I Literally Can't Play This Game Anymore lol

[peachycrossing9]

Well, at the end of the day we are all arguing over a game so....

I absolutely love ACNH and while it has it's flaws, I still play on the daily if I can. I don't care if someone else has a completely opposite opinion on ACNH. Why should I waste my time and energy getting upset over something someone on the internet said? I feel like there are better things I could be doing honestly. People are going to get upset at you for having a different opinion. It's just the way society works.

What are we, children? No, so I say step away if the argument is getting to be too much. It's really not worth it over a bunch of pixels. That being said, all opinions are valid and you're allowed to express how you feel about things in the game. I'm not against that at all. I just find it hilarious how much people argue.

But back to the actual topic- I can still play ACNH, because too me it's a really good game and I really enjoy, especially after the update. I have no reason to ditch it just yet.

 

[Junalt]

I think the issue here is not so much honestly expressing your feelings but that the same old things have been expressed ad naseum for the past 2 years. Before the direct things were extremely negative. We even had a long thread arguing about the sound of beans of all things. It was just getting so petty all around. I barely checked this place for months until the Direct was announced and things calmed down a bit.

On this specific topic, your title thread mentions you ‘literally’ cannot play the game anymore. I don’t know what else anyone can say except maybe it’s time to move on then? Long running series lose fans all the time. The developers of long running franchises will always struggle to innovate enough to not feel stale while at the same time retaining all the charm of the originals. Along the way some fans are inevitably going to drop off and you seem to be one of those fans. You‘ve dropped off. It’s unfortunate to lose a series you love but it happens all the time. Games change, we change. NH seems to be the way forward of the series. It’s the best selling of the franchise, even taking into account the Covid boost, and then if you look at social media, most of the popular posts are about island decoration. I see that you created an account just to rant about NH and that’s fine and good but at some point you’re going to have to let NH go. It’s been 2 years since the release and this is the last of the updates. I get that the update just dropped so the rants are spiking but I hope we don’t intend on ranting for another few years about the same old topics until the next game drops.

 

[Bilaz]

I feel somewhat responsible for starting this debate, because I was one of the first to reply with that I agree that the charm is gone, and I am sorry about that. I actually love Animal Crossing New Horizons, I think it’s got a load of fun content and I play it often. What I meant with ‘charm’ is that very specific vibe of moving into a weird overgrown animal forest where you’re a bit different and everything is slightly hostile and weird and you gotta build a home for yourself? Stuff like the NPC backstories and the weird bulletin board messages give a weird cine of being an outsider in a strange community and it’s just a vibe idk. I consider that weird vibe it’s charm. So I recommended Wild World to OP.

New Horizons is full of charm but it has it’s own charm it’s more cute and wholesome and we’re a part of the community now. New Leaf and New Horizons have similar charm.

Idk where I’m going with this, I love NH, I love Wild World, I love the original. They’re all different games, New Leaf is different too but I like New Horizons better now and after many hours and years of that game being well loved I retired it.

 

[Kaizer]

Well, at the end of the day we are all arguing over a game so....

I absolutely love ACNH and while it has it's flaws, I still play on the daily if I can. I don't care if someone else has a completely opposite opinion on ACNH. Why should I waste my time and energy getting upset over something someone on the internet said? I feel like there are better things I could be doing honestly. People are going to get upset at you for having a different opinion. It's just the way society works.

What are we, children? No, so I say step away if the argument is getting to be too much. It's really not worth it over a bunch of pixels. That being said, all opinions are valid and you're allowed to express how you feel about things in the game. I'm not against that at all. I just find it hilarious how much people argue.

But back to the actual topic- I can still play ACNH, because too me it's a really good game and I really enjoy, especially after the update. I have no reason to ditch it just yet.

Very well said and exactly.

