and I'm sure I read in a preview somewhere that the developers wanted you to feel like the ending you get is the true ending, regardless of which one of the 100 endings you actually get

if this is what is actually happening it will be one of the coolest story telling techniques I've seen in a game, and it wouldn't surprise me that someone like Kodaka would be the one to pull it off

anyway, if you can't tell I'm still really loving this game, and it'll probably even keep me from playing Mario Kart World so much if I haven't finished it by Thursday, it's that intriguing

#TheHundredLine

got through the battle at day 55, the first battle I didn't really enjoy. it introduces a bullshit mechanic (the enemies that cover the battlefield in mist) which makes it pretty un-fun as it really limits your options and means you can be attacked by enemies you can't even see or fight back against

managed to abuse a couple of the more broken items and characters to get an S rank but it felt cheap

a win is a win

some screenshots from this morning, love this game. Kako and Kyoshika are great characters, but Darumi is still my fav ❤

NO idea where this story is going

did the battle on day 73 at the invader base looking for Ima. my favorite battle of the game so far, managed another S rank

I'm still convinced that Ima wasn't actually abducted when the prisoner escaped, and that we'll find something awful when we do find out what actually happened to him, like he's been turned into an invader or something. we still don't even know what they are

poor Kako, I'm really starting to like her 😥

nearing the end, I think? day 87 was certainly an eventful one, featuring another battle with an annoying gimmick that you have to work around - the sonic attack that causes your characters to have hallucinations (enemy models are not what the enemy actually is) and you can't read your skill or item names

I found it mildly un-fun and I was just glad to get through it, but then the game pulled a Surprise! Extra Boss! so I saved and quit

oh shiiiii- it's all starting to unravel. Darumi is the only one who seems to be enjoying herself now, she really wanted to be in a Danganronpa game all along and she finally got her despair

I'm SO into this story, the writing is excellent

also, fuck this game for not letting me save at the start of the fight like every other battle in the game. no for this one you have to ffwd through a 20 minute cutscene to get back to it

why? so annoying

ok after getting one prediction 100% spot on - the identity of the despicable traitor - my next wild stab in the dark about this game is that repeat playthroughs will allow you to change story events, save characters who would otherwise die, etc

they have already established that rewinding time is a thing that exists in this universe, and saving Nozomi/Karua in a future playthrough is definitely a huge motivation for our dear Takumi

I wonder, if we are able to go back and redo events now we know that Eito is the one who sabotaged everything, if we kill him right at the start then all the stuff he did afterwards (killing Hiruko, Sirei, and the prisoner, etc) none of that would happen

but Takumi would have to do it in such a way that he doesn't look like a murderous psycho to everyone else 🤔

I'm just guessing at this point, but if this is what actually happens it will be so cool

oh course, the clues were there all along! the protagonists specialist skill is the ability to use the "restart" option from the menu, rewinding time to the start of the current wave in battle. you think it's just a videogame thing but no, it's an in-universe power

it all makes sense now, so so cool

and done, #TheHundredLine is a masterpiece. I'm calling it now, this will be my GOTY 2025 unless Trails in the Sky First Chapter Remake is very special indeed

TooKyo Games, you mad bastards

the way NG+ works in this is excellent. you travel back in time to day 1/100 and can redo the entire game, keep your upgrades and unlocked skills etc. so far so normal for NG+

but your character, Takumi, also retains all his knowledge of the timeline of events and the story, world, characters etc, he literally travels back in time rather then just starting the game again

so the first thing I did when I started my second playthrough was kill the traitor who sabotaged everything the first time but now everyone thinks I'm a psycho and my excuse of "it's ok guys, I'm from the future!" didn't exactly convince them I wasn't crazy

the story is playing out completely differently, not just slightly different dialogue here or there, but new events and a totally different timeline

and you can understand and talk to the invaders this time round, you couldn't communicate with them the first time. I wonder how much more I'll learn about what's actually going on

genius

I have so many questions I want answered:

just who the hell is Hiruko? she's really powerful and originally said she had been fighting the invaders for some time before you meet her, but then she got murdered before you could learn more. is she another time traveler? 🤔

just who or what are the invaders? what's their motivation? I don't buy the World Death explanation

what is on the artificial satellite? the first ending you get with the garbled message made it sound far from the idyllic escape we were promised

what's the actual plan for day 100 if we successfully complete the mission? it all went terribly wrong the first time

just how many times am I going to play through this game? 😅 I can see the timeline getting crazy complicated

the chapter select in NG+ has codes for where you are in the timeline, so I'll tag my posts with these in case you are playing yourself

the last 3 digits are the day number

I can't remember getting this obsessed with a game for quite a while, all day at work I've been thinking about what's happening in my current playthrough, and can't wait to get home to fire the game up

this game has burrowed into my brain, it's a beautiful, insane thing

#TheHundredLine

man, this route is grim af, half the characters are dead and everyone else is trapped in a Danganronpa style killing game. Darumi is the only person having a good time!

have had two premature endings, one where invaders destroyed the school while everyone was out in the wasteland trying to get points for the game, and the second one where everyone killed each other fighting over who gets to kill an enemy commander for big points

this game loves to give you impossible choices

some screenshots from tonight, some more banger lines from Kyoshika who is definitely one of my favorite characters, and new character Kamyuhn

the mysteries keep piling up. I love how this game very slowly reveals it's story, and each revelation just leads to more questions. I wonder how many playthroughs it'll take to get the full picture

I felt really sorry for Kamyuhn when she found out her mother had been killed (by us)

some things I am starting to suspect: we may not be on Earth and may in fact be the invaders on an alien world, possibly way in the future

the "invaders" we are fighting are definitely not the evil monsters we were told they were. they have their own society, religion, and morals. they refer to us as "invaders"

there's definitely someything up with Hiruko. although she is dead (again) in my current playthrough I did find out a bit more about her this time. I like her a lot

it all got a bit saucy tonight, lol

XSEED did such a good job with the localisation in this game

what the fuuu-, it was EITO?

well the Killing Game is finally over and the sponsor is dead, now to escape. shame Tsubasa killed Eito before we learnt what was going on, but I'm grateful she did!

@riikka I'm SO into this game atm, it's all I can think about! if you're gonna play it further don't read any more of my spoiler posts until you get to NG+ at least

I just know this will be the best game I play all year, I hope you get into it 🙂