{"id":48467,"date":"2025-05-29T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=48467"},"modified":"2025-05-28T18:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T09:36:06","slug":"the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-director-doesnt-consider-the-game-typical-goty-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-director-doesnt-consider-the-game-typical-goty-material\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy director doesn\u2019t consider the game typical GOTY material\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With so many titles already vying for 2025\u2019s game of the year, <strong>The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy<\/strong> director Kazutaka Kodaka doesn\u2019t mind if his game doesn\u2019t win the prestigious award. His recent comment comes in response to several Western gaming outlets and numerous fans highlighting The Hundred Line\u2019s potential as a GOTY contender. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a total of <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academys-100-endings-are-all-dense-enough-to-be-true-endings-with-no-fillers-or-easy-bad-endings-says-kotaro-uchikoshi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one hundred endings<\/a> that rack up the TRPG\u2019s playtime to up to as much as <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-takes-an-average-of-180-hours-to-complete-but-heres-why-playtime-can-vary-wildly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">220 hours<\/a>, Kodaka says the game might not be designed to appeal to everyone, but those who like it will find that it \u201chits really hard.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m not sure if a prestigious award really suits a game like Hundred Line.<br>But that\u2019s exactly why I think it\u2019s a rare and valuable game.<br>It might not be for everyone, but for those it resonates with, it hits really hard.<br>So I truly hope many people will give it a try <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dAfmur91vA\">https:\/\/t.co\/dAfmur91vA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kazutaka kodaka\/\u5c0f\u9ad8\u548c\u525b (@kazkodaka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kazkodaka\/status\/1927200081985306828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The developers at Too Kyo Games and Media.Vision put a lot of effort into The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, with <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/danganronpa-creators-are-risking-their-lives-for-their-upcoming-new-game-which-has-put-them-in-debt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Too Kyo Games even going into debt<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Metacritic<\/a> and a \u201cVery Positive\u201d rating on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3014080\/The_Hundred_Line_Last_Defense_Academy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">But maybe\u2026 winning some kind of award might help keep the company from going under. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NGzyv0qzSb\">https:\/\/t.co\/NGzyv0qzSb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kazutaka kodaka\/\u5c0f\u9ad8\u548c\u525b (@kazkodaka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kazkodaka\/status\/1927394031685837106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While Kodaka stands by his belief that The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy isn\u2019t typical GOTY material, a follow-up post reveals that he wouldn\u2019t mind winning a well-known award to keep Too Kyo Games from going under. <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-devs-have-lost-track-of-how-much-artwork-is-in-the-game-but-theres-at-least-2000-character-expression-and-600-cgs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">With so much talent in the studio<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-will-get-an-anime-adaptation-if-the-game-sells-well-director-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">potential plans for an anime series<\/a>, Kodaka is hoping The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy\u2019s audience will help the game get the recognition it deserves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is out now on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3014080\/The_Hundred_Line_Last_Defense_Academy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a> (Windows) and for the Nintendo Switch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy&#8217;s creator Kazutaka Kodaka has responded to the game being highlighted as a strong GOTY contender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":48470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-48467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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