this is game 8/71 of my backlog
it's 00:18 as i write this
this game disapointed me severely, if i'm being honest. i heard so many people say it was one of the hardest games of all time, i beat this in under a week, and with a play time of 26 hours.
now, to be fair, yes, it was hard, specially the first parts of the game, but from inkwell island 3 beyond, it's surprisingly easy, i saw myself beating all bosses in 10-15 tries, i didn't take even a quarter of the time i took in the first half of the game to beat the second half, i also did all this while only ever using the default shot, and the extra heart charm, i never felt the need for the others so, yeah
i'd like to compliment this game where i can, before i dig into it, i'm gonna be honest, my heart wants to give this game a 2, but the amount of love i feel coming from it, i can't help but give it 3 stars, the artstyle is, of course, amazing. i'm not gonna indulge too much into that because everyone knows about it, some of the bosses, have SOME parts that are really well choreographed, and are just greatly designed in general, this game isn't AS much about quick reflexes as it is multi-tasking, or just switching your attention to other things very fast, that's all i can say of good of it, which is definitely more than what i can say for some other games so, cuphead ain't that bad
now for the bad, music. this is a hot take, i know, but i think the music for this game sucks, it never fits the mood, makes me slightly irritated despite being a chill guy when it comes to raging in games, in fact the only time i "raged" during this game was during king dice, which, in retrospect, isn't that hard, i'm just dumb.
the run and gun stages... they all are horrible, no exceptions, while the bosses in general are pretty alright, the run and gun stages are just messed up, for some reason this game has a fetish for spawning and despawning enemies just off screen, specifically where you can't see them, it's annoying to be doing everything well only to get hit by a fish you couldn't have possibly known was coming.
as for the bosses, IN GENERAL they're all good, but i feel like all of them have at least ONE bullshit move, that i'm always praying they don't use, my winning runs are usually the ones they don't.
and the last thing i have to complain is that... it doesn't feel very polished, which is where this game being indie shows the most, connecting a controller, despite it having native controller support, was hell for me, it just decided to not pick it up, and then pick it up, but inverse my joystick, and then it worked perfectly one day, and then it gave up on that and i couldn't pause through the controller anymore, awesome, anyways, another thing is, despite the movement being pretty simple, and seemingly tight, sometimes it just, DOESN'T WORK, i move left, dash, and MY BOY CUPHEAD DASHES RIGHT?? sometimes i special left, with him LOOKING LEFT, AND HE ATTACKS DIAGONALLY RIGHT, SERIOUSLY HOW DID THIS HAPPEN (IT GOT ME KILLED 3 TIMES)
anyways, it's ok, if this is your favorite game or something, i can see why, but idk, expected more from how much people praised it.
it's 00:18 as i write this
this game disapointed me severely, if i'm being honest. i heard so many people say it was one of the hardest games of all time, i beat this in under a week, and with a play time of 26 hours.
now, to be fair, yes, it was hard, specially the first parts of the game, but from inkwell island 3 beyond, it's surprisingly easy, i saw myself beating all bosses in 10-15 tries, i didn't take even a quarter of the time i took in the first half of the game to beat the second half, i also did all this while only ever using the default shot, and the extra heart charm, i never felt the need for the others so, yeah
i'd like to compliment this game where i can, before i dig into it, i'm gonna be honest, my heart wants to give this game a 2, but the amount of love i feel coming from it, i can't help but give it 3 stars, the artstyle is, of course, amazing. i'm not gonna indulge too much into that because everyone knows about it, some of the bosses, have SOME parts that are really well choreographed, and are just greatly designed in general, this game isn't AS much about quick reflexes as it is multi-tasking, or just switching your attention to other things very fast, that's all i can say of good of it, which is definitely more than what i can say for some other games so, cuphead ain't that bad
now for the bad, music. this is a hot take, i know, but i think the music for this game sucks, it never fits the mood, makes me slightly irritated despite being a chill guy when it comes to raging in games, in fact the only time i "raged" during this game was during king dice, which, in retrospect, isn't that hard, i'm just dumb.
the run and gun stages... they all are horrible, no exceptions, while the bosses in general are pretty alright, the run and gun stages are just messed up, for some reason this game has a fetish for spawning and despawning enemies just off screen, specifically where you can't see them, it's annoying to be doing everything well only to get hit by a fish you couldn't have possibly known was coming.
as for the bosses, IN GENERAL they're all good, but i feel like all of them have at least ONE bullshit move, that i'm always praying they don't use, my winning runs are usually the ones they don't.
and the last thing i have to complain is that... it doesn't feel very polished, which is where this game being indie shows the most, connecting a controller, despite it having native controller support, was hell for me, it just decided to not pick it up, and then pick it up, but inverse my joystick, and then it worked perfectly one day, and then it gave up on that and i couldn't pause through the controller anymore, awesome, anyways, another thing is, despite the movement being pretty simple, and seemingly tight, sometimes it just, DOESN'T WORK, i move left, dash, and MY BOY CUPHEAD DASHES RIGHT?? sometimes i special left, with him LOOKING LEFT, AND HE ATTACKS DIAGONALLY RIGHT, SERIOUSLY HOW DID THIS HAPPEN (IT GOT ME KILLED 3 TIMES)
anyways, it's ok, if this is your favorite game or something, i can see why, but idk, expected more from how much people praised it.