I feel somewhat responsible for starting this debate, because I was one of the first to reply with that I agree that the charm is gone, and I am sorry about that. I actually love Animal Crossing New Horizons, I think it’s got a load of fun content and I play it often. What I meant with ‘charm’ is that very specific vibe of moving into a weird overgrown animal forest where you’re a bit different and everything is slightly hostile and weird and you gotta build a home for yourself? Stuff like the NPC backstories and the weird bulletin board messages give a weird cine of being an outsider in a strange community and it’s just a vibe idk. I consider that weird vibe it’s charm. So I recommended Wild World to OP.

New Horizons is full of charm but it has it’s own charm it’s more cute and wholesome and we’re a part of the community now. New Leaf and New Horizons have similar charm.

Idk where I’m going with this, I love NH, I love Wild World, I love the original. They’re all different games, New Leaf is different too but I like New Horizons better now and after many hours and years of that game being well loved I retired it.

You shouldn't feel responsible lol. It's not your fault that some people are just very adament in projecting their problems onto others. There are gonna be people like that everywhere you go. That's how society is like @Bilaz said. I highly suggest just tuning the negativity out and paying it no mind. If they wanna project (which is an ego self-defense mechanism) and say others are being negative when they're not because they're the ones actually being negative, let them. Just stay wise, aligned and keep being healthy and free to be who and how you deserve to be. It really doesn't matter if they think they're right or others are wrong. Truth is truth no matter what. And regardless of how upset people are about anything or anyone, civilized behavior is always called for and uncivilized behavior is uncalled for. We have a right to tune out uncivilized behavior, regardless of what the reasoning might be behind it. Health and safety should always come first, and uncivlized, negative projections from others is harmful to a person's health.

The bottom line is that bad behavior is never justifed, regardless of the circumstances. A person who punches someone else because they feel that the other person did them wrong, for example, will still get locked up and face the legal system, because assault is not the way.
Projecting, being condescending, being rude and bashing others regardless of the circumstances is bad behavior and bad behavior should always be dealt with accordingly. We're not moderators, so we can't do anything in that regard. But what we can do is protect our mental and emotional health by tuning the bad behavior out and not addressing it.

 

[Dantia]

All the best in your future endeavors!

 

[KayDee]

Very well said and exactly.



You shouldn't feel responsible lol. It's not your fault that some people are just very adament in projecting their problems onto others. There are gonna be people like that everywhere you go. That's how society is like @Bilaz said. I highly suggest just tuning the negativity out and paying it no mind. If they wanna project (which is an ego self-defense mechanism) and say others are being negative when they're not because they're the ones actually being negative, let them. Just stay wise, aligned and keep being healthy and free to be who and how you deserve to be. It really doesn't matter if they think they're right or others are wrong. Truth is truth no matter what. And regardless of how upset people are about anything or anyone, civilized behavior is always called for and uncivilized behavior is uncalled for. We have a right to tune out uncivilized behavior, regardless of what the reasoning might be behind it. Health and safety should always come first, and uncivlized, negative projections from others is harmful to a person's health.

The bottom line is that bad behavior is never justifed, regardless of the circumstances. A person who punches someone else because they feel that the other person did them wrong, for example, will still get locked up and face the legal system, because assault is not the way.
Projecting, being condescending, being rude and bashing others regardless of the circumstances is bad behavior and bad behavior should always be dealt with accordingly. We're not moderators, so we can't do anything in that regard. But what we can do is protect our mental and emotional health by tuning the bad behavior out and not addressing it.

I don’t usually engage in arguments about whether the game is good or not because I understand that people are free to express their opinions about the game but I just had to say this. You keep talking about nice things in your responses but in the same vein, your last few posts have been passive-aggressively calling people that provided a dissenting opinion childish, uncivilized and basically implied that their brains are undeveloped as a teenager when the worst that has been said by them was to call the criticisms of the game as moaning or whining and saying that maybe it’s time to move on. Maybe I missed it but I didn’t see any personal attacks directed at you or anyone else so labelling the people that disagreed with you as such is uncalled for.

 

[EtchaSketch]

How about “everyone’s opinion is valid” without calling people out because they don’t share the same opinion as you? I stg this not only happens with animal crossing but with everything. As a sensitive baby myself I can loudly and clearly say people are way too sensitive.

