Make no mistake, it was Cuphead‘s insane style of a 1930’s cartoon come to life that started the hype machine and kept it going over the last several years. After seeing the finished product it’s fair to say it deserves every bit of praise being heaped on it. The watercolour backgrounds are detailed and exquisite, and the hand-drawn animations were clearly a labour of love.
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Your story begins on the world of Gaia, where a traveling band of performers known as the Tantalus Theater Troupe, including Zidane, head to the city of Alexandria to kidnap Princess Garnet. It’s here that Zidane learns Garnet wants to escape amid misgivings about her mother. As you leave you’ll connect with Vivi, a black mage, and Steiner, a knight tasked with protecting the Princess.
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There’s little wasted motion here with a runtime of less than 90 minutes, and the movie doesn’t try to have things make sense — such as how Frank’s house is transformed into a casino practically overnight. Instead, it just throws jokes, embarrassing situations and over-the-top interactions at you one after the other. Some fall flat, but the ridiculousness produces some legitimate belly laughs.
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One of the original’s biggest shortcomings was unresponsive controls. Thankfully, the sequel cleans most of that up. Punching, kicking and jumping covers the basics of what you’ll be doing, though within that you’ll unlock additional moves as you level up, allowing you to throw flurries, jump and smash down to the ground, grab enemies at a distance and more. It all feels much cleaner this time around.
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There are 12 stages in all, nine regular and three boss battles. It’ll take around two hours to get through it the first time, though that could rise as the final encounter represents a significant difficulty spike, which is never a great feeling. Still, it’s a generally well conceived experience with a mix of action, platforming and even some bullet hell to deal with.
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It’s unfortunate that the game modes underwhelm because the actual representation of basketball has never been better. Players handle differently, size and momentum affect body contact animations, and defenses and offenses play more realistically. It’s exceptionally well done.
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After running afoul of the Admin once again at the end of Episode 2, Jesse was banished to some sort of prison along with Radar, Jack and, for some reason, Nurm (more on that shortly). After being introduced to the Warden, Jesse and Jack make a break for it. It’s a short trip, however, as the surrounding area is like a maze infested with monsters.
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