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The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy's Enormous Size Was A Huge Risk - But It Paid Off

The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy's Enormous Size Was A Huge Risk - But It Paid Off https://ift.tt/Gnt3iIY 55 hours into The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy , Too Kyo Games' visual novel turn-based strategy game, I encountered a particularly touching scene. Two characters, who a few days earlier learned something particularly shocking--one of several moments in the game that recontextualizes the whole experience--get up early and end up watching the sun rise together. It's a little moment of tranquility, of two people bonding over natural beauty amid a particularly rough string of days, and it landed beautifully. It felt like the game was tapping into something a little deeper, a little more melancholic, than what I'd seen before. According to online estimates of the game's total length, at the point I saw this scene, I had another 90-120 hours to go until I could really say that I'd "finished" the game, depending on my speed and patience. The...
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There's Already A Dragon's Dogma 2 Mod That Circumvents Item Microtransactions

There's Already A Dragon's Dogma 2 Mod That Circumvents Item Microtransactions https://ift.tt/DmELspg

Dragon's Dogma 2 has drawn controversy for its approach to microtransactions, allowing players to spend real money on items that allow fast travel, appearance changes, or character revival. Accordingly, some of the game's most popular mods are designed to make all these items more readily and cheaply available in game.

The items in question include Ferrystones and Portcrystals, which are used for fast travel, Wakestones, which can revive a fallen party member, the character-editing Art of Metamorphosis, and the Gaol Key, a literal get out of jail free card. All of these can be purchased as individual microtransactions for somewhere between $1 and $3 each.

Capcom addressed the controversy in a post on its Steam page, pointing out that all the items in question are available in-game as well as through purchases. Most are intentionally rare, expensive, or are only available late in the game, however, so it's not surprising modders are bumping up the items' availability.

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