insane labor of love. Studio MDHR has honed their craft here, some of the boss animations here make the base game (of Cuphead!!!) look bad. they've doubled down on the chaotic aspects of these fights which I really enjoy, it's a part of the game I used to really dislike but have come to appreciate and recognize overtime as an extension of the art direction, a bit frustrating yelling "what the fuck is going on???" in the moment as I fight canned sausage meat, but then the death screen rolls and I think "that's awesome, actually."
ms. chalice is really fun! she's kind of overpowered outside of the dlc, but I think I would have enjoyed this a lot less if it wasn't for her, I could go without the extra hitpoint but the rest of her kit I think is pretty strictly better than Cuphead & Mugman's, and i'm sure this'll attract a lot of people who struggle with the game.
unfortunately, it looks like there aren't any run and gun levels included in the package, which is a bit of a shame, boss fights are definitely Cuphead's strong suit but still, I would have liked to have seen some here. the king's challenges sort of act as their replacement, but while they are very decent, they fall a bit short in that regard. the new upgrades i'm mixed on too, crackshot is amazing and quickly became my favourite weapon, but I barely used converge, having to lock in place to tighten the beam is really unintuitive, and twister is an incredibly situational weapon, even when it can be used most effectively I think it's outclassed by other guns. the heart ring is a great charm, but on the other hand the divine relic feels kind of - broken? I dunno, maybe that sounds pretentious, but in spite of it's drawbacks it trivializes some fights so badly that it feels almost... wrong, for lack of a better term. still though I can't deny it's a little fun to powertrip through bosses with it, but I think i'm just going to keep the astral cookie on my charm slot.
I don't have a ton to say about Cuphead's DLC, and to be fair neither does the game, the amount of content here amounts to about a bit over a third of the base game -- it only took me about an hour and a half to see it all, yet to a certain degree it still surpasses the original three isles's quality in almost every way, so if it really came down to it, I would be perfectly content with waiting another four years for this. fuckin' rules.
ms. chalice is really fun! she's kind of overpowered outside of the dlc, but I think I would have enjoyed this a lot less if it wasn't for her, I could go without the extra hitpoint but the rest of her kit I think is pretty strictly better than Cuphead & Mugman's, and i'm sure this'll attract a lot of people who struggle with the game.
unfortunately, it looks like there aren't any run and gun levels included in the package, which is a bit of a shame, boss fights are definitely Cuphead's strong suit but still, I would have liked to have seen some here. the king's challenges sort of act as their replacement, but while they are very decent, they fall a bit short in that regard. the new upgrades i'm mixed on too, crackshot is amazing and quickly became my favourite weapon, but I barely used converge, having to lock in place to tighten the beam is really unintuitive, and twister is an incredibly situational weapon, even when it can be used most effectively I think it's outclassed by other guns. the heart ring is a great charm, but on the other hand the divine relic feels kind of - broken? I dunno, maybe that sounds pretentious, but in spite of it's drawbacks it trivializes some fights so badly that it feels almost... wrong, for lack of a better term. still though I can't deny it's a little fun to powertrip through bosses with it, but I think i'm just going to keep the astral cookie on my charm slot.
I don't have a ton to say about Cuphead's DLC, and to be fair neither does the game, the amount of content here amounts to about a bit over a third of the base game -- it only took me about an hour and a half to see it all, yet to a certain degree it still surpasses the original three isles's quality in almost every way, so if it really came down to it, I would be perfectly content with waiting another four years for this. fuckin' rules.