'The Hundred Line' Dev Too Kyo Games Is Still "On The Brink Of Going Under"

I would have picked it up day one if there had been a physical release in Europe. Now I feel a bit of pressure to just go digital.

I bought the CE so did my part. Hopefully they'll be able to stick around.

@Jack_Goetz
Unfortunately they couldn't find any company who was willing to publish it physically in Europe.

@jolteon23 the English voices are similar quality to the Danganronpa games and RainCode if you played those. Pretty sure many of them are the same actors that Atlus use for Persona and SMT. Personally I like the English dub so I can appreciate the animated scenes fully. Either way though the game is awesome.

Also I think you can switch to the Japanese or English voices at anytime so it doesn't lock you in on a playthrough.

I wanted to buy the game but it's always out of stock everywhere. And yes, I want it physically.

No, no, no, no, no. You're not going anywhere. I loved Rain Code and I have a physical. Just ordered The Hundred Line from Playasia. You guys just stay there and make games, thanks.

Loving the game to death but do feel like it was kind of an irresponsible production. They probably should've drastically dialed the scale back when they had to restart development.

Really hope they can sort things out. It's a wonder no other company tried to step in given how popular their games have been in the past.

Thanks to my backlog I wasn't planning to pick it up anytime soon, but I guess that has to change.

Unfortunately for me, I just played Fire Emblem Engage and Master Detective Archives Raincode this year, so I'm really not in the mood for a mix of this dev and a tactical game right now. I'm also not in the mood for a long game for a very long time, so they couldn't have released this at a worse time for me. I don't think my one purchase would have really changed the course of history for them though. Unfortunately, this is the way things are sometimes. This is a pretty obscure, niche title, and banking their whole careers on it was a pretty risky move. It's a shame because I really have enjoyed the Danganronpa/Raincode games.

I will buy it! Recruit your friends!

@GregamanX I imagine their careers will themselves be fine, since both have quality reputations and have continued to work with Spike Chunsoft since they left it. But it's pretty unlikely not under their own umbrella they'd ever have the freedom to do something on the scale of this again, since Hundred Line really is just kind of an incredibly daring game between the sheer size of it, a lot of the content of it, and what a weird multicar pileup of a genre mish-mash it is. Plus it'd be unfortunate for all the rank and file people there who do not have the same safety net Uchikoshi and Kodaka would.

That’s just sad to hear. I’ll get it this week.

Too bad the Nintendo Switch version is censored.
The steam version is not.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LastDefenseAcademy/comments/1kaygxu/looks_like_this_cg_is_altered_in_the_switch/

@Glasso That sequence is 1), buried in a side route deep into the game, 2), not really at all actually plot relevant, and 3), still incredibly risque even as it is so who cares?

If anything I think you could argue toning it down makes the scene work slightly better since it's kind of trying for being unsettling and being fanservicey at the same time and those goals don't really work together that well.

@SlowPokemon My read on comparing Hundred Line to Rain Code is that Hundred Line's a game Kodaka was passionate about, Rain Code is a game Kodaka made because Danganronpa is popular. There's just kind of so much more energy and life and structure in everything about Hundred Line; the only real point I'm inclined to give Rain Code over it is that Hiruko kind of feels like a Halara rehash (down to the fondness for cats) that's nowhere near as interesting or likable as they are. That said Halara's not only the best character in Rain Code but has no real competition so that still doesn't really change that on the whole the Hundred Line cast is much stronger.

That said admittedly I do think Hundred Line does have a few too many areas where it feels like they were just copying 13 Sentinels' homework.

I tried the demo on Steam but it's not a game for me. I found the characters and dialogue too cringe and the tactical battles are way too simplistic.

I'm not that into tactics games and I'm still intrigued by Hundred Line. I hope they're able to pull it together cuz I'm a fan of Dangan and Zero Escape.

It’s kind of crazy they didn’t try to release it on more platforms if they needed sales.

One of my most anticipated games of the year, and enjoyed the demo thoroughly. Really wanted a physical copy so didn't buy the full game straight away. I've never purchased from PlayAsia before, but I've done so this week to get a copy of this, excited for it to arrive in the next few weeks.

Lmao as a one eyed woman that top pic brought back memories. Guess i have a Halloween costume this year. Lol.

Anyway this game is on my list but I am pretty much waiting a year to buy any switch games because it may get a switch 2 version. I hope the company can remain solvent.

I have bought the digital deluxe version and the physical Limited Edition from the US while a friend of mine gifted me the physical japanese version.

I cannot do more from my side haha

@Glasso Yup. Don’t care how some people here want to downplay censorship. If there is a version available that has less censorship then I support that version simple as that.

Too bad Nintendo lately been dropping the ball on that front when most of Switch 1 life they were pretty good which was why I never touched Sony versions for example back then.

@Glasso And to make things even worse, localization sucks as well.

@Lizuka dont try to downplay censorship mate. Doesn't matter if its one CG or if its a side route, the scene clearly wasn't risqué enough that the ESRB had to give it an AO. so there's no reason why a Mature rated game filled to the brim with blood, crass humor, ans sexual jokes should have risqué imagery toned down.

I bought the game day one cuz I wanted to support Too Kyo games but I legit wouldn't have bother buying it on Switch had that censorship been known before release (I wound up buying it on steam as well).

Now I've been trying to find out whether the japanese or switch version also got censored.

I'll be picking up a copy of The Hundred Line this week or next just in case this becomes a difficult to find game later on this year etc..

@RickStar can't help with the dialogue if that's not your bag, but the combat does get a lot more complex and strategic later into the game.

@Warioware Yes, many people told me the same, that the combat gets better later on. I'm tempted to give the game another shot, will probably wait for a sale on Steam as I heard the Switch version is censored, unlike the Steam one.

I had not heard of this game prior to reading the article but I was intrigued by what I read and checked out a bunch of reviews. I bought a limited edition physical copy from GameStop to show the devs support.

I had to hustle to get a physical copy here in Canada..Gamestop only got pre-order copies, none for the shelves. It was sold out everywhere by 10pm.
I understand a broke company doing a short print but lots of people will miss out.

@RickStar I think there is a conversation about the censorship in this chat above, apparently it is just a change to one CG and they disagree about which version is better. I am generally against censorship and regional changes but that's quite a minor one in such a big game (and not on the level of removed content like in one of the Fire Emblems, the first South Park and Yakuza 3's original release).

I would definitely recommend this one though, very clear that a lot of thought, care and effort went into it.

@Warioware I have seen another censored CG, so there might be others yet to be found. I prefer to go for the least censored version when I can, don't like the idea to have the devs' original vision altered. The game is M rated so it really makes no sense to censor it...

@RickStar that's a shame, like I said I am mostly against censorship but I don't really have a Steam option so, guess I will check out what was censored online.