Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba finally has its first console game adaptation with The Hinokami Chronicles, a great 3D Versus Fighting and Adventure entry following the early parts of Tanjiro and Nezuko’s story.
CyberConnect2 fulfills all our expectations with Demon Slayer Hinokami Chronicles
Kimetsu no Yaiba Hinokami Keppuutan was announced for the first time in March 2020. However, back as far as September 2019, CyberConnect2 and its CEO teased to be working on the adaptation of a “popular shonen manga”. Many were expecting the studio’s fine artists to be working on a Demon Slayer game.
If you haven’t of CyberConnect2 before, besides handling the Dot Hack series among other famous JRPGs, it also made the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm games. Which are all incredible.
CyberConnect2 was by far the best studio for the job of delivering the first-ever Demon Slayer game, and it didn’t miss its target. Be it in how it readapts the manga’s iconic moments and its battle system.
Reliving the adventures of Tanjiro and Nezuko
Demon Slayer The Hinokami Chronicles is divided into two major sections. The Adventure Mode, and the Versus Mode. However, players will all have to go through the Adventure Mode first, at least its prologue, before unlocking Versus Mode.
While this is a great fighting game to pick up in an afternoon between friends, the game also pushes players towards its solo content and reliving the adventures of Tanjiro and Nezuko. As you will unlock Versus mode characters through Adventure Mode.
In the Adventure Mode, Demon Slayer The Hinokami Chronicles lets players control for the most part Tanjiro, as you explore 3D environments. It’s definitely not a full exploration game, but going through each of these stages is refreshing, as Tanjiro can either immediately go toward the main objective, or take several detours to find some side bonuses.
These bonuses include the Kimetsu Points and Memories, used to unlock bonus content, characters, and scenes. The game’s beautiful graphics and the various NPCs you meet, alongside regular voiced interventions from Tanjiro make the stages worthwhile even if they ultimately are quite linear. The core of the game though is the fighting system, as Tanjiro will regularly encounter Demons.
