Enchanted Portals - Full Game Walkthrough (PS5 4K60) 

You don’t learn to appreciate sound effects until you see how lifeless a game feels without them.

This game really serves to highlight how important good sound design is. The lack of sound effects causes everything to feel alot more lifeless and empty than it really should.

This unironically looks like it could be popular if it was a flash game made in the 2010s

The Beethoven boss is the most visually interesting with the coolest mechanics. So of course it lasts all of 20 seconds because that’s all they could come up with.

That was a nice demo, can’t wait for the full version to come out

This game honestly makes me appreciate the years of effort that the devs behind Cuphead have put in terms of sound, artstyle and animation as it truly makes it feel as if you're watching an old-school cartoon. This game on the other hand mearly just feels like one of those flash games on the internet based on said cartoons.

The game feels like it wanted to be a point and click, a run and gun, a platformer, and a side scroller all at once there’s just so much but so little going on at once…

I think the main thing that kills it for me isn't the animation or anything but the sound design. The music is pretty good but I can barely hear ANYTHING ELSE over it, and some things flat out don't even have sound even if they should, like you know, guns.

This game looks like a flash version inspired on the trailer

It cool to see people making fangames for cuphead.

This more feels like an early access, not a full release

Y'know, there are some good ideas in the game, but I feel they should've spent more time on it, especially on audio

It looks good for being made by two people. But I do have some complaints. The difficulty seems to come and go randomly. It looks like the came up with boss ideas but didn't know where to put them. Some death animations for the bosses would be nice. The battles just immediately end and jump to the next screen.

The sound effect when defeating a enemy sounds like the bite of 87’.

I'm impressed that just two people were able to make this game and... that's it. I can see there was passion in this project but the result is very amateurish. That could be forgivable if the game didn't cost the same as Cuphead lol

48:37 yo, what the actual hell is that background? 49:22 and what the hell is this transition? I'm at a lost for words.....

This looks like a a game you can find on cool math games

Idk anything game dev but how did they downgrade the animation ???? Looking at the trailer you can see the animation look decently good

Ok… I wish the best for the game’s creators (they’ve clearly put a lot of time and effort into this and actually got a game made so good for them) but this game does seem like a letdown. Even disregarding the Cuphead inspirations, it looks like the game could’ve used more time in development. Hopefully, the game’s creators keep at it and continue making games; I wish them the best in their future endeavors!

I hate that some of the levels sections are looped so much just to pad out the run time.

I am falling asleep watching this gameplay omgg

It really feels like one of those classic Cartoon Network/Nickelodeon website flash games, but without a beloved IP to back it up and it costs money.

Alright, after watching the entire video, here are my thoughts: The game seems horribly boring to play. All of the platformer sections seem like the same exact thing copy and pasted but with a theme change from level to level. The stage changes don’t make any sense sometimes, and I get that they’re going through portals, but I’m still utterly confused on why we went to Beethoven and then to a weird Cerberus dog in the same world? Like, the first world, you go through a spooky forest and then a spooky mansion and then fight a witch. Makes sense! Second world, alien spaceship to digital computer to a cow mastermind, makes a ton of sense and I love the idea of a cow being in charge of an alien spaceship for once. Third world is where things get a liiiitle confusing. Jungle to jungle temple to a beach, it makes sense if you think about it more as an island thing, but the sudden pirate thing somewhat threw me off. Whatever, I suppose it works. Then we go from a castle laboratory to a random mine? Feels really weird. The only thing connecting it is the frogs. For the chicken world I can kind of understand why it’s so strange, we’re going through different time periods. I like the art style of the game and the fact that in certain bosses (especially the final one) the style changes. It’s really cute and interesting. The cutscenes feel super bland, though. Oftentimes they show up for barely enough time for me to register as a still image and then BAM, here’s the next level. It feels like some kind of flash game, which is totally fine! I love flash games! Unfortunately, this is, to my knowledge, a twenty dollar game. The game would be enjoyable if it was a flash game or even like, 0.99-6 dollars (im not a game dev so it could easily be more, my personal limit would be like 10), but it feels too empty to really spend money on. There’s a noticeable lack of sound effects so everything just feels really lifeless and awkward to look at. The shatter effect in the final boss makes me want to cry, though. Who thought that was okay!?!? I don’t often like talking about price scaling to time spent, because it’s really not a good indicator of a good game. Games that are one hour long can be just as wonderful as ones that are sixty, but this just isn’t it. It’s one hour long and twenty dollars, and there’s not even good gameplay or anything to back it up. Just feels like it’s way too overpriced. It’s impressive for something made by two people, there’s some fun ideas, I love the style change, a big fan of the ideas of the bosses, but other than that it definitely doesn’t look like it’s worth playing, which is pretty sad. Had high hopes for this game.

