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

[mohn]

The reviewers weren't allowed to talk about anything past the review date as far as in-game time is concerned, so I wouldn't worry too much.

 

[Jhine7]

I don't believe it'll be much shorter at all. I think there will be plenty to do for a long time to come.

 

[Nicole.]

I'm not worried, I'm still just as excited. I wouldn't fully rely on what's been said so far to jump to a final judgement just yet without experiencing it for yourself. There's probably still plenty more to come that we haven't seen, which can feel hard to believe after all the information that's been leaked so far.

 

[GingerLemon]

Actually I feel the opposite. I feel like the process is really drawn out. It takes a lot of time to get abilities and shops. Animal Crossing gameplay has always been intended to be slow. And I love designing towns, clothing and rooms. The possibilities seem endless so I feel like there is a lot of content that will keep me playing for a long time.

 

[meggiewes]

I'm not worried. It takes a few weeks to get everything to where it is at the beginning of New Leaf. New Leaf had an incredible amount of gameplay! It would be like saying "Do you think New Leaf has enough content since you already have basic shops unlocked when you start the game?".

From what I've seen, a lot of worry that I see out online right now is from people who this is their first true Animal Crossing game. I was the same way when I first saw New Leaf and had completely forgotten about it from the announcement at E3. It is one of those games that will just keep surprising you the longer we play it and New Horizons will be the same way!

 

[Scrafty]

i am a little worried to have features missing. but i guess we'll have to wait and see.

 

[rezberri]

i'm not worried at all. i understand why some people may be, but honestly i played games like toontown for almost a decade and that definitely has less content than any animal crossing game so i'm just chillin'. i like to play animal crossing games for the daily routine, so i can envision myself playing this game long after it's "completed".

to piggy back off what others have said, the reviewers haven't seen everything. we'll have a lot of things to do and collect, especially since furniture can be placed outside now. i honestly would only consider a game "complete" if the player has everything in the catalog unlocked, and maybe even now i'd have to consider the recipes as a whole separate collection which seems like it'd take forever. now that we can landscape and decorate our towns/islands more in-depth, we can keep our saves for longer because if we just want a makeover so be it; it's way easier now to do that.

this game thrives on repetition which may seem like it'd be boring but acnl has always managed to keep it fresh when it didn't even have things like daily npc island visitors, which is something acnh has. along with the features i mentioned, the holidays may end up being entirely new events every year which would be really cool.

someone mentioned they're worried that some content may be locked behind update/paywalls, but honestly if that's the case what we've seen so far is enough for me. i really don't need much else, anything added onto what we've seen is just a plus.

i've never been more excited for such a seemingly mundane game, and i hope that in time all of y'all's worries fade and you can realize again why you were excited in the first place <3 we'll all be alright

 

[X0XGabbyX0X]

My worries for New Horizons

Hi all,

I don't want to sound too critical but I'm curious if anyone else is worried about ACNH? I've spent the last 3 days or so watching some reviews on the game and I just feel a little disappointed. I want to get opinions & have some discussions about your thoughts on what we know so far. Here's a little list of some of my main worries:

- Game seems very focused on crafting/Missing some of the animal crossing charm
- Unconfirmed/Missing characters like Rover, Brewster, Resetti, etc.
- Gyroids are seemingly missing
- Multiplayer seems a bit bland (Specifically I have not seen any games like the New Leaf island tours)
- Holidays have not been seen yet
- No touchscreen for pattern design
- The visiting special characters seem a little bland
- Lack of amiibo support for specific special characters
- Game seems like it was extremely rushed
- Personally haven't seen perfect fruit
- Re-Tail, the Roost, Dream Suite, etc. missing
- No diving (It's an island for Christ's sake)
- No diving creatures
- No paintings

All opinions are welcome and if you have any other worries/thoughts you can share them too.

 

[DanielCat]

Personally, I am not too worried because I know that it is possible that we just haven’t seen everything yet, and I think even if it’s missing a few classic features it will still be a good game.

 

[Spongebob]

I don't know if I agree on it seeming rushed, but yeah I agree it seems to be missing a lot of little things that are adding up a bit lol. I hope a lot of the things we think are missing are in or at least come back. AC was always the best at charming little details, would hate to see that go away with this game.

 

[pocky]

my main concern is the missing NPCs, a lot of those characters are so iconic it would be weird not to see them in game after they've been part of the franchise for so long

i don't think it will ruin the experience though, and i'm hopeful that they'll eventually make a comeback --perhaps in downloadable content.

