There's a mod that lets you disable all the visual filters.

[Evilnapkin]

Use this mod to disable the trashy visual effects (film grain, color bleed and blur): https://helixmod.blogspot.ca/2017/12/cuphead.html

Game looks way better without all these ♥♥♥♥ effects, not to mention it's way easier on the eyes

That said, the game still looks a little blurry in 1080p, like all the assets were drawn for 720p.

[Evilnapkin]

I passed on this game for the longest time because of the film grain and blur being stuck on, devs really need to have toggles in for everything of this sort (blur, depth of field, anything that obscures image quality for "art" really).

[Evilnapkin]

Jesus christ, I heard this game was hard even on the regular difficulty setting, I beat it in four hours. Then it unlocks Expert Mode which I'm not sure if I'm going to take the insult of doing since this should've been unlocked from the beginning for people like me. It isn't like bosses get new mechanics, just more health and they attack faster. What a lazy way to pad length.

Did people just lose their minds over this because of the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ grain filter over Alien Homind HD-esque art triggering Disney nostalgia or what? And the filters make the image look even worse! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!

[coolDisguise]

Originally posted by Evilnapkin:

I passed on this game for the longest time because of the film grain and blur being stuck on, devs really need to have toggles in for everything of this sort (blur, depth of field, anything that obscures image quality for "art" really).

Wrong.
It's called "artistic vision" - it's like going around telling Van Gogh you rather have his paintings in yelllow instead of blue. If you don't like it, that's on you. But if it is "supposed" to be like this, then there is no need for any toggle.

Originally posted by Evilnapkin:

Jesus christ, I heard this game was hard even on the regular difficulty setting, I beat it in four hours. Then it unlocks Expert Mode which I'm not sure if I'm going to take the insult of doing since this should've been unlocked from the beginning for people like me. It isn't like bosses get new mechanics, just more health and they attack faster. What a lazy way to pad length.

Did people just lose their minds over this because of the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ grain filter over Alien Homind HD-esque art triggering Disney nostalgia or what? And the filters make the image look even worse! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!

So now you're whining because you cannot even beat the game? Well... I don't really know what to say at this point. Maybe you shouldn't have bought it at all, being that bad at it AND despising its design, I think it would have been better for you to just buy another easy game with "stunning"™ graphics. I hear there are a lot of hidden-objects games on Steam, that might be more your style.

[Evilnapkin]

Calling it artistic vision is like saying modding Dark Souls on PC to go from 30fps to 60fps and have true HD resolution instead of the console 1024x720 is ruining the artistic vision.

I beat the game.

[coolDisguise]

Originally posted by Evilnapkin:

Calling it artistic vision is like saying modding Dark Souls on PC to go from 30fps to 60fps and have true HD resolution instead of the console 1024x720 is ruining the artistic vision.

I beat the game.

1) False.
We're talking about post-processing filters here, which is ADDITIONAL effects on what's already drawn, not the amount of frames per second. FPS count also influences responsiveness, which is a different matter altogether.
Changing the resolution is another thing that does not influence the source much - it's all about the your display device and its dpi count after all = if you got a really small screen with a really high dpi in respect to the screen size, even 1024 x 720 might look HD to you - because for that scale it effectively would be.
Applying or disabling filters DOES alter the source though. So your example is rather on par with wallhacks in shooters than anything else.
2) You said in the above post that you didn't bother to beat it.

[Evilnapkin]

1) Nope, a screen filter is *not* art direction.

2) I didn't say I didn't bother to beat it, I said I passed on it for the longest time due to the filters not being able to be turned off, as in I didn't play it beyond the five minutes it took to figure that out. Then the filters being able to be turned off through a mod got me to try it again, which was today when I bought it for myself after seeing this was possible. If you continued to read, you'd see in another post that I beat the game in four hours.

You've been wrong since you came in here. Which tbh I wouldn't care about if you weren't trying to posture :\

[mookid]

Now I can see why people hate the Cuphead community.. sheesh

[coolDisguise]

Originally posted by Evilnapkin:

1) Nope, a screen filter is *not* art direction.

