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The Delicious Last Course is one hell of an expansion. It is just filled to brim with awesome, we got new bosses, new charms and weapons and a completely new character in the form of Ms. Chalice. All of the personality and charisma that everyone loved from the original game is present here, it's genuinely "just more Cuphead" but in the best way possible.
The first thing I wanna talk about is Ms. Chalice and how well she was implemented into the game. First of all, to play as her you need to equip the Astral Cookie charm, giving you control of her for any playable level. Now, the Cookie does take space in your CHARM slot which means you won't be able to equip any other charms, like the extra health ones, Parry Sugar or the extremely useful Smoke Bomb. Immediately, that sounds like a big problem since charms like Smoke Bomb are a literal game changer, but to compensate, Chalice comes with her own set of unique moves, making it so that she plays COMPLETELY different from Cuphead and Mugman while also compensating for her lack of charms. Like instead of having a parry, she has a double jump, and her dash now becomes a parry move, changing how you approach pink attacks. Not just that, but she also gets an invincible dash which she can use while grounded and as a bonus, ALL of her super moves are different, further separating her playstyle from the boys'.
All of this makes Chalice a very interesting character, a sidegrade if you will, as she can exceed in some levels a lot better than Cuphead but might struggle on other parts of the game. She is also pretty easy to get the hang of and overall, her character design is really good. Her animations are on par with the rest of the game's but she still feels unique, it also really helps that her character design is flooding with cuteness
Now, for the main attraction of the DLC, the bosses. They are all amazing. They are oozing with the same Cuphead essence the original bosses had, both in mechanics and character design. Everything looks and feels authentic, every fight is awesome and even if you get your ass beaten for 30 minutes you'll still enjoy yourself because they're just really fun bosses. Their difficulty is tuned at just the right level so that you don't need to sweat your ass off fighting them, but you gotta pay attention and put that brain to work if you wanna beat 'em.
Finally, the music is incredible, as it was before, with the Moonshine Mob's and the Final boss' theme taking the cake for best songs overall, but none of them are slackers. Inkwell Isle 4 is also really nice to listen to, probably second place across all islands (Isle 3 is still the goat, srry)
There are also some really nice secrets hidden in the final Isle, with one of them being both a creepy callback to an old foe AND being the key to finding the best charm in the game (it's honestly ridiculous how strong this is), it might take a while to get but it's totally worth it.
And that's my take on The Delicious Last Course. I was looking forward to this and it did not disappoint at all. I think anyone that enjoyed the first game will find this expansion to be a very sweet treat.
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