ACNH: Stay or Go

[pawpatrolbab]

Living on an Island - GO
I think it's a fun feature but also works to the games disservice as when you're playing in any season aside from Spring or Summer ( when the grass is green ) it just feels incredibly unnatural. I'm not sure, it just felt very isolating to me and not in a good way. I only play the game during Spring / Summer because there's just something offputting about being surrounded by the beach & island themes during colder months

Changing Our Appearance Anytime - STAY

Tool Ring - STAY

Autosaving - STAY

Buying in Bulk - STAY

Outdoor Furniture - STAY & GO
I think it's a good feature but there needs to be limitations on it. I think we should be able to place furniture outdoors but with a similar mechanic to publics work projects. You actually have to work to be able to put things outside

Terraforming - STAY & GO
I personally was not a fan of this mechanic, I like not being able to have control over the layout of my island. If this feature were to return however there should be an option to "reset" your island to its original layout

Placing Paths - STAY

Placing Fences - STAY


Crafting - GO Crafting, the worst feature in any game. Literally just seemed like they were trying to fit into the "cozy gaming" trend. No use for it

Farming - GO Literally just seemed like they were trying to fit into the "cozy gaming" trend. No use for it

Cooking - GO Literally just seemed like they were trying to fit into the "cozy gaming" trend. No use for it

Vaulting Poles and Ladders - STAY

8-Player Online Play - STAY

Singing Villagers - STAY

Breakable Tools - STAY & GO
I think it's kind of fun and I would be okay with it staying only under the circumstance that Golden tools don't break

Relocating Houses and Buildings - STAY & GO
I think you should be able to re-located buildings but not villager houses

Villager Hunting - STAY

Villagers Moving In Personality-order - STAY
If the next game is going to be the same with how awful New Horizons was with villager repeating dialogue then having a large assortment of personalities is a necessity

Giving Villagers Gift In-person - STAY

Cheering Villagers Up - STAY
Didn't even know this was a feature in the game!

Seeing What You Donated from Your Crittipedia - STAY
This has saved me many times, and is a feature I miss when I play older games

Shoveling Trees and Breaking Rocks - STAY

Villagers Always Talk to You Before Moving - GO
Go go go! If you want to have 100% control over your villagers I feel like Animal Crossing isn't the game for you. It just sucks the life out of them. Apart of the charm of feeling like they're alive is sometimes your favorite villager might move out ( yes it's sad but you can always get them back again later! ). At present villagers just feel like collectables

Placing Your House Wherever - STAY

Exterior Customization - STAY
Needs to be more like New Leaf I think where you have to go to a shop to buy changes

Refurbishing - STAY

Villagers Visiting Buildings and Other Villager's Houses - STAY

Amiibo-ing In Villagers - STAY

Villagers Randomly Visiting Your House - STAY
Yes it can be annoying when you're decorating but that's apart of the fun

Villagers Randomly Sending Letters - STAY

Unscheduled Visits - STAY

Haha I just took a peek in the thread and realised this is my second time posting here, still fun to see if any of my opinions have changed or not though!

 

[mermaidshelf]

Living on an Island - GO! While it was nice for 1 game, I'd prefer if we went back to the previous town layouts (cliffs to the north, and beaches on the bottom). Also I personally don't like the aesthetic they went for the island theme in NH, it's called Animal Forest in Japanese and would prefer a more forest oriented town like the previous games. Or perhaps even an option to change the map terrains like in Happy Home Paradise or Pocket Camp.

Changing Our Appearance Anytime - STAY. I like that we can change our hair color and style and facial features with the mirror. I do like Shampoodle and Harriet so I would be okay with her having exclusive hairstyles or unlocking certain hairstyles.

Tool Ring - STAY. Love it although I still switch back and forth with the old fashioned way.

Autosaving - GO. I want Resetti back! Kids these days need to learn CON SE QUENCES. I fondly look back at learning the importance of saving by being yelled at by Resetti and accepting the lecture if I HAD to quit without saving. I think if they implemented it more like New Leaf, that'd be ideal (having an option where you say your battery ran out or whatever so you can skip the long lecture). Also, unless they come up with a better system for terraforming (like a save layout feature they have in Pocket Camp), I think auto-save is detrimental to my style of play.

