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The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- from Too Kyo Video games is lastly releasing worldwide this week on Nintendo Change and PC Steam. Along with Cullen’s ideas on the sport after 55 hours which you’ll learn right here, I have been enjoying it on each Nintendo Change and PC for this characteristic going over the sport on each platforms. There might be no spoilers and all of the screenshots used might be solely from the opening hours of the sport. I will cowl The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- Steam Deck really helpful settings, Change model, ideas on the PC port, ROG Ally impressions, and extra right here.

The Hundred Line: Final Protection Academy Nintendo Change impressions

Over time, I’ve performed each single Danganronpa sport on PS Vita, PS4, PC, Xbox, Nintendo Change, and iOS. It was attention-grabbing seeing how these video games had been ported throughout consoles and PC platforms with some ports being lower than superb methods to expertise the sequence just like the Nintendo Change variations that had both efficiency points (Danganronpa and Danganronpa 2) or each efficiency and stability points (in Danganronpa V3). With Rain Code, it was Nintendo Change-exclusive at launch, and wasn’t an important expertise in handheld mode. It performed lots higher on PC and PS5. I deliver up the Danganronpa video games and Rain Code for some context with Nintendo Change ports for Kazutaka Kodaka’s initiatives. The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- is a a lot better expertise on Nintendo Change than these releases, however there are a number of points.

Having spent almost 40 hours with the Nintendo Change and Steam variations of The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy-, the Change model is an efficient strategy to expertise the sport. When wanting on the Change port and the PC model on handhelds, a number of the sport’s UI parts or textual content aren’t as massive as they need to be when considered on smaller screens. This may increasingly or might not be a difficulty for you, and whereas it is not unreadable, I hope issues might be improved for transportable play contemplating the display actual property out there. Barring that, a number of the pre-rendered cut-scenes on Nintendo Change seem extra compressed than the PC model. 

The opposite visible concern is that the sport would not deal with scaling properly in relation to the way it zooms out and in of scenes. You’ll discover this early on when you need to work together with the solid for the primary time. The fashions and portraits do not look as crisp as they need to. That is one thing that additionally impacts the PC launch, however there’s a simple repair there. 

On the subject of efficiency, the Change model targets 30fps in each docked and handheld modes. I observed extra efficiency points like hitching throughout digicam motion or 2D motion when enjoying in handheld mode than docked. Given the UI points and the extra efficiency points when enjoying handheld, I might suggest enjoying The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- docked on Nintendo Change proper now. The load instances aren’t unhealthy, however they’re noticeably longer than the PC model proper now. Word that I’ve examined the Change model with its latest 1.0.2 replace.

Whereas this is not one thing many will care about, I really feel like including touchscreen help for the cursor throughout exploration would’ve helped. I used the touchscreen lots when enjoying the primary two Danganronpa video games on PS Vita. I additionally used it when enjoying The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- on PC handhelds for the cursor and to faucet and progress dialogue. I like to recommend growing the cursor velocity within the sport’s choices menu for each battles and exploration. The default is just too sluggish. Tweak it as per your liking right here.

In its present state, The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- is an efficient expertise on Nintendo Change, however one that may simply be elevated to unbelievable with some efficiency enhancements and UI changes. The efficiency points aren’t remotely as unhealthy because the Danganronpa video games, however they had been noticeable sufficient all through, particularly in handheld mode. Because the sport is launching worldwide concurrently, I think about it would see some updates no less than and I hope a number of the points might be addressed.

The Hundred Line: Final Protection Academy PC port options

The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- on PC has help for each controllers and keyboard and mouse enter with applicable button prompts. In truth, you possibly can even pressure The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- to show Nintendo Change, PlayStation, or Xbox button prompts by means of the System menu below Choices. On the subject of graphics and show choices, The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- has a single Graphics menu below Choices that permits you to alter window settings (windowed, borderless, and fullscreen), decision (720p to 4K), toggle v-sync, alter brightness, alter distinction, alter gamma, choose body fee goal (30fps or 60fps), choose a graphics preset (excessive, mid, low, customized), alter texture high quality (excessive or low), alter shadow high quality (excessive, mid, low), toggle anti-aliasing, alter texture filtering (trilinear, 2x AF, 4x AF, 8x AF, and 16x AF), alter bloom (excessive, mid, low), and eventually toggle ambient occlusion.

Whereas the sport’s body fee goal setting may make you assume it’s capped at 60fps, it could run above that and match your monitor refresh fee (examined as much as 144hz). Mainly should you disable v-sync or play with the window mode set to fullscreen, the sport runs at both 30 or 60fps. For those who allow v-sync and play borderless (not fullscreen), it matches your monitor’s refresh fee.

The PC model additionally helps you to rebind most controls when utilizing both controller or keyboard and mouse enter choices. Some actions can’t be modified although. Each enter choices allow you to alter the opposite bindings throughout Menu, Battle, Subject, and Exploration. The mouse management rebind choices allow you to alter left click on, proper click on, and center click on. Past graphics and management choices, The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- has Steam Cloud help and it really works completely throughout gadgets in my testing.

The Hundred Line: Final Protection Academy Steam Deck impressions

The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- on Steam Deck is okay out of the field (on the LCD mannequin), however it’s straightforward to dramatically enhance the expertise as I am going over in my really helpful settings. I need to make a particular word right here that the The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- demo save knowledge is appropriately detected within the full sport. I’ve had the total sport for some time now, however I did not check out the demo till I remembered what number of video games do not deal with save knowledge switch on Steam Deck appropriately or in any respect. Fortunately, when beginning a brand new save within the demo, The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- appropriately detected it and let me proceed as proven within the photographs under with the achievement additionally appropriately unlocking.

