Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles

While Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles isn't the game to get me into the genre, I can't deny that it runs well and is mostly fun to play. Fans of the Demon Slayer anime - or fighting games in general - will be happy with this pickup.

First things first. The demons in Demon Slayer are vampires, not demons. Muzan Kibutsuji is anime Dracula, not anime Satan, and you can’t change my mind. Living for human blood, special blood powers, and transference of power through the blood of a sire? Vampire, and that’s that. Now, for the game with the longest name in history, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles. It’s an arena fighter based on the biggest breakout anime of the last few years. Massively popular...

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles offers solid combat and is incredibly faithful to the source material but be prepared for poor online play and lackluster exploration.

Combat lacks depth and the story mode goes through periods of inaction, but Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles is nonetheless a well-made and entertaining anime action title.

Overall, my experience with Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- the Hinokami Chronicles was a pleasant one. I greatly enjoyed the story and I am looking forward to its continuation, though hopefully with more actual gameplay in place of cinematics. Hopefully the battle system will also get some more attention to spice it up a little. Aside from the boss fights, the combat itself was pretty easy compared to other fighters I’ve played.

In this review, we’ll be looking at Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles, the franchise’s first console game!

Most people have grown at least familiar with the name Demon Slayer over the last few years. This popular manga-turned-anime has progressed through TV series, to movies, and now into this battle arena game titled Demon Slayer -Kimetsu No Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles. With the buzz of season two’s release hyping up the name once again, let’s dive in to see if The Hinokami Chronicles holds up to the same excitement as its name provokes.

Given the immense popularity of Demon Slayer, particularly in Japan, it was only a matter of time until it got a video game adaptation. And who better to head the project than CyberConnect2, the talented Japanese studio that crafted the largely fantastic Naruto Ninja Storm series? The studio's flair for adapting anime is clear to see in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles, but the game as a whole is lacking in both depth and content.

Unless you're the most dedicated Demon Slayer fan it's hard to recommend this. Anime games have come a long way and titles like this highlight why most gamers don't take these games seriously. Dragon Ball was infamous for this but now we have titles like Dragon Ball Xenoverse, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and even the CyberConnect2's Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot that went against the bare-minimum notoriety anime games are known for. Even original games based on anime like Astral Chain and Scarlet Nexus have gone beyond this, making what is offered from Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicle...

You’ll be left out with a “meh” after finishing the game. What game did we just play?