The ACNH Rant Thread
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I'm dumbfounded that there are so many essential AC items such as gyroids and paintings just straight up missing from the game.
I'm loving ACNH for the most part. There's a lot to do, especially since I love the town planning aspect of Animal Crossing. I'm not disappointed at all. That doesn't mean it's free from criticism though...
Number one complaint: LACK OF TOUCHSCREEN SUPPORT! I play handheld only, and while these controls make sense for docked play, there's no reason why I shouldn't be able to use the touchscreen for menus and such. It's annoying to organize pocket space, for example. If I want to rearrange stuff I have to push A and hold, it seems so sluggish! Why doesn't "pick up" show up in the menu like other games, just stuff like "place object" or "drop"? It's almost faster to reorganize stuff by throwing it on the ground and picking it back up. The placement for the options is different too, it's annoying that it defaults to "drop" instead of like, "eat" when you have a fruit selected. You know how in Stardew Valley when you have spaces in your inventory, and you can press a button to reorganize it? That's what we need, at least. People aren't going to be playing this game exclusively docked, a lot of people are going to play it in handheld, especially since the Lite is out and they don't have a choice.
Making designs is a pain. It's almost like they WANT you to use the phone app just to scan QR codes. I used to love making my own custom patterns in ACNL but I don't know how often I'm going to be doing it in NH. WHY can't there be touchscreen support for this? Why can you draw properly on the bulletin board of all things, but NOT on the more important feature? Maybe there's something to be said about making pixel art, but as someone who makes pixel art, this is SO tedious and slow. It's more efficient to use a stylus, and have the other controls as an option for people who prefer those. Switching between the canvas, colours, and tools is torture. No zoom-in option, either.
And customizing furniture... or lack thereof? In NL you could change a majority of furniture but in NH it seems like you can't change ANYTHING you buy at Nook's Cranny. Tom Nook even said that "something something you can change some of the mass-prthings the store sells something something", but I haven't found a single non-crafted furniture item that's customizable, and it's annoying. Why the limitation? To promote trading?
Also something I don't hear anyone talk about (or maybe I'm looking in the wrong places), KK Slider? Why are they using the same soundfont (?) over and over and over again? All the animals have fresh new voices, including KK himself, but when he starts singing it's the same voice he's had for nearly 20 years! At first I wished there was an update for the airchecks, not making them MIDIs. Or maybe, making them better MIDIs. There's a certain charm to it, I guess, but it's also 2020, you know? But then I thought about the live performances... that's even worse! KK Slider's voice isn't a "omg this game sucks and is bad now" thing but is something I'm going to choose to nitpick! If they can update the animalese in each game, why leave his singing the same?
The new NPCs and characters. They grew on me, I like Flick and CJ and Daisy Mae. I liked them when I first saw them, too. But looking at them, cynically, they feel like they were designed to sell merchandise. People LOVE Flick and drew fanart of him as quickly as possible, but how many people gush about Nat? Would the mainstream audience rather buy merchandise of Nat, or of Flick... Joan, or Daisy Mae? Same with the other new villagers added, Raymond, Audie, etc. There's like... a formulaic feel to them. They were DESIGNED for people to love them, so they could be merchandisable. They feel like Marshall, Julian, Stiches, and Merengue— villagers the mainstream will go nuts over. And they succeeded. I like the horse (don't know her name yet) but the rest made me go "ugh, this again?". I don't necessarily like "ugly" villagers but they have personality at least. These guys just scream "Please sell me on eBay for lots of money!" and "I'm going to be on everyone's villager wishlist until the end of time!". Between the character design and the "too nice-ness" of NL and NH, this seems to be something Nintendo wants to continue with, unfortunately. Objectively I guess there's nothing wrong with it and new players probably won't miss anything, but as someone who has played AC for a long time, it's disappointing. The quirkiness of the old games is dropped in favour of safe, fluffy niceness.
Other missing things like Brewster, gyroids, etc. are bothersome too, but I would think these would be added in a later update. I can look past that, for now at least. Things like the villagers personalities won't change, but things like touchscreen support and potential pocket fixes could be added in an update. I'm not sure how likely it is but I'll remain optimistic.
