The world of manganime has expanded abruptly in recent years. Far from being on the stage of simple drawings, Japanese works have expanded in many countries at a frenetic rate, managing to rise with works that are authentic hits at the cinema box office and that will reach the top positions in the most popular books. sold of the week.
Kimetsu no Yaiba, or Guardians of the Night as it is known in Spain, has been one of the many manga that has achieved success both in Japanese lands and in the West, which has led to its expansion not only reaching bookstores and the cinemas of various countries, but now also intends to make a game between the shelves of the players. Koyoharu Gotouge’s work borders on an outstanding level in almost its entirety, will the video game be able to be faithful in this regard? We tell you below in our analysis of The Night’s Watch: Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles for Xbox Series X | S.
Loyalty squared
When we think of a game based on an anime or manga work, the first thing we expect as players is that the title is able to show the events of the work in a reliable way, unless we come across titles that aim to offer a completely original experience. As well, Guardians of the Night: Kimetsu No Yaiba is a perfectly faithful product to the anime on which it is based, offering exactly the same events that we find in Koyoharu’s work.
The title will feature the leading role of Tanjirō Kamado, a young man who sees his family tragically being completely murdered, and whose only survivor is his sister Nezuko, who after surviving the attack becomes a demon lacking any hint of humanity. less at first. After surviving their confrontation, Tanjirō is able to make her sister regain her composure, preventing her from attacking humans and falling prey to the curse for life. In order to save his sister, Tanjirō will venture on a path with the firm objective of trying to save his sister, for which he must enter the body of Demon Hunter and face a multitude of dangers, as well as engage great friendships.
This is where the adventure of the game begins, where we will incarnate Tanjirō throughout 9 chapters that will cover the arcs that have been adapted to date in the anime of the work. As with other work done by the folks at Cyberconnect, the story structure will work by using small sections of open areas, where we can control our character and collect collectibles.
We are not, far from it, before an open world in which there are great elements of exploration, but before levels that will serve more as a narrative resource to resemble the work and put us in context than as a purely playable element. From our point of view, it is something that is appreciated, since the formula used in other titles of the Japanese study, where we were only facing a succession of battles, would have sat much worse.
Second position: Water Wheel
If the people of Cyberconnect 2 are characterized by something, it is by achieving titles that feel tremendously faithful to the controls regarding the works they adapt, and that is exactly what happens here. Guardians of the Night: Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Chronicles of Hinokomi is a title capable of making us feel within the work of Koyoharu Gotouge.
Although the battle system takes on the appearance of simplicity, with X as a button to perform physical attacks, Y for special attacks, B to dodge or run towards our enemies and A to jump, the title can be a difficult challenge to master on high difficulties and, above all, in online confrontations.
As seen in the Naruto Shippuden franchise: Ultimate Ninja Storm, in Guardians of the Night: Kimetsu no Yaiba we will have round 3D scenarios, which will allow us to move with some freedom while we try to kill our enemy. Following again the similarity with the aforementioned franchise, once we finish the combat we will receive a rating of our combat, which will be of great importance to unlock elements and achievements.
It is important to highlight the presence of final bosses in story mode, which will involve completely differentiated phases, where, as seen in the Naruto titles, we must pay special attention to the behavior pattern of our enemies.
The people of Cyberconnect 2 once again demonstrate the care they put into their work, offering a game that is playably faithful to what is seen on television, with movements traced to those of the series, offering the level of spectacularity that every fan of the franchise will know that it is capable of offering. This makes the combat system not only fun to play, but also enjoyable in the eyes of anyone watching the title.
Finally, and moving away from the story mode, the title offers a versus mode where we will not only be able to face the CPU, but also other players either in local or online mode. How it hits, currently the title only has 13 characters unlocked When we finish the main story, a somewhat concise figure given the range of characters offered by other franchises, but which, as the study has already confirmed, will be expanded later with both free and paid DLC.
Oil on canvas
Artistically, Guardians of the Night: Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Hinokomi Chronicles It is one of the most beautiful anime games that you can see on your consoles. The result offered by Cyberconnect 2 has absolutely nothing to envy to the adaptation made by Ufotable, with a visual level capable of leaving us speechless.
As we have commented, the confrontations offer a spectacular result, thanks to how well the most characteristic movements of the characters have been transmitted on screen. In addition, there will be several occasions in which, during the cinematics of the story mode, it seems that we are facing a chapter of the anime, something that, given its quality, is really remarkable.
However, the technical section of the game overshadows the final result, since currently the title only works at 30fps, something remarkable, since most fighting games tend to offer a higher rate. Of course, the company confirmed that in the future there will be a patch for new generation consoles where we will have 60 fps, which will undoubtedly improve the experience.
Finally, it is important to highlight the sound section, which has a Japanese dubbing identical to that seen in the anime. In addition, the title has several sound pieces present in the anime, which further increases that feeling of fidelity with respect to Ufotable’s work, although it does not mean that it also has its own compositions that work like a charm. All this is accompanied by texts perfectly translated into Spanish.
Conclusions
Guardians of the Night: Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Hinokomi Chronicles it is a work tremendously faithful to anime. Its beautiful visual section is already a point in favor of wanting to make us enjoy the title, which accompanied by a combat system that, although simple, is difficult to master, will give many other entertainment to fans of this type of game.
The title is the perfect way to relive the adventure of Tanjirō Kamado, now that there are only a few weeks left before the second season of the anime returns to the scene. In addition, having the possibility of living with our own hands some of the most iconic moments that anime has given in recent years, is a reason to take into account when considering buying this title.