Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course Preview - “We Still Do Things The Hard Way”

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Fans have had a long wait for the Cuphead DLC, which had a series of delays after it was announced in 2019. Studio MDHR faced understandable issues and setbacks during the pandemic, while also admitting that The Delicious Last Course grew in ambition and scope as time passed.

A week ago, I saw a press-exclusive showcase of the DLC, featuring the beginning of this content’s story, some dialogue, one boss fight, and the first gameplay of the new playable character, Ms. Chalice.

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Studio MDHR’s executive producer and studio director Maja Moldenhauer, co-founders Jared and Chad Moldenhauer, and producer Eli Cymet were answering questions at the event, providing a little more insight into the game.

The first thing that we saw was the inclusion of a new NPC on the original island, which appears once you have advanced a little in the main story. This character will tell you about the new lands of Inkwell Isle, and he’ll offer to take you to them in his boat.

When reaching the new place, a ghostly Legendary Chalice appears from the astral plane and tells the protagonists of a new cookie that lets her swap places with one of the two characters. However, this is temporary and Chalice can’t stay for long. For that matter, she introduces us to Chef Saltbaker, another new NPC who will send our protagonists on a quest to find the ingredients for a ‘Wondertart’ that will let you control the astral plane, making Legendary Chalice (now called Ms. Chalice) free forever.

After some dialogue, we got to see the boss Mortimer Freeze in ‘Snow Cult Scuffle,’ with the two difficulty options of ‘Simple’ and ‘Regular’ that we already know. This boss fight was everything that you