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The Developers Behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Hundred Line Recommend Playing Each Others' Games
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 67058" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/04/30/clairobscurhundredlinemashupign-1746028273091.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p>There's certainly been no shortage of games in the last month or so, and it's easy for games to get lost in the proverbial avalanche. In a show of mutual admiration, though, two leads behind two RPGs, both of which launched in the same week, are promoting each others' games to fans.</p><p></p><p>As spotted by <a href="https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/danganronpa-creator-says-clair-obscur-expedition-33-is-an-amazing-tribute-to-classic-jrpgs-while-his-new-game-is-a-cult-strategy-rpg-that-will-still-be-here-once-you-come-back-from-your-expedition/" target="_blank">GamesRadar</a>, Kazutaka Kodaka — creator of Danganronpa and co-director behind the recently released <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy" target="_blank">The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy</a> — shouted out players reaching a milestone in his own game. Then, he went on to shout out another current RPG in <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/clair-obscur-expedition-33" target="_blank">Clair Obscur: Expedition 33</a>. "Even after you finish Expedition 33, this Japanese cult game will still be here, waiting for you!" <a href="https://x.com/kazkodaka/status/1916525336373952567" target="_blank">said</a> Kodaka.</p><p></p><p></p><p>He went on to praise Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in a follow-up post, drawing a comparison between the two games' unique takes on their respective genres. "Expedition 33 is an amazing tribute to classic JRPG, while Hundred Line is a cult Japanese VN & SRPG," said Kodaka. "Hundred Line has its own unique charm too, so why not play!!!"</p><p></p><p>Sandfall Interactive seemed to notice the shout-outs, and the official Expedition 33 account <a href="https://x.com/expedition33/status/1917500503627555303" target="_blank">posted a message</a> from creative director Guillaume Broche:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Kodaka <a href="https://x.com/kazkodaka/status/1917597566218469476" target="_blank">followed up</a>, with more praise for Expedition 33:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There are, frankly, a lot of games coming out every year. Per <a href="https://steamdb.info/stats/releases/" target="_blank">SteamDB</a>, over 6,000 games have hit Valve's PC platform in 2025 as of this writing. Over 18,000 released on Steam last year alone. By any metric, that's a baffling number, and even games with newsworthy creators may struggle to reach audiences in the massive flood of new things to play. Factor in ever-evolving live-service games and their content update schedules, and everything, everywhere is fighting for your time and attention.</p><p></p><p>In light of that, it's heartwarming to not only see two creators acknowledging and promoting each others' games, but encouraging fans to go play them afterwards. In the <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/launching-a-successful-live-service-game-is-a-battle-royale-in-itself" target="_blank">never-ending battle for eyes and attach rates</a>, encouraging players to roll credits and move on to other experiences is noteworthy.</p><p></p><p>Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is out now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is also out now, for PC and Nintendo Switch. If you're close to finishing one, it sounds like you might want to check out the other, too.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/the-developers-behind-clair-obscur-expedition-33-and-hundred-line-recommend-playing-each-others-games" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 67058, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/04/30/clairobscurhundredlinemashupign-1746028273091.jpg[/IMG] There's certainly been no shortage of games in the last month or so, and it's easy for games to get lost in the proverbial avalanche. In a show of mutual admiration, though, two leads behind two RPGs, both of which launched in the same week, are promoting each others' games to fans. As spotted by [URL='https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/danganronpa-creator-says-clair-obscur-expedition-33-is-an-amazing-tribute-to-classic-jrpgs-while-his-new-game-is-a-cult-strategy-rpg-that-will-still-be-here-once-you-come-back-from-your-expedition/']GamesRadar[/URL], Kazutaka Kodaka — creator of Danganronpa and co-director behind the recently released [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy']The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy[/URL] — shouted out players reaching a milestone in his own game. Then, he went on to shout out another current RPG in [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/clair-obscur-expedition-33']Clair Obscur: Expedition 33[/URL]. "Even after you finish Expedition 33, this Japanese cult game will still be here, waiting for you!" [URL='https://x.com/kazkodaka/status/1916525336373952567']said[/URL] Kodaka. He went on to praise Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in a follow-up post, drawing a comparison between the two games' unique takes on their respective genres. "Expedition 33 is an amazing tribute to classic JRPG, while Hundred Line is a cult Japanese VN & SRPG," said Kodaka. "Hundred Line has its own unique charm too, so why not play!!!" Sandfall Interactive seemed to notice the shout-outs, and the official Expedition 33 account [URL='https://x.com/expedition33/status/1917500503627555303']posted a message[/URL] from creative director Guillaume Broche: Kodaka [URL='https://x.com/kazkodaka/status/1917597566218469476']followed up[/URL], with more praise for Expedition 33: There are, frankly, a lot of games coming out every year. Per [URL='https://steamdb.info/stats/releases/']SteamDB[/URL], over 6,000 games have hit Valve's PC platform in 2025 as of this writing. Over 18,000 released on Steam last year alone. By any metric, that's a baffling number, and even games with newsworthy creators may struggle to reach audiences in the massive flood of new things to play. Factor in ever-evolving live-service games and their content update schedules, and everything, everywhere is fighting for your time and attention. In light of that, it's heartwarming to not only see two creators acknowledging and promoting each others' games, but encouraging fans to go play them afterwards. In the [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/launching-a-successful-live-service-game-is-a-battle-royale-in-itself']never-ending battle for eyes and attach rates[/URL], encouraging players to roll credits and move on to other experiences is noteworthy. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is out now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is also out now, for PC and Nintendo Switch. If you're close to finishing one, it sounds like you might want to check out the other, too. [I]Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/the-developers-behind-clair-obscur-expedition-33-and-hundred-line-recommend-playing-each-others-games"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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