Cuphead Review

In 2017, Cuphead took the world by storm. Even more impressively, it took the world by storm as a complete surprise!

Like the movie industry, our beloved video game industry is often caught up in creating sequels, prequels, reboots, remasters, and so on. It’s difficult to find a genuinely original game.

According to its many fans, Cuphead is the original game we’ve all been looking for. But does it live up to the hype? Or will a new player walk away from it disappointed?

A Wild Legacy

It’s impossible to talk about Cuphead without talking about the animation. First of all, everyone who sees it says it looks familiar. However, they often have trouble describing it as anything other than “old-timey.”

It’s true that the game looks “old-timey.” For example, most screens are made to look like the kind of film stock you’d find in a theater from nearly 100 years ago.

The creators of Cuphead were highly influenced by the Fleischer Studios cartoons of the 1930s and ’40s. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, Fleischer created the iconic 1940s Superman cartoons that served as the artistic inspiration for Batman: The Animated Series.

Long story short? If you enjoy nostalgia, Cuphead is going to win you over well before you hit the start button.