>>1090075 Just so you know, one-liner/low effort OPs are almost always anchored here.

>>1090132 Understandable. I'll make it nicer next time

>>1090075 Day 8! Give it up for day 8!

>>1090075 Didn't he say we was depressed or going to neck himself or something on twitter?

>>1090227 Only if the game doesn't sell well. He took out a massive loan to fund this game's development. And the loansharks are closing in.

New HL xitter promo; Takumi trying to convince Gaku to join. https://x.com/hundred_line/status/1912113680185180576 >>1090186 Glad to see you. >>1090227 >going to neck himself Fake screenshot. But he is threatening to retire if this game doesn't sell well. Uchikoshi tried telling him to stop being so dramatic but he's really betting everything on this succeeding

Not buying this because of the pozzed localization with the "egg" line. Might pirate if I'm bored enough.

>>1090075 >We'll experience the final, wildest ride from kodaka off-4chan Kinda fitting desu, i'll absolutely be picking it up, maybe not on release but it's on the list.

>>1090273 The egg line was cringe, but the game is going to be 100 times better than Danganronpa.

A nip who went to the recent exhibition and played past the demo said there was a 'tear-jerking' scene with Gaku early in the story. >>1090281 >maybe not on release Shouldn't take long for it to go on sale. They're pretty desperate >>1090297 This will easily BTFO Danganronpa. Kodaka himself is saying this is his best work now

>I'm a wrestler, but I still cry... I'm a girl after all >So even *you* cry...

I was afraid I wouldn't have anyone to talk about HL with when it releases, good to see you fags again. >>1092199 Cute!

7 days left. Today is Takumi's birthday. Someone who played the extended demo just spoiled everything from day 8-17. Read at your own risk: https://x.com/nyakunyakuGO/status/1911859172062449669 >>1095778 Glad you could make it. Seems like 4chan will be down for at least 2 more weeks(?)

>>1095778 >I was afraid I wouldn't have anyone to talk about HL We're too scattered sadly.

HL daily video; Takumi overwhelmed by Invaders until Yugamu shows up. https://x.com/hundred_line/status/1912476078599487669 >>1096935 Unfortunately, it's likely that most of our posters aren't bothering with altchans This thread will probably be dead by tomorrow so I'll make the OP /100l/

>Kill, kill, huh? >Good grief, indeed… The joke is that "kill kill" and "good grief" are both pronounced the same (yare yare) not a fan of jumping between 8ch and the sharty so I'll stay on the latter

WHERE IS /drg/

Oh it's on that retarded soyjack site, really? Embarrassing.

>>1104326 >sharty My condolences.

Handred Line can be completed before 4chan comes back

Found you

6 days left. Less than a week... Takemaru grooms trains Shouma https://x.com/hundred_line/status/1912838458047185144

>>1112175 It's so weird seeing the midget in a wifebeater.

>>1106927 >>1107038 You don't need /drg/ you got us now.

>>1109657 There's a good chance that you might be able to.

>this one and expedition 33 Holy shit

>>1115187 Is Expedition33 that good, I've seen like three anons excited for it.

>>1115203 I don't know, not out yet but looks good

This game can't release fast enough man.

>>1118493 I'll donate 2 dollars to Kodaka if he releases it right now

>>1118840 He could really use the money, he might do it lol.

Reddit individual translating the Famitsu article. Kodaka confirms intention for the S2L students to be more eccentric, and every writer gave their thoughts on the characters. Uchikoshi's favorite is Darumi, Oyama prefers Yugamu, etc. https://www.reddit.com/r/LastDefenseAcademy/comments/1k1kzh5/writing_team_interview_from_famitsu_issue_1895/ >>1119086 Pick up the phone Kodaka...

>Let me customize that bike! >Don't come near my partner...!

>>1119805 >Magadori and Oosuzuki as a duo. They have so much chemistry that any idea I could have naturally converted into fun dialogue when put to paper. Already loved them from that one panel comic, can't wait. >he(Yugamu) became so heavily featured on my routes that you could easily assume Omokage is the main love interest of the game That one Yugamufag's gonna be ecstatic about this. >didn't you have a rough time with Ginzaki? I remember you running out of self-deprecation vocabulary to use at some point. >Togawa: We all researched that independently, meaning Ginzaki's self-debasing lexicon will be very different from route to route. kek >Oyama was a computer-illiterate man who only ever used MS Word. Nonetheless, when he discovered the joy of assigning visual assets to his lines of text, he evolved at breakneck speeds. Heartwarming stuff. >women complaining about Kodaka's sex jokes while leaving Uchikoshi's alone Giving me huge HELLO HR?! vibes kek This was a cool and actually pretty insightful interview, thanks for linking it.

>>1122990 >That one Yugamufag's gonna be ecstatic about this Yugamusisters have been winning big these past few days. iirc the Famitsu article also mentioned him being in a sort of heroine role lmao

5 days left. Hiruko asks Takumi for something https://x.com/hundred_line/status/1913200850643853554

>>1130661 >キスして Is Takumi cheating on Karua? [spoiler]Romance routes confirmed?

>>1131808 Aieeeeee I thought spoilers worked without closing like 4chink

>>1131808 Takumi's the school bike. Cheating is natural for him. You can spoilertag by using two asterisks before and after the thing you want to hide

I'm very excited for this game I hope it doesn't disappoint

>>1132820 Screw bike, he's a whole bus at this point. I like typing out the tag manually but this is nice too >>1133915 I wanna keep my expectations low but Kodaka's really selling it.

>>1133981 Why is the thread autosaged?

>>1134157 Apparently my OP is too low effort. I'll make a new one today I guess when it hits page 19 or something

Seems like HL will release much earlier on the Switch. A little annoying...

I fucking hate that this game exists. A worse fire emblem, another pointless not!Danganronpa game with similar plotlines when he could focus on Master Detective Archives or better yet, make another Danganronpa game. Fangames like the Another Duology and the upcoming Eden Garden, Kill/Cure or even indies like Kumitantei entertain me much more.

My hype level started off as Must Buy and it went progressively downhill the more got released about the game until the lackluster demo dropped it to Pirate Unless Proven Otherwise. I bought Rain Code sight unseen on release and was happy — even though it was downgrade from Danganronpa it was still good in its own ways; the demo makes it look worse in basically EVERY way. If the story turns out to be great then I’ll buy it and start over but based on that demo I can’t justify paying money for it. I fear the reason why Kodaka has been doomposting is because he KNOWS it’s a bad game.

>>1135771 >the lackluster demo dropped it to Pirate Unless Proven Otherwise What didn't you like about it? I'll admit the gameplay was a little too simple for me but I enjoyed it and trailers show it getting way more complicated. I'd argue that just the demo is a cut above Rain Code but that's just me. >Kodaka has been doomposting is because he KNOWS it’s a bad game He's been begging a lot because so much is riding on this shit but yeah it's retarded. Word of mouth and streamers will help this game sell. I don't trust the opinion of journos but so far this game has received nothing but positive reviews

>>1135771 if you liked rain code your standards are so low there no way you'll dislike this game.

I'm heavily looking forward to this game. I'm pirating the XCI once it leaks so I can take better screenshots than my switch.

>Trash should act like trash and stay in the trashcan... >Shouma-kun, come on out...

>>1134829 A much needed win for the SwitchChads. You PC guys got the demo much earlier than us, so it's fair. :^)

>>1139465 >>1135771 >>1130661 >>1119805 >>1112175 >>1098548 >>1096122 >>1090297 >>1090261 <hype <cringe <*chads Ebonics and direct linking to Retarddit and Xitter are not appropriate in a school environment! https://nitter.poast.org/ https://reddit.adminforge.de/

>>1139465 That's fair but won't it cause issues? I suppose an hour or two difference wouldn't hurt but 13? PC players are gonna get raped with spoilers >>1139563 I apologize.

>>1139800 If I can avoid spoilers for months when the demo came out. You guys can avoid spoilers for half a day. It's not that bad.

>>1139842 I don't mind but I know there's chronically online types who are gonna get really anal and start bitching. But I'd actually love it if Switch users posted their findings here (appropriately spoilertagged, of course)

>>1139465 >about to complain about no digital release in chinese >check eshop prices >it's up now Fugg I've already bought it on Steam.

the GAMEPLAY looks absolutely ASS. The scale of everything is too small (1-3 damage every time seriously?) it doesn't feel good to play, Maybe the story is good and you can treat it as a VN? naaaaah it's a spike chunsoft game so the translation is gonna be super burgerized trannylation, so I won't touch that shit.

