by SmashPad Staff
10. The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy – PC, Switch
“This was the wild card, and boy was it wild. This was, without a doubt, the single biggest surprise I encountered this year. What at first presents itself as a wacky VN instead shows itself to be a rabbit-hole of storytelling and addictive Simulation RPG gameplay. Do not be fooled: when you think the game is over, you’ve only just finished the tutorial. It gets even stranger from there, and this honestly would have been enough to make it game of the year if it wasn’t for…” – Brandon Perkins, Let’s Weekend Host
Note From The Editors:
This is the only game on our list without an accompanying video. We planned on pulling footage from a Steam Deck, but the file was corrupted when we planned on recording voiceover.