I'm just tired of reading a lot of negative reviews/opinions over Home Designer, so I just wanted to spread my love for it. It has surpassed my expectations.
The one negative thing that I keep hearing is that there's no challenge and that it's easy. Well, it's not the game designers fault that you're not playing this game as you should. Every time you start a new house/public building, there is always items that you must use in the house. Now sure, you could just put those items in and finish it in a second and pass... but why did you even buy this game then? If you actually like what this game is about, which is designing houses, then it's easy to spend 1 hour + on each house or facility trying to follow the theme & incorporate the provided items. I don't see any other way they could have implemented a challenge without sacrificing creativity, and I think this works great.
Also, despite not being able to hangout with other players online, for some reason I feel like this game is way more interactive then New Leaf ever was. The ability to assign roles to villagers is amazing and fun, and their dialogue has never been better. I've been spending more time than I thought I would just dressing up in their houses & taking pictures (which I thought would be a lame feature).
And the Happy Home Network adds another layer of challenge. Once again, it's as hard as you want to make it, but it definitely gives more of a reason to make your house as great as it can be. And continuously unlocking new items with each villager request is an exciting & fun way to encourage you to keep designing houses, and even go back to old ones once you have new stuff to work with.
I really think a lot of naysayers just had the wrong impression of the game, or thought it would be New Leaf 2.0. It definitely stands out as it's own game, does a lot of things better than New Leaf, and there is a LOT of content. I just think a lot of people who bought this, just really aren't into designing houses. I mean, you wouldn't rate a shooter bad because it is all about shooting.. so why give a home design game bad when it's all about home design?
9/10 for me!
The one negative thing that I keep hearing is that there's no challenge and that it's easy. Well, it's not the game designers fault that you're not playing this game as you should. Every time you start a new house/public building, there is always items that you must use in the house. Now sure, you could just put those items in and finish it in a second and pass... but why did you even buy this game then? If you actually like what this game is about, which is designing houses, then it's easy to spend 1 hour + on each house or facility trying to follow the theme & incorporate the provided items. I don't see any other way they could have implemented a challenge without sacrificing creativity, and I think this works great.
Also, despite not being able to hangout with other players online, for some reason I feel like this game is way more interactive then New Leaf ever was. The ability to assign roles to villagers is amazing and fun, and their dialogue has never been better. I've been spending more time than I thought I would just dressing up in their houses & taking pictures (which I thought would be a lame feature).
And the Happy Home Network adds another layer of challenge. Once again, it's as hard as you want to make it, but it definitely gives more of a reason to make your house as great as it can be. And continuously unlocking new items with each villager request is an exciting & fun way to encourage you to keep designing houses, and even go back to old ones once you have new stuff to work with.
I really think a lot of naysayers just had the wrong impression of the game, or thought it would be New Leaf 2.0. It definitely stands out as it's own game, does a lot of things better than New Leaf, and there is a LOT of content. I just think a lot of people who bought this, just really aren't into designing houses. I mean, you wouldn't rate a shooter bad because it is all about shooting.. so why give a home design game bad when it's all about home design?
9/10 for me!
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