Anyone else worried the game is much shorter and watered down than New Leaf?

[Preet]

The only way I'll be satisfied honestly is if the game is atleast equal to New Leaf, and then a little more some.

 

[pocky]

Im not worried. I completed my New Leaf years ago and I still like to play it.

 

[Allytria]

I’m not too worried, the game hasn’t even released yet. They mentioned that updates would be coming so I think we should just enjoy what content the game offers. Worrying about the game already isn’t a good way to start off! Just be positive, it’s almost here!!

 

[FaerieRose]

None of the reviewers have even upgraded to Nook'n'Go yet. Stop panicking. If anything, I get the feeling New Horizons is going to have a slower and longer grind than New Leaf.

 

[sdw4527]

None of the reviewers have even upgraded to Nook'n'Go yet. Stop panicking. If anything, I get the feeling New Horizons is going to have a slower and longer grind than New Leaf.

Exactly how I feel as well. From what I'm seeing, Nintendo seems to have spread out the grind a lot more. If this were New Leaf, it wouldn't be all that uncommon for reviewers to already have unlocked the 2nd Nook upgrade within 2 and a half weeks as the only time requirement was 12 days (less than 2 weeks).

 

[kayleee]

The entire premise the Animal Crossing franchise is built on is keeping players coming back over an extended period of time. I highly doubt they’ve thrown the entire basis of the game out the window

 

[twinkletoes]

Also, there's a release patch. They may be adding more on release day but left it out in the review copies for a reason.

 

[ThomasNLD]

I'm not worried, I've seen a lot of things already that will keep the game feeling fresh for a long time and I agree with the majority of people in this thread with the idea that there will probably be a lot of updates and things we didn't see. Due to the extent we change things around, I already think you never really have to feel you are finished.

 

[Utsukishi]

the reviewers had games for max 22 days (two days to unlock ables, museum, villager houses up to 10, and upgrade to town hall) and gamexplain mentioned that they cant show off anything post 16th march. makes sense that they cant spoil it either. also most of the stuff they say, they have said 'from what we have seen' and the Q&A literally proved someone got to see celeste despite playing for a week while someone with almost 3 weeks on, hasnt seen her even once.

also free updates = more content.

have you ever gotten bored after a month cause you TTd to unlock things? got bored after finishing up most of your city? ive seen people complain about these things a lot. Nintendo might be trying to fix that.

 

[cheezu]

Whoever says "end game" in Animal Crossing clearly doesn't know the franchise so I wouldn't worry too much.

 

[sierra]

Whoever says "end game" in Animal Crossing clearly doesn't know the franchise so I wouldn't worry too much.

As much of a “go at your own pace” game Animal Crossing is. It could be argued that after a certain level of completion, you’ve reached end game.

 

[BlueFlameAngel]

Like someone mentioned, the reviewers haven't even upgraded to Nook'n'Go yet. So these reviewers that seemed to have 'unlocked everything' are only now at the point you'd be in at the very beginning of every AC game? I.e., have all the first basic shops, access to the museum, and a house. That's not far into the game at all.

Remember that you still have to craft a lot of things which will slow progression and slow furnishing your house (unless you choose to buy all furniture), upgrade your house, upgrade shops, unlock more shops (I haven't seen the actual kicks shop in these videos yet for example), fill museum, terraform your entire island, grow hybrid flowers if you're into that, etc. We've only seen the beginning in these reviews! If anything, the reviews have shown us we get an EXTRA 2 weeks gameplay at the beginning to even reach the starting point of ACNL.

 

[Dizzardy]

I'm a little concerned, but not overly so at the moment.

I said it in another thread but with a game like Animal Crossing, things can take a long time to unlock. (and I kinda doubt the reviewers were grinding to unlock everything)

There's also the embargo to think about.

 

[sierra]

The reviewers weren’t allowed to go past a certain date, they weren't allowed to play online and they aren’t allowed to tell us everything about what they DID play.
I watched GameXplain [one of the reviewers] 50 faq about New Horizon video and all his answers were literally “no” “I don’t know” “I’m not sure” and “not to my knowledge”.
They are obviously still heavily embargo’d.

 

[CalSamurai]

Honestly the only thing I'm really put off by is the 10-max villager limit that IGN claim, but who knows if that's true, the rest I can personally give or take

 

[cheezu]

As much of a “go at your own pace” game Animal Crossing is. It could be argued that after a certain level of completion, you’ve reached end game.

Yes, but reaching end-game after only 2-3 weeks of playing? Doesn't seem likely.
Plus let's not forget the updates that these players wouldn't have been able to have in their game.
I think possibilities are endless here and I trust that Nintendo would want us to experience this game for as long as possible.

 

[Marte]

I'm not worried the slightest. What we've seen is just the beginning. We haven't even seen any festivals or events! That's probably what I'm most excited about now. ♡

 

[sierra]

Yes, but reaching end-game after only 2-3 weeks of playing? Doesn't seem likely.
Plus let's not forget the updates that these players wouldn't have been able to have in their game.
I think possibilities are endless here and I trust that Nintendo would want us to experience this game for as long as possible.

Oh yeah those reviewers were just starting out. Bless whoever thought they were almost done.

 

[hzl]

I think (I hope) they are keeping a lot secret until release. They don't want us to know the full game before it's released (unlike movie trailers nowadays haha)

Here's hoping that Brewster is still included in the new game!

 

[Garrett]

Animal Crossing has always been designed to be played regularly for years. A reviewer burning through their review copy in a couple of weeks and declaring themselves done isn't worrying me. Oh, at all.