Buying in Bulk - STAY. I agree with you, I'd prefer if they let us choose the quantity or at the very least up it to 10 per bulk buy.

Outdoor Furniture - STAY. I like it but they need to implement a better system more like the indoor decorator, HHP or Pocket Camp.

Terraforming - STAY. I think this can stay but I would like it to make more intuitive and easier and for the shapes to look more natural like they do in their other games.

Placing Paths - STAY. I like the pathing but I think it could be improved, like being able to place paths under buildings and more options for the width and possible shapes.

Placing Fences - STAY. BUT I'd prefer the fences to be individual items with corner pieces instead of the system they have now. I don't like how the shape changes depending on how many are put down and I hate that it's not uniform!!

Crafting - GO!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate crafting so much. I hate how slow it is to craft even if you press A to speed it up. I hate that your character turns around to show off the item and then it gives you a menu option to continue or not and that there's no customize in that menu so if you say no, you have to turn towards the workbench again and then start a new dialog to get the customization menu. It's so time consuming. I know you can put the workbench on the south but it's annoying. And gathering materials where it's a game of luck if you'll be able to get the material you need and often the amounts are unbalanced. I just hate everything about it and wish we could go back to the shopping method they've always had.

Farming - STAY. The crops are cute. I just wish they'd bring back the NL fruits.

Cooking - GO. I like cooking better than crafting but yeah it can go too.

Vaulting Poles and Ladders - STAY. Unless they get rid of terraforming, I don't think they'll get rid of these.

8-Player Online Play - STAY. I think 8 is fine, it's just really annoying how they handle when someone disconnects so I hope they change that in the future.

Singing Villagers - STAY. I love the little things they added to the villagers like singing, reading, sitting, exercising, getting zoomies, etc!

Breakable Tools - GO. I think for regular tools, it's fine but for the GOLDEN tools?!!!?! Absolutely not.

Relocating Houses and Buildings - STAY. There was a work-around for placing houses in New Leaf (placing down patterns) but the current method is soooo much easier.

Villager Hunting - STAY. Even though I have Amiibos of my villagers, I think there should be a non paid way to get villagers by yourself that doesn't involve resetting or getting them from other users. Would be nice if they changed the RNG to only having a villager show up once until you've had all the villagers show up.

Villagers Moving In Personality-order - GO. I understand why they did it in this game but I hope they never do it again.

Giving Villagers Gift In-person - STAY. A great addition to the franchise, 10/10!

Cheering Villagers Up - STAY. Another great addition!

Seeing What You Donated from Your Crittipedia - STAY. Very useful!

Shoveling Trees and Breaking Rocks - STAY. Another useful feature!

Villagers Always Talk to You Before Moving - STAY. I could go either way but I think a compromise where they can move out with the same mechanics as New Leaf but set the timer to 2-4 weeks instead of 1 week.

BONUS: Features that debuted in New Leaf that reappeared in New Horizons

Placing Your House Wherever - STAY. I love this feature! It opens up for people to try out different builds and concepts (beach house, mountain cabin, castle with a moat, neighborhood home with the rest of your villagers, etc.

Exterior Customization - STAY. I agree with you, they should bring back the exteriors and house types as New Leaf.

Refurbishing - STAY.

Villagers Visiting Buildings and Other Villager's Houses - STAY. But we do need the megaphone back, some kind of map marker or a way to make all the villagers go back to their homes.

Amiibo-ing In Villagers - STAY. It's unlikely they'll ever get rid of this since they want to sell Amiibos.

Villagers Randomly Visiting Your House - STAY. I'd love for the visits to be more rare though. I get nervous decorating too long in my house because I know it's just a matter of time before one of my lovely villagers will barge in.

Villagers Randomly Sending Letters - STAY. I save my letters from my villagers. Some of them are really touching like the ones that are like, "I see you working hard!"

Unscheduled Visits - STAY. Yeah I often would forget to go home for the scheduled visits on time so I like the new method.