>>1139899 >Fugg I've already bought it on Steam You can still refund it, no? >>1140002 >The scale of everything is too small It progressively gets bigger but I get what you mean. I knew the demo like the back of my hand by my 2nd playthrough; too easy and seems to be designed for casuals first >it's a spike chunsoft game No

>>1140002 >The scale of everything is too small I'm pretty sure the scale will increase as the game progresses. Like for example when the game starts out with only 4 fighters, the battlefield is very small and limited. But in clips where you have the entire cast to play with at once the battlefield is huge and you have more ways to approach the fights.

>>1140048 >You can still refund it, no? Yeah but now I have to debate between which version to get again. I am not a very decisive man.

>>1140146 Just choose which device you'd prefer to play it on. Or you could get the Switch version and pirate it on PC, you already gave Kodaka your money anyways

Why does everyone hate Rain Code?

>>1140243 Never played it. It just didn't interest me like Danganronpa and Hundred Line did.

>>1140185 Actually yeah that's true. I'll try the demo to see how the performance is and get it on Switch if it runs fine. If it actually does have 100 routes/endings I'll probably want it portable anyway.

>>1140243 I like it

>>1140048 This is spiritually a spike chunsoft game the """"""""translation"""""""" can't be good.

do I need to beat the demo to transfer my save or can I stop at any point?

>>1140893 You can stop at any point, all of your saves get transferred. But you might as well finish it.

>>1140243 I like it

3rd Plebbit Famitsu translation. Kodaka confirmed a route where everyone lives. There's also thoughts for a sequel, so Hundred Line 2: Goodbye Despair will be real... https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/LastDefenseAcademy/comments/1k2fqw3/writing_team_interview_from_famitsu_issue_1895/ >>1140377 There's like one actually pozzed line in the demo but people are saying the localization is good in the full game. We'll see

I cant stand this kind of burgerization

>>1141396 >There's also thoughts for a sequel cart before horse >the localization is good ok Anny (TL note: anon-kun)

>>1141396 >There's also thoughts for a sequel, so Hundred Line 2: Goodbye Despair will be real... Like I said back on 4chan, this game will get at least 2 sequels for sure.

>>1141396 >The answer to the question of "what is the battle functionality of sacrificing your friends in THL?" is one that spent a lot of time in the oven. I believe that when you reach the ending, you'll come out of it feeling that this mechanic made the narrative far more immersive. Sounds like you're meant to be using those death skills but I'm still curious if killing your pawns nilly willy will affect choices/endings. >There is one stand-out character among the enemy Commanders and Oyama was excitedly imagining a story where this one wins. Hmmmmmm

>>1141396 >Sequel planned already

>>1141422 >TL note: anon-kun Ermm she acktually says Ta-kun in the original, not Takumi-kun, so the nickname is appropriately localized considering it's a childhood nickname >>1141433 I like the idea of every character getting a VN about their past like Hiruko. I feel the more eccentric types like Yugamu and Kyoshika would benefit the most >>1141484 >killing your pawns nilly willy will affect choices/endings I very much believe it well. He did say that the mechanic makes the narrative "far more immersive" after all

>>1141540 or just write Takkun? I'll never understand why ironic weebs westoids and especially danganfags are so allergic towards japaneseness in japanese-made products despite (allegedly) being a fan. Most lines in this game seem to be unvoiced so there's no way to confirm the faithfulness of the TL by playing it in EN. but removal of honorifics, americanization of speech quirks and usage of tranny jargons are pretty much huge red flags already. Maybe if this game turns out to be actually good, I'd play it in JP, but so far the premise is meh, gameplay combat is meh and the 100 endings gimmick sounds like a tedious grind.

>>1141540 >VN Isn't it just a book? But yeah it'd be nice to have more background stuff or even what-ifs. >>1141629 If it matters to you (it doesn't) the Chinese version is similar to Takky or whatever the EN nickname is. His name is 拓海, CN goes with 阿拓 (like a-ta or a-taku). "A" is commonly used in nicknames in actual Chinese, and if they were to use a more "faithful" version of Takkun it would be 拓君, which I'm sure you can read in nip because it's also what Chinese weeaboos like to convert -kun into. So in this case every other localization has the same issue of being "unfaithful" because they're translated for native speakers instead of weebs, and I'm sure the eventual yuro and gook localizations will also have something similar.

>>1141484 >allergic towards japaneseness in japanese-made products I'm not? I'd honestly prefer if they used honorifics but they aren't, so Takky is the best choice considering their decision. I don't necessarily agree with it. You're starting to sound like a certain bad-faith poster from 4/v/ >>1141734 >Isn't it just a book? Oh, it might be actually. It says "digital novel", but I've read many people saying it's a VN. And that tidbit about the CN version is interesting, localization is very nuanced. I recently read a dumblr post breaking down how hard it is to localize Yugamu's speech because he constantly replaces や (ya) with 殺 (ya) which means to kill, so in English you'd need to find killing puns for whatever he says or something.

actually done with the demo >humanity went almost extinct because of alien invasion >survivors are living in a shelter city, memory-wiped and oblivious about everything >kids from the city are chosen to fight against aliens in secret >aliens are actually humanoid and probably close to humans or possibly even humans themselves Ok so this is just Megaton Musashi with much worse everything? At least in Musashi you actually get to live in the town and interact with bunch of townpeople, but here you're stuck in school with other annoying kids for 100 days. Aliens in Megaton are intelligent species that interact with each other and the MC group a lot, while here they don't even speak our language AND most of them are mobs of tiny gremlin critters and little blobs. There's no way I can take them seriously. Also, combat sucks. really bad.

>>1142860 >live in the town and interact with bunch of townpeople overselling it a bit, aren't you

Chances anything will be done in terms of the trannyslation?`I dont think my N4 reading comprehension will suffice to play the game and understand it fully.

>>1143853 doubt it. dangan fanbase genuinely love this kind of translation style.

>>1141844 >Yugamu's speech Oh yeah I'm very interested in seeing what translations do for this. >>1142860 Man I wish I had the mecha tism, MM seems like a fun game with lots of customization.

>>1143639 nah The town has a lot of areas, each with multiple townspeople NPCs and a lot of sidequests involving them. A lot of NPCs also have their own little story that get updated after every major story event, like an oblivious toy-obsessed boy and a tsundere girl crushing on him, or a teenage girl standing in front of a maid cafe too embarrassed to go in etc etc. The town in Megaton Musashi is full of life. Despite the similar setting/premise, 100-Line seems to be the complete opposite of that since the town is pretty much pointless. we don't even get to see it outside the animated intro cutscene.

>>1144141 >similar setting/premise Not really? The focus is clearly on the kids being brought to this random school in fuck you nowhere and finding that there's no way out. The school is the equivalent of MM's town, except it's about as exciting to explore as a MH hub.

>>1144228 >The focus is clearly on the kids being brought to this random school in fuck you nowhere and finding that there's no way out From the demo (5 hours), the premise is "live in the school, defend it from the invading aliens or else humanity is doomed. survive 100 days and you can go back to your normal life"

Thought this thread was autosaging, did the mods take pity or was it just active enough desu.

I'm worried that the combat sections will make the game drag a lot if you want to replay to get all endings

Should I buy the Digital Deluxe Edition?

When the character art released, who else had their interest level take a big hit? They’re like if you made randomized AI art from Komatsuzaki’s style instead of Komatsuzaki creating the characters. I’m not saying that’s what it is but it’s really off-putting. Why is Hundred-Line alone of all the games with the same artist which looks like this? Generic / boring / ugly etc are not characteristics I’d ever assigned to them in the past, wtf is going on?

>>1145804 They prioritized Tribe Nine

>>1145804 Rui is running out of ideas after designing over 100 characters pls understand

>>1143894 braindead faggotcucks

>>1144340 That's just what Sirei says, no one actually gives a shit about humanity and the plot will probably be more about unraveling mysteries than saving the world. It's also kinda unfair to compare a whole town populated with side quests, Level-5 style, to a school of 10+5+2. Or worse, the prologue cutscene town without even a 3D model we're not gonna see ever again. >>1144716 I just hope we don't have to play through the tutorials again, or we get to carry more stuff over for NG+. >>1145224 If you really want to give Kodaka a tip I guess, I'm sure the artbook and soundtrack'll get ripped within a day of release.

