Anyone else super upset about the furniture situation? (Love the game, hate to complain!)

[TheKryptoKnight]

Agreed
The thing that makes me worried is that every villager has already had their houses designed. Even if/when Nintendo gradually adds furniture back into the game, I highly doubt they're going to redesign every villager house, so villagers will be stuck with the samey-looking houses they have now.

This might not totally address your issue, since you're right, current houses probably won't change... But any new villagers they add to the game over the years can utilize new furniture. So I'm sure we'll see it worked in.

 

[Feunard]

When I first started the game, I also was very upset with the lack of furniture in this game, namely the absence of furniture sets. But after I watched the direct about the update which brought the wedding furniture, I realized I may actually get used to getting pieces of furniture gradually. Otherwise, I would probably feel like it is a little bit too easy to get every piece of furniture available in the game and would get tired of the game quickly. With constant updates and the gradual release of new furniture, the game keeps being interesting even after a few months of gameplay. However, I must say that in the unfortunate event of Nintendo deciding not to release through the updates at least some of the furniture sets from past games (like rococo, regal, alpine), I would definitely not be happy. I mean, there isn't much variety of furniture yet, so I honestly think the return of furniture sets is much needed, especially because you can place furniture outdoors.

 

[Flodorf]

I still don't have any sets complete and here's everyone saying they want more sets? What are the odds then of me finding a complete set?

I often feel like the pace people play the game at is not what the developers intend and they are intentionally keeping stuff out of the game to force that pace on people. You want to TT? Go ahead, but don't come complaining there's a lack of items.

I've sunk over 300 hours into this game and have not felt any lack of anything. I don't TT though.

 

[Mu~]

I miss the mermaid and alpine sets :c

 

[UglyMonsterFace]

Yeah at this point, pretty much everyone's houses and towns have the same similar styles and not a lot of different ideas, and it's no fault of their own. It's all due to lack of item variety. That's why everyone's town has a diner, everyone has a cafe, everyone's kitchen looks similar, almost everyone has an arcade, etc. It's kinda sad (not that people's towns aren't pretty cuz they are, just that we are so limited with our choices). Cuz I also wanna try to make my island sights different from others but I can't find any furniture.. I also think that the fence styles are lacking.. more than half of them are wooden and brown. I just want variety. *However* I am not too disheartened by this because I really believe wayyy more furniture is to be added along with reintroducing old NPCs so right now, I'm just focusing on terraforming and kinda creating spaces for future developments and moving villager houses, etc. Plenty for me to do ^_^ Do not lose hope my friends. It definitely is a sad situation right now, but I reallllly believe it will not be like this forever!

 

[jumpluff]

I do trade for furniture a lot, so I burned myself out, tbf. Anyway, I feel like everyone else covered important reasons - the loss of individual character of iconic old series (the cute series just isn't the same thing as the lovely series, even though we have cute new colourways; I miss my blue chair and table; etc.), the feeling of incompleteness, missing favourite furniture items (I mourn the same stuff as everyone else, also pls give me back my sunflower in a vase and my old-style tea set), the excessive similarities in villager houses and even our own islands, etc.

But another reason I'm not super happy with the situation is because the game-as-service/patch model takes away one of the most comforting aspects of AC to me - it's always been a constant and rather safe. I might not have known everything that I could find, but I knew a lot of it, and that I would eventually get there, etc. New Horizons changed a lot for the better and I think it is the best game in the series, but now we have a lot of uncertainty over whether things will ever come back, or in what ways they'll have been changed...

On a personal level, I loved the aesthetic of New Leaf the most out of all the series entries. It had so many cute, unique looking, and pop cultureish items (partly due to all the promotions, like the 7/11 stuff, the Sanrio collab, and the regional events, but also just stuff like the hair bow wig, for example). To some extent that's still available in Pocket Camp, which lacks the social sim stuff I need out of AC. I do feel like a lot of that stuff is missing in AC:NH, but it's hard to go back to AC:NL. I'll never forget my excitement at seeing the mermaid furniture in the first real AC:NL trailer. I still sometimes boot up New Leaf just to look at my mermaid and pink rococo rooms.

We did get a lot of items back with the Nook's Cranny upgrade, so I'm hoping it'll continue to be the same, but they have to actually put them in the game, and with the global situation as it is right now, that's adding more uncertainty that's pretty rough. I do think the variations are often really clever in AC:NH though and I hope we'll get more diverse items with time. It's just hard to wait, and I don't know how long I'll play. Realistically I don't play a save file for a year nonstop.

I appreciate the opportunity to whine and to see everyone else's feelings. It's nice to let it all out.

 

[wonderwitch]

I was thinking about the furniture situation recently and I have a theory.

There's a big focus on making this truly feel like a deserted island experience. So it makes sense that most of our starting furniture has that hand crafted look. We have been working towards getting our islands "on the map". Getting new residents, shops, K.K., etc. I think the developers are wanting us to feel truly immersed in the whole experience.

I think we can all agree that it's very likely that Nook's Cranny will eventually be getting further upgrades. I believe that these upgrades will start to bring back some of the furniture sets we're missing and probably some new ones too.

I can understand them wanting to slowly add new features and items, but I do think it's a bit too slow. This may be partially due to covid 19 and also due to them underestimating how rabid for AC we are.

I really agree. Weren’t the first few villager houses we have in the game decorated with very simplistic, almost primitive furniture? I really believe that they want us to feel like we’re starting on a deserted island and that things get more civilised as time goes along.

Isn’t there only one shop upgrade so far? There’s got to be more upgrades to nook’s cranny, which I believe they will release as an update/s in the future. But why would the next shop upgrade be an update? I think that the reason is that once your island is further along, perhaps Tom Nook gets more connections to the outside world, introducing old (and new) furniture sets back into the game.

