La prensa especializada está bastante contenta con cómo ha quedado al final Cuphead, que sale hoy en Steam y Windows 10/Xbox One.
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Medios nacionales
IGN España - 9 / 10.0
Cuphead es un juego redondo en todos sus apartados. En un primer momento llama la atención por su singular puesta en escena audiovisual, pero sus controles afinados, su apuesta por la jugabilidad más clásica de plataformeo y acción, y el carisma que rebosa cada píxel en pantalla son los que terminan por convencernos de que estamos ante uno de los juegos más interesantes del año.
Desconsolados - 8 / 10
A Cuphead le faltan más y mejores fases Gun’n Run que, aunque son divertidas y alguna en concreto requiere de mucha habilidad, no llegan al nivel de las boss fights. Además, el juego engancha tanto – pero tanto – que los tres mundos (y medio) de los que consta el juego te sabrán a poco, te enfadarán y pensarás que han desaprovechado la oportunidad de consagrarse como el mejor puto juego del año.
Hobby Consolas - 90 / 100
Un exquisito trabajo de artesanía en prácticamente cualquier aspecto. Te devolverá la fe en la jugabilidad clásica... Pero ojo, no es para los jugadores menos pacientes.
Medios internacionales
AngryCentaurGaming - Buy
One of the best titles in the genre for a long long time.
Cerealkillerz - German - 9 / 10.0
Cuphead is the next must-have title for the Xbox One. The Animation and Soundtrack are unique and even with couch co-coop the gameplay mechanics and balancing works solid through the whole game. The side activities of the game are pretty repetitive and also the upgrade system could use a little do-over but besides that every Gamer should have this game in his/her library.
Critical Hit - No Verdict
If you love those old-school games that rewards practice and patience through trial and error, Cuphead will likely delight. Yes, Cuphead is brutal and death is a regular occurrence, but it packs in that old-schoool arcade ethos that makes you want to keep trying.
Destructoid - 9.5 / 10.0
Cuphead's incredible style belies its magical complexity. It's so much more than a hard-as-hell shoot-'em-up with artistic flair. It's cerebral in a way that these kind of games rarely are. Cuphead's commitment to forcing the player to understand is commendable. Those who don't have the patience to learn won't get far. That's the kind of stand-your-ground moxie that makes this a hallmark of game design. My praise runneth over.
Gamerheadquarters - 8.5 / 10.0
Cuphead is excellent, it's got the right amount of challenge and charming design to make this completely stand out.
GameSpot - 8 / 10
Cuphead has been a longtime coming, and it's great to see that it lives up to its initial promises.
GamesRadar+ - 5 / 5 stars
A potent cocktail of authentic 1930s aesthetics, jazzy tunes, ingenious boss designs, and gameplay founded on the fundamentals inherent to the best 2D shooters. Cuphead sure is swell.
Geek Culture Podcast - 9 / 10.0
Cuphead has looked like something unlike anything else on the market since it was first unveiled. While it took awhile to get it, it has certainly delivered in both gameplay and visual style, proving that there is still plenty of life in this genre on a larger scale. If you enjoy platformers and don’t mind a steep difficulty curve, do yourself a favor and give Cuphead a try.
Polygon - 8.5 / 10.0
When I think of my time with Cuphead, instead of frustration I'll remember the dozens of tiny breakthroughs, when the impossible became possible, and a game that built an identity around difficulty helped me to feel, however briefly, undefeatable.
Press Start - 9 / 10
It's a bit unfair to compare Cuphead to almost any other of the brutally tough platformers I've grown to love recently, as it lacks the filler. It gets straight to the good stuff and gives us an almost 'greatest hits' of boss fights. And if they don't get better and more rewarding as they go, I'll go eat. So while you've still got to be a masochist at heart to get through the 'true' Cuphead, people of all ages and backgrounds would be able to sit in front of the television and appreciate Cuphead for its sense of style and its ability to evoke that childlike wonder that was, until now, dormant in most of us.
Rectify Gaming - 6 / 10.0
If you’re into checking out new and unusual takes on games, then Cuphead is for you. I’d temper your enthusiasm, however, as that’s where the uniqueness ends. It’s an average, 2D hand-drawn game that it seems people are expecting way too much of.
Shacknews - 8 / 10
Cuphead is a joyful flashback to a bygone era, both in terms of animation and in terms of crushing video game difficulty. It's easy to get lost in this gorgeous cartoon world and get overtaken by the sheer beauty and whimsy of the game's characters. Then the intensity picks up and it becomes one of the most challenging video game experiences of the year.
Spaziogames - Italian - 8.5 / 10.0
Cuphead is a hardcore game with a beautiful art design that recalls the classic cartoons of the '30s. Based on splendid boss fights and with some "run and gun" levels, MDHR Studios' game is challenging and satisfying.
Stevivor - 8 / 10.0
In the end, Cuphead proves to be everything I wanted it to be — challenging, stylised and fun. It's a tough, tough game — but unlike Dark Souls, my failures in Cuphead made me want to keep playing. Bring it on.
TrueAchievements - 4 / 5 stars
For those that go into it with a co-op partner and with the knowledge that its design is as unforgiving as it is beautiful, it will be a unique and rewarding game. Always unabating but never unfair, Cuphead is tough to overcome but even tougher to put down.
TrustedReviews - 4 / 5 stars
It's almost needless to say that the visuals are incredible, creating a stunning run-and-gun boss battler that looks straight out of 1930s ‘toons. In fact, the presentation, the audio, the music and the general vibe are unbelievable. Cuphead will be too tough for some players, and you'd have to look to the likes of Nioh or Dark Souls to find something as brutal and unforgiving. It's going to take some serious skill and experience to beat those bosses, but Cuphead keeps on bringing you back for more until you do.
Twinfinite - 3 / 5.0
There is a game worth enjoying in here, if you can deal with periodic frustration. During encounters that are fully defined it's easy to get stuck admiring everything that StudioMDHR has created, and it was more than a good enough reason to turn my Xbox One on. It's because of those parts that are so good that it's really difficult to ignore the glaring issues.