2) I didn't say I didn't bother to beat it, I said I passed on it for the longest time due to the filters not being able to be turned off, as in I didn't play it beyond the five minutes it took to figure that out. Then the filters being able to be turned off through a mod got me to try it again, which was today when I bought it for myself after seeing this was possible. If you continued to read, you'd see in another post that I beat the game in four hours.

You've been wrong since you came in here. Which tbh I wouldn't care about if you weren't trying to posture :\

1) Actually touching up a picture is art direction. There's whole communities built around that. Just look into photography, to see what I mean.

2) You said you only played Regular and didn't bother after that. So the game isn't beaten.

Anyway, have a nice day.

[Evilnapkin]

1) Nope. Chrono Trigger people were upset about the blur filter because it ruined the image. It's since been removed.

2) Yes, I beat the game on Regular. I haven't 200% (or whatever) completed though.

[Evilnapkin]

Originally posted by T POSE CHRIS BENOIT(veGA):

Bait or nitpicking elitist autist. Don't bother responding if its not bait as this tard is deluded beyond help

Because I disabled a screen filter? lol

[LittleFieryOne]

Not people have complained about the filter (you're the only one I've seen in fact, but I dont' doubt there are a few others), and it's been praised for adding to the authenticity. So I don't blame the developers for not thinking to include an option to toggle it. And for the people who hate it, that's what mods are for. I also don't see it being comparable to ports with 30 fps and low resolutions. Those exist because of technical issues or just flat out lazyness, while the film grain and color bleed are clearly there to build a strong atmosphere. You don't have to like it, but if it was directed to add to the artwork, then it is "art direction" and Cooldisguise is not wrong.

I also feel I should say that there is an option to increase or decrease the color bleed, though I didn't see much of a difference myself when I messed with it.

As for the difficulty thing, Expert is there for completionism's sake, so I don't mind it coming later. It's not dissimilar to "New Game +" that's in a lot of modern platformers. I'd say regular still provides a strong challenge. If you found it easy, then, well, good for you. But I don't think it's hard reputation deserves to be trashed. Critics who I've been following have been playing platformers and video games in general still described it as hard. It's the three HP that does it, since that doesn't provide a lot of room to screw up. Maybe with the five HP upgrade someone could pull through most of the bosses in significantly less tries, I don't know. Point is, a lot of people, whether or not they were experienced, found the game difficult, so I think it deserves it's reputation.

[fortnite burger]

Were you hurt by a cup as a child or something?

[fortnite burger]

Originally posted by Maiye:

Now I can see why people hate the Cuphead community.. sheesh

Unfortunately. It seems like members of the Cuphead fanbase try to squeeze in "I beat the game in a short amount of time, look at how badass and skilled I am xD" into every comment.

Meanwhile, you got people like OP who says he's so skilled that he's not going to even attempt Expert Mode because it's not worthy of his almighty and powerful skills.

[Evilnapkin]

Originally posted by You:

Meanwhile, you got people like OP who says he's so skilled that he's not going to even attempt Expert Mode because it's not worthy of his almighty and powerful skills.

Not even remotely what I said, sounds like you're having a rough time here...

[fortnite burger]

Originally posted by Evilnapkin:

Originally posted by You:

Meanwhile, you got people like OP who says he's so skilled that he's not going to even attempt Expert Mode because it's not worthy of his almighty and powerful skills.

Not even remotely what I said, sounds like you're having a rough time here...

Originally posted by Evilnapkin:

I heard this game was hard even on the regular difficulty setting, I beat it in four hours.

Originally posted by Evilnapkin:

Then it unlocks Expert Mode which I'm not sure if I'm going to take the insult of doing since this should've been unlocked from the beginning for people like me.

Don't act like you're innocent here, you implied exactly that: That you're vastly superior to almost everyone, and Expert Mode isn't worth doing because it's too much of an insult to your amazing skill. It's so blatantly obvious, you must think we're idiots that we wouldn't think that.

I sincerely doubt this post is anything more than bait. You clearly despise the game, so why would you go out of your way to """"help"""" us by telling us about this mod?