up for? But absolutely everything else is executed with such love and detail that you are enticed to experience more of the game. The graphics are gorgeous and unique. The soundtrack (so perfect) and sound effects are amazing, and I wish I had purchased the version with the soundtrack. The game may have been in a mini version of development hell for a long time, but you can tell it is only because the developers wanted it to be pristine. That it is.

    Only the run and gun levels seem a bit out of place. But even they are still fun challenges, and just as challenging indeed. This game gets a 10/10 from me, a player who hates bosses yet can't wait to finish every boss in this game (I'm almost there). If this game even remotely seems like something you would enjoy, just buy it.
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  22. Oct 14, 2017
    10
    Stylish, charismatic, challenging, and addictive— Cuphead offers a superior experience at a more than reasonable price. I don’t have a strong liking for platformers or boss-rush games in general, but that disposition was entirely irrelevant because Cuphead was just that good. I’m being pedantic, but my only complaint (aside from the few bugs) concerns the design of some of the “platformStylish, charismatic, challenging, and addictive— Cuphead offers a superior experience at a more than reasonable price. I don’t have a strong liking for platformers or boss-rush games in general, but that disposition was entirely irrelevant because Cuphead was just that good. I’m being pedantic, but my only complaint (aside from the few bugs) concerns the design of some of the “platform centric” levels – at some parts, it felt as though I was playing an old Mario ROM hack where enemy spam was used as difficulty filler (it was never this bad, but I couldn’t help but wonder if it could’ve been done in a way that didn’t utilize as many enemies as it did). Other than that, the game was absolutely superb! I'd give it a 9.5 but I'll round up. Expand
  23. Nov 15, 2017
    9
    This game is freaking awesome. Retro-style graphics, amazing jazz music, old-school difficulty and lots of fun. This masterpiece deserved to be bought.
  24. Oct 27, 2017
    9
    A great old school style game without microtransactions and with tons of fun. Un gran juego al estilo de la vieja escuela SIN microtransacciones y CON toneladas de diversion
  25. Oct 15, 2017
    8
    If you like especially hard games with excellent gameplay and boss fights, Cuphead is the game for you. If you aren’t a fan of tough games, I’d still recommend checking it out when it goes on sale later on down the line. The graphics alone are worth giving it a look. Still, the constant necessity of dying and trying again does wear you down after a while, and I would’ve liked a place toIf you like especially hard games with excellent gameplay and boss fights, Cuphead is the game for you. If you aren’t a fan of tough games, I’d still recommend checking it out when it goes on sale later on down the line. The graphics alone are worth giving it a look. Still, the constant necessity of dying and trying again does wear you down after a while, and I would’ve liked a place to practice segments of boss fights on their own. But these are just minor qualms from me. Cuphead knew what it wanted to be right out the gates, and succeeded in all aspects. Expand
  26. Nov 11, 2017
    9
    after years of delay cuphead is here

    unlike other titles cuphead proposes an artistic style of the 30s, mixing it with reference to classic games in terms of cuphead difficulty extremely hard for casual players, but a challenge that invites you to try again and again and again Now talking about the elements the music is great of the best in exclusive Microsoft cuphead is a
    after years of delay cuphead is here

    unlike other titles cuphead proposes an artistic style of the 30s, mixing it with reference to classic games

    in terms of cuphead difficulty extremely hard for casual players, but a challenge that invites you to try again and again and again

    Now talking about the elements the music is great of the best in exclusive Microsoft

    cuphead is a great game (great is short, it is the best game of the xbox one so far in terms of exclusive

    Graphics / Artistic style: 9.5

    music: 9.5

    Gameplay: 9.75

    plot: 9

    final grade: 9.5

    price: $ 20
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  27. Oct 25, 2017
    10
    A very good game, I already played a little, and I intend to buy for my pc, because the game is good because it brings old graphics, that gives a climate of the 70's
  28. Nov 2, 2017
    9
    Un juego adictivo que te hace jugar mas y mas para superarte a ti mismo. Recuerda a los juegos antiguos por la estetica, la jugabilidad y la dificultad del mismo. Recomendado
  29. Nov 4, 2017
    8
    A good game with interesting gameplay, can carry away your evening. What you need after a hard day's work. Great music, great picture, addictive gameplay. 8 out of 10
  30. Dec 6, 2017
    9
    Now We have a Classic games graphics are really nice Something I didn't see before it so Classic if you like Mike maus I feel like the Classic pictures of This is Amazing I like really
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 31
  2. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. CD-Action
    Dec 19, 2017
    85
    Cuphead is a stunningly looking, wonderfully animated interactive cartoon with three hours of jazz and ragtime playing in the background. Its gameplay however lacks the brilliance of the audiovisual layer. [12/2017, p.46]
  2. Dec 14, 2017
    90
    It is easy to tell that the developers studied the history of the genre through and through, delivering a stellar run and gun experience brought to life with unique old fashioned cartoon graphics. It may have it flaws, but when a game is this appealing it is easy to forgive.
  3. Nov 12, 2017
    90
    An amazing looking game that will punish you. And you'll like it. [Issue#267, p.65]