I never wanted to pick those options because they make me feel terrible so… yeah. I avoided those options for 99% of my playthroughs, and only chose those options prior to writing this review to see what would happen and to explore the story from this negative “probably shouldn’t choose these options” route. I didn’t enjoy choosing options like the one where you can straight up not give the idols safety shorts which offers a, “Double bonus to hardcore appeal, penalty to casual appeal.” I didn’t enjoy hearing about my idols overworking themselves to the point of injury. It reminded me of a real life situation that happened with the kpop group Momoland where they did a number of performances without safety shorts, which angered fans and non-fans alike.Īnd rightfully so, not providing safety shorts is exploitative, and makes performing very uncomfortable as the idols are constantly having to pull down their shorts and make sure nothing is showing. Thinking about the situation after seeing the safety short question pop up in the game made me feel both sad and angry. I wish this was the only questionable thing to happen in the kpop or jpop industry but it’s not, and it’s heartbreaking to say that. With that being said, I do feel like the game is trying to offer commentary and create awareness about these issues within the kpop and jpop industry, and that’s great. With that awareness, fans of idol groups will be encouraged and empowered to push back and tell a company, “Hey, this isn’t ok!” Which fans of Momoland did do, and which may be part of the reason why the company quickly switched over to using safety shorts.įans of these groups, please just know your voices matter more than you might think. ![]() Moving on from the heavy subject matter sprinkled throughout the game, let’s talk about the gameplay. First it’ll take you a while to get deep enough into the game to see all of your hard work pay off to the point where you can say your company and groups are doing well financially. ![]() If you’re anything like me, you will bankrupt the company at least once. In the game, you’re given a second chance and additional money which is nice. Unfortunately, if you don’t have a plan in place on how to start earning money instead of losing money, that second chance is effectively worthless. What worked better for me personally was creating a brand new save and trying again. What you choose to do will ultimately depend on how far you are into the game. When I bankrupted the company the first time, it was pretty early on. ![]() I’m not even sure how I managed to go bankrup that fast. What can I say except 내가 제일 잘 나가 (which means “I am the best”) and is an exceptional 2NE1 song that I enjoyed listening to on Spotify while bankrupting my company in Idol Manager. Nothing says “I am the best” quite like losing a company millions of dollars, right? ![]() It almost felt like I was a kid again playing Sim City 2000 wondering where it all went wrong after watching my city catch fire. Also like Sim City, it’s better to have a strong foundation at the start when playing Idol Manager rather than persist and hope things sort themselves out with time.Īs daunting as getting the hang of the game may seem, getting started is relatively easy thanks to the tutorial which you can toggle on or off. I kept mine on, because I truly had no idea what I was doing and even with the tutorial I still managed to bankrupt my company four times before I was able to have a successful run.
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