 

[SheepMareep]

- you dont need to craft aside from the beginning of the game and for villagers moving in. Unless you REALLY want an item that can only be crafted.
- every title we have lost characters. Resetti is still here as the rescue team just not with a visible character as of right now. We also only saw the first month of gameplay and in NL it takes MONTHS to get most shops/NPCs.
- gyroids may be missing, but it's not THAT big of a loss imo. Rarely anyone used them in their homes and in WW most people just gave them to Brewster to hoard.
- local multiplayer does seem bland but online multiplayer is the same. Minigames only existed in NL and may still make a return.
-holidays are literally free updates we get every season??? They dont want the holidays spoiled.
- yea no touchscreen sucks
- the visiting special characters are... literally... the same as we always had aside from the contests and turnip market???? Now including celeste as well. I dont see how any of them are bland especially daisy mae and her cute grangran helping self.
- nintendo already addressed that certain amiibo are not available yet and will be implemented through free updates as their characters are introduced into the game. (For example, KK slider.)
- this is the most visually stunning animal crossing title to date with an improvement in character design, fish/insect design, building design, and from what I've heard an improvement in character dialogue. They have added plenty of new features to a game that did not have much aside from collecting and I can assure you it is not rushed at all. They even delayed the release date.

It's fine to be worried but a lot of these we already had answers for or personally I do not see as issues. Really only agree with the touchscreen and some of the online function.

 

[X0XGabbyX0X]

Personally, I am not too worried because I know that it is possible that we just haven’t seen everything yet, and I think even if it’s missing a few classic features it will still be a good game.

I agree, the reviews were only about 2-3 weeks in I believe. I'm just hoping that they don't remove too many features.

 

[Jhine7]

Not worried at all, I will enjoy whatever they give us as this is a new game, should be different from the rest. I'm sure they will bring most things back, however. Just keeping it as a surprise for now.

 

[X0XGabbyX0X]

I don't know if I agree on it seeming rushed, but yeah I agree it seems to be missing a lot of little things that are adding up a bit lol. I hope a lot of the things we think are missing are in or at least come back. AC was always the best at charming little details, would hate to see that go away with this game.

The little things are honestly the best parts of this game haha. I just think it might've been a little rushed because of them relying so heavily on updates; holidays, amiibos, cloud-save, etc. I've seen some people say that gyroids and such will be added with updates, but that just seems a little strange to me if everything is so update-based.

- - - Post Merge - - -

- you dont need to craft aside from the beginning of the game and for villagers moving in. Unless you REALLY want an item that can only be crafted.
- every title we have lost characters. Resetti is still here as the rescue team just not with a visible character as of right now. We also only saw the first month of gameplay and in NL it takes MONTHS to get most shops/NPCs.
- gyroids may be missing, but it's not THAT big of a loss imo. Rarely anyone used them in their homes and in WW most people just gave them to Brewster to hoard.
- local multiplayer does seem bland but online multiplayer is the same. Minigames only existed in NL and may still make a return.
-holidays are literally free updates we get every season??? They dont want the holidays spoiled.
- yea no touchscreen sucks
- the visiting special characters are... literally... the same as we always had aside from the contests and turnip market???? Now including celeste as well. I dont see how any of them are bland especially daisy mae and her cute grangran helping self.
- nintendo already addressed that certain amiibo are not available yet and will be implemented through free updates as their characters are introduced into the game. (For example, KK slider.)
- this is the most visually stunning animal crossing title to date with an improvement in character design, fish/insect design, building design, and from what I've heard an improvement in character dialogue. They have added plenty of new features to a game that did not have much aside from collecting and I can assure you it is not rushed at all. They even delayed the release date.

It's fine to be worried but a lot of these we already had answers for or personally I do not see as issues. Really only agree with the touchscreen and some of the online function.

My main worry is just the whole update feature. I feel it was rushed as many features have been confirmed or have been theorized to be added in future updates. I'm hoping that little features like gyroids and missing characters are just something we haven't seen yet - they've been in the games for so long I can't imagine them being excluded all of a sudden.

(Also yes this game is extremely beautiful I can't wait to use all my storage for captures.)

- - - Post Merge - - -

Not worried at all, I will enjoy whatever they give us as this is a new game, should be different from the rest. I'm sure they will bring most things back, however. Just keeping it as a surprise for now.

I really like how "out-there" New Horizons is - just feel like some of my childhood charm has been lost from this game. Also hoping that many things are surprises.