>>1115203 I'm excited for expedition 33. The devs seem to actually care about making a fun game based on what I've osmosed from threads. If my impression is right and it really is a bunch of devs that got sick of the corporate shit from ubisoft and just wanted to make a fun game then we're in for a great time. Like their no mini map due to the immersion of being an expedition comment. I saw a lot of anons pissed at that, but it signals that the devs don't give a fuck about 'accessibility' at the cost of their vision for the game. In a corporate game they wouldn't be allowed to remove things that make it less 'accessible'. That comment alone was what pushed me to preorder and I legit don't preorder anything. I also just enjoy turn based games in general so it's right up my alley.

>preordering >in CY+10 The flying fuck is wrong with you negroes?

>preordering >preordering a fr*nch game the most "based" french is still woke to some degree. it's in their genetic.

>>1146277 Shit they're ex-Ubi devs? I thought it was a random indie. I like turn-based too so all the talking about Expedition 33 made me curious, can't get it this month because of HL but I'll watch the threads when it releases.

>>1090075 I pre-ordered Clair Obscur

>>1146375 Yeah they're ex ubisoft and all white. There's a pic of their team on the website and it's majority white men that remind me of those old dev pics from the 90s and like 4 women. Pic rel.

4 days left. I'm tired. Takumi asks Kurara about her past romantic experiences: https://nitter.poast.org/hundred_line/status/1913563230246785324 >>1144409 Seems like the former since it wasn't active at all. >>1145224 If you have 10 extra bucks to burn. Like the other anon said, the soundtrack and artbook are likely getting dumped day 1

>>1090075 I want to participate in these threads but I want as few even tangential spoilers as possible. Problem is I was also planning on playing it on the switch 2 Fuck

>>1146508 Could always just play it on switch 1 on release and upgrade when the s2 comes out no? Even if you don't upgrade it should still run on s2

>>1146550 I'm not too familiar with this company. Do you think they would pull a "pay to upgrade" type deal that mainline Nintendo games are doing?

>>1142860 >Mechs This looks cool

>>1146563 I doubt it, especially with this title where the developers are staunchly against any sort of DLC. But I haven't been following the Switch 2

>>1146563 I must have misunderstood the switch titles. I was under the impression that all the games were upgradable not only nintendo mainline. In that case it's an even easier buy since it should just run better on the stronger hardware naturally when you go to play it on s2 (at least I would think)

>>1140363 is this real? i stopped playing it at the start of chapter 4. should i pick it back up?

>>1146657 From my understanding "upgrades" are game specific. Nintendo is asking you to pay to upgrade their first party games like Zelda (not to play them on switch 2 just to get 60fps). Though honestly I may just be a retard so take what I say lightly

>>1146681 I personally liked everything with raincode, but around that time it picks up more traction. The mystery dungeon is still boring as hell.

>>1146772 You're probably right. I don't see 3rd party devs making 2 seperate copies of the game. That said since 3rd psrty devs cant milk 20 bucks by gatekeeping upgrades I would think buying it for the switch would just mean it would run better when you pop it in a switch 2 similar to playing a steam game on a toaster vs a proper pc. May be wrong though I have no idea the back end of hardware/software

>>1146563 HL runs really well on Switch already, I don't think they're gonna charge you to play this turn-based VN at 60fps instead of 30 lmao. >>1146657 The other anon is right, for stuff without upgrades you'll simply be playing them as if you're playing on a Switch 1, but maybe with better performance.

>>1146888 I didn't use to be a stickler about frames and shit. Learning what vsync was has been utterly detrimental to my quality of life

>>1106927 >>1107038 Remember to bully any regulars who went there relentlessly when the main site comes back

(and remind them that now they've been compromised TWICE)

I had hoped that another character would be between Darumi and Tsubasa, but alas. Seems like they got into a petty argument if Eito's refusing to participate.

>>1107038 Really? Damn that sucks

>>1148343 >og crew vs new guys Guessing the new guys acted in a way that the others didn't like. Also Oosuzuki has a pretty cute dress under that big jacket coat thing.

Kodaka and Uchikoshi answering questions from westerners, apparently a multi-part series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEL6Ek_Lma0 >>1150878 S2L cast is super out there compared to LDA so yeah I'd imagine their views clashed too much. >Oosuzuki has a pretty cute dress Oh shit I just noticed. Kawaii..

>>1151488 I'm surprised they got questions from bilibili and xiaohongshu too, thought their presence were limited to the EN space. A lot of the answers were just repeats of what Kodaka said on social media and the Famitsu article though unfortunately.

I don't know anything about the game nor do I really care, there's only one factor that will dictate whether I'll play it or not - who's the composer?

>>1154140 >A lot of the answers were just repeats of what Kodaka said on social media Yeah, it was a little annoying reading the 50th "Are the 100 endings actually different" question online. I asked my own about the localization process and what the team looks like but I doubt I'll get a response. Maybe they'll start answering more interesting questions after getting the basic shit out of the way. >>1154201 Masafumi Takada

>>1154280 Thank you, that is exactly what I wanted to hear. Just hope they don't fuck it up like they did with Rain Code

>>1154330 Someone already posted the full demo soundtrack on YT if you wanna hear it. I like it so far; some tracks are meant to remind you of DR

>>1090281 >Final Is it confirmed that he won't do anything close to this ever again?

>>1154466 >>1154466 If the game flops then Hundred Line is probably his last game. The loan he took out to fund the game was massive so he needs it to sell well.

>>1154535 It might be true

>>1154535 Wouldn't the gacha potentially cover up the costs too? Though I guess if it doesn't make any money there's no incentive for it. Unless he does it for the love of it, but even then low sales would sour it. >>1122070 Are these supposed to be funny? Or just little things done for the sake of it?

>>1154659 >Are these supposed to be funny They're little somethings posted every day for a week until release. I'm guessing it's just to give players stuff to look forward to like the videos posted every morning since the 100-day login challenge is basically finished

>>1154535 KoDORKa is so done

>>1155064 Don't say that. I believe this game will be the game of the year. No game will surpass this masterpiece.

>>1154399 Oh I know the soundtrack will be good. My problem with Rain Code is that some segments like Reasoning Death Match get interrupted a lot, so you never get the chance to hear the full song in-game

>>1155105 I hope you're right. I certainly wouldn't mind having a masterpiece to play.

>>1155008 I see, either way I'm looking forward to it. If it's even half as packed as it sounds, it seems to hit a weird benchmark that goes beyond the usual gameplay + VN style stuff. I can only assume the 100 endings includes shit like variations on who lives in some neutral route shit, cause 100 actually distinct endings sounds absurd in terms of effort.

>>1155165 >100 actually distinct endings This is exactly how they're advertising it thoughbeit. It's part of the reason why they needed so many different writers.

>>1155300 I'm still skeptical. It's already difficult enough for a handful of writers to write 2 or 3 coherent endings to a large-scale videogame, let alone a hundred. They'd need several dozen skilled writers and even then it'd be a herculean amount of effort to make all the endings make sense and keep everyone's characterization consistent between routes.

>>1155300 I can expect some level of difference, but "distinct "is the keyword here. I don't see how they could actually write super varied endings, 100 of them, based on routes. It also sounds like a fucking nightmare to replay through just to check variations.

>>1155927 Get ready for 1000 hour save file if you want true 100%

I honestly thought it would have leaked by now

>>1157443 switch leaks don't happen often unless the franchise is stupid popular, i.e. pokemon, mario, metroid, zelda. and when they do it's usually only 1 or 2 days before release.

>>1157443 I hoped we'd get lucky with a leak but I guess not. But there's still 3 days, so I'd be happy if it dropped anytime before release at this point

>>1157555 >>1157829 Usually any game featured on /v/ for switch gets leaked due to some anon who works as a distributor. But alas.

>I don't care what happens to the others... As long as I survive...! >What's with this guy?

Does anyone think this is actually going to be good?

>>1161376 You have doubts? Don't get cold feet now. I honestly think (if everything promised is true) this game has the potential to surpass Danganronpa. And I think since Kodaka took out that loan for this he's actually putting a lot of effort into it, because he needs it to sell well. So I have hope.

>>1161376 It can't be any worse than Danganronpa got after 2, so at worst it'll be mediocre

>>1161376 I'm trying to curb my expectations. But it'll certainly be better than DR. As long as it's fun and has a good story then I wouldn't care if it's not GOTY material (RPG of the Year, maybe?)

