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Destructoid's Brett Makedonski welcomed the high difficulty, which he noted as 'tough but fair'. The game has also been noted for its difficulty by several media outlets. It was also nominated as 'Best Independent Game' at the E3 2016 Game Critics Awards.Д¬uphead received 'generally favorable' reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Cuphead won the IGN Best Xbox One game at E3 award in 2015, and also won the award for 'Best Indie Game' at the Gamescom 2015 Awards. He said it 'stood out immediately' and that everyone in the website's press room viscerally reacted to the trailer. Learning that they no longer have anything to fear from the Devil, the former debtors honor the brothers for their heroic actions.Д«en Kuchera of Polygon wrote that Cuphead was one of the five most interesting reveals at Microsoft's E3 2014 press conference, even though he knew little about the game apart from its aesthetic. Cuphead and Mugman triumph over him, burn the contracts, and race home. If the player turns over the contracts, the Devil turns the brothers into his evil lackeys and the game ends if not, the Devil becomes furious at the brothers' refusal to honor their deal and fights them himself. After the brothers defeat King Dice, the player must choose whether to give the contracts to the Devil. He has lost a bet with the Devil, presumably over whether Cuphead and Mugman would be able to complete their task, and forces them to fight his own henchmen before confronting them directly. Once they have the contracts, they return to the Devil's Casino, but its manager King Dice blocks their way.

On entering the second island, the Elder Kettle informs them about 'doing the right thing' when they come up against the Devil again. The brothers travel around the Inkwell Isles, fighting the debtors in order to obtain their contracts. They visit Elder Kettle, who gives them a potion that allows them to fire blasts from their fingers to aid in their quest, but also warns them the debtors may change physical form in an effort to stop them. The Devil makes a deal with them: collect the 'soul contracts' that signify his ownership of the souls of his runaway debtors by midnight the next day, and he might let them keep theirs. Cuphead loses by rolling snake eyes, and he and Mugman beg for mercy. If Cuphead and Mugman can win one more roll, they will receive all the money in the casino if not, the Devil will take their souls. When they go on a winning streak, the Devil himself offers to raise the stakes. Against the elder's warnings, the brothers enter the Devil's Casino and begin playing craps. On the fictional Inkwell Isles, Cuphead and his brother Mugman are two fun-loving cups who live under the watchful eye of Elder Kettle. The game also has a two-player local cooperative mode. The levels are accessible through a top-down perspective overworld with its own secret areas. Player characters feature a parry attack that can be used on certain objects marked in pink, to various effects, the most important of them being increasing a 'super meter' that enables more powerful attacks.ДЄfter completing a level, the player will be ranked with a grade based on their performance, through factors such as the time taken to defeat a boss, damage avoided, and number of parried attacks. The player can purchase weapons and 'Charms' (special abilities) from the shop using coins collected from the run-and-gun levels. Cuphead has infinite lives, maintaining all equipment between deaths. The game also includes role-playing elements, and a branching level sequence. Each of these boss fights and run and gun levels are housed in three different worlds, with the final one being against the Devil himself. It was both a critical and commercial success, winning several awards and selling over three million copies by August 2018.Д¬uphead's gameplay is centered around continual boss fights, with interspersed run and gun levels. The game was praised for its art style and noted for its challenging difficulty.

The game was inspired by the rubber hose style of animation used in cartoons of the 1930s, such as the work of studios Fleischer and Walt Disney Animation, and seeks to emulate their subversive and surrealist qualities.Д¬uphead features one or two players taking control of animated characters Cuphead and his brother Mugman to fight through several levels that culminate in boss fights as to repay their debt to the devil.

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First announced in 2013, the game was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One in September 2017, for macOS in October 2018, and for Nintendo Switch in April 2019. Game Review Cuphead is a run and gun indie video game developed and published by StudioMDHR.