Review: Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

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Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course is finally here as a DLC sendoff for the indie darling — and the good news is that it’s more Cuphead.

Enough said. Mostly!

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course (PC [reviewed], PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)Developer: Studio MDHRPublisher: Studio MDHRReleased: June 30, 2022MSRP: $7.99

To make it easier to convey what this expansion-like DLC entails, we’ll break things down into two main categories.

So one big part of the DLC is the addition of items (mostly in the form of charms), and the character of Chalice: a third playable character that’s essentially an extension of the charm system.

To be clear, you can “morph” into Chalice as one of the two main characters (Cuphead or Mugman) by equipping a special charm. While it does take up the charm slot, Chalice comes with her own set of skills, including a parry dash (literally it’s a parry doubling as a dash, more on that in a second), a double jump (like, a passive double jump, no big deal), and a dodge roll (that has invincibility, or iFrames). As you can imagine, it’s kind of a huge deal and changes the way you approach every single boss in the game — old content included.

Chalice actually ended up being one of the most significant things about The Delicious Last Course for me when all was said and done. While the developers stopped short of calling her an “easy mode” when I talked to them pre-launch, she’s definitely going to feel that way to some people. Making her a charm that can be swapped out at any time if it gets to be too much is a smart move, but Chalice is a ton of fun in any context and I’m glad she’s in the game as-is. Full stop, I enjoyed the run & gun platforming stages (which the DLC has none of, to be clear)