''It's the Dark Souls of platform games''

[KiM!]

Watch Dean Takahashi, game journalist for the past 18 years, try to play Cuphead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=848Y1Uu5Htk
On twitter, he literally said the game is ''somewhere between Mario and Dark Souls''
https://twitter.com/deantak/status/904233298200629248
That's ''''''specialized'''''' media in a nutshell, you guys.

[Smash45]

These gaming journalists make a living from writing and playing video games, and this guy doesn't even know how to read simple text in a tutorial.

[Dexter]

There needs to be a "Video Game Journalist" difficulty setting in the game where it plays itself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOjXaAZHEQE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3TKK1pIc2s

[Initial C]

If you can only compare something to Dark Souls, you should probably find a career in a different field.

[Helgis]

Granted, none of us have tested this game ourselves but JESUS CHRIST, doesn't this man have a brain and two hands with opposable thumbs????????

[NeoRizer]

That guy needs to retire as a journalist if all he could come up with is "It's like Dark Souls meets Mario"... no dumb ass, it's Contra... it's a run n gun game... Mario has nothing to do with this...

Mario is a platformer where you smash your face in to metal blocks and collect mushrooms... I see nothing that remotely resembles that here...

Instead I see a blue and red guy running around shooting ♥♥♥♥. So yeah, it's more comparible to Contra.

When comparing a game to Contra you don't even need the cliche "It's like Dark Souls" tagline... No... it's just plain Contra, because Contra was difficult as hell at the time...

This guy is an embaressment if he's been a gaming journalist for the past 18 years... He wasn't a gaming journalist when he was one years old...

This guy is probably like 35 to 40 years of age if not older, meaning he should know WTF Contra is... what a tool.

[ReV0LT]

NeoRizer님이 먼저 게시:

That guy needs to retire as a journalist if all he could come up with is "It's like Dark Souls meets Mario"... no dumb ass, it's Contra... it's a run n gun game... Mario has nothing to do with this...

Mario is a platformer where you smash your face in to metal blocks and collect mushrooms... I see nothing that remotely resembles that here...

Instead I see a blue and red guy running around shooting ♥♥♥♥. So yeah, it's more comparible to Contra.

When comparing a game to Contra you don't even need the cliche "It's like Dark Souls" tagline... No... it's just plain Contra, because Contra was difficult as hell at the time...

This guy is an embaressment if he's been a gaming journalist for the past 18 years... He wasn't a gaming journalist when he was one years old...

This guy is probably like 35 to 40 years of age if not older, meaning he should know WTF Contra is... what a tool.

Playing the other side here, do all people know what Contra is? To me, it sounds more like the famous Reagan scandal (yeah, I know which "Contra" you meant, I'm just saying not all do). Plus, I think he's aiming for younger people, who also doesn't know what Contra is. On the other hand, Mario is a well-known brand.

Though I do agree, the term is indeed very strange (guess that's why his publication is not popular). I'd say it's more like "Oldies Megaman but with more bosses than platforming"

[Kiloton]

The video was originally titled, "Cuphead demo at Gamescom: It isn't easy" which has a very different connotation. A sneaky name change by Venturebeat to fit a narrative.
http://archive.is/rrPRw

Edit: Thorough takedown by Rags. Showcases the hyper-defensive journalism circus surrounding the vid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2MhuW6gSfQ
I've seen furries that were more level-headed than these journalists.

[32x32 Riker jpeg]

https://vid.me/SvQre

[gachi is manly]

Ah, the old "game is difficult? must be like DARK SOULS".

I guess pretty much every arcade game made in the 90's is like DARK SOULS then. You know, because they're difficult.

What a revolutionary game. I can't wait until it breaks the 4th wall in our society and people just start to refer to any hard situation as being "like Dark Souls".

[maximusZ09]

thought Ninja Gaiden classic are a lot more difficult than Dark Souls

[Goosney]

I guess its very safe to say that he's nver played mega man

[TheAlchemist]

People like him ( game journalists who don't gaming and then write articles and reviews that are viewed as serious), game retailers and their backhand dealings and illegal key reselling are ten times worst than piracy because they ACTUALLY HURT the devs and cost them money . Scum.