Hundred Line Reverses SRPG Tropes With Sacrificial Tactics

Kotaku explains how The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy blends visual novel storytelling with strategy RPG gameplay and deliberately overturns Fire Emblem conventions by reviving fallen units between waves and offering a Last Resort sacrificial option, encouraging players to treat teammates as expendable tools rather than fearing permadeath. The design keeps the narrative separate from combat choices, and a karma system that would have altered the story was scrapped to preserve player-made outcomes. The game is out on PC and Switch, with a Danganronpa 2×2 remake in development.