 

[Spongebob]

The little things are honestly the best parts of this game haha. I just think it might've been a little rushed because of them relying so heavily on updates; holidays, amiibos, cloud-save, etc. I've seen some people say that gyroids and such will be added with updates, but that just seems a little strange to me if everything is so update-based.

Oh yeah for sure, I'm not a fan on the post release update schedule either lol. I feel like it works way better for games like Splatoon than Animal Crossing.

 

[sunnibunniva]

of course we haven't seen the holidays yet... we haven't got to a holiday yet, reviewers aren't allowed to show past the 16th, and the launch day Easter update isn't even in yet

I don't think we can say for sure whats "missing" from the game. The stuff we've seen is what Nintendo wants us to see, and they don't want us to see everything. Just look at the commercials for New Leaf! They barely showed us anything and the game was amazing! I'll try and find the video I saw that explained where City Folk failed with its (over) marketing, and how New Leaf marketed itself so much better (by simply showing less of a game that had so much more too it), and it shows that Nintendo (and specifically the AC team) don't feel the need to shove their game down our throats bc they know it will sell bc they know its good.

also it seems like they're "done" with the game in a month because they aren't allowed to show anything past that amount of time, like I said earlier they can't show anything past the 16th including general progress they've made when time travelling past that. There is much more progress to be made, but we have to make that progress ourselves... It'd be no fun if we saw all of it before the game even releases

but if everything we've seen is the whole game... yikes

edit: I believe this is the video

 

[X0XGabbyX0X]

of course we haven't seen the holidays yet... we haven't gotten to a holiday yet, reviewers aren't allowed to show past the 16th, and the launch day Easter update isn't even in yet

I don't think we can say for sure whats "missing" from the game. The stuff we've seen is what Nintendo wants us to see, and they don't want us to see everything. Just look at the commercials for New Leaf! They barely showed us anything and the game was amazing! I'll try and find the video I saw that explained where City Folk failed with its (over) marketing, and how New Leaf marketed itself so much better (by simply showing less of a game that had so much more too it), and it shows that Nintendo (and specifically the AC team) don't feel the need to shove their game down our throats bc they know its good so they know it will sell.

also it seems like they're "done" with the game in a month because they aren't allowed to show anything past that amount of time, like I said earlier they can't show anything past the 16th. There is much more progress to be made, but we have to make that progress ourselves... It'd be no fun if we saw all of it before the game even releases

but if everything we've seen is the whole game... yikes

Yeah that's my biggest worry. Totally understand that they can't show everything, in fact hoping that they've shown almost nothing. I've seen many tweets about people not reading/watching any more info on the game because they feel it has spoiled too much, so I'm just hoping that there's enough features they felt they could over-share some.

Also feel like I phrased the holiday thing wrong. I'm more concerned about how these holidays will work with the whole update/possiblity for DLC.

 

[Kairi-Kitten]

Wasn't gonna post again since super exhausted lol, but can people stop saying "this is all there is or endgame" like we've said there has never and will never be a "short" AC title lol, first off the longest tour i've seen has only been 18 days like guys? that's barely a fraction of how long this title is usually played. Also the fact that updates is a genuine feature means "potential" for so much addition down the line, so you all can gear up for Animalapoclypse and i'll be patiently playing and enjoying and waiting for any updates to further my experience :') I think many of us just need to wait and see personally for ourselves as embargo has/will effectively not be lifted it seems which I am glad for lol. Chill out wait patiently and let's enjoy the game when it releases : ) Also I do agree no touchscreen is my biggest disappointment oh well haha. Also feel free to disagree this whole post was my thoughts haha.

 

[X0XGabbyX0X]

Wasn't gonna post again since super exhausted lol, but can people stop saying "this is all there is or endgame" like we've said there has never and will never be a "short" AC title lol, first off the longest tour i've seen has only been 18 days like guys? that's barely a fraction of how long this title is usually played. Also the fact that updates is a genuine feature means "potential" for so much addition down the line, so you all can gear up for Animalapoclypse and i'll be patiently playing and enjoying and waiting for any updates to further my experience :') I think many of us just need to wait and see personally for ourselves as embargo has/will effectively not be lifted it seems which I am glad for lol. Chill out wait patiently and let's enjoy the game when it releases : ) Also I do agree no touchscreen is my biggest disappointment oh well haha. Also feel free to disagree this whole post was my thoughts haha.

I stand by my belief that there is no endgame in AC lol. But yeah I'm crossing my fingers that gameplay will be filled with surprises beyond what we've seen.