| Name of the file: A Story of a Band Cheat Codes - Author: DAV |
| Cheat Codes: ------------ Submitted by: David K. Beginner’s Tips: ---------------- Written by andrzej.visentini -=First Things First=- Every time you unlock an Achievement, you get a permanent Perk point to be used at the start of a new game. Perks provide bonuses to various actions your band can do, such as writng songs, playing gigs, recording/publishing albums. Which means that THE most difficult playthrough will always be THE VERY FIRST time you play the game, so don’t despair – it gets easier, for real. -=The Rest=- * Play at least one concert tour per year. If a band member complains about no concerts, the Mood will drop. * When you start a career, your band will suck due to low stats, so try doing two tours the first year, each time only selecting three cities from each preferred music type (Emotion/Aggressive/Technical). * During first year DON’T tour the cities where they like Your genre of music – the requirements are higher for succesful tour and your band might not make it. * If any of members’ starting attributes are below 10, train them immediately. * Spend money wisely on training – I recommend raising all traits by 5 after every album. * When recording a live album, DON’T do encores – the amount of notes to overdub later in the studio will be insanely high and you WON’T reach 100 % of recording, thus the review score WILL be low, impacting the band happiness. For live albums, the completion percentage does NOT affect the sales, so don’t bother. * In Flames is an awesome power, but it raises Ego (which appears once you use Dev Points to lvl your band members) – train Songwriting attribute in members, spend Perk points for Lyrics/Melody/Rhythm instead. * When picking a starting genre, you indirectly pick which direction your Reputation should go; don’t try to swing it up & down, stick to one direction, you’ll need it to defeat one of the bands. * Not every acheivement can be obtained during one playthrough – it’s OK to “plan a career”. Slow and steady clears 50 achevements. * Don’t forget the power of ROCK, especially for controlling Ego levels. * Double length album should only be attempted if you have “Study & Practice” guideline enabled and preferably when you have access to Child In Time powerup. Having all band members’ attributes raised to 100 also helps. |