Revealed at yesterday’s Nintendo Direct stream – however completely coming to PC as a result of there is a Steam web page for it – The Hundred Line: Final Protection Academy looks as if a mash-up of visible novel and Fireplace Emblem-y RPG battles on grids. And it is by the oldsters behind Danganronpa and Zero Escape, which implies there shall be a lot of penalties and selections that result in copious quantities of despair, irrespective of the way you end the sport apparently. If there’s one factor that basically will get me going, it is a sport devoid of happiness and cheer.
In step with many Japanese teen tales you are a completely ‚common‘ man, Takumi Sumino, who lives in Tokyo. Then out of the blue, a lot of horrible monsters begin attacking the town and a ghostly tic tac with a bow tie says, „Right here, have the ability to combat these creatures with the ability of anime, however keep on with the grids on the ground. Stab your self within the chest! Oh and go to highschool“. Faculty being the Final Protection Academy out in the midst of nowhere, the place Takumi and others will discover ways to defend it for 100 days straight.
There’s the promise of spending time along with your buddies to „deepen bonds“ or to craft them items so you’ll be able to deepen them even additional. I might think about this confers advantages in battle, the place turn-based fights have you ever line up talents on a grid towards waves of demons. Demons starting from cute little orbs to levitating dragons that, going by the trailer, you’ll be able to bash with a bike. I hope it is like Persona within the sense that you will deepen bonds with the motorcycle individual and so they’ll develop higher motorcycle affinity, perhaps by like, increasing their motorcycle with a sidecar for further area-of-effect harm.
Particulars are fairly skinny on the bottom for the time being, however I am right here for a JRPG the place your buddies probably match into 4 primary classes: deranged, tsundere, man who pushes up his glasses and smirks, in addition to outgoing loudmouth who’s positively insufferable but in addition your strongest pal so you’ll be able to’t swap them out of your social gathering.
The sport comes out typically in early 2025, and you’ll comply with it over on its Steam page. I’ve additionally been which means to play a single Danganronpa or Zero Escape sport for a while now, however I’ve by no means bought spherical to it. They appear cool, if a bit intimidating as a result of there are such a lot of of them and so they most likely all take round 90-hours to finish.