Toonsouls is the Darkish Souls of Cuphead, in case you’ve acquired certainly one of two stable gold video games journalism jokes raring to go

Toonsouls, which you will discover on Steam right here, doesn’t seem to screenshot particularly properly. Don’t get me incorrect, I’m a giant fan of these perPetually disgruntled ghosts and charming goofskulls, however I won’t be writing concerning the platform sport in any respect if I hadn’t seen it in movement, the place the imaginative and prescient comes collectively much more. The Cuphead affect runneth so overly that it feels trite to even level it out, and I do assume possibly choosing totally different music would have served it much better on this case, however you may’t deny that Ghosts n’ Goblins lance throw. Get caught in.

Oddly, the trailer additionally doesn’t look pretty much as good to me as a few of quick clips that developer Toon Crafter has shared on Twxbbly. Maybe the animation for the mace is simply that a lot smoother? Both means, I’m actually impressed for a small mission. Few video Games have even tried to emulate Cuphead’s Fleisher artwork model (Mouse is vaguely in the identical steamboat), and that’s little doubt largely to the unbelievable quantity of labor it takes.

Additionally, mate, I’m completely in love with this Steam description.

“TOONSOULS consists of two-dimensional graphics during which Gamers management a personality that walks or jumps between totally different platforms on the display screen. The Gameplay is enjoyable and the participant can throw a spear at enemies to kill them. Your mission is to succeed in the top of every section to have the ability to advance to the subsequent section.”

The place’s the lie? The place’s the lie, eh? There isn’t one! It appears like a type of items the place the author parodies the idea of an goal sport assessment, and I’m smitten. Do that for each sport, please. Toonsouls is presently listed as “coming quickly”, and all proof factors to this being a completely unadorned description.