Things that could make this game better. Better sound effects More sound effects Guided missile starter power Better walking and jumping physics New walking animation. The game feels different from how the trailer showed it.

This game is actually quite nice to look at, the animations and backgrounds are solid. I like the style shift to the Tim Burton "corpse bride" look during the witch fight. It would feel a lot more complete with better sound design.

This game would’ve generally been at its best if the sound effects were utilized well. The only thing we can hear are the jumping, shooting, shielding, and balloon popping of the defeated enemies. And the music remains the same throughout the entire stage, even continuing to the boss fight. Just shows how important sound is to games. but I will give kudos to the people who worked on it. they have a lot of courage bringing their artistry to consoles.

I like the final boss idea with the book turning into multiple things, i especially like it’s wizard form

The animation is great, I love all the funny details. Hoe could they forget about the sounds? Its beyond me...

I really should have just watched this video instead of blowing $20 to experience the game myself. It's worse than I expected, and I don't even have the motivation to finish it because the difficulty and pacing are fucking agonizing compared to Cuphead.

This feels like a fake video game they play for 15 seconds on a disney channel sitcom.

sound design aside, it doesn't do anything to distinguish itself from cuphead. inspiration is one thing, but this literally just feels like a reskin. it has some good ideas, the animation's alright, but there's really nothing special in this game that you can't find in cuphead you know?

This is like one of those ads you see on Facebook that rip off big name titles but change it juuuuust the right amount so they dont get sued 🤣

Son: mom can we get Cuphead? Mom: no sweetie, we already have Cuphead at home Cuphead at home:

Geez this game feels so... generic. Like even if it's trying to be it's own thing separate from Cuphead it just feels souless! The sound effects are barely there to nonexistant about 85% of the time!

This game is NOT finished, it feels like it's in the bug fixing stage where they fixed the bugs but forgot to polish it

looks like a flash game

"yo can i copy your homework" "yeah but dont make it obvious" The homework:

These “run and gun” levels feel like they go on forever.

I absolutely do want more game like Cuphead to exist, but this looks more shoddy than the trailer from 2019. No sound effects, unfitting sound effects, elements out of sync, weird transitions, too much on screen, frankly a bit of a mess.

This needs some major work, but the consept of the final boss is sick. Also seeing them change styles for bosses is insanely cool

It feels unfinished, like so close to it being a complete game, but too far to be any good.

We will not say it's a Cuphead rip-off, but at this point it really asks for it.

They gameplay might look really stiff, and most levels are just uninspired, but there really is some degree of passion put into this game..... especially how this game was made by two people The boss battles are the saving grace of the game

What a good flash game, I cant wait for the port to consoles

As someone who loves Cuphead and it's difficulty, and was somewhat looking forward to this, it looks disappointingly easy. . .

For a game made by two people with a small budget, its impressive. I just wish they figured out what type of game they wanted to make and did that.

Hallways the game • Appalling sound effect ballance • Level design't

Man that game aint done yet! Put it back in the oven!

The only problem is the sfx and the boss music isn't intense

10:37 they really just used a stock sound effect for a 20$ game no mind you, just get cuphead instead it’s virtually the same price

Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back is longer than this. Think about that.

Personally I actually like the game itself but there's one flaw: lack of impact and weak tone on bosses. What makes good boss fights is always the serious tone and something which would make player experience euphoria while fighting them. Of course you can make the bosses itself have goofy personality, but it doesn't stops from making more dynamic aesthetics for them. Also I feel like music should be adjusted, cuz it gives bland feel to the game. Still huge props to Xixo team for not giving up after massive backlash!

I had a feeling this game would suck and I was correct. This is like something the Angry Video Game Nerd would review if it came out 20 years earlier.

The end product it is very lackluster. Was so hyped eons ago when the game was announced, but all these years to work and they could not deliver a good game. By the ending credits I assume that a 2 people made this, but this is no excuse, awesome games were made with a single people working on it. Really sad to this outcome.Thank you to show it tho.

Maybe it's that I'm not the one playing but this seems kinda boring

Another really sad case of good intentioned ideas but very poorly done executions

Congrats to the devs for getting this out despite all the hate and “clone” allegations, but that being said, yikes 😬, this game definitely needed more time and recourses

Never did I think a video game would make me fall asleep

The orchestration is very well made

The SFX shine by their absence

this looks like a flash game you'd play in ICT class on CoolMathsGames

Truly the sound design of all time I do love the same 2 sound effects

I keep forgetting this existed and honestly this wouldn't be so bad if they took more time to polish it up.

