Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles

 PlayStation 5
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 57 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 57
  3. Negative: 9 out of 57

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  1. dangyosabyss
    Oct 16, 2021
    6
    Pros: Beautiful graphics, Fan-pleasing content, Better combat than Ninja Storm games
    Cons: Shallow gameplay sections, Incoming microtransactions, Butchered cast, Graphical effects can be blinding at times
    It is a fun game but suffers from a lack of content and looming microtransactions that make the full price tag feel too much. The graphical style is great but the game is an arena    Pros: Beautiful graphics, Fan-pleasing content, Better combat than Ninja Storm games
    Cons: Shallow gameplay sections, Incoming microtransactions, Butchered cast, Graphical effects can be blinding at times

    It is a fun game but suffers from a lack of content and looming microtransactions that make the full price tag feel too much. The graphical style is great but the game is an arena fighter with some tacked-on 'walk in a straight line' missions. There is a part where you walk in a straight line while some dialogue plays and you can pick up 2 items directly in front of you. Megaselling Ghibli Slayer or not - this is bad 'gameplay'. Cutscenes transformed into walking sessions for the player are only there to give the illusion of content and they need to go. There is some beautiful gaming here but unfortunately it is right next to some of the laziest and worst examples of modern gaming. If they copypasted this graphical style onto a Sekiro engine it would print money (assuming they added a Games Journalist Easy Mode for non hardcore gamer fans).    … Expand
  2. JavierRuiz
    Nov 1, 2021
    7
    Lo mejor: adaptación muy fiel al anime, incluye la primera temporada (6 capítulos) y la película del tren infinito (2 capítulos) . Combate divertido y vistoso, gran recreación de las batallas contra los jefes demonio.
    Lo peor: sus mecánicas simples pueden no satisfacer a todo el mundo, uso nulo de la vibración o dual sense en ps5, se echa en falta más variedad de actividades (mini juegos    Lo mejor: adaptación muy fiel al anime, incluye la primera temporada (6 capítulos) y la película del tren infinito (2 capítulos) . Combate divertido y vistoso, gran recreación de las batallas contra los jefes demonio.
    Lo peor: sus mecánicas simples pueden no satisfacer a todo el mundo, uso nulo de la vibración o dual sense en ps5, se echa en falta más variedad de actividades (mini juegos escasos), poca exploración.

    Conclusión: buen juego que cumple con los objetivos que se propone, pero con falta de ambición, lo que hace que sea recomendable fundamentalmente para los fans del manga-anime.    … Expand
  3. xiaolinstyle
    Jan 18, 2023
    5
    This game leaves a lot to be desired.

    Single player has some interesting content but pretty much just hits the same story beats as the anime. Boss fights toward the end are very poorly done and will definitely frustrate the player. Demons throughout the story mode rely to an almost absurd degree on huge uninterruptible attacks, and enormous health pools making the fights hugely unfair    This game leaves a lot to be desired.

    Single player has some interesting content but pretty much just hits the same story beats as the anime. Boss fights toward the end are very poorly done and will definitely frustrate the player. Demons throughout the story mode rely to an almost absurd degree on huge uninterruptible attacks, and enormous health pools making the fights hugely unfair and tiresome. This also makes story mode unlike any fight you will have in versus despite looking the same.

    More than half of the roster must be unlocked through story mode with certain requirements for each. 11 of the 31 characters are alternates, meaning there are only 20 unique playable characters WITH the DLC.

    Online play is just bad. Most matches have significant hitching/skipping and they will often crash leaving you with a disconnected count.

    The bones of a decent anime fighter are here but the significant balancing issues, online problems, and just plain greedy monetization make this a pass for all but the most dedicated fans of the anime.    … Expand
  4. RedFoxx98
    Sep 5, 2022
    7
    The game is fun, the combat is deep enough for the roster of characters it has and the visuals are really good, CyberConnect2 knows how to do an anime character rendered in 3D look 2D.

    That being said the game really lacks in world exploration and navigation, it felt like a chore to go around every level and collect every memory fragment, kimetsu points and other events. The roaster    The game is fun, the combat is deep enough for the roster of characters it has and the visuals are really good, CyberConnect2 knows how to do an anime character rendered in 3D look 2D.

    That being said the game really lacks in world exploration and navigation, it felt like a chore to go around every level and collect every memory fragment, kimetsu points and other events.

    The roaster of characters is a mixed bag to me: on one hand each character plays very differently from the others, but on the other I feel that it needs to get bigger fast. Maybe a DLC with yet to animate characters from the next arc in the manga (like Muichiro and Mitsuri) could help with this problem. So the quality of the characters move sets are good (better than in Ultimate Ninja Storm 4), but the quantity could be better.

    Something else this game lacks besides characters is game modes, like a tournament mode or a mode in which one has to manage themselves against multiple demons (or demon slayers) at an arena at the same time, or something akin to bloody palace from Devil May Cry. Something else could´ve been done, but it wasn´t done and that disappoints me.

    Overall it is a good game, it just lacks content to keep playing it after finishing the story and S ranking it (not that it doesn´t have any, it just lacks more)    … Expand

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69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Cubed3
    May 30, 2023
    50
    Series fans will find something to enjoy, yet those simply looking a fighting experience with friends will find this to be frustrating. Considering the studio's history, and the nature of the source material, this could be a natural win, but this is something that is fundamentally flawed. The Story Mode balancing results in far too little actual gameplay, and too much time on slow plodding wanderings through uninspired areas. When it comes to the actual playing, the combat is just as flawed as the rest of it all. Slow, easy to abuse, and repetitive. The only saving graces are the retelling of the source material itself along with the combination of the signature CyberConnect cinematic battles. It's such a shame, but it seems CyberConnect has gone backwards with this adaptation, losing every step of progress they moved on with each subsequent iteration of the Ninja Storm series. Thankfully, the huge popularity of the series almost guarantees there'll be more to come with this series, and CyberConnect may have the chance to revisit the world of Demon Slayer.
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  2. GameMAG
    Dec 20, 2021
    50
    If you really want to try out Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles, just wait for the next sale. At this state the feels more like a prototype. CyberConnect2 can certainly do better.
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  3. PLAY! Zine
    Nov 16, 2021
    70
    When the quality over quantity recipe goes too far, you get The Hinokami Chronicles. A visually stunning game based on a renowned anime, that painfully yearns for more content. It is full of forced activities that are there only to prolong the experience. Yet, the sides of it that shine are absolutely stunning. Not to mention that if you are a fan of the series, it will probably blow your mind.
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