Homura Hime
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Critic Reviews for Homura Hime
For an indie game, the boss fights are really, really good. It's fun having the boss go "movie mode" on the player when they catch them in an attack, and the parrying feels really enjoyable. The fighting to get there, though, is average at best, and the platforming borders on horrendous for how often buttons don't prompt on a teleport-jump, or the dash falls slightly short, leading to unnecessary frustration. At the current price point, Homura Hime is a bit tough to recommend, but will be worth it on a sale.
Though the pacing can feel like it is padding for time, and its smaller fights can be a little repetitive, Homura Hime really picks up in its exciting boss fights, serving as a parry-heavy hack-and-slash game with cinematic moments and bullet-hell elements that challenge your mastery of the mechanics. Though a bit short, Homura Hime is well worth its asking price and should especially appeal to fans of its anime aesthetic and score-chasing design.
Homura Hime is a great game to play, yet I have a few notes that I hope get fixed either before the review goes up or after. The game ran smoothly during the cutscenes and when going through the different levels. Yet, I feel like there should be a bit more work on the hub itself. Not because of the design, but because my frames hit the ground. I honestly think it was because of the jellyfish swimming around so close to the hub itself. It didn’t matter if it was on my PC or Steam Deck, but it chugged hard only in the hub. Other than that issue, this game would have our platinum. However the hub was my only negative issue with the game due to the huge frame drop. Even with all that, you should still get this game because of Crimson Dusk creativity, amazing attention to detail and forgiving gameplay. I give Homura Hime the Thumb Culture Gold Award.
I want to like Homura Hime a lot more than I actually do. It doesn’t have the type of patently obvious mistakes that the bad sorts of action games have, and I can tell the creators were genuinely trying to make a game that can stand next to the greats of the character action subgenre. It gets a lot of the important macro details right with its presentation and overall feel. It just misses on a lot of the finer and subtler elements that take enough away from the game to make it harder to recommend. The platforming doesn’t do enough to keep the repetitious enemy mob encounters from feeling stagnant, and the misused parry system dampens the impact of what should have made for significantly more fun bosses. The story never really elevates the game due to direction and writing choices that don’t really stick the landing on the game’s twists or emotional components. There’s a modest amount of enjoyment to be had with this game, and it’s certainly competent, but it never quite graduates from adequate into the realm of standout.
Homura Hime is a slick hack-and-slash and bullet hell hybrid that naturally forces you to think in both mindsets at once. It’s a game that, beneath its vibrant designs and bright color palette, lies a surprisingly dark story filled with genuine shock value. It may not reinvent the genre, but it executes its ideas with enough confidence to leave a lasting impression.
Strangely inviting due to one of the most forgiving parry systems imaginable, Homura Hime is a really cute game, managing to offer fun through competent and fluid gameplay, although it would benefit from more challenge aimed at the more experienced players in the genre.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Homura Hime is an extremely entertaining indie action RPG, thanks to a formula that blends high-speed character action combat with intense 3D bullet hell mechanics. Inspired by titles such as NieR: Automata and Bayonetta, the game focuses on spectacular combos, accessible but technical parries, and closed arena battles that reward aggression and precision. The protagonist, an exorcist known as the Princess of Flame, faces archdemons born of distorted emotions in a narrative that intertwines Japanese folklore and psychological introspection. Artistically, the anime aesthetic is meticulously detailed and enriched by high-quality Japanese voice acting. Originally a student project, the title demonstrates ambition and a clear stylistic identity.
Review in Italian | Read full review
There’s certainly plenty of fun to be had with Homura Hime, but there are games I’d rather play when I’m in the mood for some chaos and a challenge.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
