We don't want them to look like full-on copies, mind you. But why don't we have more games attempting to do what Breath of the Wild and Cuphead did for their respective genres? And sure, Genshin Impact goes a little too far with its 'inspiration,' just as Enchanted Portals does with its Cuphead influence. You might recall we asked the same question about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild when Genshin Impact arrived on the scene. This whole episode does raise an interesting question, though: why did it take so long for someone to draw inspiration from Cuphead? The game is downright gorgeous, and the way Studio MDHR managed to weave its animation into that bullet hell gameplay. 24, so if you're able to see the project as something more than a plagiarized version of Cuphead, you should be able to lend your support to Enchanted Portals on that date. And in fact, the team at Xixo Games Studio actually plans to launch a Kickstarter to help fund and ultimately finish work on Enchanted Portals. So where is Enchanted Portals at currently? As far as we're able to tell, the whole of the experience has not yet finished development. 'Well, you get no points for originality, but I'd say it still has as much charm as Cuphead and I appreciate the effort,' wrote another user. 'This is a pretty competent looking bootleg,' wrote one person on YouTube. Straight up the same game,' wrote another.Įven those with praise to share about the game's art and animation couldn't help but admit that, yeah, this game looks a little too much like Cuphead.

'I Can't Believe its Not Cuphead!' joked one commenter. The game's art style is also clearly inspired by Cuphead, borrowing that title's 1930s cartoon aesthetic and its whimsical animations.Īnd just listen to the music in the trailer! The big band sound doesn't quite fit the fantasy atmosphere found in Enchanted Portals, but it does sound like something lifted right out of Cuphead.įor what it's worth, the developers at Xixo Games Studio aren't totally blind to the comparisons, with an artist on the game named Gemma telling Polygon, 'Yes, of course Cuphead was a huge inspiration for Enchanted Portals.' The question is, where do you draw the line between inspiration and straight-up copying the work of others? If you ask many of those commenting on the game's trailer on YouTube, Enchanted Portals is far more on the 'ripoff' side of things. Enchanted Portals appears to be a part of the same bullet hell platforming genre as Studio MDHR's 2017 hit, requiring the same quick reflexes in order to survive its levels and bosses. From there, though, things become decidedly more Cuphead, as the game's trailer illustrates.

Two children decide to experiment with magic and get a little more than they bargained for, as they're sucked through an 'enchanted portal' into a strange new world filled with frog-kissing princesses and mecha-cows. Let us introduce you to Enchanted Portals, the newest game from the team at Xixo Games Studio.Įnchanted Portals appears to have an original enough story. And it looks enough like Studio MDHR's bullet hell platformer that folks on YouTube are starting to give the game the wrong kind of attention. It's an entirely separate project made by an entirely different development studio. It looks an awful lot like something that could be a follow-up to Cuphead made by the same team. Which is why the game we're about to show you may confuse you.

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