Still playing the game and these are my personal observations:
1. The song list (3)
- I love the songs included however the list is very short. There are 5 clouds where you can play 5 different songs (not included the medley) so, in total you could play at least 25 songs. I expected more songs, but this is too little for a selection.
2. The story line (2.5)
- Again, I'm still playing the game so this may be incomplete. The synopsis is that they lost their ability to sing so you arrived to helped them regain that ability. (Basically, you become their manager) It's good to have a storyline but, I NEED DETAILS. Why did they lost their abilities in the first place? What happened before I came into the story? Why do you need to complete every cloud when they are just singing just fine in other genre? What's the point of completing the cloud (genre)? There's no background in the story so it's just willy-nilly plot. But, I do like the conversation with the singers so it's fine. You can still use items to interact with them to get special conversations that could level up your heart level with them.
3. Module and Item Collection (3)
- The previous generations of this game has what they called "Diva Shop" where you can buy modules and items (for a hefty price) that you can use in-game or interactions with the singers. In this generation, they removed that :( You could still collect them by finishing the songs or by random drops (they're free) however, it could take some time. Other modules are rare so you need to know which could trigger their drop bonus. As a collector, I kinda like this idea BUT you can't use them during interactions and the item rate is so random AND IT'S FRUSTRATING. In the storyline, you have some random conversations with the singers and you need to give them the appropriate gift or they will hate you. And because item drops are so random, you couldn't store up the appropriate items you need for that kind of conversation. It's just AHHHHHHHHHH :') The good thing about this is that every module that you collect, it's like you have a new singer since they have their own personality and all. But, again, it's hard to interact with them if you don't have the right gift.
4. Customization (2)
- Previous generations of this game lets you customize your singer, their costumes, their rooms. But, in this game, there's no customization with the room. It's fun to think what designs you could do with the singers and their room and no more of that. :(
5. Interaction (2)
- Part of the story is that you could have special conversations between singers, but that just about it. No special animations (yet for me) when I gave them something nor interactive actions you could do with them (pat or poke them). And you couldn't just give them items because again, ITEM DROP IS SO RANDOM, IT'S HARD TO STORE UP. What if I gave them the one item that I have then I needed it for the special convo - that kind of thing.
OVERALL THOUGHTS (3)
I really like the franchise. This game is good, but there are things that needs to be reconsidered. I like the game even without a storyline, but now that it has, I wished it had more essence, more depth. I'm in love with their songs and their characters so I want more of that. Though maybe for their future games. Still, the animation and the design is so good I LOVE IT.
Again, these are just my personal opinions. It still is a good game to play, but playing the other games in the franchise, there are things that I wish was included in the game and other improvements that could be made. :)))