>>1146823 The mystery dungeon is a really poor replacement for the class trial. It gives the cases a visual element which class trials didn’t have — but it’s inferior in all other ways. In a class trial the entire cast is interacting; in the mystery dungeons only a few of the cast is involved. Furthermore, exposing the murder’s inner motivation was a huge part of their character development in the class trial but which gets mostly glossed over in the mystery dungeons because the murderer is represented by an unintelligent 3rd party mystical force and completing the dungeon means killing the murder in real life so there’s never that exposition all the other games had.

>>1161376 I fear it won’t be good and the REASON why Kodaka has been doomposting begging for sales is because he KNOWS that it’s bad. I don’t believe he ACTUALLY put himself into bankruptcy-level debt over this one game, but it’s still a fact that if he thought it was a good game he would be confident in its success. The fact that he’s NOT confident in the game’s success is exactly why it makes me think he knows that it’s not his best work to put it mildly. You think of the competency crisis in game development as a Western phenomena, but it’s probably a world-wide issue. Depending on the cause of it of course. If it’s just woke culture taking over and hiring only low-IQ talentless losers then maybe Japan has avoided it at least for now. But, I’m afraid that the competency crisis is hitting everywhere and everything for whatever reason (falling IQs, unhealthy diets, microplastics / environmental toxins, etc). Or maybe the competency crisis has nothing to do with this game and it’s just a failed attempt to make a game using AI which could explain why it seems so much lower quality than Kodaka’s other recent games.

>>1161376 Think? we have a 5 hours demo. I already know it's gonna be offensively mid at best.

>>1163381 It's a new IP, that carries risk no matter the name, and it's not like he is a guaranteed super seller like some of the actually well known stuff.

>>1163878 To be fair though. I don't remember Rain Code, or Tribe Nine getting pushed this hard. Kodaka is doing everything he can to get the word about HL out there.

>>1163983 >Rain Code It's a Spike Chunsoft game, he doesn't own it like HL. >Tribe Nine Iirc they don't own it completely either. HL is the first original project from his company that they own 100%.

>>1164083 That's fair. Kodaka has to advertise HL himself.

>>1163381 >if he were confident the game is good, he wouldn't bother advertising it! I don't think that tracks

>>1161376 I'm optimistic, but I'm going in with the understanding that he's probably talking how of his ass about variations.

>>1163381 I think he's not confident because most of his projects aren't that successful. This is also his most ambitious game ever if even 10% of what has been said about the game is true, so it's a natural thing to talk about. But also, a lot of this "If this game fails, I'll retire!" is hype talk. It's not some idea of [modern issue] you're hyperfixated on, we can see precisely why Kodaka would think the game would fail. >Objectively the largest post-SpiChun project he has worked on >Possibly the largest project he has EVER worked on >Absurd amount of planning and things taken into consideration for the game >Lackluster commercial reception to his post-DR works like WEC and RC These are key factors that cause this worry. Not the idea that Kodaka is surrounded by a billion Indians or is using AI to make his game.

Do you you guys have any ideas about some of the mysteries the game showed in the demo so far? Just curious about what others think. >Mascot being seemingly dead >Another language entirely for the generals on the enemy side >The secret they're guarding >Why does it have to be a school theme (besides meta reasons, since the characters themselves wonder about it) >Ghost? dude trying to talk to MC What comes to mind for me without thinking too much on it is around >The mascot is in fact dead, and can't be replaced by someone who just acts the same, but can be revived later, like the others, since his parts don't decay >The language barrier is gonna turn out to be some language that was used by people from some other nation, or was just the previous universal language before everything went to shit >It's probably some type of item that allows for time rewind, or some parallel world hopping stuff >No idea why they need to follow some school theming, but I think it relates to the broken down school you run into at the start >Ghost just makes me think that those who fully served don't just go home, or they're from those that died as they did their duty, and are trying to warn those who can see them of the bullshit going on There's also some allusions to VR type stuff going on, and potentially that their lives in safety were just illusions done by machines I guess.

>>1166654 >Mascot being seemingly dead He's gonna get revived or replaced, with some new route making him live. >Another language entirely for the generals on the enemy side I feel like it's them trying to hide what the generals really are. >The secret they're guarding Something with time. >Why does it have to be a school theme (besides meta reasons, since the characters themselves wonder about it) Marketing. >Ghost? dude trying to talk to MC I thought it was the sickly guy. Personally I think he killed the mascot.

>>1166654 I don't really have a lot of theories but >Mascot being seemingly dead My idea is that after the S2L merge Nigou will bring him back, either with a Revive-O-Matic specifically designed for him or he'll have a spare on demand. They are described as robots so wouldn't be surprising if Nigou could just upload Sirei's consciousness into a new body >Another language entirely for the generals on the enemy side People have actually been able to translate some of the commanderspeak so it could be they're speaking Japanese but it's not coming out correctly for whatever reason >Why does it have to be a school theme I'd imagine it's a misguided attempt to try and have the LDA in a sort of familiar environment Not sure what to make of the secret hidden in the academy or the ghostboy

>>1166654 You forgot about the higher-ups that Sirei talks about. There's also that mystery.

Only 4 more days until SEX

>>1163381 >Advertising your game is doomposting. >Game is 213# place on Steam and will get lower as it hits the home stretch >Sakurai from Nintendo advertised The Hundred Line >Yoko Taro Advertised The Hundred Line At this point I would not be surprised if it's a success day one, but what will matter the most is if The Hundred Line ends up capturing the Danganronpa feeling throughout, which it should considering the high reviews for the Demo. After that it's smooth sailing because Kodaka will be able to not only say he made Danganronpa, and Rain Code, but also The Hundred Line, and was apart of Tribe Nine. Helping his status become bigger than usual and proving it's still possible to make hits even after a trilogy series.

Kako finding the Switch leak in two days

>>1166479 I think it's an ego thing, he knows he relies entirely on Danganronpa formula, literally most people will play this because it looks, sounds, and has a similar concept as Danganronpa >But the gameplay Danganronpa middle gameplay had a lot of freedom to make it whatever you want. You had different kind of explorations in the games, it could have been a srpg too if it wanted too

I want to play the game NOW

>>1174114 What's with that dismissive post? You looking down on me cause I'm poor?

3 days left. Happy Easter Sunday. Moko and Takemaru gamble: https://nitter.poast.org/hundred_line/status/1913925622063079516

>>1090075 Since V3 Kodaka has been getting worse with every new game he makes.

>>1175787 Hundred Line will break that cycle. HL will become Kodaka's best project.

>>1175873 Doubtful. The 100 endings where anyone can live or die sounds too ambitious to be true. The cast looks like a fan or A.I. designed them, lame and derivative. No one cares about the tactical gameplay it will barely be passable.

Tower defense CHADS ww@

>>1145804 100% agree with you. I really want to like this game but I can't get over how ugly most of them are. They will probably get fleshed out enough that the character themselves are good, but I just wish they looked appealing too.

>>1175873 This is an undeniable fact >>1176934 I'm not crazy about Tower Defense games but I'd like to see how they use the concept here. They'll obviously add more gimmicks to protecting the academy's barrier

>>1178003 Now that you mention gimmicks I hope we get to fight major battles in different areas instead of just the field all the time. Imagine the invaders somehow breaking into the building and we have to stop them from getting to the revival room.

>>1178141 It'd be a little disappointing if they didn't do anything like that. One thing I wanna know is what the 'points' that Takumi mentioned in the cg with Yugamu referred to. Yugamu seemed to try and brush off his question

I wonder if using the revival mechanic will affect the endings or routes at all.

>>1178299 Huh, I somehow missed that. Maybe those argument CGs will actually mean something, like Takumi gets to side with one of them and they compete to see which group deserves to be right. Or maybe it's just sports day, I dunno.

Maybe the Yugamu guy won't be as cringe as I initially expected. And fuck this imageboard with its post IDs and retarded captchas.

>>1178471 The game rewards getting yourself killed to pull off a super move for extra points, so I doubt it. It's probably related to the choices themselves, unless they want to do a twist where the incentivized mechanic is actually detrimental to their health long term.

>>1178586 That's unlikely as having to redo many fights to change routes would introduce massive tedium to the game, which already has a lot of it from what it seems.

>>1178511 Yeah IDs suck, but the captchas here are a lot better than the captchas on 4chan.

>>1178511 ID ironically seem to reduce potential shitposting by a lot, since retards can't go around samefagging as easily. I can see why it can be annoying though.

>>1178586 In the demo, it's impossible not to be S rank too.

>>1178678 Your rank is tied to the barrier's hp I believe. And the demo battles are very forgiving, so you have to purposely ignore the grunts and let them attack the barrier to get a lower rank. And when the grunts attack the barrier they explode so they can only attack it once. They'll probably introduce more enemies who are bigger threats to the barrier, because in the demo the only enemies who can attack the barrier are those 1 hp grunts.

