- Villager dialogue: We've all been there. No one was impressed with the dialog the first few days. However, in my opinion, it improves significantly as you progress through the game. Also, the villagers emote so much better than in previous titles.
- That "lack of content" is subjective. Stuff gets cut, stuff gets added. It's like that for all game-series. People don't seem to understand that developers can't just keep increasing the content with each new title and don't ever cut anything.
- "missing" furniture: How about you try something new? NH added a bunch of new furniture in place of the old sets that were cut. I'm sure there must be something you like just as much.
- expensive Nook ticket: That's one of my gripes too, but this shouldn't be a game-breaker for you. It's a non-issue in the grand scheme of things.
All in all I feel like people focus so much on the quantity of features instead of considering the quality.
Like the shampoodle being gone isn't an issue when you can change your style at an mirror without doing tedious quizzes. Harriet is literally obsolete now.
Also, this game just shows how impatient some people are. They want everything and right now. But the game isn't like that. You're supposed to take it slow and the game doesn't just hand everything to you at once. It's a slow trickle. The devs even made sure by gating features behind updates (seemingly).