This Cuphead Clone Failed BADLY

Enchanted Portals has had a rough life cycle. From being called a ripoff of Cuphead to the developers themselves being called racists and insensitive, the game has finally released and its time to check out whats up with this new indie game.

0:00 Racism is Racist
1:28 Sketchy Marketing
2:41 To Clone or Not to
3:34 Everything wrong with Enchanted Portals
6:38 Random Added Chapter for Effect
8:44 Haha
9:07 Final Review

#indie #indiegame #cuphead #art #clonewars #enchantedportals

[thrillhouse_vanhouten]

Imagine going through the trouble of animating a game full of characters that fit the Fleischer/Cuphead aesthetic and being dismissed as a no-effort clone. Like sure if the game is rough, the game is rough, but to dismiss it entirely because it uses a recognizable aesthetic is silly. Gamers are the the fuckin worst, man

[alittleofsomething]

The worst thing about this game is a lack of something as basic as safe files... Like wtf.

[funnyxusername]

the getting hurt sfx is LITERALLY the stock smack.mp3 file 💀

[InklingPedro]

The trailer was CLEARLLY animated, the demo was way diferent of the trailer
"YeS bUt iT Is a DeMo"
The "Space Cow" fight was way more finished in the trailer. For example the animations were smoother than what we got and had more stuff.

[adumbfurry]

I think the issue was they tried to get too close to cuphead’s gameplay. I wouldn’t mind playing another cuphead-like game, but the point is, like icarus, they flew too close to the sun and burned.

[typervader]

The worst part is they charge the SAME PRICE as cuphead.

[Beepers]

My biggest question is why on earth the devs didn’t add a SAVE SYSTEM

[BunnyJolf]

To give them credit: the art style changing between bosses is cool

[PizzaPizza]

This game just makes me want to play Cuphead even more over this. What's worse is that they even blocked a guy from giving them criticism on the game like the clunky controls, lack of sfx, music being bland, etc. And they blocked him

[frustratedsquirrel]

As someone who's currently dabbling in indie development with a very small team, sometimes you can't just hold onto a game and work on it forever, because funding is a ticking time bomb and there's often real pressure to get the game released or backed so that people working on the game can continue to get paid. I wouldn't at all be surprised if they had to rush this out half-baked because they ran out of funds. The animation style is pretty darn expensive.

[AllHailTheAnimeLover]

The bosses have such fun designs, like genuinely they're genuinely good designs

[magnusvonbraun]

When they first announced this game, my friend and I predicted the game would fail miserably and we weren't part of any of the backlash. When the game got released, we saw a gameplay of this game, we did not expect it being this worse. With that in mind, I feel like the production of the game is rushed.

[rexwrecks]

And this ladies and gentlemen… is why MDHR took their time.

[glimmerstantroop]

I kinda feel bad for the developers, the game had a lot of potential

[Bryce_the_Woomy_Boi]

If they made it more unique, like not a run and gun, I think it'd be better

[EnjoyerofMedia]

Great points & video!

To be fair to the game, the kickstater being a flop is something that impacted its gameplay/release. That's not to say "if it was funded it would be good/better"- but clearly the developers could not meet their scope with their means & created a product that reflected that. Much of their footage didnt have any sound effects until the final release trailer- so i'm guessing it was a last minute addition.

at the very least I applaud them for finishing their product despite the backlash.

[mysticmind]

I appreciate professional reviews like this. Highlighting flaws in a product without it sounding visceral or bitter. It's great to see that you judge it as a game on its own but even then, it's lacking. It doesn't help that they shadow dropped the game in one of the busiest seasons for game sales aside from the holidays. Unlike Hi-Fi Rush however, this game didn't get any radar from streamers. Heck, I didn't even know this game until I saw a few gameplays of this today. I also agree that this game suffers more as rookie mistakes on the most basic features in games since the late 80s to early 90s aren't here. There's clearly some effort in designing the enemies and backgrounds but does seem to be lacking in important elements like you already listed. If this was a student project that was for a contest, I think people would forgive it more. I would probably say "There some things you need to work on, but I think you got something here." Overall, this video not only gives fair opinions but highlights the basic things you can't ignore when making a game especially as a product you are selling.

[BAIGAMING]

It's great that you reviewed the actual gameplay mechanics rather than just saying it's a knock-off. It's too bad it's not fun to play, that Tim Burton level looks amazing and a lot of bosses have pretty interesting designs.

[LighthoofDryden]

I was like “aw it can’t be that bad”

5s later:

“NO SAVE SYSTEM?!?”

[kaxcommentssomethingREAL]

6:19 oh my gosh all the rigging on that title screen doesn't even loop...

look... one thing i can praise this game for is the art style, and the animations are not quite bad, it reminds me a lot of old school cartoons with insane plots and just plain fun, but gameplay is not looking the brightest, i was kinda looking forward to it expecting for there to be... MORE to it, you know? i kinda feel bad for the devs, they had something goin' but, this feels like a game that should have _never_ been published in the state that it is in now.