I really good game that I can appreciate for being good, yet it never quite clicked with me. I have played it all the way through 3 times but I've never really understood why everyone calls it amazing. The art style is amazing, movement is tight and responsive, and the music is fantastic. However, the actual gameplay is where my problems are. The run and guns are all blend together despite their memorable details due to their game plan being the same the whole way through - never release fire, hold forward, and occasionally jump to platforms moving up and down. The bosses are very hit or miss, ranging from being unremarkable to iconic. Some bosses feel random while others are completely reliant on player skill. The one constant is how expressive each boss is. They all feel alive, popping off the screen. The story is lackluster but the game never focuses on it super hard. Overall, Cuphead is a game with high highs and mid mids that I can respect for what it is yet down find as much enjoyment from it as other people. I think its pretty fun and nothing more.

A really fun game with a great sense of progression until a brick wall comes out of nowhere stopping all forward progress. The game is challenging but manageable up until this point. This forces players to either grind a lot or pay up to roll for better characters. For a hard stage before this, it would be a very minor grind to overcome it. Past the brick wall, every level takes hours to grind for. Everything up until this point is phenomenal however with great pacing and decent gameplay. The gacha isn't too egregious either.