Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
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  1. IGN Japan
    Nov 16, 2021
    80
    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles faithfully recreates popular anime Demon Slayer as a competitive 3D action fighting game. While the amount of playable characters and the exploration part leave room for improvement, there’s a lot to love here for fans of the source material.
  2. MGG Spain
    Oct 14, 2021
    75
    Kimetsu No Yaiba: Hinokami Chornicles stands out for its history and beauty in battles, even though with very basic mechanics and boring modes.
  3. Hobby Consolas
    Oct 13, 2021
    76
    It's a shame the gameplay is so similar to past games and the exploration segments so bland, because the recreation of the anime it's truly spectacular; the best to date in a CyberConnect2 game. Fans of Kimetsu no Yaiba will probably enjoy it, even with the severe lack of content.
  5. DualShockers
    Oct 13, 2021
    85
    CyberConnect2 fulfills all our expectations with Demon Slayer Hinokami Chronicles. The title is great for fans of the manga and newcomers alike, however, there is definitely room for improvement.

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6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 42
  3. Negative: 8 out of 42
  1. Angcarri
    Oct 24, 2021
    8
    It’s a fun game but could use some fixing with some characters damage outputs and timing
  2. josennin
    Oct 28, 2021
    9
    Es un muy buen juego sin embargo algo corto y carece de modo aventura solo modo historia pero gozar de una adaptación tan buena del anime noEs un muy buen juego sin embargo algo corto y carece de modo aventura solo modo historia pero gozar de una adaptación tan buena del anime no tiene precio… Full Review »
  3. NeroDeAngelo
    Oct 25, 2021
    8
    Let us get the bad out of the way first: There is a lack of game modes, and it could have used more content.
    That said, let us get to the    Let us get the bad out of the way first: There is a lack of game modes, and it could have used more content.
    That said, let us get to the positives: The Game is actually pretty great! It is a arena fighter in the style of the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm series, but with improved controls and battle mechanics. You have 3 different Ground Attack Strings, Neutral (which can be cancelled with either a special attack or a dash cancel to combo into other attacks), tilt up (The string ends with a attack that sends the opponent into the air, which can also be followed up) and tilt down (a strong combo ending move, that will hard knock down the opponent, making it unable to combo after it, but gives you room to recover Special meter, gain distance or simply use it if you have no more meter to spend to extend the string anyway). You also have a strong attack by tilting forward and press attack the same time, which can be charged and gives Super Armor during the charge up and most of the animation, but can be punished hard if whiffed.
    Each character also has access to three special attacks, neutral, tilt, and guard + special attack.
    You also have a Super Meter that can be raised up to three bars. You can use that to either Boost yourself and/or use an ultimate.
    Ultimates will always use up all bars you currently have. You only need one to activate and use it, but the more meter you have, the stronger the ultimate becomes.
    Or you use it for "Boost". "Boost"costs one meter and it will buff all your attacks for some time and it will replenish your blue special metter that you have to use for special attacks and dodge cancels, and you movement speed increases. You will also get a special combo finisher for your ground neutral combo, however it will cause a knock down so you can't combo after it, but it deals good damage as has quite some reach!

    Using "Boost" costs one Super meter. So if you have 2 Meters you can use "Boost", and also an ultimate. It will be just a level one ultimate, but it will be much stronger thanks to surge.
    Or you can use your second Meter to go into "Surge" mode.

    "Surge" is like the Awakening State in the Ninja Storm series. "Surge" can be used after "Boost", it won't last as long but it will give you infinite Special Meter, and further boosts your power. If you have 3 full Super Meters, you can use "Boost" first, use it until it is shortly from running out, then use "Surge" to stay buffed and then you can still use a Level 1 Ultimate that is almost as strong as a Level 3 Ultimate.

    You also can use Assist characters! The assist you choose can use two of his three special attacks (usually neutral special and tilt special), depending on if you input the Assist character button on neutral or when you tilt it. You can also hold the Assist button to tag switch with your partner. Each Assist attack or switch cost 1 Bar of the assist bar, of which you have two bars. Finally you can also use two assists bars when you are trapped in an opponents combo to have your assist save you from the combo.

    The Story Mode of the game is pretty nice! The graphics and animations are beautiful and look almost like being directly out of the anime. Also pretty much everything is inside this game in terms of story, and what is not in the ingame cutscenes comes with little "Skits" that show what else happened.

    The Roster consists of 11 Character, 1 alternate version of the main character with a completely different moveset and 6 "School" variants for some characters, that are having the same moveset as the regular ones but with different ultimates. SO the roster is "Technically" 18 Characters. Not the biggest roster but still a good one!

    Additionally, we will get 6 FREE DLC Characters too, so free content is also coming!

    Overall the game is great, but if you are not a Fan, and just casually enjoy the series, I say wait until it gets a but cheaper or get it used, since the lack of content might be off putting to some. For actual fans this is a must have!    … Full Review »
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