If you’ve ever played any of the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm games in the last decade, you’ll be familiar with developer CyberConnect2’s style of arena-style fighting games. Outside of these minor distractions though and the occasional minigame, a show that predominantly involves people fighting struggles to give you much to do in a video game outside of fighting, but thankfully the fighting here is a good time. There’s some very light exploring to do to uncover memory fragments that relive scenes from the anime, and currency scattered across the maps can be collected and spent to unlock goodies such as music, outfits, and quotes. It’s a cookie-cutter, barebones approach for a story mode, utilising the simplest of structures to connect the cutscenes to tell the story and have them set up the next fight. Spanning eight chapters that take around ten hours to complete, the main story mode sees you controlling Tanjiro (and occasionally others) as he travels through mostly linear confined areas from one point to another to trigger another cutscene and/or battle. If you love the show, you’ll no doubt have a great time reliving the story here in a new medium with a fresh take on the material. Original voice actors from the anime are also here with new lines recorded in both English and Japanese. It’s a presentation suite that fans of the anime will no doubt lap up and it even left a non-fan like me notably impressed. It’s an aesthetic that looks consistently stunning throughout, with vivid colours and bombastic animations creating a feast for the eyes.Ĭharacter models look great, and fighting animations look suitably flashy. The story is delivered through beautifully rendered 3D cutscenes with a traditional cel-shaded look. It follows the adventures of fresh-faced demon slayer Tanjiro Kamado on his quest to turn his demon sister Nezuko back into a human. But if you’re like me and curious as to whether this game has anything to offer a non-fan or a potential burgeoning one, you’ve come to the right place.ĭemon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles tells the story of the first season of the anime, as well as Demon Slayer: The Movie – Mugen Train. If you’re looking for an in-depth review from a hardcore fan of the series, I’m sorry to say that this isn’t it.
So, heading into this review I was about as clueless as possible. I haven’t watched anime at all in about fifteen years and haven’t played a game based on an anime since some of the early Naruto games. Before we begin, I think a confession is in order.
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