ACNH unpopular opinions?

[Pig-Pen]

My BIG hope for 2.0 is that there has been some under-the-hood work to alleviate lag. There is no point in giving us all of this extra content if the Switch cannot handle it.

Seriously, that is probably the most annoying part of the game for me.....as I'm sure for most people.

 

[VanitasFan26]

Nook Miles are so overrated, I wish there was more variety of achievements you can earn besides Nook Miles. At least pocket camp had a Goal list of doing tasks and you managed to get different items.

 

[nightglow]

That is very true. The Switch is not too powerful. I wonder if there are specific items that cause the slowdown or if it's just based on quantity.
I'm sure a little lag in one part of your island isn't too bad!

Hey I found this article that seems helpful. I am going to keep it in mind.
Lag In Animal Crossing New Horizons

I have read a lot of old wives tales about waterfalls, flowers, custom patterns, and more being lag-inducing. I've heard that you can reduce lag by putting up cliffs or making a huge lake. And these rumors all got started because there's grains of truth in them.

So let me set this straight: frame lag is caused by the graphics processor trying to render more than it can currently handle. Giving it more things to render (flowers, furniture, etc) will increase the load on the GPU. Giving it less things to render (by, say, making a huge lake that doesn't have any flowers or furniture on it, or building cliffs which obscure things from needing to be rendered), will reduce the load on the GPU. Lakes don't reduce lag any further than an empty field of the same size. It's all about poly count & complexity, and general system load vs capacity.

That means that the most lag-inducing items are the ones which have small, intricate models, especially ones which have animations. An example would be the Garden Wagon, which has a bunch of sculpted flower blossoms which move with the wind. In fact, most of the small plant items, such as the Terrarium, and the Succulent Plant, are offenders when it comes to lagging an area. So making, say, a garden shop area, and filling it with flowers & anthurium & garden wagons etc is likely to create slowdown when you're nearby it.

Another major factor is weather. See More

 

[Xara]

And also I dunno why people suddenly acting like they didn’t hear “If I may be so bold, you're looking as cool as a fair number of cucumbers” 2918262551726383743 times.

god, don’t even remind me of that LOL. i heard that dialogue so often that i lowkey think it’s turned me off the smug villagers forever.

 

[Croconaw]

god, don’t even remind me of that LOL. i heard that dialogue so often that i lowkey think it’s turned me off the smug villagers forever.

It’s easy to dismiss anything when you like a certain villager that much.

 

[Bluebellie]

I really do not like the K.K concerts.
If there are mile stones for those, I will never find out. Having to sit there listening with no escape is not fun

 

[Magus]

I agree! I actually really adore when games have uniquely styled graphics and art. I remember the first time I saw the glow of the moon in ACNH on the trees and grass. It really took me somewhere special. Sounds corny but lololol

I don't judge you I'm very sensitive to the graphic and sound atmospheres of games/movies too.

Same! I've held back a bit due to that. Maybe we should try to decorate as far as we can before the lagging starts! hehe

That's the key

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Hey I found this article that seems helpful. I am going to keep it in mind.
Lag In Animal Crossing New Horizons

Thanks for the info

 

[EtchaSketch]

Smug villagers were infinitely times better in NL than now. Were they weird and kind of creepy? Hell yes, but that was their charm o”:

 

[Sarabelle]

ACNH has too many "currencies". I like the idea of unlocking stuff with harder-to-get currency because it makes you work for it more, but it's a little annoying to me with how many different ones there are.
- Bells (okay, obviously it's the main currency)
- Nook Miles (Alright)
- Saharah Tickets (I hate digging around for these)
- Tailor's Tickets (Can't we just simplify "tickets" to general island tickets that can be used on anything)
- Poki? (I get why, they want everyone to start fresh I assume, but come onnn)

 

[visibleghost]

same! it's like, i hated it in previous games, but now i kinda miss it? like i miss the struggle lmaoo
i wish the dirt spots were still around at least! i agree the grass looks too.. perfect, i don't mind if they get rid of deterioration but the dirt spots were nice visually, since grass irl isn't all uniform either

yeah, i agree! if you Really hate it you could time travel to get rid of it. however i see the other side, for people who don't like the dirt it is sort of a "punishment" for frequent players since how often you run and walk over an area deteriorates grass further.

i think with this game they removed a lot of the struggles but also some of the fun in older games, same thing with villagers moving and plot resetting and giving us the ability to villager hunt. because a lot of people complained about features like grass deterioration, villagers moving without letting you know and villagers moving wherever they wanted i think nintendo thought it was better to give us total freedom and give us an easier life. in some ways, new horizons has so much freedom compared to older games because we have so much control and can do so many things to change the island however we want it to be.

still, it would be sort of cool with grass deterioration, i liked to make dirt paths in new leaf ):

 

[maria110]

I really love love love single width paths. The narrower paths help my island look bigger. Also I really wish fencing used a 1/2 space instead of a whole space so you could shove it up against a river bank instead of having it in the middle of the square. I want a path with water on each side that's 3 spaces wide with fence on either side but it looks too narrow with the fencing in the middle of the outer squares.