I attempted out The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- at varied decision and efficiency targets on my Steam Deck LCD and OLED fashions. These vary from 720p 60fps to 1440p and in addition 720p 144hz. When enjoying with a 60fps cap, I bumped into scrolling points on the Steam Deck OLED out of the field because the display is about to 90hz. This has occurred fairly a bit recently in video games with 60fps caps, so keep in mind to set your show to 60hz utilizing the short entry menu should you play The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- in your Steam Deck OLED at 60fps.

Since I needed to check efficiency above 60fps, I disabled v-sync and ran within the bordlerless window mode. Downsampling from 1080p leads to some drops under 90fps in in-engine cut-scenes, however in any other case holds up properly even in battles. This has numerous energy draw although should you care about maximizing your battery life.

I used to be curious to see how The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- felt when enjoying docked on my 1440p show. For those who play at 60fps, 1080p is the most effective decision for no drops. Shifting to 1440p will end in dipping under 60fps in some conditions. Simply to see how a lot I may push the body fee, I set it to 720p and enabled v-sync. Battles appeared to run at 144hz correctly.  

The Hundred Line: Final Protection Academy Steam Deck really helpful settings

Except for capping your display to 60hz should you play on a Steam Deck OLED and need to play at 60fps, you possibly can vastly enhance how The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- appears by choosing 1080p when enjoying on the Steam Deck display in handheld mode. It will downsample from 1080p to 720p and every thing simply appears higher. It runs completely at 60fps even at 1080p so there is no fear there. The one setting adjustments I made had been setting shadow high quality to mid and utilizing 16x AF for texture filtering. The whole lot else on the excessive settings resulted in a sport that appeared cleaner than on Change and one which ran at a strong 60fps. 

If you wish to play The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- in your Steam Deck linked to an exterior monitor, I like to recommend sticking to 1080p if you would like a locked 60fps. You could possibly play at 1440p, however anticipate drops to the mid to excessive 50s relying on what is occurring on display. Do not anticipate to run at 4K 60 with out drops under 30fps on Steam Deck although.

For the comparability above, I’ve used screenshots of the sport operating at 720p and 1080p downsampled on Steam Deck. Each photographs have been zoomed and cropped to point out how the characters and backgrounds look with the 2 totally different resolutions.

If you’d like a locked 90fps expertise in your Steam Deck OLED, I like to recommend enjoying at 720p on the Steam Deck itself with v-sync enabled and utilizing the opposite setting adjustments I like to recommend above. Aiming for 1080p and 90fps will see drops under to the 80s in some conditions although.

Past the cursor settings and refresh fee change should you’re on a Steam Deck OLED, there’s another factor you are able to do to enhance your expertise. This entails setting the correct trackpad on the Steam Deck to be a mouse cursor. It is not important, however I discovered it superb to have in some conditions. Similar to the Steam Deck’s touchscreen to progress dialogue or choosing particular issues on the display, that is extra of a characteristic that’s good to have and never one that’s important. To do that, go into the Controller Settings for The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- and choose the correct trackpad and set it for use “As Mouse”. 

The Hundred Line: Final Protection Academy Nintendo Change vs Steam Deck PC

The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- is lots higher on Steam Deck in comparison with Nintendo Change, however the latter is definitely good except for some hitching throughout digicam and participant motion in handheld mode. Each programs undergo from a number of the UI parts being smaller than they need to on the hand held display. Whereas the ports weren’t carried out by the identical builders, I anticipated a lot worse for Change given how Rain Code and the Danganronpa video games ended up on Nintendo’s hybrid system. Total, the Change delivers a great expertise when enjoying The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- with some hitching that I ended up getting used to for handheld play. That is truly one sport I like to recommend enjoying docked on Nintendo Change if you’ll be able to. The efficiency is not excellent, but it surely has lots much less hitching than in handheld mode.

If in case you have each a Change and a Steam Deck, the latter delivers a a lot better expertise with enormously improved picture high quality and efficiency. The gallery above exhibits one of many cut-scenes that appears extra compressed on Change in comparison with Steam Deck. I additionally included a screenshot of the cafeteria on the Change model in comparison with the PC model on Steam Deck. The latter appears higher due to downsampling. Whereas it could not look as apparent in screenshots due to compression, you possibly can attempt it out your self within the free demo and see how a lot crisper the 3D parts and characters take a look at 1080p downsampled in comparison with simply 720p.

The Hundred Line: Final Protection Academy ROG Ally impressions

With Steam Deck and Nintendo Change coated, I additionally examined The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- on my ROG Ally. Whereas I often check demanding video games with the 25W turbo mode, I made a decision to see how the ROG Ally handles The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- on its 10W and 15W modes as properly. When enjoying at 1080p, the 10W silent mode noticed common drops under 60fps. If you wish to play within the 10W silent mode, you will want to cap the sport at 30fps. The 15W mode held up completely although at 60fps. For those who do not care about battery life and need to have the absolute best visible expertise in The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- on ROG Ally, I like to recommend truly enjoying at 1440p downsampled with the 30W (when plugged in) or 25W mode with v-sync enabled for a 60fps goal. The VRR show will clean out any dips under and it appears crisp all through. Some screenshots of the sport on ROG Ally at 60fps and one at 120fps are within the gallery above.

Whereas I have never even come near ending the sport itself, what I’ve performed of The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- is superb. I like the aesthetic, music, voice performing (in each languages), and in addition the gameplay loop. Keep tuned for my ideas as I get by means of extra of the sport and discuss it on the Tetracast. 

The Hundred Line -Final Protection Academy- launches on April 24 worldwide for Nintendo Change and PC (Steam).