In the demo rushing down the boss instantly ended the fight regardless of how many grunts were left still standing. I wonder if that's going to be a valid strategy in the full game.

>>1178772 The first time I played the dragon boss attacked the barrier like 2 times probably because of my shitty positioning, but yeah the other enemies prioritize killing your characters. >>1178806 It's kind of like FE or other SRPGs, you just gotta do what the objective says. In the boss fights it's "defeat the boss" instead of "defeat all enemies".

>>1178473 >argument CGs Yeah, it's probably from Takumi's perspective and then there'll be the option to select one side similar to how you did in the beginning of the demo >>1178511 I was worried he'd be characterized too similarly to Darumi but I doubt that now. And his speech being localized to sound like a stoner is hilarious, I can't even be mad at that >post IDs I don't mind them. It's a little embarrassing to see how many posts I have ITT but it's good for identifying people to ignore, but of course it's not perfect >retarded captchas Yeah, it barely works for me >>1178806 Like the other anon said it depends on the objective of the battle. So generally killing the boss will end the fight even if there's other enemies still alive

There was a strong narrative undercurrent of losing one’s humanity with use of the powers. I think there’s a good chance that the “good” or “true” ending will require you to not die / use ultimates.

>>1179442 I hate their outfits. And the blue hair. And the eyepatch. And the lack of skin color. And the stupid tomato head. And the dumb little mascot derp. The gameplay better be good.

2nd interview with Uchikoshi and Kodaka. Shouma is Uchikoshi's favorite HL character. They both said Junko is their favorite DR character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eFmZCeSVYA

You guys seen the English 'lolcow-sation'

>>1181280 >Shouma is Uchikoshi's favorite HL character No matter what arc he goes through his ugly design will never make me like him. >They both said Junko is their favorite DR character Yeah they're gooners. Did anybody ask what their favorite Zero Escape character was? Kinda sad for Uchikoshi if nobody didn't.

>>1181653 no, no one's seen the images that have been spammed in every single thread since early february.

>>1181653 It's a problem with every spikesoft game.

>>1181833 Reminder that the guy who originally started spamming the threads is a blue checkmark xitter user >>1181694 >Did anybody ask what their favorite Zero Escape character was The question was about their favorite character ever made, to which Uchikoshi answered with Akane Kurashiki because of "her face and voice actress".

>>1181966 >Akane Kurashiki gross

>>1090075 >There's DLC and a character prequel already Oooh this is going to flop hard, isn't it? they're putting all their eggs in one basket instead of waiting to see if there are certain characters people gravitate toward.

Also is this an accurate translation? I'm older than dirt but even I'm not old enough to think "The kids" are into PVP MMORPGs.

>>1182081 Maybe she's from the past.

>>1182027 >DLC What? >character prequel For a character that fought Invaders before the rest of the cast. It's not based on which character players liked the most >>1182081 >Also is this an accurate translation Seems to be, like 70-80%. She's using nip internet lingo here, although I wouldn't have added "like a boss"

>>1182194 >Seems to be, like 70-80%. She's using nip internet lingo here, although I wouldn't have added "like a boss" Maybe, and maybe my standards are too high, but if you can't write kids why set your game in a school? DR was already toeing that line and crossed it in dozens of ways but this would be as jarring as having a character who is a full-on greaser dancing the charleston while polishing his 1950's beamer. RO was 25 years ago. Lineage 2, the last game I can think of where PKing and PVP was a universal game mechanic instead of a zone or server-only thing was 22 years ago. For comparison, if this game took place in 2000, it would be like having a full-on disco kid walking through the halls in his platform shoes and wife beater like it was 1977 again. Even "Like a boss", that meme is over fourteen years old. I hate being "that guy" over this but if the whole game is going to be like that then I'm out.

>>1182240 you are looking at a kodaka game and complaining about out-of-place over the top characters. next you're gonna go to a circus and say the clowns were too silly for your taste.

>>1182240 This game in particular they mentioned they seemingly want the characters to be extra eccentric.

>>1182240 That kind of character has always been there. DR1 featured a classic bosozoku with a 60s pompadour twice the size of his head.

>>1182240 >I hate being "that guy" That is how you are coming across as. It's mostly only Darumi that makes outdated references, which teens irl actually do. I'm not sure how you want kids to be written, but if it's with modern slang then I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that the same character has a voice line where she says "poggers". All I can say is watch some gameplay post-release before deciding, because this really doesn't seem like something you'd like

>>1182240 >but if you can't write kids why set your game in a school? Anime teenagers never resemble real teenagers. The game is set in a school because setting it in a non-descript building would be a lot less interesting

>You're great, Sister Dearest...! You're the cutest in the universe! >Brother Dearest is so embarrassing...

>3 more days until release >no hype It's over...

>>1189347 I would be more hype if I could play more of the fucking game and didn't have work to do

https://opencritic.com/game/18428/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy- Reviews are out

>>1189347 We lost a lot of our hype when we made the jump to here.

>>1189347 Let me know when the translation isn't borked.

>>1191336 Many people didn't even know about 8moe or thought it's a dead place

>>1191328 >CGMagazine >6/10 It seems like they tried to sabotage Kodaka, but it won't work. Those other reviews though holy shit, this is giving me more hope.

Why do Spike Chunsoft games get fucked so hard by localizers?

>>1191328 >Many adventure games have multiple endings, but often they are abrupt, walk into a blizzard, confront an armed man with no plan, die instantly, game over. Such “bad ends” can serve as puzzles or character detail, as in Fate/Stay Night, which has three main routes, five major endings, and 40 bad endings. >The Hundred Line resembles both Fate/Stay Night and Uchikoshi’s Virtue’s Last Reward. It has routes that reveal information needed to solve events in other routes, plus a staggering number of scenarios. The developers promised 100 endings, which sounds absurd. They weren’t kidding. I saw the credits roll 101 times. >Routes are broken into many scenarios with various endings. Core scenarios by Kazutaka Kodaka include one that is probably the closest thing to a true ending, while other routes overflow with mysteries and new character focuses. The mystery routes were my favorites. I kept a whiteboard of questions across 11 categories. Sometimes I passed a choice and didn’t die, so I thought, “I’ll return for that bad end later.” Then I discovered a whole new story branch instead. Monster hunts, absurd problem-solving, coming-of-age drama, murder mysteries, horror stories, romances, comedies, this game has everything. It even features the absolute banger “Rumble” by Paledusk, which hits every time signature at once. >Nearly all scenarios are interesting and fun. A few offer quick “choice equals ending” moments, but except for one scenario, most have engaging events that justify their length. You may have heard of the visual novel Umineko: When They Cry, famous for having more text than the King James Bible and listed at roughly 120 hours on HowLongToBeat. I read it in 80. >This monster took me 133 hours. Once I grasped the route structure’s expanse, I had to see everything. The in-depth flowchart lets you jump anywhere with ease. Only twice did a route feel repetitive or redundant. One had mandatory battles I didn’t care for; the other offered less intrigue than I wanted at that point. To be fair, I had been playing nothing but The Hundred Line for more than 100 hours over a few weeks. >Right after that lull came one of the best stories in the game. New art kept appearing; the gallery lists 560 CGs, many with variations, so the art team must have worked overtime. Battles might concern you in terms of padding playtime. Except for one route, once you clear a battle you can skip it on replays and often in other routes, letting you focus on what you enjoy most. >While combat is fun and thematically fitting, the lack of map variety and obstruction hurts in the long run, making the skip button a blessing. Designing more diverse gameplay within such a dense narrative would have been complicated. Hmm. This sounds somewhat promising, but still not clear enough on how the branching works.

>>1191384 I wouldn't trust reviews about non popular Japanese companies too much to be honest, there was always racism towards japanese games >>1191400 Trans nepotism. They don't even know japanese

>>1191363 8chan was my second chan site, so this place was the first place I went to when the hack happened, and luckily someone made a thread here.

>>1191328 >>1191419 >Fans of the creators’ previous games may be surprised at the lack of branching paths and choices for large portions of the game, but I would encourage them to keep going. You’ll eventually get the freedom you’re looking for Hmm, don't like the sound of that.

>Without delving into spoilers, it’s worth noting that the first playthrough is fixed for all players. Afterward, it’s possible to pursue those other endings and discover more of what the story offers Yeah, I really don't like the sound of that

Took the brazilian reviewer 70 hours to finish the game so that he could start making choices Kind of crazy to have such an heavily advertised (and the most interesting part) of your game only be unlocked so late.

