ACNH Pet Peeves and Petty Complaints Thread

[Jessi]

I hate that you get other peoples villagers from other islands. I honestly wouldn't mind it too much if they didn't come with everything they were gifted. Now it takes away the joy I want to just see who I get with the empty plot. I wish there was a way you can opt out of it

 

[Orius]

Having traded and performing giveaways for a number of forum members... I've realized how awkward chatting in the game remains. Just trying to type and chat, even while using the phone app... man. It's kinda clunky. lol Me just standing there, not saying anything when I'm actually trying to type on my phone as fast as I can.

 

[VanitasFan26]

Having traded and performing giveaways for a number of forum members... I've realized how awkward chatting in the game remains. Just trying to type and chat, even while using the phone app... man. It's kinda clunky. lol Me just standing there, not saying anything when I'm actually trying to type on my phone as fast as I can.

They probably expected everyone to use the Switch Online App that does let you have a keyboard you can use on your phone to type in the game, but for me I just use a USB keyboard that I plug into my Switch's USB port (Dock version) and it works just fine. Usually when I do trades I just say "hi" and then "ty" (means "thank you" for short) and then I leave. Its pretty simple. Anyone who tries to force you to talk really is a bit demanding, because as an introvert like myself I don't like being around so many people.

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I hate that you get other peoples villagers from other islands. I honestly wouldn't mind it too much if they didn't come with everything they were gifted. Now it takes away the joy I want to just see who I get with the empty plot. I wish there was a way you can opt out of it

Oh man I still remember that I had my plot auto filled and Zell moved in and my goodness his home was full of bugs and fish. I Just had to use an amiibo and kick him out. I told myself "Never let the plot auto fill again"

 

[Orius]

I was planning to get another villager to move in, so I sold my land and TADA, a random villager moved in the next day before I could make a move. Guess I should've sold that plot of land at the last minute, and now I have Gonzo the cranky koala on my island! Cranky! Guess what I'm feeling right now? Welp, at least he'd be a good fit for my personality, huh? Sigh.

 

[-Blue-]

I don't know if I will get a lot of hate for this and I am sorry if it does upset anyone, but this game feels like it's been stuck in early access for a year and half.

Having traded and performing giveaways for a number of forum members... I've realized how awkward chatting in the game remains. Just trying to type and chat, even while using the phone app... man. It's kinda clunky. lol Me just standing there, not saying anything when I'm actually trying to type on my phone as fast as I can.

Someone just gave me their old smart phone. Kind of outdated, but looking forward to actually typing a bit faster. Does talking in the phone not work for the game? Like it won't pick up the words?

 

[Orius]

I don't know if I will get a lot of hate for this and I am sorry if it does upset anyone, but this game feels like it's been stuck in early access for a year and half.

It's the unspoken complaint people try not to bring up too often, but yeah, I agree. At least they're bringing Brewster in... something they should've done from Day 1.

I hate Day 1 patches, and this is more like a Year 1 Patch.

 

[-Blue-]

It's the unspoken complaint people try not to bring up too often, but yeah, I agree. At least they're bringing Brewster in... something they should've done from Day 1.

I hate Day 1 patches, and this is more like a Year 1 Patch.

I am glad it is finally coming rather than never. But it kind of sucks for people that bought the game day 1 or early and are now gone from the scene. Or those still patiently waiting as they already experienced the game and are just waiting for what-ifs and updates to come. I would had loved to experience everything when the game was new to me. Experiencing all these updates now will still be nice, but it just won't be the same. I would had probably waited had I known this was the state of the game.

It's like not being able to enjoy Christmas as a kid on the day of, but instead having it a week later. It's just not the same.

Don't get me wrong. I am awaiting the direct and hope for the best and will def boot the game up more than I have been for the past few months.

 

[peachsaucekitty]

i don't like how the player character runs. lmao
also, the animalese in this game, i absolutely hate listening to. i don't know what it is but i hate it sooo much xd

 

[Orius]

I am glad it is finally coming rather than never. But it kind of sucks for people that bought the game day 1 or early and are now gone from the scene. Or those still patiently waiting as they already experienced the game and are just waiting for what-ifs and updates to come. I would had loved to experience everything when the game was new to me. Experiencing all these updates now will still be nice, but it just won't be the same. I would had probably waited had I known this was the state of the game.

It's like not being able to enjoy Christmas as a kid on the day of, but instead having it a week later. It's just not the same.

Don't get me wrong. I am awaiting the direct and hope for the best and will def boot the game up more than I have been for the past few months.

Good thing I bought this game late, I guess. Not so good for those who've waited since Day 1, but still. Can't believe my tardiness in trend-following comes in handy... lol

Welp, I'm sure there are still a bunch of stuff I don't know of (from previous AC games) that haven't been brought in, so there's that. I mean, New Leaf is still clearly a different game than NH, having a whole town you could upgrade instead of just one island.

Also, when are we going to bring in Dr. Shrunk and his lame jokes?

 

[bcmii]

To me, the fact that some of the content (that should had been base game since villagers were doing it all since day 1) was so hyped up by the community shows how starved for content we are.

