The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-

Play it on: Switch, Windows PCs (Steam Deck: “Playable”)
Current goal: Save humanity

I’ve written about The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy a couple times for the Weekend Guide, but the deeper I get into Too Kyo Games’ tactics RPG visual novel the more I have to sing its praises. I’m still not done with even one of the game’s many routes, but just learning more about the scope of this game with each decision I make frankly has me in awe. The game’s branching narrative is one of the most complex I’ve ever experienced in a game, and it’s the kind of sicko shit that only Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka and Zero Escape lead Kotaro Uchikoshi could have concocted. Kodaka has been pretty candid about the fact that the game’s development put the studio in debt and it’s in danger of going under. So if the goal of the Weekend Guide is to recommend a game, then I can’t recommend you play anything this weekend more than The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. — Kenneth Shepard

And that wraps our picks for this weekend. Happy gaming!