>>1191471 Having 1 ending out of 100 be fixed is not the end of the world.

2 days left. Just woke up so I'll read the reviews soon. Takumi and Shouma have a conversation: https://nitter.net/hundred_line/status/1914288014487855402

>>1191506 I'm fine with it but only assuming that when you replay the game, you can branch early on and the branches don't immediately end. If you can't get to a scenario in the game three quarters in where your cast can be 80% different from the original ending and there's still more choices to be made, then I don't care. At that point, they would have been better off having fewer endings that actually mattered.

>>1191471 That sounds dumb. It would be times funnier and potentially more chaotic if those options were available from the start, and all playthroughs you see have people having this one thing different, or just wildly different from others.

Has anyone played the full game yet? Do we know how badly the localisation got fucked?

>>1191542 It either signals that the other endings are way worse than the real one, more pointless, end too fast, etc, or it signals that the developer doesn't want players to find shit out out of order. It's gay either ways.

>>1191419 >>1191462 >>1191471 There are many games that do this. Gnosia expects you to play 150+ times with distance between new information, along with the first 20 routes being fixed. That game had routes being 5-10 minutes long, but I have no idea how long 100 line routes are. Some people might become annoyed, but having the first route being fixed to set up the story isn't a bad thing.

>>1191634 >That game had routes being 5-10 minutes long This is one of the things I'm afraid of. Quantity of routes vs quality of routes.

>>1191634 Oh hey I also thought about Gnosia when I read the "have to play through everything once first" part. There's no routes in Gnosia though, most events are mandatory to progress the plot, the only difference is what order you get them in. I don't count each game as its own route cause it's just gameplay, not actually a whole story by itself. >>1191542 I was also hoping for this but oh well.

>>1191664 If there is 100 of them and most are required, then I wouldn't be mad if some are shorter. But one of the writers of zero escape is working on this, and it seems the flowchart is taking heavily from those games. That series is very well known for most bad endings having some meat to them, but there are some bad endings where it's 3-5 more lines and that's it.

If I had to guess on why it needs a first full playthrough without any changes, besides them wanting you to find things out in a uniform way before being able to branch out, MC is gonna survive until near the end, shit goes wrong, they have to defend the door room, and he ends up figuring out what it is they're defending, and it's gonna turn out to be a thingie to allow for time rewind or some form of it, so MC will be purposely looking out for things he should do different to try and fix some of the issues he knows are coming, and it'll become a timeloop story or whatever. And then you'll get a monologue on the more complete endings where he wonders if this is the one ideal path to take, and second guesses if there isn't an even more perfect ending to find, and you get some option to go back and try again from the clear save file if you load it up again. >>1191664 I believe they stated that they're not looking to have those types of endings, or at least not too many of them? Hard to gauge how much of that is true.

>>1191679 It's difficult to compare this to Gnosia anyway because you can skip about a third of the events in that game to get to both sets of credits. You don't even need to fill out all the crew member pages which is the only goal the game gives you

>>1191679 Some of the events are highly specific and annoying to get, and they have information across multiple days. I personally would call some of them routes, but not all of the events would be a route since some events have more meat than others. It's hard to compare an event like Jonas and the Alien playing a game and him being caught he's Gnosia and learning what bugs truly are.

>>1191705 Actually thinking again, the item doesn't even have to specifically be related to time for it to work like that, since MC already has a weird rewind ability to retry the fight you're doing at least once, so maybe it's just a super strong power booster that allows him to go back much further.

Eh. I hyped myself up for hitting dead ends while trying to find the true route. If we'll be railroaded for 80 hours before we can start making decisions I feel like I will be burned out by then. That is unless the fixed playthrough route and the true route are not the same thing.

>>1191761 >doesn't wanna fuck >doesn't want anyone calling her a girl >occasionally just kills a dude for wanting to sleep with her which doesn't come up in the story itself even once and is mostly played for laughs Remind me why we went back into the loop for this bitch again

>>1191853 Apparently the anime is confirming the MC is a fag so they can do the female and male romance events.

>There are multiple routes that can have lengthy subroutes. When you go down one path, it's frequently an entire game's length of path split. I guess if there's even 3 proper routes it'll be fine. >>1191761 Fair enough, I forgot about those extremely specific this guy has to survive, this one has to be gnosia, you have to talk to the gnosia at night stuff. >>1191931 I remember picking pan because I thought it would let me do romance events from both sides and it locked me out of everything instead kek

>>1191820 Maybe the first route is a dead end and then you need to play your own way I mean people getting different endings and plot sounds too good

Reminder to not buy this troonlation pozzed game. You’re just wasting your money and reading fanfiction.

Don’t buy this game you’re getting scammed by troonlatots

>>1191820 You’re a faggot nigger

>>1192200 What did I do?

>>1192141 fug, was gonna download a mirror. I guess I have one more reason to try to dekiru again.

>>1191820 >unless the fixed playthrough route and the true route are not the same thing Kodaka had to write the whole story so I'm assuming the first playthrough is just half of it, and one of the routes you can get on the second playthrough is the other half of his story.

FUCK YOU FAGGOT NIGGER JANNY MOVING THE THREAD SO IT GETS BURIED IN THE GENERAL 8chan is repeating the mistakes of 4cuck, /v/ will just turn to /vg/ full if troons. But burn fir all I care.

>>1192141 Some of these aren't that radical of changes, but the first one is just changing a joke completely cause trannies might get angry.

Holy based Gaku >>1192172 Go back to xitter >>1191471 Wouldn't this make sense? It's more or less confirmed that Takumi can time travel, so the first route is a bad end then he realizes his power and that's when the branching starts? Or maybe this was also done so streamers and lets-players wouldn't have too much variation

>>1154330 Rain Code has a lot of bangers though. What don't you like about it?

>>1192338 You’re a disingenuous tranny. Kys. This is a worse translation than even Fire Emblem.

>>1192341 Xitter is the place of niggers like you, you probably even plsy in dub little circumcised jew

>>1192338 I just don't really trust them not to branch away from intended characterization during important moments if they're going as far as removing humor in certain spots and inserting it in others at their whim.

>>1192366 Oh no, if I could have my way I'd force them to make it proper translations, I'm just saying the first example is way more noticeable of a change compared to the first. Second is a stupid reference, third is adding some weird flair that wasn't there, and fourth makes her come across a more crass than the original. This is my first time frequenting these threads, so I'm not aware if there's more of these, so calm yourself nigger.

>>1192418 The reference is the most jarring one because the author was actually referencing his old game Zero Escape, but the troonlator took the liberty to make it about Undertale instead. If this isn’t a serious change, and ruins the experience for old fans, what else is then? Stop giving them excuses, there’s 0 justifications for bad translation.

>>1192363 He didn't like how the music was used, apparently >>1192418 You're replying to a schizo who runs a xitter page. His dogshit screenshots have been disproven like 4 times and he never tries responding because he doesn't speak Japanese

>>1192454 >>1192461 Well I haven't been frequenting this place that much, so I can't tell what is what. I'll just wait for more people to look into it I guess.

>>1192418 >weird flair It’s actually a reference to an old sitcom. You really are clueless.

>>1192341 I will gladly side with Gaku when he starts the incel uprising.

>>1192172 My nip isn't good enough to play it completely in Japanese but I wish I could display both the jp text and eng text at the same time while playing.

>>1192461 Kek, how is it disproven when the original Japanese lines are right there? Are you fucking retarded? You’re losing braincels from the HRT buddy

>>1192528 You can there’s an OCR called yomininja that does that.

>>1192505 I know it's a reference, I meant in the sense that it adds flair that wasn't potentially part of the original text by having said reference there. Either way, like I said I'll just avoid engaging with those for now, since I just came here to check news pre release.

>>1192461 can't read the first one but the other 3 are accurate.

>>1192538 Won't that only extract the language displayed?

>>1192529 >Doesn't deny it Every time. This site needs to rangeban India >>1192515 Sad that he seems to really be into fashion but is too poor even to get some bargain clothes. I want an ending where he gets money...

>>1192540 No it’s not adding flair but fanfiction, btw I don’t have any xitter page, that tranny wants to discredit me in anyway he can. He supports his ilk. If you don’t care pirate it doesn’t have denuvo, don’t pay money for inferior projects and funds those troonlators to ruin more games.

>>1192461 >He didn't like how the music was used, apparently I have no idea how that post slipped my eyes.

