Cuphead instantly caught the attention of many back in 2017 with its unique, retro-cartoon graphics, and thankfully it had the side-scrolling gameplay chops to back it up. Well, a new title from developer Fumi Games is hoping it can capture the imagination of players in a similar fashion - but this one will meld a similar visual style with a first-person shooter.
We've dropped an early teaser trailer for Mouse up above, with the game very much still a work-in-progress right now. Even at this early stage, the team has revealed that PC, Xbox and Nintendo Switch are the target platforms for this one - but the game's release date is still very much 'TBA'.
"Join private detective John Mouston in MOUSE, a gritty, jazz-fueled shooter. With guns blazing and a retro rubber hose animation style, battle your way through a corrupt city full of crooks and danger. Inspired by classic FPS and noir films, MOUSE is the explosive shooter you’ve been waiting for."
This kind of visual style is instantly eye-catching we must admit, and we're curious to see how the action would unfold as an FPS here. There are shades of early DOOM in this teaser trailer, which has us very excited indeed!
Here are a few early screenshots for Mouse, which is now available to wishlist on Steam.
What do you reckon to this early look at 'Mouse'? Let us know in the comments section!
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Ah cheers. Love the art style of cuphead and love that teams are willing to try stuff like this. Totally up my alley this...
This is their first game ever so here's hoping they have something to prove and knock it out of the park
I love the idea of it and I’m definitely interested to see more, but this looks massively underdeveloped if it’s coming any time soon.
Man this could be amazing!!
Love this. I'll definitely keep my eyes on it.
Kids cartoon-styled games with blood, drinking, smoking etc. is just off-putting to me. I'm more in the camp of Masahiro Sakurai: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/05/random-sakurais-latest-video-implores-publishers-not-to-mislead-players
Love the art style, I'll keep my eyes on this one now. Reminds of me of Bendy & The Ink Machine too
Coming to gamepass today - Microsoft have quality controlled it, it’s good to launch
I love the art style and I hate that I suck at cuphead completely and barely can get past the first few areas and miss out on all that lovely art and animation. But the gameplay on show here looks amazingly janky. Like worse than redfall kind of janky.
I love the art style, but, there's something wrong with the background
It must be a prototype of the actual game.
I used to watch cartoons like this on Saturday mornings when I was a kid!
It is interesting, would be more appealing if it was in color.
This developer is also working on another game called Galaxi Taxi with a similar art style, but that one is in color. It seems like they must have hired an artist with a talent at this sort of thing, as their only game before this was some simple checkers game for the Switch.
@Amigator Yeah this looks like more of a proof of concept trailer than anything with some development prototype stages. It looks like it's got a long way to go until it's a game worth playing, definitely early development work. I wouldn't count on this releasing for a long time.
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