With so many titles already vying for 2025’s game of the year, The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy director Kazutaka Kodaka doesn’t mind if his game doesn’t win the prestigious award. His recent comment comes in response to several Western gaming outlets and numerous fans highlighting The Hundred Line’s potential as a GOTY contender.
With a total of one hundred endings that rack up the TRPG’s playtime to up to as much as 220 hours, Kodaka says the game might not be designed to appeal to everyone, but those who like it will find that it “hits really hard.”
The developers at Too Kyo Games and Media.Vision put a lot of effort into The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, with Too Kyo Games even going into debt to fund their massive passion project. Before the game was released, Kodaka admitted that even with the support from publisher Aniplex, Too Kyo Games was still in debt as the developers were strained both financially and mentally when working on the project. Despite its development difficulties, The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy found its niche and has been largely successful so far , earning an 85 Metascore on review aggregate site Metacritic and a “Very Positive” rating on Steam.
While Kodaka stands by his belief that The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy isn’t typical GOTY material, a follow-up post reveals that he wouldn’t mind winning a well-known award to keep Too Kyo Games from going under. With so much talent in the studio and potential plans for an anime series, Kodaka is hoping The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy’s audience will help the game get the recognition it deserves.
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is out now on Steam (Windows) and for the Nintendo Switch.
