Enchanted Portals have left many people split on whether the game is an inspriation or a rip-off of Cuphead. Give the game some credit.
There's inspiration here, but not enough magic to back it up.
It was bound to happen - take the old-school Cuphead visual style and run with it. It's that which Enchanted Portals on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and PC is looking to do. And it seems to be doing so with aplomb.
Except unlike cuphead, strip away the visuals and you're left with a very, very bad and broken game.
Kieran from WellPlayed writes: "Enchanted Portals copies almost everything about Cuphead, except for the precision of its mechanics, the tightness of its design and the enjoyment gleaned by mastering it. All the good bits really…"
Cuphead took inspiration from early 20th century cartoons. Apparently its a crime for another company to turn around and take inspiration from Cuphead though. lol This game doesn't look like some cheap knock off nor is it lifting assets like some people like to say. If it were true best believe this studio would be getting sued right now.
This game is just taking everything and calling it their own. 1920s animation inspired aesthetic, bullet hell gameplay, etc. They are taking another company’s idea. It’s clearly obvious this game is just riding on what gave cup head it’s own identity and calling it their own. It’s like a kid making their own original character from sonic the hedgehog but it’s just a red sonic with different shoes.
Shovel knight taking inspiration from mega man is a better example of something being inspired by another thing.