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[POLL] Do you prefer the original iM@S, iM@S CG, or iM@S Million Live?

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Yasuo:
I voted for the original im@s. The plot was great after I watched it and the development is something I liked the most.

FloLico:
-i don't see SideM anywhere.... D:
//it's one of my top iMAS games-

but... yeah... voted for CG. Although i didn't hate any of the iMAS games....
it have tons of different idols that i could love. Mainly the Cool attribute ones.... (However, i must admit that i kinda annoyed with several character, mainly the passion category such as Kirari. Or some fanservice-sy characters such as Shizuku.... and i kinda didn't care about unvoiced idol with an exception of Kozue and several other girls that already got their voice recently via election. (like Shin and Miyu)) i also love the songs than the original 765 pro early songs. //sorry.

the main franchise were also good in it's own way. might vote for it if i can vote twice...

didn't know much about ML yet. But i already listened to some of the songs and i love it.

Clear Blue:
No SideM? I'm disappoint. :/

I voted the Original 765Pro, because it started with them. Without them, developers of the series wouldn't have make it this far.
SideM wouldn't be a thing without Jupiter, Jupiter wouldn't be there to be rivals and expand the story and the world of iM@S without them.

fanghail:
I'm going to have to go with ML here

While I don't think I'll ever get tired of the original 13, them being able to interact and tell new stories with a bigger cast that I've also grown to love has been a huge breath of fresh air. And while I don't care for the actual ML gameplay, the characters and music is where it sells me.

The (relatively) low number of characters allows each girl to be developed much more than your average member of the Cinderella Hordes, and it pays off. Each character has at least a little more to them than their initial gimmick, which is more than some can say. The unit dynamics are especially amazing imo, and I don't think there's anyone I really dislike - only characters I don't pay that much attention to like Tsubasa, Rio and Tomoka. My only big issues with ML are the often horrible fanservice and that the main trio hardly does anything new compared to... any other main trio in the franchise.

The music itself is also incredible - while there are a lot of songs I'm not a fan of, the ones I do enjoy are some of my favorites ever. There's some real beautiful songs here like Praline, Flooding, Ehon and more, while songs like Emergence Vibe, Up10sion and Super Lover are some of the most outrageously fun songs that the series has produced - and there's such a variety besides that, each compimenting its singer/s really well. I've had a great time delving into the ML cds, and it gains a lot of points for always trying new things in every album - the duets especially. Again, there are some lackluster and outright bad songs in ML, but it's overall consistently great.

CG feels like it's Whole Own Thing and while I like a lot of the characters, I've never been able to really love the branch itself. I wish I was more into SideM, and it's just a matter of time until I am, haha. ML, however, feels more like an addition to the original premise, much in the vein of DS, and idk - it just has that Something in it that I love.

MetalPredat0r:

--- Quote from: fanghail on November 30, 2016, 08:22:28 pm ---My only big issues with ML are the often horrible fanservice and that the main trio hardly does anything new compared to... any other main trio in the franchise.

--- End quote ---

Okay, I don't mind the fanservice too much since they are idols and a part of the job is gravure shoots and making yourself alluring to the audience. However, I will admit sometimes it's a bit absurd.

As for the main trio not getting too much attention, I think that actually plays to ML's benefit. A big issue I have with CG sometimes is that for such a big cast, they have a very unnatural bias towards their main trio, which after a while gets sickening. The very first election CD and the One for All DLC are the absolute worst offenders of this. ML's main trio not getting as much attention as others actually helps them not be shilled and overshadow the rest of the cast, so my opinion on them is much higher than New Generations as a group. They feel as more a part of the bigger picture rather than what everyone should only be paying attention to.

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