9. Cuphead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TjUPXAn2Rg Any who played Rayman: Legends will remember how above all the proficient platforming mechanics and loveable characters - Ubisoft's art team put together one hell of a gorgeous-looking 2D experience, simply bursting with charisma and energy. Cuphead looks to be another game that just immediately clouts you over the head with graphical wallop too, but the key difference is for the first time in any game, developer Studio MDHR are recreating (perfectly) the 1930's style of cartoons you associate with very early Disney and the general Golden Age of animation. It looks unbelievable in motion, a potentially strange comparison being South Park: The Stick of Truth's original screens that no one believed was actually Obsidian's game engine. As a 2D side-scroller replete with screen-filling boss-battles and a ton of power-ups to fire in all directions, Cuphead is one of many surprisingly pleasant indie gems quickly gaining a lot of traction.