Greatest Ever
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Lmao no they have not.
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"We quit our jobs, remortgaged our houses" - Cuphead Developer
- Thread starter MauroNL
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Don't know what drink you would call the "Anti-Xbox" honestly... Maybe something that's "Anti-Mountain Dew" perhaps?
Regardless, if I had to take a guess, (and as I said on top the prior page), it probably was that because the game was being due "Exclusively" with Microsoft and for how long the production was on this game that plenty of crow eaters honestly thought that this game was going to be dead on arrival. Bare in mind that when was the game first announced? 2014. And since that time, you could argue that we didn't see much in terms of progress for the game and how it was usually around E3 or other events promoting the indies that we actually did see Cuphead. It got to a point where with what little that we heard, that usually would spell "disaster."
The awesome thing here though is that the reason why it took so long was not only because of how long it took to draw literally everything that we saw in-game, but they took the extra steps to make sure that there was more to the game than just having it be a "Boss Rush" (while making sure the platforming Run 'n Gun wasn't seen as a cheap cash in addition).
Add that in with how people love to say "Microsoft has no exclusives this year!" and how some people just want to see games fail for the sake of failing and you basically have your cocktail. I just so glad that the game had such a successful launch that it did and they took those extra steps to ensure that Cuphead's launch was a successful one.
Sumio Mondo
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Hahaha.
My favourite is at 14:16. Dude got so pissed he snapped his keyboard in half. lol.
Poltergust
Member
I'm really happy for the devs! I can only imagine how hard it must have been for them. The artists deserve praise for getting this game attention, the designers deserve praise for sticking to their vision of the game, and the programmers deserve praise for making an amazingly fun game to play.
I haven't gotten it yet, but I will soon enough.
I haven't gotten it yet, but I will soon enough.
Head.spawn
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Maybe it was a bad idea for those other indie devs with similar games to pass on Xbox because of demographic mismatch and because Xbox gamers hate indie games and 2d shooters,
Polioliolio
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I don't watch a lot of streams, but after beating cuphead I thought I'd see how other people are doing.
Some are cool, even when getting killed over and over, but a few can't keep their frustrations in check and bash the game for 'bad coding' and 'inconsistency'. Fun to watch them squirm.
I just might put my 2D shooter on Xbox One even though I don't have the right compiler for Game Maker yet.
I have a copy but I don't hate myself enough yet to play it. Maybe next week.
im glad you were wrong
Fredrik
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Huh? I'm not sure what you're talking about here. I was refering to how the article say that Hello Games has been incredibly silent after not meeting the expectations. They were at first but then they started releasing huge updates, hyping them with well-made trailers plus doing the waking titan ARG, even talking at GDC. The article is simply out of touch with reality at this point, it's like the author has been living under a rock for the last 10 months or so since before the foundation update.
Professor Lexicovermis
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Ah yes. Those paragons of post-release support.
Remind me: why didn't Yacht Club Games ever deliver on those three free campaigns they promised? What scum!
Lovely story, delighted it paid off for the brothers.
None of it should be a huge surprise though. The reaction of everyone I've shown the game to has been astonishment. "What, they actually make games like this?" Some works just capture the imagination and appeal beyond their audience. Cuphead is only going to get bigger.
None of it should be a huge surprise though. The reaction of everyone I've shown the game to has been astonishment. "What, they actually make games like this?" Some works just capture the imagination and appeal beyond their audience. Cuphead is only going to get bigger.
They've crossed 1M total some time ago, it's good to see the game thrive, let's hope Axiom Verge will hit 1M too at some point.
entremet
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Sure. But MS was pimping this game hard and the art style really set it apart.
ShadowWolf712
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So today is interesting.
alstrike
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This post hasn't aged all that well
-Arcadia-
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Big changes to Microsoft in that time, though.
Fascinating to see the OP, three years later. As they probably have done very well for themselves, it was worth it, but it does make you wonder how many developers do the same to chase a dream, but never get that kind of success? And probably people telling them how shit they are, even if not deserved.
Rough business.
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Cuphead is an excellent old school platformer. Every PS4 owner who didn't play the game already should do so. Well worth the $20.