DJStarstryker
Senior Member
I saw this article that says maybe this is too much content all at once, that maybe having this much at once is intimidating and overwhelming. The article seems kinda clickbaity in general, and the most important point they had to say is pretty much what I typed in the previous sentence. I was curious what the actual AC community and players think. Are you overwhelmed by getting this amount of content all at once? Everyone has their own feelings and opinions, so please don't feel judged either way. I am just curious! ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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To start the discussion, for me personally I do not feel overwhelmed. I actually felt underwhelmed by the amount of content that was in NH at release compared to the previous main AC games, but especially NL. Even ignoring NL's Welcome Amiibo update, which came out years after release, it felt like NL just had so many more items and so much more to do in general.
I was convinced though that Nintendo would fix that via updates. They did have a good start with the update that added diving and the update that added Redd and art to the museum. But I feel like the updates felt too few and far between. Not only that, but most of the updates just focused on adding in the absent holidays and adding in limited seasonal items. By about fall of 2020, I felt really burnt out, but I kept playing. Then the burn out hit me hard in January of this year because I STILL felt bored. During the year 2021, so far our biggest updates IMO have been the update that added in the Sanrio villagers, and the update that added in the Mario items. That's... not good. I took a long break and started playing again back in late summer, but my playing has been very sporadic.
I think 2.0/HHP has a lot of content, yes, but I think it's very much needed. 2.0's content is what was needed to make the game feel more like what I felt like it should've been at launch. HHP just feels like nice icing on the cake. When the Direct was announced, I was feeling pessimistic about it. Happily, Nintendo more than blew my expectations away. If they hadn't, I am not sure if I would've made it to playing to November 2021 (even though that's soon) otherwise. You might think "but that's still over a year and a half of playing! You should be happy because most games don't last that long!" I've felt very bored with the game since fall of last year - only about ~6 months interesting IMO. I noticed a lot of other people started dropping the game in that timeframe too, and I don't think it's JUST because of school/work picking more back up. But also, the AC series is different from other video games that you can finish in x number of hours - it feels like a game that's meant to be played for a little bit here and there for years. The game, at launch, did not (and still does not, as of today) have enough content to support years' worth of play even playing just a little at a time. From what we can see right now, 2.0/HHP should fix all of that.
This is my paper on why 2.0 isn't overwhelming. If you got this far, thanks. I'll read your novel too.![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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To start the discussion, for me personally I do not feel overwhelmed. I actually felt underwhelmed by the amount of content that was in NH at release compared to the previous main AC games, but especially NL. Even ignoring NL's Welcome Amiibo update, which came out years after release, it felt like NL just had so many more items and so much more to do in general.
I was convinced though that Nintendo would fix that via updates. They did have a good start with the update that added diving and the update that added Redd and art to the museum. But I feel like the updates felt too few and far between. Not only that, but most of the updates just focused on adding in the absent holidays and adding in limited seasonal items. By about fall of 2020, I felt really burnt out, but I kept playing. Then the burn out hit me hard in January of this year because I STILL felt bored. During the year 2021, so far our biggest updates IMO have been the update that added in the Sanrio villagers, and the update that added in the Mario items. That's... not good. I took a long break and started playing again back in late summer, but my playing has been very sporadic.
I think 2.0/HHP has a lot of content, yes, but I think it's very much needed. 2.0's content is what was needed to make the game feel more like what I felt like it should've been at launch. HHP just feels like nice icing on the cake. When the Direct was announced, I was feeling pessimistic about it. Happily, Nintendo more than blew my expectations away. If they hadn't, I am not sure if I would've made it to playing to November 2021 (even though that's soon) otherwise. You might think "but that's still over a year and a half of playing! You should be happy because most games don't last that long!" I've felt very bored with the game since fall of last year - only about ~6 months interesting IMO. I noticed a lot of other people started dropping the game in that timeframe too, and I don't think it's JUST because of school/work picking more back up. But also, the AC series is different from other video games that you can finish in x number of hours - it feels like a game that's meant to be played for a little bit here and there for years. The game, at launch, did not (and still does not, as of today) have enough content to support years' worth of play even playing just a little at a time. From what we can see right now, 2.0/HHP should fix all of that.
This is my paper on why 2.0 isn't overwhelming. If you got this far, thanks. I'll read your novel too.