People have mentioned bugs and glitches, but I haven't experienced any myself. They should look into fixing that duplication glitch ASAP, though. And I thought the music felt a little repetitive too but I thought it was just me playing the game too much, haha. My other complaints include the lack of personality the villagers have, but NL had that going for it too and I didn't expect it to change here. I was never big on online play, but I wish there was something else to do. The island in NL was a lot of fun.
Skimming through the thread before posting this, I seem to be more thorough with my complaints than most, oof. I like to go into detail with these things though, maybe someone might actually read it! Lol I'm sure I'll think of more things as I'm playing the game but for now I'll leave you with this.
Number one complaint: LACK OF TOUCHSCREEN SUPPORT! I play handheld only, and while these controls make sense for docked play, there's no reason why I shouldn't be able to use the touchscreen for menus and such. It's annoying to organize pocket space, for example. If I want to rearrange stuff I have to push A and hold, it seems so sluggish! Why doesn't "pick up" show up in the menu like other games, just stuff like "place object" or "drop"? It's almost faster to reorganize stuff by throwing it on the ground and picking it back up. The placement for the options is different too, it's annoying that it defaults to "drop" instead of like, "eat" when you have a fruit selected. You know how in Stardew Valley when you have spaces in your inventory, and you can press a button to reorganize it? That's what we need, at least. People aren't going to be playing this game exclusively docked, a lot of people are going to play it in handheld, especially since the Lite is out and they don't have a choice.
Making designs is a pain. It's almost like they WANT you to use the phone app just to scan QR codes. I used to love making my own custom patterns in ACNL but I don't know how often I'm going to be doing it in NH. WHY can't there be touchscreen support for this? Why can you draw properly on the bulletin board of all things, but NOT on the more important feature? Maybe there's something to be said about making pixel art, but as someone who makes pixel art, this is SO tedious and slow. It's more efficient to use a stylus, and have the other controls as an option for people who prefer those. Switching between the canvas, colours, and tools is torture. No zoom-in option, either.
And customizing furniture... or lack thereof? In NL you could change a majority of furniture but in NH it seems like you can't change ANYTHING you buy at Nook's Cranny. Tom Nook even said that "something something you can change some of the mass-prthings the store sells something something", but I haven't found a single non-crafted furniture item that's customizable, and it's annoying. Why the limitation? To promote trading?
Also something I don't hear anyone talk about (or maybe I'm looking in the wrong places), KK Slider? Why are they using the same soundfont (?) over and over and over again? All the animals have fresh new voices, including KK himself, but when he starts singing it's the same voice he's had for nearly 20 years! At first I wished there was an update for the airchecks, not making them MIDIs. Or maybe, making them better MIDIs. There's a certain charm to it, I guess, but it's also 2020, you know? But then I thought about the live performances... that's even worse! KK Slider's voice isn't a "omg this game sucks and is bad now" thing but is something I'm going to choose to nitpick! If they can update the animalese in each game, why leave his singing the same?
The new NPCs and characters. They grew on me, I like Flick and CJ and Daisy Mae. I liked them when I first saw them, too. But looking at them, cynically, they feel like they were designed to sell merchandise. People LOVE Flick and drew fanart of him as quickly as possible, but how many people gush about Nat? Would the mainstream audience rather buy merchandise of Nat, or of Flick... Joan, or Daisy Mae? Same with the other new villagers added, Raymond, Audie, etc. There's like... a formulaic feel to them. They were DESIGNED for people to love them, so they could be merchandisable. They feel like Marshall, Julian, Stiches, and Merengue— villagers the mainstream will go nuts over. And they succeeded. I like the horse (don't know her name yet) but the rest made me go "ugh, this again?". I don't necessarily like "ugly" villagers but they have personality at least. These guys just scream "Please sell me on eBay for lots of money!" and "I'm going to be on everyone's villager wishlist until the end of time!". Between the character design and the "too nice-ness" of NL and NH, this seems to be something Nintendo wants to continue with, unfortunately. Objectively I guess there's nothing wrong with it and new players probably won't miss anything, but as someone who has played AC for a long time, it's disappointing. The quirkiness of the old games is dropped in favour of safe, fluffy niceness.
Other missing things like Brewster, gyroids, etc. are bothersome too, but I would think these would be added in a later update. I can look past that, for now at least. Things like the villagers personalities won't change, but things like touchscreen support and potential pocket fixes could be added in an update. I'm not sure how likely it is but I'll remain optimistic.
