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Xbox One Console Reviews
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Cuphead guide: the 10 most helpful tips
Cuphead’s difficult, but it’s easier with a little help
Cuphead’s difficult, but it’s easier with a little help
Cuphead challenges its players, both for the better and the worse. While I encourage players to take a stab at discovering the best ways to beat each boss, the game has a few quirks you can overcome with a little advanced guidance. That’s why I’ve assembled this concise guide.
These are the 10 tips I wish I’d known before I started the game. I hope they help you enjoy your adventure. And please feel free to share your own tips in the comments
Embrace the suck
If you take one piece of advice from this piece, please let it be this: Embrace failure. When you first try a new stage, assume you will fail. Rather than play to beat the stage, take time to learn how it works. Cuphead grants players unlimited attempts to beat each stage, meaning you have unlimited time to learn the placement of traps, memorize the timing of complex attacks and locate enemy weak points.
When you assume you will fail, each loss is simply part of a bigger learning exercise. This mindset eases stress, encourages risk-taking and elevates success from an assumption to a pleasant surprise, an achievement reached by practice, patience and gradual self-improvement.
Remap the controls
I dug into the junky default controls already. In short, the default controls place jump, shoot, secondary fire, and dash all on the face buttons. This made my hands contort in to something resembling rigor mortis. I don’t recommend it. Here’s the control set I do recommend:
A — Jump
X — Shoot
Right bumper — Lock
Right trigger — Ex Shot
Left bumper — Dash
Left trigger — Switch Weapon
Master the parry
Parrying — jumping into an attack, then bouncing off — is fundamental to success. Not only is it a useful defense maneuver, but each parry also builds Cuphead’s special power meter. The parrying system doesn’t require ultra-precise timing, but it still has its quirks. Take a moment to practice on an early stage you are comfortable with.
Remember that neon pink objects are parryable. It’s easy to forget, as some parryable objects blend in with red or purple projectiles. In later stages, parry as often as possible, diving into swarms of bullets to earn enough energy to deliver the most powerful attack. Make the move reflexive early on.
Move to stay still
Some bosses require you to bounce around the stage to stay safe, but many are easier to defeat if you can find safe spot to hang tight. Think of it like rubbing your tummy while patting your head: The less you have to worry about one thing, the more you focus on another.
Make money, spend money
You can purchase weapons and buffs from a store that unlocks early in the game. Purchases require coins, which you can find hidden throughout the handful of platforming stages marked on the overworld map as little interactive targets. Take the time to find every coin in a platforming stage, so you can purchase a variety of items.
Buy a bit of everything …
Cuphead can carry two weapons: one buff called a “Charm” and one special power called a “Super Art.” Weapons range from high-damage, short-range bullets to low-damage, long-range homing missiles. Buffs can grant extra hearts while lowering damage you deal, or add an attack to successful parries. Some bosses call for a weapon that lobs projectiles downward; others benefit from a buff that autofills your special meter. As I said up top, play a few rounds with different loadouts, seeing what works and knowing the scrimmage is an experiment, not a sincere effort to win.
Quick side note: There are only three Super Arts. Complete the Mausoleum stages planted in each overworld map to unlock them. While supers are flashy, most players will do just fine with the first Super they unlock: a horizontal beam that deals tremendous damage.
… but make smart purchases …
Don’t waste money on the buff that automatically parries the first projectile you hit. You should master parrying for later levels that make the auto-parry frivolous. Use the slot on more helpful buffs. And don’t exclusively grab long-range weapons or short-to-mid-range weapons. Diversify!
… and OK, definitely buy this one thing
The shopkeeper replaces purchased weapons and buffs with new inventory. Early on, one of the additions is a buff that prevents Cuphead from taking damage while dashing. During a stage, this makes it look as if he’s teleporting from one spot to the other. This power is incredibly useful, allowing you to dodge through large enemies and waves of bullets that fill the screen. I can’t imagine completing the game without it.
Parry to reach places
The only way to reach certain hidden coins is to parry off pink projectiles. Parry-jumping is also useful for leaping over tall enemies or lining up shots on high targets. Again, parrying is key. Don’t sleep on it!
Consider the alternative
I began with an essential tip for the game’s intro. This is an essential tip for the outro.
Now we’re getting into the late game stuff. I promise I won’t spoil anything! But when you feel stuck, consider the secondary benefits of each weapon’s special ability. What does the ability do to Cuphead? How does it move? How can you use it beyond its most obvious, violent purpose? Answer those questions and you’ll do just fine.
Good luck!
https://www.polygon.com/cuphead-guide/2017/9/29/16385334/tips-guide-secrets-xbox-one-pc
Seeing more and more of Cuphead....I might cop it.
That Amazon credit code above isn't working anymore.
damn
*edit*
shit worked...got the $10 coupon...and plus I have a little more than $10 in shop w/ points credit...so I can get the game free now...just not sure I want it...it wasn’t really on my radar...my cop a cheap game for the switch instead
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Yo Cuphead is hard lol. Died 6 times on the first levelIm getting ghouls and ghost flashbacks
ya this shit is throw a controller up against the wall type hard...I probably won’t play this shit again for months...giving up already
I'm doing the flying level now. It's fun as hell but hard as fuck. The animation in this game has to win some type of award. That studio needs to be put up for some kind of Oscar
ya I like the story and the presentation a lot but damn the shit hard as hell...maybe they might add an easier setting like they did for ori and the blind forest
need to have 2 players on this shit smh...shit crazy
I'm bout thru with cuphead
This game is frustratingly difficult. 3 hits and then death. No check points. No regeneration of health. No multiplayer. No options to continue from place of death.
Then that punk ass meter you show you how close you were to victory....