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It’s not what they’re saying, it’s how they are acting warranting Kaizer to say that they’re probably reacting that way due to the fact that they’re maybe younger. It’s literally a fact that your brain doesn’t fully develop well into your 20s. They weren’t “attacking” anybody, they were just calling it like they see it.

 

[Kaizer]

How about “everyone’s opinion is valid” without calling people out because they don’t share the same opinion as you? I stg this not only happens with animal crossing but with everything. As a sensitive baby myself I can loudly and clearly say people are way too sensitive.

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It’s not what they’re saying, it’s how they are acting warranting Kaizer to say that the way they are reacting may be due to the fact that they’re younger. It’s literally a fact that your brain doesn’t fully develop well into your 20s. They weren’t “attacking” anybody, they were just calling it like they see it.

Thanks @EtchaSketch. I suggest not responding to them. They clearlly want to argue. It's generally never really a good idea to respond to someone who's looking to argue. Trust me, I come from a place of having vast experience with these types of situations lol. It's healthy to respond to those who have differing opinions, but it's a completely different thing when someone is set on being argumentative, comdemning, projecting, displacing etc. They're just gonna keep going and keep going and keep going. It's almost as if they feed of that type of energy. Save yourself lol

 

[EtchaSketch]

Thanks @EtchaSketch. I suggest not responding to them. They clearlly want to argue. It's generally never really a good idea to respond to someone who's looking to argue. Trust me, I come from a place of having vast experience with these types of situations lol. It's healthy to respond to those who have differing opinions, but it's a completely different thing when someone is set on being argumentative, comdemning, projecting, displacing etc. They're just gonna keep going and keep going and keep going. It's almost as if they feed of that type of energy. Save yourself lol

Honestly I saw this kind of behavior early on on these forums when NH came out. It’s just disappointing. Really I don’t understand how people can fight each other or get sensitive about literal pixel animals.

Thanks for grounding me, sometimes I personally get a little carried away c”:

 

[KayDee]

How about “everyone’s opinion is valid” without calling people out because they don’t share the same opinion as you? I stg this not only happens with animal crossing but with everything. As a sensitive baby myself I can loudly and clearly say people are way too sensitive.

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It’s not what they’re saying, it’s how they are acting warranting Kaizer to say that the way they are reacting may be due to the fact that they’re younger. It’s literally a fact that your brain doesn’t fully develop well into your 20s. They weren’t “attacking” anybody, they were just calling it like they see it.

I know that’s a fact but whether those posters that disagreed are younger or not is an assumption so to brand them as childish or having undeveloped brains is pretty much the opposite of what the other user was preaching.

It’s a discussion board, people can provide a counterargument to any statement as long as they are not hurling personal insults. But I guess rather than make a counterpoint to those arguments, it’s better to just dismiss them as being “childish or uncivilized”.

Edit: And now to suggest that people possibly have mental issues?! Lol ok! I’m out. Not even going to say anything anymore. The lack of self-awareness is palpable.

 

[Kaizer]

Honestly I saw this kind of behavior early on on these forums when NH came out. It’s just disappointing. Really I don’t understand how people can fight each other or get sensitive about literal pixel animals.

Thanks for grounding me, sometimes I personally get a little carried away c”:

Me neither. It literally hurts my brain. I quite literally cannot understand adults being like this. I can 100% understand teenagers being like this tho so if anyone acting in these ways is a teenager etc, I give them the benefit of the doubt. But yeah. Grown adults have a responsiblity, have developed brains and have more developed minds. When they start acting up and especially so consistently, it completely baffles me. I understand that a lot of people are genuinely mentally ill/suffer from various types of mental illnesses tho so that needs to be taken into account too tho. But I don't hate them lol. We have to have compassion. For people to act up in these kinds of ways can only mean that they're hurting. In all honesty, you really truly never know what a person is going thru. That's why even when I get insanely agitated, I do everything in my power to be understanding and reasonable.

And no prob lol. That's what life is all about; holding each other down.