>>1192592 Why does this site keep fucking up my pictures...

>1192592 Rangeban india, south america, SEA asia, and I bet you 100$ that this faggot will disappear

>>1192592 I'm cringing, I'M FUCKING CRINGING. Yep. I'm skipping this one. That translation is just too horrible.

>>1192592 >>1192641 I want to feed and cloth this poorfag.

>Researchers in white coats were peering at me as I was placed inside the device WE IN VR NIGGA >>1192744 >Artist deleted all her Gaku stuff Why does this happen so often with HL? This is like the 3rd time an artist just nuked their pre-release fanart

>>1192868 It's a Japanese thing to do

>>1192868 I mainly save my fanart from threads so I never know about these kinda stuff. Kinda quick to be deleting art you drew like a month ago innit. Did the twittersphere decide HL was problematic or something?

>>1192551 I guess the story battle in question has to be 1:1 with one you already beat prior for it to give you the skip option? Probably doesn't give you points if you do it though.

>>1192868 I think it's more likely that they WERE in VR, and their lives inside the huge bunker structure was the fake one.

I wanna buy this, but I don't want to pay full price. And I can't find this anywhere outside of Steam. Even Clair Obscur you can get for like 50% off before release.

>It all went to the running costs of the group home! Because of that, I couldn't even take a day off! Gaku holds a lot of resentment for his siblings because they make him not only be the breadwinner but do all the chores too. But he can't just stop because then they'd all be homeless and hungry. I didn't expect he'd be mistreated by his own brothers and sisters >>1192922 It usually takes longer thoughbeit. And this particular artist is a westerner so I was pretty confused >>1192931 >Did the twittersphere decide HL was problematic or something Not that I know of (outside of Ima). Maybe they don't wanna be known just for HL or something, but probably just the typical mental illness that comes with knowing how to draw >>1192977 Yeah. In the NoisyPixel video, Shouma says his dreams were actually vivid memories, similar to Takumi

>>1193027 Maybe they didn't like the attention

>>1193013 Pirate it and buy on discount later if you liked the game I guess.

>>1193027 >group home Is this like an orphanage or something? Google tells me it's like a nursing home but in Gaku's case it sounds like he's sharing a regular apartment with his siblings and no parents are around. But man, poor kid.

>>1193110 If there's no DRM I will probably pirate and use my demo save.

>>1193013 It won't take too long for a sale to hit. I'd agree with the other anon and just pirate to see if you're interested >>1193231 I'm not too sure either. I imagine it functions similarly to a foster home, meaning there's a pretty good chance Gaku's 20 siblings aren't actually related to him. But if he's the only one working then there's somehow no foster parents or they're leeching off him too

https://youtu.be/4-epThookgc?si=TyzepAObt0GkBmiJ new review came out

Has there been any confirmation if we'll be able to savescum in order to do someone's events in spots that have free time, sorta like with DRV3?

3rd interview with Kodaka and Uchikoshi. Nothing interesting to report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pox5eWFNk9Y Earlier, I was weary of Kyoshika's English VA since she's a literal who and her acting... isn't great. I don't hate it but easily one of the worst so far https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TvjY8F_8Mk&t=310s >>1193845 Not that I know of

Is there a japanese dub option?

>>1193480 >133 hours to see all the 100 endings That doesn't seem too bad on time consumption.

>>1194697 Yes.

>>1194697 Yeah, don't worry. Although you can't change between dubs while playing and you'll need to start the game again. I plan to switch between the two on different playthroughs

>>1194712 Let's assume beating the core route takes 70 hours on average as someone said today. That would leave about 60 hours for the remaining 99 routes. And this means that on average every alternative route will be about half an hour long, no? What do we think about this?

>>1194914 I think anyone who actually believes the "100 distinct endings" spiel is retarded

>>1194914 The same review also says there are choices that will lead into the game ending, it's just that the way to the game over has a little more meat to it compared to most that do this stuff or something. You have branching paths, one may give information that is relevant to something in another route, and can be used there or something, another is another mystery or thing going on altogether, and along the way, choices will lead into a different outcome, or even a game over. They can't go into super detail about it, but I guess the main idea is that, there will be tons of bigger narrative routes, and those routes lead into different endings along the way, or at the very end depending on what choices you picked along that arc.

>>1194914 >70 hours I imagine this number fluctuates severely depending on the kind of player you are. The Italian only has 35 hours at the time of review

Will there be an ending like this?

>>1195270 Yes but instead of Hina it will be Kako, and instead of Toko's death picture it will be Ima's

>>1194948 Distinct can be quite subjective. >>1194993 >tons of bigger narrative routes That one reviewer said an entire game's length of path split are frequent. But what constitutes as an entire game's length here? Let's say it it's 5 hours. If we come back to our calculations and give the mandatory route 70 hours out of 130, then assume there are 6 proper subroutes 5 hours each, that leaves us with 30 hours for the remaining 89 routes. That's 20 minutes per route on average. They would need to add more than just a few instant game overs to bump that number up for the remaining routes I think. Obviously time varies a lot between players but if nobody posted both the time they took to reach the first ending and the time they took to 100% the game, this is the next best thing. >>1195077 Not sure whom you're referring to. Did he write how many routes he finished in that time?

>>1192592 >shitty looking monospaced font again because they're just straight up lazily using the half width ASCII characters from the jap font it's all so tiring

>>1195687 >That's 20 minutes per route on average This feels way too short, no? I hope there is another reviewer that delves deeper into their time. Or maybe one of the people with an early copy on shitcord will >Not sure whom you're referring to https://www.gamesource.it/recensioni/the-hundred-line-recensione/ >Did he write how many routes he finished in that time? He did not.

>>1191585 >>1191585 >It either signals that the other endings are way worse than the real one, more pointless, end too fast, etc, thats bullshit, Nier forces you into the A ending first thats the worst one and the last ending is always the best one

How the hell are FTEs gonna work when you're constantly hopping between dozens of routes? This doesn't sound right

somebody leak the xci NOWWW

>>1197312 trust the plan

Gakupizza >>1194697 Not on the switch demo. Steam yes.

>>1197312 Are the romances going to be integrated into 100 endings or will it be a separate thing like School Mode in Danganronpa? Now that I think about it, a dating subroute with an ending for every character takes care of 15 endings already.

>>1197411 >Are the romances going to be integrated into 100 endings anon....

>>1197583 >>1197585 Massive.

>>1197312 Unless they straight up just keep your free time progression between routes despite that making zero sense, I don't see how they could do it.

Bros, I just want to play the game already...

Throwing rocks at Eito >>1198084 XCI leak tomorrow. Trust the plan

>Tomoyo Kurosawa is in the game Insta-play

>>1197583 the wait is gonna kill me, i need my hands on this game asap

I finally found you guys... I was desperately trying to send people friend requests through the Hyperbeam Room, lol.

Tomato girl is growing on me, I don't hate her anymore

Will piratechads have the game day one?

>>1199930 Even if they go with last second Denuvo fuckery, the game will still have a Switch version

>>1199930 They will on the switch at least... as long as somebody uploads it >>1198956 Christ he is such a dweeb

>>1199594 >>1199631 I like her a lot. I saw this on twitter, somebody made plushies

The dog... Plus some finishing blows >>1199961 >last second Denuvo Doubt it.

>>1200074 Tomato looks right spooky.

I was feeling inspired and I made these with chatgpt

>>1200074 Tomato seems to be making an anguished face, despite the shape of a smile.

>>1200473 Looks more like a smug face to me. >>1200031 Man I'm so jealous of handicraftfags, they make the best stuff. >>1200388 Uchikoshi's fucking JACKED

For some reason this site just won't let me post The reviewer that provided these pictures talks about his time on the game. >After spending 80 hours unlocking the true end as well as 40 other endings, I can echo how Hundred Line's character writing and true route feels more Kodaka than Uchikoshi. >One of the main caveats of my adoration for the story is its beefy runtime. It took me around 60 hours to reach the true ending as well as clearing 10 of the 100 total endings, and this is on top of me being a speed reader when it comes to unvoiced dialogue. So for this guy, it took 60 hours for the true end + 10 endings, and then another 20 hours for 30 more endings? https://gamingtrend.com/reviews/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-review-uchikoshi-and-kodakas-love-letter-to-humanity/ >>1200098 She seems much cuter without her mask. Maybe it's meant to intimidate, or her family hides their faces because they're so far above the rest of society's poorfags

>>1139563 >https://nitter.poast.org/ https://xcancel.com/ is the thinking man's choice.

