I just bought this game on a Steam sale and played for the first time yesterday. I was not expecting it to be so hard, even when playing with my brother, and we are veteran Metal Slug players.
I beat the game. So this is what you do. Play it on simple collect every coin you can, buy the weapons & all the upgrades at the shop. Go back to said bosses & play them on regular. Equip the Round about, 2 extra HP, The Super 1 Special weapon & the Spread Gun. The Round about is the strongest weapon in this game. You'll have to play the bosses a lot to get a pattern going. It might take you a bit longer to beat the said bosses cuz you equipped the 2 extra hearts but it makes it easier than only having 3 hp.
I'd argue it's one of the best games ever made I love Cuphead because its art style makes it so accessible to rope a friend into, but it is shockingly difficult.
@@jacobradabaugh6241 Yup. I beat this today. The Devil was the easiest boss in this whole entire game. Then I went back to see how many times I died. I died 730 times in the whole game when I beat this. I saw now there was an expert mode to the bosses. Not going to be doing that when this game wasn't fun on normal. Now they expect me to play it on a harder mode.
@@tonyp9313 I'm actually super surprised you beat the game if you didn't enjoy it from the start. I respect the grindset, but I'm also sorry you lost hours on a game you didn't like! Guess it's not for everybody, but Cuphead is something special to me.
@@jacobradabaugh6241 I beat it because it was a 2D platformer. I will say this is the hardest 2D platformer of the modern era that I have beaten. I get you like the grind. That's perfectly fine. However there are people like me who don't like the grind. This is what they should have done. They have 3 difficulty setting from Simple to Expert. You should be able to beat this on Simple mode with bosses having only 2 phases each, check points etc with the Devil 1 phase. Then on normal you should have every boss on 3 phases, with check points etc. Then on expert you should have 0 check points & do the bosses over & over in 1 sitting each then save but no check points when you die etc. Not on normal though.
Most definitely it is. This the first game I’ve played of its kind (I’ve always found them boring) but this game is just so addicting. Difficult yes but fun. It takes me about 50 tries for each level but the satisfaction of beating a level. UNMATCHED
@@benkauffman7054 nah it’s a platformer. Like mega man or ninja gaiden. Just more boss based with less side scrolling levels. The hand drawn art is one of a kind though.
Remember wanting the game when it first came out but didn't have the money. Then just completely forgot about it. The dlc and the show brought it into mind again
I wish I could play and enjoy this game and the dlc. Just throw me a bone here. I’ll continue to buy their games and dlc to support their beautiful hard work even if I can’t enjoy it.
I’ve been putting off getting it for ages because I don’t necessarily like hard games but it finally went on sale for 1399 and I decided it’s now or never. I’m on the 3rd island. All Bs up to the bee queen boss except for the clown on island 2 I have a C+ I absolutely love the game.
All right you made me buy it on sale on my Xbox Series S Now I did Play This Before AND I THOUGHT IT WAS HARD!!! But I'm willing to give it another go considering its Art Style and Beautiful Music! Now is the DLC WORTH IT?!
I would say definitely. Give another shot to the game, see if it is your thing and if you enjoy it, I recommend buying the DLC. We have more stage transformations, delightful music and gorgeous 2d animation.
This game is super difficult, yes. But it has endless retries. For someone who grew up playing Contra III in the SNES and had to start the game all over again after running out of Continues, this is nothing 😂
Hi Felix, I have started this game today and all ready having a hard time haha. I’ve done 2 levels and I’ve lost a few times well more than a few haha. I’ll try!
I like everything about the game expect playing it. I love the art, characters, environment, music and even the cheesy story. However there is a lot of bullet hell gameplay and I hate bullet hells.
@@knuclear200x nah, they still sometimes play it, some people like putting in the cartridge and playing it that way though, some people also buy the same games on different consoles
Can someone tell me - if I love Metroid dread will I like cuphead? The fighting style seems similar to me. I love the challenge and skill involved with Metroid and think cup head would be fun too
It's definitely more frustrating than Metroid Dread, however each boss is super unique and has different phases similar to Metroid bosses which keeps them fun and satisfying to beat. Also, you have way less room for error in Cuphead, as the standard HP for each level is only 3 😬. I wouldn't necessarily compare them myself, but I'm a Metroid fan and I'm also enjoying Cuphead, so u never know!
I I downloaded full Cuphead game for free on my normal phone. 10/10. There is a few litlle issues in the game but it doesn't effect your gameplay at all. If this comment gets 100 likes i will give the link.
I wonder what would count as a 10/10 for Nintendo Life, and what prevented Cuphead from getting it. I enjoy the reviews, but most of the time barely any flaws are mentioned, making me believe that especially a game like Cuphead (or Hollow Knight) would get a well-deserved max score. It's completely fine not to think it's a 10/10, but since there is no reasoning behind a 9/10 in the video, the scoring just feels arbitrary.
I was curious and took a look at their website. All the Switch games getting 10/10 are native Nintendo titles. I think the little performance issue addressed in this review is what prevented Cuphead from getting it. As for arbitrary, there are more than one reviewers so they might have different standard for scoring. Edit: There are actually non-native titles getting 10/10 but I filtered them by not ticking Switch eShop option, they are: Hades, Tetris Effect: Connected, Celeste, A Short Hike, Quake, Axiom Verge, Horace and Subsurface Circular.
If you don’t like long loading times on switch handheld mode, then no, like most cross platform games, the switch is the worst version of it, just get it on PC instead.