 

[VanitasFan26]

Eagle villagers are so underrated. Amelia and Apollo are so cool. With the new villager "Quinn" revealed to be the Sisterly Eagle she makes it perfect for me to have her.

 

[Croconaw]

I don’t get the hate for Sasha being male. Sasha being feminine and male doesn’t make him any less of a male villager. He’s just a male rabbit expressing himself. There are people who wanted him on their island but don’t want him anymore because he’s a male?? A lot of people were expecting a female based on assumptions even though the evidence was pointing towards him being male, and now they’re upset because it’s a male? Idk, Sasha isn’t an it because he’s a male rabbit with feminine features. He’s not any less of a male. He’s a male rabbit and a he. I don’t get the hate. You wouldn’t call a male person who presented more feminine an it (like that’s just bigotry and hatred, tbh).

 

[VanitasFan26]

I don’t get the hate for Sasha being male. Sasha being feminine and male doesn’t make him any less of a male villager. He’s just a male rabbit expressing himself. There are people who wanted him on their island but don’t want him anymore because he’s a male?? A lot of people were expecting a female based on assumptions even though the evidence was pointing towards him being male, and now they’re upset because it’s a male? Idk, Sasha isn’t an it because he’s a male rabbit with feminine features. He’s not any less of a male. He’s a male rabbit and a he. I don’t get the hate. You wouldn’t call a male person who presented more feminine an it (like that’s just bigotry and hatred, tbh).

Again I have to clear this up. I don't have anything against some of the personalities that Nintendo picked out. Its just that when Sasha was revealed everyone thought it was female which was why there was so many fanarts of Sasha. Now since Sasha is a male lazy type, its going to feel awkward for people who thought it was a female.

Me personally I will have to think about getting Sasha. Its going to take some time for me to get used to, because when this was revealed I was so shocked I didn't know what to think. Don't misunderstand its not like I'm against the idea or hating on the gender, its just feels awkward considering all this time I thought and many others thought Sasha was a girl.

 

[maplecheek]

Not sure if anyone else said this, but I really do not like the NH soundtrack. I really wish there is an option to turn it off. I have resorted to resigning my island to have more 3rd level landscape so that I can stay in the quiet zone more. Or I will only play during the night, which is less annoying, but still not good. I might end up making the whole island a mountain. If the music weren't so annoying, I would be ok saying NH is perfect, after the update.

NL has my favorite music.

 

[DJStarstryker]

Not sure if anyone else said this, but I really do not like the NH soundtrack. I really wish there is an option to turn it off. I have resorted to resigning my island to have more 3rd level landscape so that I can stay in the quiet zone more. Or I will only play during the night, which is less annoying, but still not good. I might end up making the whole island a mountain. If the music weren't so annoying, I would be ok saying NH is perfect, after the update.

NL has my favorite music.

I don't hate it, but I do find it repetitive and boring. I didn't feel that way about NL's music. If it was possible to change to NL's soundtrack, I would do so and probably wouldn't change back.

 

[Croconaw]

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I’ll be honest, I tune out the music. I’ll listen to my own playlist with my AirPods when playing. I prefer that over listening to the game soundtrack. I thought Wild World had a nice soundtrack. It was pretty nostalgic for me.

 

[Raz]

On the music topic: I like most of the tunes (I think), but I miss the more eerie/deep tunes of NL or the most "natural" feel of ACGC's songs.

I mean, NL's 7PM is still one of my favorite video game songs of all time, and with all the things I played over the last 30+ years, this is saying something.

 

[maplecheek]

On the music topic: I like most of the tunes (I think), but I miss the more eerie/deep tunes of NL or the most "natural" feel of ACGC's songs.

I mean, NL's 7PM is still one of my favorite video game songs of all time, and with all the things I played over the last 30+ years, this is saying something.

I like your description of NL tunes as eerie/deep. I definitely perceive NL music that way.

I guess I am being a bit dramatic about NH music... there are a few tracks here and there I like. Shop closing music, for one. It seems like such a departure from the rest of the soundtrack though.

My theory is that the feel of the NH theme which is energetic, peppy and pushy just doesn't resonate with my personality. Oh well! Off to make my mountain so I don't lose the ambient noises which I love. Maybe I need to tap into my inner Peppy.

Also the "item complete" or "I found an item" sound startles me too much.

 

[Raz]

I like your description of NL tunes as eerie/deep. I definitely perceive NL music that way.

I guess I am being a bit dramatic about NH music... there are a few tracks here and there I like. Shop closing music, for one. It seems like such a departure from the rest of the soundtrack though.

My theory is that the feel of the NH theme which is energetic, peppy and pushy just doesn't resonate with my personality. Oh well! Off to make my mountain so I don't lose the ambient noises which I love. Maybe I need to tap into my inner Peppy.

Also the "item complete" or "I found an item" sound startles me too much.

I would say this is still one of the easiest things to fix. I would suggest playing with the sound off, while listening to music you enjoy. Maybe you could create an "animal crossing playlist" (not necessarily comprised of AC songs) to listen while you play NH? I'll tell you, I've been playing Stardew Valley recently, and even though I like it's soundtrack, I enjoy it a lot more when I'm listening to Home or Black Marble.