Idolm@ster step 3: Play one round, "Haruka"

(tags Idolmaster, game, Xbox 360, games-of-chance)

Okay so I "finished" one scenario with the good (normal?) ending. Haruka is happy. I, on the other hand, had to replay and restart from save points to avoid bad results, which makes me frustrated.

The last part of the game is essentially roulette. Infuriatingly difficult roulette. Luckily I was able to push this last production to a "Success", but just barely.

So I scored a B- for the whole thing. B-! Grumble grumble. I thought I was doing pretty good. But I didn't get my idol to A rank. Maybe I'm not taking enough risks? Or since this is the first time through, everything is hard?

Well this time, since my Producer rank went from 1 to 2 I can now produce two idols at the same time. I couldn't pick that from the start. I bet you if I go through the game again I can pick three! Bet you can't buy that for a million dollars.

I can't believe I've been playing for a month and this is all the progress I have. "52 weeks" doesn't seem like a lot of time when I was mainly putting my idol through Auditions. When could she train? When could I get some heartful communication with her? As it is, it seems pretty impossible to excel in all these areas. In fact, there just wasn't enough time for interaction to get to know about "Haruka". It was just "Ohayo gozaimasu" "Audition, hai!" "Audition WIN!" "What's my idol rank now?". :-(

The last song I used for my Auditions was the signature "Go My Way", which is still pretty fun to listen to. In fact I can see the dance in my head pretty much, given that I've done this for Audition/TV about 9 times.

I can only get the special audition types if I go online. Some auditions are one winner only so if somebody else shows up, it's guaranteed I'll lose. There are not many newbies playing this game now.

Yes, one of the auditions is called "Make Dog". Haha. This is a easy free win for those who have a win rate of 20% or lower, but you don't want to be in that place, right?

So there it is. I think I spent about 13 hours on this game, but a month realtime, and it doesn't feel like I've many much progress. In fact, I haven't gotten any Achievement Points out the whole thing! Well I still have 9 other idols, pairs and triples to master and other stuff. Maybe if my producer rank goes up it will become easier?

Right now I dread playing these roulette games and timing games that don't give me a chance to practice. And truth be told, buying the DLC doesn't seem very useful at all, especially since I may want to turn off the "TV sessions" to speed this game up. And DLC stuff is only visible during TV sessions. :-(

I've already started my second season, but I'll save that for Step 4.