As someone who played the Storm series until recently, the game definitely has similarities on the surface in more ways than one, but that's about it. The combat is great, far better than the Storm series just for not having projectiles, items, and substitution. Parrying an attack is far more satisfying.

However, the roster is quite small, even with the DLC that's going to be coming out. Also, some characters (like Hinokami Tanjiro and the Academy characters) shouldn't be taking up separate character slots, and should have taken a hint from the Storm series on that notion (ie; Chidori True Spear Sasuke and Kirin Sasuke). The story mode looked beautiful, but that's all it had going for it. Some segments felt like hallway simulators that could have literally been a cutscene rather than teasing you with a short burst of walking/running. I honestly wish the story could have branched out passed the anime and come up with some original stuff, but the only original thing was the ending dream fight between Tanjiro and Rengoku, which was fantastic.

One other small problem I have is the lack of battle customization outside of online multiplayer, especially compared to the Storm series. You are unable to choose 1v2 CPU matches in offline play, and Practice mode settings lack depth.

Overall, I wish the game took more risks, maybe even allow you to change certain events of the story (like saving Rengoku instead of him dying to Akaza) like other fighting games have done (DBZ for example). Following the source material to a T makes for a boring experience and a meh roster for a fighting game. I also wish the roster was a tad bigger without having to rely on the same characters, just with different clothes/lines/ultimates, and that there were more locations to fight in (why can't we fight in the locales that we do for demon missions?).

Anyways, I'd reccomend getting the game if you're a fan of the show or you want some fun combat similar yet very different to the Storm series, just make sure there is a sale first.

As someone who played the Storm series until recently, the game definitely has similarities on the surface in more ways than one, but that's about it. The combat is great, far better than the Storm series just for not having projectiles, items, and substitution. Parrying an attack is far more satisfying.However, the roster is quite small, even with the DLC that's going to be coming out. Also, some characters (like Hinokami Tanjiro and the Academy characters)&nbsp;shouldn't be taking up separate character slots, and should have taken a hint from the Storm series on that notion (ie; Chidori True Spear Sasuke and Kirin Sasuke). The story mode looked beautiful, but that's all it had going for it. Some segments felt like hallway simulators that could have literally been a cutscene rather than teasing you with a short burst of walking/running. I honestly wish the story could have branched out passed the anime and come up with some original stuff, but the only original thing was the ending dream fight between Tanjiro and Rengoku, which was fantastic. One other small problem I have is the lack of battle customization outside of online multiplayer, especially compared to the Storm series. You are unable to choose 1v2 CPU matches in offline play, and Practice mode settings lack depth.Overall, I wish the game took more risks, maybe even allow you to change certain events of the story (like saving Rengoku instead of him dying to Akaza) like other fighting games have done (DBZ for example). Following the source material to a T makes for a boring experience and a meh roster for a fighting game. I also wish the roster was a tad bigger without having to rely on the same characters, just with different clothes/lines/ultimates, and that there were more locations to fight in (why can't we fight in the locales that we do for demon missions?). Anyways, I'd reccomend getting the game if you're a fan of the show or you want some fun combat similar yet very different to the Storm series, just make sure there is a sale first.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Hinokami Keppuutan