Does anyone else feel like the game is lacking?

[Shannon1]

Even though this is a new game I feel like so much was cut and taken out. I feel like they took a step back with this game tbh. Smaller houses, no Red, post office ect, a lot of the old flooring gone, wallpaper gones, funiture sets [my favorite Rococo is gone ], SWIMMING. I hope they added stuff later but im not sure. how do you guys feel about this?

 

[JKDOS]

The game is still less than 2 weeks old. Please wait some more for new content Nintendo plans on bringing us over the next 12 or more months.

If not hiding stuff from Time travelers, Nintendo was facing delaying the game again, especially due to COVID-19. I'd rather have early access to the game's current features than to be crushed by a long delay.

If not Time Traveling, at this point, you shouldn't have reached all available content just yet. Nook's Cranny upgrade takes about 30 days to unlock. So any upgrade past that is sort of pointless to us right now.

 

[Mars Adept]

There have already been multiple threads similar to this over the past two weeks. I feel like that is proof that the majority of Bell Tree’s members are not happy with the game. Either that or a VERY vocal minority.

I’ve already stated my feelings in a separate thread just a few days ago, so I don’t feel the need to repeat myself so soon.

 

[Jared:3]

Yea I hope more content is coming in the future because the lack of content is kinda disappointing, especially since I spent 60$ plus an online membership just to play it

 

[pinkfawn]

There's already going to be an update at the end of April to bring in Leif and new features/items. More stuff is coming, people just need to be patient.

 

[JKDOS]

There have already been multiple threads similar to this over the past two weeks. I feel like that is proof that the majority of Bell Tree’s members are not happy with the game. Either that or a VERY vocal minority.

I’ve already stated my feelings in a separate thread just a few days ago, so I don’t feel the need to repeat myself so soon.

Believe me, your statistics are skewed, if the amount of people who were happy with the game made as many threads stating as much, in theory, there would be too many to count.

 

[Mars Adept]

There's already going to be an update at the end of April to bring in Leif and new features/items. More stuff is coming, people just need to be patient.

Trying to not repeat myself about the same things, and it’s fine if people like the game, but this post implies that waiting over 6 years including a delay isn’t being patient.

 

[Krissi2197]

There have already been multiple threads similar to this over the past two weeks. I feel like that is proof that the majority of Bell Tree’s members are not happy with the game. Either that or a VERY vocal minority.

I'm going to assume it's a very vocal minority... Most reviews of this game are superb, and from what I recall this is Nintendo's best selling game in a LONG time. People are happy with it. Those who dislike the game are more likely to be vocal about it than people who love it.

 

[Mars Adept]

I'm going to assume it's a very vocal minority... Most reviews of this game are superb, and from what I recall this is Nintendo's best selling game in a LONG time. People are happy with it. Those who dislike the game are more likely to be vocal about it than people who love it.

I was talking specifically about Bell Tree’s users, a lot of whom are AC veterans. Critics are likely unaware of all the little things and are just judging based on the basics since they are required to play the “entirety” of the game and rate it in just a few weeks without time traveling or revealing things that they can’t because of NDAs, and like New Leaf and even Pocket Camp a lot of people are playing AC for the first time with this game, so they don’t really know what the older games were like.

 

[Xara]

at the moment, yes. it’s sad that so many features are missing but i’m holding onto hope that all the missing features will be added via future updates ;u;

 

[Kuroh]

I feel like most are getting a lot out of the game since people I've seen have 50 - 100+ hours just only 12 days since its release date. I think ACNH has a lot of content, and many players will end up with 100's of hours like New Leaf. However, I do agree a lot was cut from the game and it does have flaws, but I still enjoy it very much and hope the updates will be awesome in the future

 

[JKDOS]

at the moment, yes. it’s sad that so many features are missing but i’m holding onto hope that all the missing features will be added via future updates ;u;

Since nothing more was promised, no feature is technically "missing".

 

[bcmii]

Believe me, your statistics are skewed, if the amount of people who were happy with the game made as many threads stating as much, in theory, there would be too many to count.

I definitely agree. Anytime someone has ANY complaints, people come onto the thread to tell them stop "hating" on the game. There's definitely a lot of people who like the game -- many of whom don't understand that yes, we are allowed to have different opinions than them, and no, having complaints/disappointments about the base game we payed $60 for DOES NOT mean that we "hate" the game. I personally love it, but I do feel it's fair to have complaints about what we get in the base game that cost a pretty decent chunk of money (especially for the many of us who could've put that money to better use in these trying times).

