
The screen-filling, hand-drawn bosses look like they were pulled directly from a 1930s cartoon, with expressive and lifelike animation that's literally like nothing we've ever seen in a video game before. Even on "easy" mode, it's the kind of game likely to appeal only to a certain kind of reflex-focused gaming masochist who enjoys throwing controllers.īut Cuphead still claws its way onto this year's must-play list almost exclusively because of its presentation. The game's practically unbroken series of boss fights each proceed in its own basic pattern every time, and Cuphead artificially extends its length through some unforgiving difficulty.

Further Reading Cuphead is the prettiest game to make you throw your controllerJudged purely for its gameplay, Cuphead is perhaps too much of a throwback to the 8-bit era.