That's another thing that I've noticed with the community. Like I'm glad that they can find things to be excited about, but a lot of the so-called "new" stuff that gets hyped up and treated as "game changing" is just the barebones basics from previous installments. The first example of this that pops into my mind is when bushes and diving were added. Despite being an old feature that was in New Leaf's base game, it was treated as being "revolutionary" or whatever when it was added to New Horizons. Same goes with Brewster.

Like you said, so much of the so-called "new" stuff is just the basics from previous installments that should have been in the base game on day 1. I guess it's too much to ask for ACTUAL new content instead of being drip fed the barebone basics from past installments that should've already been there.

I'll be pleasantly surprised if we get some genuinely new content in the direct, but I am honestly expecting it to mostly be a rehash of stuff we've seen before. And while I am glad that stuff is FINALLY getting added, I can't help but find it a bit disappointing that we're 1.5 yr in and STILL barely even getting the barebones basics.

 

[-Blue-]

@bcmii Even when it wasn't stuff from previous games (the carp banner) I still felt like it was way overhyped since it was really the only new thing from that month.

 

[Jessi]

I seem to have such bad luck with Celeste

 

[Beanz]

i hate how in the beginning of the game when tom nook makes you put down plots after you invite villagers to your island that you can’t move their plots right away. i just put down a plot and realized that it was slightly above the other which is annoying

 

[CanuckChick]

I seem to have such bad luck with Celeste

@Jessi I was so confused when I played in April last year and my friends had so many meteor showers & she's practically on their island every week and very rarely on mine. Then I finally did my weather seed calculation on the meteonook app and found out I wasn't crazy, ALL my heavy meteor showers were scheduled from Sept 2020-Feb 2021!

I got all my Celeste diys already from friends' islands & via turnip exchange but it does help knowing when your shooting stars will happen.

I think I got Redd a lot in exchange lol. Others complained of not seeing him and he shows up pretty regularly on my island. Things are def not equal in NH unlike in previous games where everyone got an equal chance of shooting stars!

 

[bebebese]

I made a bunch of pumpkin stools thinking I could put the little candy baskets on top of them like with ordinary stools

 

[Orius]

I hate that they removed the white picket fence from the ACNH trailer:

Now I can't make my ideal white picket America-themed island.

 

[VanitasFan26]

I hate that they removed the white picket fence from the ACNH trailer:

Now I can't make my ideal white picket America-themed island.

That still bugs me. How can they show a trailer that has white fences and yet in the final game they are nowhere to be found? I swear they better add Fence Customization to this game soon.

 

[Kg1595]

That still bugs me. How can they show a trailer that has white fences and yet in the final game they are nowhere to be found? I swear they better add Fence Customization to this game soon.

That and when they were asked why the white picket fence was in the trailer and not the actual game, Nintendo made up a lame excuse that the white fence was a placeholder color and not ever intended to be in the game. Really? Really?

 

[Moritz]

I am glad it is finally coming rather than never. But it kind of sucks for people that bought the game day 1 or early and are now gone from the scene. Or those still patiently waiting as they already experienced the game and are just waiting for what-ifs and updates to come. I would had loved to experience everything when the game was new to me. Experiencing all these updates now will still be nice, but it just won't be the same. I would had probably waited had I known this was the state of the game.

It's like not being able to enjoy Christmas as a kid on the day of, but instead having it a week later. It's just not the same.

Don't get me wrong. I am awaiting the direct and hope for the best and will def boot the game up more than I have been for the past few months.

I dont mean to offend anyone and I dont think its bad content at all that people want.
But I do find it somewhat funny that that content that I have always found the most expendable and kinda worthless, like brewster, stuff I never cared about and found boring. Stuff that apparently I agree with the developers on, is these huge things that should have been in the game at the start.

For me, its as small as the grass being a slightly different shade of green than other games and being upset over it.

I found brewster fun for all of 1 week before.
Considering he only ever gave 2 minutes tops of content. That's 14 minutes of fun in the whole game.
He was empty content for me.
I did not and have not cared he was not in this game.

I look forward to my 14 minutes of fun when the patch comes but yeah.
Empty content.

So I just find it funny that its a big deal for some.

But as for the updates.
I do think its a shame.
I think this game will go down as a not so great entry in the series.
Not because its not so great. Its the best animal crossing game ever made.
But people who played at the start and then quit, won't have seen all the updates and won't know just how great it is

 

[-Blue-]

@Moritz It's fine that you don't like Brewster. But many of us will get more mileage out of his addition, the cafe, and whatever else may be in the direct then what they have been giving us. I can't say I got a lot of mileage from the carp banner, the held items from August, the hairstyles, extra emotions, ect. All of that stuff was fluff and padding. At least now they are finally giving us solid content.

New Horizons could had been the best game they ever conceived so far, but they handled its release and content/updates so poorly. I honestly still am on the fence whether they just couldn't get the content out in time due to constraints/covid or if they realized they needed to do more when the fans became so divided by 50/50 or more.

I can safely say that out of all the mainline AC games, this one has had the most divide I have ever seen. And for good reason. I would love for this game to succeed and become the best one they have to date, but to many of us it is not quite there yet.