This game is frustratingly difficult. 3 hits and then death. No check points. No regeneration of health. No multiplayer. No options to continue from place of death.
Then that punk ass meter you show you how close you were to victory....
If you talk to the pig with the eyepatch (Porkrinds Shop) you can buy additional hit points for gold coins.
Not a full share between 3 but you can finesse it a little bit. You can say share your digital downloads with him but get digital downloads from a 3rd person. I was doing that for a min. I was getting games from 1 homie but I was sharing games i was buying with slick. Just cuz me and the other homie didn't really play that may games in common. But when it was something we played in common I'd just buy a $30 Xbox gift card off Amazon and send him the code. That would be my half on the game
Need this shit now That air plane level aint no joke.
Cuphead, the slightly terrifying Disney-esque platformer is set to launch tomorrow. While we currently know that there will be local co-op (I mean, that’s a given for a game in the platforming genre) the team studio behind the development has said nothing regarding online co-op, until now.
Speaking with Fandom, producer Maja Moldenhauer noted that even though the title is local co-op only for now, that might be changing once the game is actually out.
“Chad and Jared grew up playing co-op together and they were like, OK this game HAS to be co-op. So, while it’s local couch coop for now, [we’re] looking into adding online at a later date,” Moldenhauer said.
This is pretty good news, while couch co-op is something that I hold dear to my heart, some players may want to play with friends and family members who may not have access to their console. Considering the trend of online multiplayer gaming at this point, let’s hope this does get implemented at some stage.
Cuphead is set to launch on Xbox One, as well as on PC (via Windows 10, Steam, and GoG) on September 29. Excited to try it out? Let us know in the comments below.
http://gameranx.com/updates/id/122307/article/cuphead-may-get-online-co-op-at-a-later-stage/
That air plane level aint no joke.Cuphead May Get Online Co-Op At a Later Stage
There’s a likely chance according to the game’s producer.
There’s a likely chance according to the game’s producer.
Cuphead, the slightly terrifying Disney-esque platformer is set to launch tomorrow. While we currently know that there will be local co-op (I mean, that’s a given for a game in the platforming genre) the team studio behind the development has said nothing regarding online co-op, until now.
Speaking with Fandom, producer Maja Moldenhauer noted that even though the title is local co-op only for now, that might be changing once the game is actually out.
“Chad and Jared grew up playing co-op together and they were like, OK this game HAS to be co-op. So, while it’s local couch coop for now, [we’re] looking into adding online at a later date,” Moldenhauer said.
This is pretty good news, while couch co-op is something that I hold dear to my heart, some players may want to play with friends and family members who may not have access to their console. Considering the trend of online multiplayer gaming at this point, let’s hope this does get implemented at some stage.
Cuphead is set to launch on Xbox One, as well as on PC (via Windows 10, Steam, and GoG) on September 29. Excited to try it out? Let us know in the comments below.
http://gameranx.com/updates/id/122307/article/cuphead-may-get-online-co-op-at-a-later-stage/
Xbox One Alpha Update Adds Game Gifting
The current Xbox One preview program rolled out game gifting, which allows purchasing games on Xbox Live to send them to other accounts.
The news comes from the Xbox One subreddit, where userliamcurtis1718 simply posted the title "game gifting is here" with a picture of Titanfall 2 Ultimate Edition including a "Buy as a gift" option.
For whatever reason, gifting on consoles has only ever appeared on the Wii, but disappeared in later Nintendo shops, having never appeared on PSN and Xbox Live. Steam has had gifting as a fundamental part of its storefront, but changed its policy recently to make gifting only possible at the point of purchase for VAC-enabled games.
Xbox corporate vice president Mike Ybarra announced the feature in vague terms on Twitter last July, but this is the first indication that it is coming anytime soon. It is a welcome feature and hopefully Nintendo and Sony also follow suit.
[Source: Reddit]
http://www.gameinformer.com/themes/...one-alpha-update-adds-game-gifting&GroupKeys=
Need this shit now
Cuphead May Get Online Co-Op At a Later Stage
There’s a likely chance according to the game’s producer.
Cuphead, the slightly terrifying Disney-esque platformer is set to launch tomorrow. While we currently know that there will be local co-op (I mean, that’s a given for a game in the platforming genre) the team studio behind the development has said nothing regarding online co-op, until now.
Speaking with Fandom, producer Maja Moldenhauer noted that even though the title is local co-op only for now, that might be changing once the game is actually out.
“Chad and Jared grew up playing co-op together and they were like, OK this game HAS to be co-op. So, while it’s local couch coop for now, [we’re] looking into adding online at a later date,” Moldenhauer said.
This is pretty good news, while couch co-op is something that I hold dear to my heart, some players may want to play with friends and family members who may not have access to their console. Considering the trend of online multiplayer gaming at this point, let’s hope this does get implemented at some stage.
Cuphead is set to launch on Xbox One, as well as on PC (via Windows 10, Steam, and GoG) on September 29. Excited to try it out? Let us know in the comments below.
http://gameranx.com/updates/id/122307/article/cuphead-may-get-online-co-op-at-a-later-stage/
I played that airplane level with the two girls in the cloud bra and panties that send out the orb that shoots 360 degrees...all while dodging those little airplane bullets and trying to parry the pink objects.
I only failed 317 times on the first 5 levels. Let’s keep on dying and trying.
I think so
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I made my homeboy mcclenics Xbox my home so i was getting the stuff he paid for and slick made my Xbox his home so he was getting what i paid for
Ooh ok so i need to make @Slympickens82 Xbox my home xbox?? He got like 5 of them shit i know i can hop on one of them mufuccas...
Lol yepOoh ok so i need to make @Slympickens82 Xbox my home xbox?? He got like 5 of them shit i know i can hop on one of them mufuccas...
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