>>1200640 The site can be slow at times due to all of the newfags

>>1090412 I want to "jerk" Gaku so hard I "tear" his foreskin off

>>1119805 Does anybody know where one can download the scans of this Famitsu issue?

>>1201656 I don't think there are any. The person translating on retarddit owns a copy. There were some on Famitsu's website, but as I think you've already seen, they're so low quality it's nearly impossible to read. AIEEEE CAN ONE OF THE REVIEWERS POST GAKU'S FINISHING BLOW YET

>>1199543 Does Hyperbeam have private messages function?

>>1201821 Found these on vk... I *think* they're from this issue...

>>1202405 Bit of a wasted opportunity he didn't get his writer friends to write an ending for HL each.

More retarddit translations (the other reddit mirror is down so I hope this is okay). Apparently Shouma's mech was a pain in the ass for the animators. https://www.troddit.com/r/LastDefenseAcademy/comments/1k4v9bb/character_design_team_interview_from_famitsu >>1202445 iirc Uchikoshi planned every branching route and the other writers were assigned to finish them >>1202405 Interesting, thank you

Okay, I'm back, is the rest of the game as obnoxious as the demo?

>>1202700 The game isn't out yet.

>>1202700 you're silly

>>1202767 Oh. My bad. I'm hoping it does well. Really, I am.

>>1202677 >that first pic Is he saying that as a joke or does he actually want to do it

>>1191419 This review raises my expectations, and I don't know if that's a good thing, but I'm intrigued. Especially when the reviewer compares it to Virtue's last reward, which is my favorite VN.

>>1202310 Huh. I assumed it did, but I guess not? I don't know why they would bother with a friends list function if you couldn't message people, but it doesn't look like you can.

Oh yeah did anyone talk about if the death attacks affect anything story wise? Or are we free to spam them?

>>1202405 >Uchikoshi got scared by some niggers who randomly started a rap battle in a bar they were at when he went overseas for an advertisement thing What is wrong with America.

>>1204142 I doubt whatever happens during battles is relevant in the long term considering you can skip them after winning once.

>>1191384 >Perhaps it’s because I’ve gotten less patient with age, but I genuinely cannot come to grips with games, narratively driven or not, taking 30 solid minutes before letting the player PLAY the game. For heaven’s sake, even Death Stranding only takes five minutes before letting players actually play the game. I can't believe he's complaining about too much VN in a fucking VN game. Stupid fucking nintendie.

>>1205426 I mean, he has a point, the intro is super long and boring because it's a succession of videos made with really bad CG

>>1205564 It's not just the intro, he calls the game a "glorified interactive novel", as if that's not exactly what a VN is. He also admits to skipping dialogue which is a strange thing for a "reviewer" to do.

>>1192141 Darumi was character assassinated.

>>1205655 >he calls the game a "glorified interactive novel", as if that's not exactly what a VN is. To be honest, the game is marketed as a tactical RPG.

>>1205689 I think it's pretty common for RPGs to have a lot of cutscenes and stuff too though.

>>1205689 Ehh, I highly doubt anyone is buying this game for its mediocre tactical RPG battle system. It's probably gonna be the game's weakest link, but I only have the demo to go off of. Utawarerumono is another VN+tactical RPG game, but it had a great battle system that I really loved. I hope this game's gameplay will be better than it seemed at the demo. >>1205758 Yeah, and tactical RPGs in particular are almost always story-heavy.

Have to wait many hours before I can unlock the Kako turboslut route by killing her brother???

>>1197583 All these hours and all this localized trash text made by a literal tranny. Its all so bothersome.

>>1205851 >he's still seething even here

>>1205866 Enjoy your tranny fanfic. Ill pirate it and drop it if it gets too annoying lmao

>>1205884 >Ill

>>1205802 >I highly doubt anyone is buying this game for its mediocre tactical RPG battle system About 50% of the reason I'm getting it is because the battle system is fun. If it was just DR4 I would just read/watch a playthrough. For story heavy SRPGs there's also 13 Sentinels.

>>1206055 >he doesn't like clicking the screen himself yikes

>>1205851 I can't decide whether to play it in Japanese at the pace of a snail that "might" make me give up or the shitty translation that will very likely make me drop it. Neither sounds like a good experience.

>>1206081 1.5x speed gives the same experience as playing the game myself :^)

>>1195687 You are ignoring the fact that a huge chunk of the first playthrough will be combat and exploration and that seems mostly skippable for the others

>>1206191 >1.5x speed Reeee, don't do this. It distorts the voice acting and music. >>1206211 I'm wondering why players finds themselves having to repeat fights if the flowchart lets them jump straight to divergence points. Shouldn't it all be fresh unexplored stuff from that point?

>>1200640 >One of the main caveats of my adoration for the story is its beefy runtime. It took me around 60 hours to reach the true ending as well as clearing 10 of the 100 total endings, and this is on top of me being a speed reader when it comes to unvoiced dialogue. Approximately 25-30 hours of this playtime felt like an endurance test. The narrative is very much a slow burn, one that is stretched way too thin. My fears regarding the premise being how the students need to defend the school for 100 days unfortunately came to fruition, with plenty of days glacially spent in the Free Time sections with very little plot or character development. >Even though I thoroughly enjoyed the battle system, there are still a couple gripes I have with it, and it mostly stems from the mission objectives. There is a severe lack of mission variety beyond killing all the enemies, or taking out the Commander bosses. Any variation on these are few and far between. Additionally, the map design remains a flat terrain with almost no stage gimmicks outside extremely rare exceptions. >With that being said, the main issue I have in fights are waves within waves. Normally, waves incentivize playing aggressively, as dead units will recover and the Voltage value will carry over. AP will not carry over, so there is no point in conserving them when the waves transition. Yet later fights in the game will have Invaders spawn in at the end of a single turn, with no indication on whether a battle will have this or not. Later fights spam this constantly, and it is frustrating wasting the remaining Action Points to take out the one or two smaller enemies to end a wave, only for more to spawn in the next turn. This is on top of padding each encounter with enemies, making me grow tired of the battles around 40 hours into the adventure. >Right away, it is important to note that not all routes are created equal. Both in length and relevance to the overarching story. Some are more lore and world building focused, others center around a singular character, whereas some deviate from the plot entirely. One of the unfortunate byproducts of the 100 day premise is how the later branches feel rushed in the stories they want to tell. >Exposition dumps about world building or new characters are abundant, but we only hear enough about it to get Takumi and the player up to speed. It is the epitome of telling rather than showing. Even in the longer routes, there are still abrupt endings and the occasional, repetitive overlap of events between routes. Still, even if a majority of the routes don't reach the heights of the gripping mysteries present in Zero Escape, or the emotional impact of AI's character routes, they are substantial enough where they come close. Alright, yeah, I'm not playing this. I'll probably just watch a let's play of it at some point and read /v/ threads about it, since it seems somewhat interesting. Fine with me, means I'll have more time to dedicate to Clair Obscura.

>>1090075 word of advice, put danganronpa somewhere in the OP

>>1206759 Why

This shit fucking site is giving me 404 unless I access it through a proxy... I want to go back already.

>>1207164 easier to find when searching

>>1207200 I have to keep going back and forth between .moe and .se when one of them refuses to load lol Would prefer a little more more activity but it's pretty comfy, reminds me of /vrpg/ threads.

Should they have given her a southern accent?

1 day remaining. Ahh... Takumi is accused of something: https://nitter.poast.org/hundred_line/status/1914650404282868155 >>1206759 Not sure why that's necessary >>1207662 The tone they went for her in the ENG version is good. She's trying to be posh

>>1208083 Something about them inherently assuming he did something, wrestler girl wants him to come out to the roof to "talk". Then Kako shows up and tries to clear the misunderstanding by saying the panties aren't fake, and he stole Shizuhara's panties? I can sorta get the context, but I'm not sure who did what with MTL.

1 day bros

Here's a scanlation of the Famitsu gag manga. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/g27f4ffdmo932tiobzm1v/AAZWIv3VRyErHBz7aiUzhBU?dl=0&e=1&preview=Hundred+Line+Gag+Manga+(Scanlation).pdf&rlkey=hieimdt67ggnopfscege954d4&st=thihpu61 >>1208630 Hopefully we'll get a better translation from a nip speaker later today. I think Moko accused Takumi of stealing panties, Nozomi tries defending him, but then Kako bursts in and exposes him or something

>>1209012 Why does everyone keep saying 1 day? The game releases on the 24th not the 23rd.