The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-
April 23, 2025
PROJECT EXTREME X DESPAIR IS HERE! "KAZUTAKA KODAKA" AND "KOTARO UCHIKOSHI" COMES A BRAND-NEW ADVENTURE GAME! Takumi Sumino is a totally average teenager living in the Tokyo Residential Complex, a place where every day is much like the last and nothing bad ever happens. All that changes when freakish monsters …
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Critic Reviews (34)
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73.0
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82.0
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"The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- is a bold fusion of visual novel storytelling and tactical combat, wrapped in an emotionally intense narrative. With its branching structure and fresh mechanics, it offers a deep, replayable experience that builds on the …"
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20.0
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20.0
"Starting out as a fun-filled entertainment experience, The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy quickly degrades into a torment that lasts for literally hundreds of hours."
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95.0
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95.0
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95.0
"undefined.It&s;s always a delight to discover what will end up being one of my favorite video games in real time, but The Hundred Line did it. With the storytelling prowess of two cult icons mixed with some fresh and exciting …"
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60.0
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55.0
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85.0
"The developers from Too Kyo Games and Media.Vision have succeeded in effectively combining their strengths to deliver a game that is both narratively rich and playfully interesting. The mix of tactical turn-based combat and interactive mystery novel works particularly well, …"
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48.0
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62.0
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57.0
""Great looks and battles, too many similar story paths.""
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70.0
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75.0
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90.0
"What you are seeing is far more ambitious than it is letting on, so much so that I was left literally gobsmacked by what I experienced."
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65.0
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80.0
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60.0
"The Hundred Line – Last Defense Academy is interesting; it does a surprisingly good job of meshing together the visual novel and strategy game elements in a satisfying way, but it just falls so incredibly short on the pacing that …"
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70.0
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80.0
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90.0
"The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is an absurdly ambitious, delightfully over-the-top and genuinely enjoyable game to play. It captures the same raw insanity of Danganronpa but has a level of raw excess that makes it stand out from the …"
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65.0
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70.0
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75.0
"The game is a visual novel that captivates fans of the genre with charismatic characters, stunning cutscenes, an engaging narrative, and elements from other genres that add depth, mystery, and a touch of weirdness, despite a dense start that becomes …"
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80.0
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90.0
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70.0
"The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy gets a lot of things right, perhaps too many to be helped."
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90.0
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75.0
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85.0
"Too Kyo Games team has managed to transfer their past experiences to their new game and once again they have presented us with a game that can be written among the best examples of the genre they have shaped."
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80.0
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75.0
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85.0
"Last Defense Academy has a lot of disparate parts working simultaneously, but it never creates any sort of disharmony. If anything, the visual novel, turn-based strategy, resource collection, and relationship management aspects complement and reinforce each other, creating a product …"
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70.0
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65.0
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85.0
"Your experience with The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy will leave you eager to dive back into its blend of story and strategy. Your choices shape the narrative in this game and remain a compelling fusion of narrative depth."
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68.0
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72.0
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68.0
"Though the tactical elements never quite felt like they were prioritized as heavily as the narrative, The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy earns its stripes as the next in the line of spiritual successors, given how close a chord it …"
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85.0
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92.0
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83.0
"The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is a morbidly engrossing tactics RPG that takes the right notes from Danganronpa."
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85.0
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75.0
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90.0
"There’s nothing else quite like The Hundred Line. It’s bold, bizarre, heartfelt, and filled with more ideas than most games twice its size. It respects your time by giving you meaningful choices, compelling characters, and deep gameplay systems. And most …"
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60.0
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80.0
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40.0
"The Hundred Line - Last Defence Academy is a pretty solid turn-based strategy game buried under an avalanche of terrible anime tropes and mediocre storytelling."
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65.0
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70.0
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75.0
"The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- is the perfect game for anime and strategy fans, but might leave those looking for a deeper RPG experience in the cold."
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70.0
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85.0
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65.0
"The Hundred Line: The Last Defense Academy is a must-play game for anyone who enjoys TRPG gameplay and compelling, often surprising sci-fi storytelling. Despite its dark themes and disturbing imagery, it&s;s a total joy to play."
Read original review"The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- feels like the love child of Kodaka&s;s eccentric, character-driven storytelling from Danganronpa and Uchikoshi’s mind-bending twists from Zero Escape. The game pulls you in with its gripping narrative choices and fast-paced combat, all unfolding …"
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65.0
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60.0
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"In The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-, the visual novel and combat parts hit that target, but the social and resource-gathering elements don’t. And those parts happen to eat up a ton of extra time that grows increasingly obnoxious as …"
Read original review"The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- is a fun turn-based strategy RPG with a large entertaining cast and an intriguing story. If it featured more variety in its enemies and locales and fleshed out its characters&s; motivations a bit more, …"
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95.0
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60.0
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98.0
"Kazutaka Kodaka and Kotaro Uchikoshi&s;s collaboration on The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is a winning mix befitting both creators&s; legacies."
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65.0
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70.0
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85.0
"A visual novel that stands out in its genre for its role-playing features and ability to accommodate a wide range of open-ended scenarios. It features successful mechanics that entertain players with tower defense gameplay while encouraging tactical thinking. Although the …"
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78.0
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92.0
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94.0
"The Hundred Line Last Defense Academy is a must-play for fans of tactical RPGs, sci-fi thrillers, and just high-quality incredibly well written games in general. It&s;s a wild ride from beginning to end, and I&s;m still not even truly sure …"
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85.0
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88.0
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92.0
"The Hundred Line – Last Defense Academy is an excellent tactical RPG that fully showcases the strengths of the creatives behind it. A well-written and compelling story, strong and strategic gameplay, attractive art style, and passionate VA work all come …"
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65.0
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75.0
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90.0
"This title is not entirely perfect. The adventure game elements look a little goofy, the characters can be quite archetypal, and the humor gets quite crass. But the game’s wild plot twists, intense character dynamics, and sheer style hold it …"
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85.0
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75.0
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90.0
"I lost my mind with 13 Sentinels back in the day, and my time with The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy was similar. It’s clever, engrossing, and it breaks up the reading with the right level of engagement and action."
Read original review"Despite some stumbles and high ambitions, the creators of The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy ultimately succeeded in delivering a strong, twist-filled visual novel that no fan of the genre should miss."
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85.0
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70.0
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95.0
"A masterclass in visual novel storytelling, The Hundred Line delivers both quality and quantity, with 30+ hours of gripping narrative and 100+ hours of content for dedicated players"
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75.0
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88.0
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86.0
"A delightful mishmash of genres, aesthetics, and tones that comes out great either despite or because of its many disparate elements."
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70.0
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65.0
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85.0
"The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- has its strengths, but the large amount of content is repetitive to complete."
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70.0
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65.0
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80.0
"A dream project for visual novel and tactics fans alike, The Hundred Line delivers narrative brilliance with a gutsy twist on strategy gameplay. It&s;s eccentric, engaging, and wildly entertaining."
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70.0
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85.0
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90.0
"Think of it as a huge, and very interesting, visual novel that offers you the freedom to sample as much, or as little, of it as you want, although the lack of sign posting means it&s;s sometimes an uneven one."
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