 

[moo_nieu]

i play new horizons a lot how i played the last games. i mostly fish and catch bugs and talk to villagers, and i dont decorate much or try to collect every item right away (im okay getting new things over time at a slower place) even my island is mostly a bunch of trees bc it feels more like the animal crossing im used to. although there is definitely a lot of nostalgia playing older titles, im satisfied with new horizons. i thought it was neat to have a higher definition game where we could also place some furniture outside. i would have expected myself to do more decorating with that ability honestly, but i guess i just dont care about that as much as just wandering around as usual. also im not good at decorating so that probably adds to not caring as much haha. i do like a lot of the old dialogue also, and i wish there was more of it in new horizons but overall im satisfied

 

[Jhine7]

I've enjoyed all the installments of the mainline Animal Crossing series. Some are better than others for sure, but they've all been an enjoyable experience for me. I don't tend to go back to play older ones once the newest ones come out though. I just look forward to playing New Horizons on and off for now on until the next game releases in the years to come!

 

[Violet Witch]

Me neither. It literally hurts my brain. I quite literally cannot understand adults being like this. I can 100% understand teenagers being like this tho so if anyone acting in these ways is a teenager etc, I give them the benefit of the doubt. But yeah. Grown adults have a responsiblity, have developed brains and have more developed minds. When they start acting up and especially so consistently, it completely baffles me. I understand that a lot of people are genuinely mentally ill/suffer from various types of mental illnesses tho so that needs to be taken into account too tho. But I don't hate them lol. We have to have compassion. For people to act up in these kinds of ways can only mean that they're hurting. In all honesty, you really truly never know what a person is going thru. That's why even when I get insanely agitated, I do everything in my power to be understanding and reasonable.

And no prob lol. That's what life is all about; holding each other down.

I wasn’t going to post again in this ridiculous thread but I cannot believe what your saying about other people on this forum. So much so I hope the mods and admins do the right thing and lock this thread because it’s become very clear from looking through your profile that the majority of your posts have been filled with nothing but negativity towards ACNH.

As its been pointed out numerous times you’re entitled to those opinions, however there comes a point when you should ask yourself why did you join this forum? Because right now you’re starting to exhibit internet troll behaviour with your condescending and continual passive aggressive comments towards those whose opinions differ from your own. You also cannot categorise those same people as immature or decide they must have mental health issues because of their passion for ACNH which you clearly don’t have anymore.

Whilst I still believe this sort of discussion should be kept to other threads on this forum you’ve made it a point to keep discussing it. However you also cannot dismiss “the haters” with passive aggressive comments towards those who agree with you. Your just continuing to upset others with sly insults rather than accepting the fact not everyone is going to agree your opinions within a thread YOU created in the first place.

Like the saying goes, if you can’t handle the heat then you should get out of the kitchen.

 

[EtchaSketch]

One more time, for the folks in the front, back, and all around:

offering criticism to a game doesn’t mean we dislike it, don’t enjoy it, or hate it.

it doesn’t even mean we’re calling it a bad game. i love this game but you literally can’t ignore it’s flaws. if this was a pokemon forum, and i found some things i could talk about, good or bad, i would. because it’s a forum! : )) i still love pokemon.

it’s such 2D thinking, seriously

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…You also cannot categorise those same people as immature or decide they must have mental health issues because of their passion for ACNH which you clearly don’t have anymore.

I know I wasn’t supposed to respond but for the love of god don’t put words like that in people’s mouth. Absolutely nobody “decided” that anybody has mental health issues?? Where did you even read that? OP saying that we need to take into account that some people have mental health issues and that we need to try to be friendly to all people because we don’t know what they’re going through??? there’s absolutely no hope.

 

[Oblivia]

This thread has clearly run its course. While it's fine to disagree, some of the comments I see here take things just a little too far into the realm of passive-aggressive and condescending, and really, this isn't a topic to get so heated over in the first place. Everyone is free to either hate or love the game and no one's wrong in their feelings, be they positive or otherwise.

Please try a bit harder to respect other members of the forum when posting, even those who you may strongly disagree with. Thank you.