I actually like this QUITE a bit, the chatting. They definitely upped the chances of them having something for you to do, I think. It's not as good as GCN's IMO, because you could outright ask for people to give you chores, but it's happened a lot more in this game than it did for me in WW
I missed that in ww. It made me sad that it was rare for them to have favors for you. Mainly it was hinted like they wanted you to buy them clothes or something...
the tasks are harder, too! Pate asked for clohes, but has rejected three shirts because they weren't "cute" enough, and Rhonda wants a specific type of fossil and I don't have a shovel!