This looks like a free online game you’d find on agames or something

Lets admit it: The intro was well animated

This feels like a flash game you played in elementary school instead of doing actual work

God this feels so lifeless…. Made me really appreciate the effort that goes into sound design. The lack of sounds effects just makes me feel like I’m just watching this. I don’t know how else I can explain it.

I always rooted for this game cuz they announced development right after cuphead first came out and they got called a rip-off immediately. They were always an underdog and while it's still rough around the edges clearly they have good ideas and know what they want. Here's hoping they can make more of these and refine their skills

"Every masterpiece has its cheap copy"

Every animation has such incredibly differing framerates and quality none of it feels like it comes together

Character Design is there, but that pretty much it.

From The Producers Who Saw Cuphead

Wow! This is a great prototype! Can’t wait for the game to be done!

I can that the boss level in 39:13 due the offensive result , they has changed them to cowboys. Because in the trailer, it shows the boss are Native Americans.

PowerPoint transition in final boss 💀

it kinda gives off the vibe of like a silent movie

Ton of the levels and bosses are just cuphead reskins, lack of audio Feels like a flash game from the 2000’s id play after school on addictinggames

I don't hate it because it gets the idea from cuphead, but because the game is not really fleshed out, run 'n' gun stages are flat and free of variety with the same 3 enemies color coated to have different attack speeds and that's it, and the bosses have 1 or 2 attack patterns and that's it, the cutaways used to move the stroy forward could've been anticipated by an end screen, and could've gone for a more original aesthetic, like a book one or an animated one, the visuals are also highly inconsistent, with lines having different thicknesses, and backgrounds of different levels being both water colored and outlined in different occasions

The background looks more alive than the characters themselves

“If at first you don’t succeed, try try again”

how could a game inspired by cuphead be so depressing 😭

I know this game feels like a flash game, but you have to admit for 2 people it's very impressive how they made a playable game even with the flaws it has like very little I frames, slow ammunition in general, weapon specific enemies, very little sound effects, the game is very simple but needs more work on the speed of the game

Pianist boss is my favorite too bad it's so short

49:23 I just love the fact that one of the attacks is just squirrels that fall with parachutes and fucking explode. 10/10 would play again.

In cuphead you can do a no hit full walkthrough, but not in this game, bullet hell design looks more like "Your fate is being hitted but at least avoid enough to not die"

21:10 Solid constructive criticism aside, but I like the small detail that the monkeys's hand position are very reminiscent of the "Three wise monkeys". (Also known as the "Speaks no evil, Sees no evil, and hears no evil" monkeys)

It’s a shame the gameplay of this game isn’t very good, cause the animations is alright in some parts, even though sometimes it feels half assed.

"From the people who saw Cuphead..."

Why is the enemy death sound the bite of 87. 😭

To be fair, the last phase of Final Boss looks pretty.

I admire the hard work that went into this just with 2 people Keep in mind cuphead had more than 15 people on staff which is still small but it was more than 2 Clearly there are flaws here but do any of you know how much work goes into making a game, designing settings, enemies to fight and abilities and music and animation? That couldn’t have been easy

Father: I’m home but who’s that tentacle Girl wizzard: what tentacle oh wait uh.. wjat is… there! Father: you haven’t been playing with my spells have you potter?

9:56 How!? 🧐 Tim Burton? 😵

Cuphead at home

Well I wasn't expecting it to be so bad. Actually it's so bad that it is quite sad to look at. Even though brainless cuphead fans gave it a bad start years ago I still was hopeful it could end up great. Besides art and creativity, these guys just didn't know what they were doing. Even essential SFX are missing. Waste of talent, what a shame.

Anyone who still thinks this is good is on some serious copium. The sound design feels like they just grabbed stock sounds and tracks or paid some guy on Fiverr for something cheap, the sound effects themselves are either barely audible or outright MISSING, the scaling on bigger enemy sprites results in them looking blurry, instead of unique defeat animations for every boss they hard cut to cutscenes which break the whole flow of the game, and the actual moment to moment gameplay looks derivative at best or outright UNFAIR at worst. Cuphead was hard, but it never felt like the game was outright cheating or throwing you into a situation where you can't help but get hit. It wants to not be Cuphead, but you can't help but compare it to the game it's clearly taking notes from when the original did it better, has actual replay value, and doesn't take an hour to breeze through. How did a game get funded by Epic Games come out feeling so CHEAP?

it’s pretty cool for team of 2 people 💗 i hope they will work on sound effects though

The sound design is sadly very bad…

Tye only good bosses are the piano and the dog an they last both 20 seconds

"Babe yo ass better not be a mobile game ripoff of Cuphead when I get home" My goofy ass: