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THE iDOLM@STER 2 Gameplay Thread
KIRBYSIM:
--- Quote from: Elixir on March 03, 2011, 05:38:20 am ---Because I listen to 2ch trolls!!
I'll try your beginning strategy this time.. I really don't understand how people are expected to beat this game without resorting to a guide.
I didn't realize it kept track of the looping.. not surprised.
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The problem with this game is that it just didn't tell you a lot of things upfront. Only halfway through my first playthrough, at abut week 28 or so, did I realise that getting into top 50 and subsequent top 20 lets you unlock harder auditions - which are obviously necessary if you want to get all the awards. Seriously, if they told me that you can unlock harder auditions this way - I thought as the weeks go by they will naturally unlock - I would have realised that you need to get to top-20 as soon as possible; not just at week 36.
Anyway, despite realising that late, I was still able to finish my first playthrough with the IA grand prix award and 2 out of 5 special category awards. I could have gotten 4 out of 5, but since I can't get them all I decided to just grind for money and get the special Namkyara amulet instead. Overall producer rank was B though, a little disappoint (I finished the game with Lv12... didn't know it played a part in the overall producer rank!)
Besides, even if you get into the top-20 within the first 10 weeks, it doesn't mean the rest of the game is a cakewalk; it isn't. Because you still have to do a lot of lessons to get to the point where you can clear the Lv8/10 national auditions. In the meantime, you won't be able to raise the Awareness levels of every area simultaneously just because you can't clear the national auditions - leading to huge drops in number of fans ever week.
Suffice to say, on my second playthrough by the time I cleared the special conditions for all IA awards, I was left with only one extra week to do whatever I want (did lessons to level up from 13 to 14). It was too close for comfort; I almost thought I wouldn't be able to make it! If the game decided to not grace my unit with that reporter who gives you extra fans, I would not have achieved a true end in my second playthrough (and looking back, if I did the same thing and went for that reporter, I would probably have achieved a true end in my first playthrough).
Cael K.:
So, just wondering...
With the dump -> Danketsu strategy, what's the general breakdown of your scores (as in total score, points from combo bonus, points from burst appeal)? It'd be great if these numbers would assume a full Perfect combo, but eh...
Also, numbers for Revival? I assume it continues the same 1.00 -> 0.75 -> 0.50 -> 0.25 -> 0.00 trend.
airgeneralpong:
--- Quote from: airgeneralpong on March 03, 2011, 04:38:16 am ---Can anyone please tell me, I have some questions;
1) How can I unlock Ryugu Komachi clothes and Ritsuko?
2) How many clothes shops are there, and how to unlock those shops?
3) How can I gain the other rewards from Idol Academy?
4) Is there a way to edit the song singing in S4U mode similar to L4U ?
Thank you.
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Anyone, please... :(
Elixir:
ok, so I managed to get myself into the Top 50 on week 8, but there's no way I'm getting into the Top 20 at this point, without grinding for amulets. So it's settled, I'll just grind Festivals for money on this run.
Yes, I'm going to use an entire playthrough to grind for money, but it beats resetting.
KIRBYSIM:
--- Quote from: Elixir on March 03, 2011, 08:28:24 am ---ok, so I managed to get myself into the Top 50 on week 8, but there's no way I'm getting into the Top 20 at this point, without grinding for amulets. So it's settled, I'll just grind Festivals for money on this run.
Yes, I'm going to use an entire playthrough to grind for money, but it beats resetting.
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If you want to, make sure you don't get too crappy a rating at the end of your playthrough. Otherwise your producer rank can actually drop.
Also, on your second playthrough onwards you can leave auditions/lessons to your idols (don't have to play them). Whether you beat auditions or not depends on your high score. (45,000 is enough to beat the utahime/utaouji audition which pretty much means you can beat just about all of them except for VESPERIA which takes like 65,000).
But if you leave stuff to your idols and always tell them to go at it with their full force, you'll find that they get tired eventually and have to use 1 week to recuperate at home.
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