Perhaps in the future we will “unlock” NPCs like Gracie, who will only come and create a store if the island is modernised, because she’d never step foot on a “deserted” island? Plus I think they said they’re going to support the game with updates for a few years right? That’s a lot of events with seasonal furniture we might fall in love with.

It makes sense to me that the island and its items, stores, characters etc get more fleshed out and are unlocked as the island gets less deserted. Honestly I’m still worried that we will always have such a limited amount of diversity in furniture, but I’m going to have faith that new furniture, whether it’s reoccurring or not, will be added.

 

[Underneath The Stars]

we all feel the same way luv <3

i LOVE that you put "Love the game, hate to complain!" though. people somehow assume that just because you complain, you hate the game. that's the exact opposite i feel like? if i really hate the game, i wouldn't waste my time asking for something! obviously i love the game, that's why i have suggestions that would make our experience better. i don't know, people do get rubbed the wrong way. but when we do say our opinions, that's because we feel strongly about the game & is invested on it. and isn't that a good thing?

 

[wolfie1]

I feel the same way. I know there are many new furniture items now, but I miss some sets, such as Gracie's gorgeous set or the regal set, among others. I hope they'll gradually introduce them again, even if we have to craft them.

 

[Underneath The Stars]

i might add: of course there's multitudes to complaining though. there are complaints where simply a lack of features is making you not want to play the game, and there are complaints that you're saying your suggestions to make the game better. this context falls on the latter.

here's the thing, people keep saying it's a new game. new furniture. the older furniture are so themed. but aren't bunny day items also particular? i don't think they're shy about themed items! us asking for new furniture, does not affect how you play in any way, if the old furniture are ugly to you. you're not forced to get them. but some of these classic furniture we're used to having, could affect how we design our islands. all i'm saying is, ALLOW us to vent. hahaha. we're allowed to miss the old furniture series, maybe even an upgraded version of it at least. that would fit on new horizons--if them being a different vibe is your problem. though, taste is subjective, you can't deny sloppy series is VERY new horizons. so didn't make sense, there's no furniture like it/it didn't return.

 

[Feraligator]

I still don't have any sets complete and here's everyone saying they want more sets? What are the odds then of me finding a complete set?

I often feel like the pace people play the game at is not what the developers intend and they are intentionally keeping stuff out of the game to force that pace on people. You want to TT? Go ahead, but don't come complaining there's a lack of items.

I've sunk over 300 hours into this game and have not felt any lack of anything. I don't TT though.

This doesn't make sense...TTing or not the other furniture sets from previous games (especially New Leaf) is not there, so whether or not you time travel or play the game a lot the missing furniture sets are very apparent. Maybe you're new to the game. But if you played NL you can easily tell the lack of furniture in this game, which is clearly stated in the OP. For starters, there are hardly any different tables, which I've seen in lots of NH memes. And it only takes 5 minutes a day to check the Nook store for the furniture set you wanted and considering it's been 2 months most people would be at least a quarter way through obtaining their favourite set.

 

[RiceBunny]

Agreed. This game is definitely lacking in the furniture department, which is a disappointment considering how much more space we have to decorate now compared to NL

 

[meggiewes]

I'm not too upset about it right now. I'm finding the furniture varied enough for my decorating tastes right now. But, I also went in knowing to expect a year full of updates to add all the fun seasonal item sets. I'm not judging the furniture we have until a full year is out. Then if it is basically just this and they don't end up adding in more classic sets like Rococo, Alpine, and Regal, then I think I will probably be a bit upset.

 

[Coach]

Yeah I am definitely missing older furniture sets, but with customisation at least you can somewhat replicate them. The colour options are a huge improvement from NL, but still. Redd for example sells furniture so why didn't they introduce some of the older sets through there?

I'm sure they'll be added in the future, hopefully sooner rather than later and also ideally bit by bit.

 

[cats_toy]

I absolutely agree with the lack of furniture in this game. It’s annoying and frustrating. How can you be creative when your limited with your choices. As for color variations of the furniture we do obtain, phooey!!! I would rather have more furniture and let me choose what to customize. And lastly, I truly admire those who are optimistic about future updates. I on the other hand won’t hold my breathe.

 

[Rosewater]

It sucks that there's less furniture but I love that the furniture in this game is more appealing to my personal taste so that's my dilemma. I do miss the sets though and I really wish I could find a table! There needs to be more variety for sure. Like others have said, Nintendo should have added a lot of things in from Pocket Camp.

 

[Arckaniel]

True, more furniture sets would be a dream come true tho, can't wait for Nintendo to add more

 

[Brookie]

I still don't have any sets complete and here's everyone saying they want more sets? What are the odds then of me finding a complete set?

I often feel like the pace people play the game at is not what the developers intend and they are intentionally keeping stuff out of the game to force that pace on people. You want to TT? Go ahead, but don't come complaining there's a lack of items.

I've sunk over 300 hours into this game and have not felt any lack of anything. I don't TT though.

Ive said this before and I’ll say it again...not TTing doesn’t change the fact that there’s a lack of furniture. You just find out much later but it’s still a fact.

 

[Fridaynightcatlady]

I'd say not yet. I'm 260 hours in and haven't really completed any sets (nor my house; I've only fully decorated 1 room so far). I feel like I've found lots of new items because of seasons (fall and mushroom related items). I do miss lots of sets from previous games (specially those from Gracie). I do hope that they introduce new items in future updates (I have a feeling they will, considering the June Wedding Season also includes all the wedding series).

 

[Pomme]

I really hope that Nintendo will give us the possibility of decorating the inside of villagers' houses, just like in Happy Home Designer's game.

The game is currently severely lacking in furniture. Outdoor and indoor.