 

[Lellyna]

I mean there’s no need to rush we hit April there’s gonna be some new fish and bugs to catch and the shop takes 30 days to upgrade I always in my opinion have something to look forward to a majority of people seems to hate the Easter event which is sad but understandable considering 12 days of eggs lol and having 2 events at the same time is abit much. I only bought the switch for this game so I rather have it now then delayed if that was the case. I really would like to see Gracie again I loved her furniture and wanted a reason to waste my money lol

 

[JKDOS]

One thing we're missing is the Official Guide Book. Not only was it set to release 3 weeks after the game, but as of today, the guide book has been delayed an additional 3 weeks. We won't see it until May. The guide book likely has all the answers in it.

 

[Krissi2197]

One thing we're missing is the Official Guide Book. Not only was it set to release 3 weeks after the game, but as of today, the guide book has been delayed an additional 3 weeks. We won't see it until May. The guide book likely has all the answers in it.

The guide book probably doesn't have everything that's going to be in the game in the book, probably just the stuff that's here on release. Since we aren't 100% sure what DLC they'll be offering in the future they may have not put it in the book at all.

 

[CovisGod]

It’s fairly obvious to me what they’re doing, they don’t want all the secrets of their new game being splashed all over social media within a few days of launch thanks to TTing, they said all along throughout all the announcements that it was slowly paced, on an Island and more and more will unlock as you go. I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see monthly updates with new features, item sets etc. It just makes sense to introduce these over a period of time rather than throwing all the content out in one go and having it spoilt for the casual gamer,

Let’s look at New Leaf as an example, I played that game for 2 years before I unlocked the Emporium, 2 YEARS. This game has been out what? 13 days? Wouldn’t people prefer for things to be added and the game kept fresh rather than somebody somewhere unlocking all the content in the first week and everyone else playing catch up?

Let’s be honest it’s not like Nintendo are going to throw this game out there then leave it to its own devices, it was adding content and updated to New Leaf 5 years after it was launched, this is one of Nintendo’s biggest franchises now and I can assure you it will be well looked after. Today was a new month, catch some new bugs, find them Eggs, work on your town and I can guarantee you that by the end of this month we’ll have more info on upcoming features and content,

Calm down people and take this game for what it is, don’t rush.

 

[00ToxicLove00]

Something just feels so different about this game. I honestly hate hunting for diys in balloons. Especially with the appearance rate of cherry blossom diys is driving me insane. Not to mention the game just seems to have glitch after glitch. I hate how small the houses are as well. Idk it just feels different

 

[John Wick]

I'm going to assume it's a very vocal minority... Most reviews of this game are superb, and from what I recall this is Nintendo's best selling game in a LONG time. People are happy with it. Those who dislike the game are more likely to be vocal about it than people who love it.

Those reviewers probably haven't played any other AC game.

If they had, the reviews would be pointing out everything that's missing.

It's baffling what a step backwards this seems to be.
Just expected it to at least be on a par with NL.

I'm still getting it, but with the hope that bushes, furniture sets, and house size options, plus missing NPC's, shops, art, diving, etc, make a comeback.

 

[bcmii]

It’s fairly obvious to me what they’re doing, they don’t want all the secrets of their new game being splashed all over social media within a few days of launch thanks to TTing, they said all along throughout all the announcements that it was slowly paced, on an Island and more and more will unlock as you go. I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see monthly updates with new features, item sets etc. It just makes sense to introduce these over a period of time rather than throwing all the content out in one go and having it spoilt for the casual gamer,

Let’s look at New Leaf as an example, I played that game for 2 years before I unlocked the Emporium, 2 YEARS. This game has been out what? 13 days? Wouldn’t people prefer for things to be added and the game kept fresh rather than somebody somewhere unlocking all the content in the first week and everyone else playing catch up?

Let’s be honest it’s not like Nintendo are going to throw this game out there then leave it to its own devices, it was adding content and updated to New Leaf 5 years after it was launched, this is one of Nintendo’s biggest franchises now and I can assure you it will be well looked after. Today was a new month, catch some new bugs, find them Eggs, work on your town and I can guarantee you that by the end of this month we’ll have more info on upcoming features and content,

Calm down people and take this game for what it is, don’t rush.

While I think that is an interesting theory, I personally believe that a far more plausible reason for the game being severely lacking is that simply Nintendo was behind on schedule. They already had that nine month delay, and heaven knows that if there was another delay, the fans would book the next available flight to Japan and set fire to the Nintendo development offices. So in order to make things work, I believe that they had to cut all the (many of them basic) features out and give vague promises about future updates (which we really know nothing about) so that the fans wouldn't question the severe lack of content in the base game they paid a whopping $60 for.

If the time travelling theory is true, why would they allow for the guidebook to be released? Wouldn't that just defeat the purpose of keeping all these features a "secret"? People could just look in the guidebook and leak everything that way, anyways. Personally, I'm hoping the guidebook gives us a glimpse of what's to come.