Some Demons are entirely too large, too quick or too forceful to just attack head on. Keeping the game in a three-dimensional format as opposed to side scrolling allows the players to find various ways to defeat the Demon. From the Swamp Demon to Enmu, the developers took time to not only make the boss battles interactive with the Demon’s Blood Demon Art, but also make them challenging and multidimensional. The Hinokam i Chronicles really took special care to boss battles and did justice to the form. Beast Breathing and the Wonderful World of These Handsĭemon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles Whether you’re helping out the locals with Tanjiro, sliding through the crevices on the streets of Asakusa, or judging Zenitsu for throwing himself at women, each level is a snapshot of your favorite scenes come alive.

Instead, each level has exploratory aspects. This is not an open world RPG where you trek through Tokyo during the Taisho period. Instead in Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles you get to control some of your favorite characters and walk through the scenery. In many cases players would get manga style cut scenes, followed by a fight inspired by the dialogue.

Many anime video games give you the notable boards, the character depictions and the move sets but they don’t give you the ability to play through the scenes. One of the grabbing points of the anime is the art style, and you do not miss out on that to say the least. But Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles sets the example of what a breakout anime video game should be like. References to the manga does not appear in the game in order to not spoil the arcs and characters that will appear in future seasons. Now to be specific this is catered to folks who watch the anime. The Hinokami Chronicles walked up to the scene and said “You want fanfare, I’ll give you fanfare” then gave us a traveling cart of playable content. All I wanted to do was go around panicking and slicing as Zenitsu, slicing and dicing as Nezuko, and go on a quest with the best boy anime has to offer Tanjiro Kamado* (debateable in comparison to Izuku Midoriya but I digress). It was a good deal of fun being able to face off against familiar demon enemies, but after it’s all said and done, Story Mode has no real replayable value.As a Kimetsu no Yaiba fan, you don’t understand how long I’ve been waiting for this game to drop. All up, the entirety of Story Mode takes about 10 hours to complete. The only other interaction is some dialogue between NPCs. There are indeed beautiful areas to wander through in the game, but there’s a real lack of anything substantial to do outside of storyline events.

I feel the developers have missed a great opportunity to let players explore the world of Demon Slayer a bit more. All locations for these collectables become visible on the maps for each area, so there’s no real need or desire to keep a lookout for them along the way. “Kimetsu Points” can be collected to unlock reward panels and extras, while “Memory Fragments” can be collected to view small anime-still segments that narrate more of the story not shown in-game and characters’ pasts. In each area, you’ll be able to find collectables to unlock certain features for Story and Arena Modes.

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