People have mentioned bugs and glitches, but I haven't experienced any myself. They should look into fixing that duplication glitch ASAP, though. And I thought the music felt a little repetitive too but I thought it was just me playing the game too much, haha. My other complaints include the lack of personality the villagers have, but NL had that going for it too and I didn't expect it to change here. I was never big on online play, but I wish there was something else to do. The island in NL was a lot of fun. Skimming through the thread before posting this, I seem to be more thorough with my complaints than most, oof. I like to go into detail with these things though, maybe someone might actually read it! Lol I'm sure I'll think of more things as I'm playing the game but for now I'll leave you with this.
My biggest irritation so far other than villager dialogue being pretty dull: not being able to just add things to a cart type system in the dressing room to buy multiples of one type of item. I can only buy one shirt at a time and have to keep re-entering the dressing room if there are multiple things I want? So annoying.
kuxip
Mayor of Aurora
The new custom designer thing is super smooth.. but it's TOO smooth. You can't even make plaid without it turning into polka dots I'm having trouble making designs because sometimes just one pixel completely changes how it looked
I'm having trouble making designs because sometimes just one pixel completely changes how it looked
Goop
G l o x i n i a
No matter what Nook Island I go to, I always get my native fruit of cherries and no potential villagers.
This is like the 7th island I've been to and I'm about ready to quit buying the stupid things. I just want BAMBOO, I HAVE SO MANY DIY'S FOR BAMBOO THINGS.
Edit: And Elise is moving in.
First Cranberra, then nasty Rodney, now revolting ELISE? How many ugly villagers am I going to get before I get someone even halfway decent?
This is like the 7th island I've been to and I'm about ready to quit buying the stupid things. I just want BAMBOO, I HAVE SO MANY DIY'S FOR BAMBOO THINGS.
Edit: And Elise is moving in.
First Cranberra, then nasty Rodney, now revolting ELISE? How many ugly villagers am I going to get before I get someone even halfway decent?
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Bubblebeam
Liquor is quicker.
Not really a rant, but I have to admit the size of the islands you fly to are a tad disappointing. Why so small? I was picturing random islands the size of my own, or at least half that. These islands (that you pay an arm and leg to visit no less) are tiddlers though. Ah well.
MalinkaLuna
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I only got ugly villagers on my island tours and now I haven three equally bad villagers moving in as the randoms Q_Q
And my other villagers are like "Oh hey you again" after talking to them like twice, once in the morning, once in the evening. Like.. Helloooo? Youre the only one I can talk to anyways!
And my other villagers are like "Oh hey you again" after talking to them like twice, once in the morning, once in the evening. Like.. Helloooo? Youre the only one I can talk to anyways!
1. I really, really miss paintings.
2. Where are Reese and Cyrus?!
3. I hate that I can only get one color of items from the Nook catalogue. (ie. I have a pink vending machine, but really want a blue one!)
4. Not being able to terraform for a while means that I had to place a lot of villager houses in places I absolutely don't want them, like in tightly-packed rows and up on cliffs.
5. There needs to be a higher chance of getting non-native fruits and flowers on islands. I've found three kinds of flowers, but all of them are the ones already sold in my shop... And I have yet to get a non-native fruit after 25+ island visits. It's horrible.
6. Why don't my villagers give me tasks or come over to my house? I'm TTing and have played for over two weeks, and in that time, only one villager has ever asked me for anything. (Teddy asked me to sell him my centipede.) What's the point of having villagers if they don't even want to befriend you?
7. Why can't we preview KK's songs before we buy them from the kiosk? I've bought a lot of music I ended up hating.
2. Where are Reese and Cyrus?!
3. I hate that I can only get one color of items from the Nook catalogue. (ie. I have a pink vending machine, but really want a blue one!)
4. Not being able to terraform for a while means that I had to place a lot of villager houses in places I absolutely don't want them, like in tightly-packed rows and up on cliffs.
5. There needs to be a higher chance of getting non-native fruits and flowers on islands. I've found three kinds of flowers, but all of them are the ones already sold in my shop... And I have yet to get a non-native fruit after 25+ island visits. It's horrible.
6. Why don't my villagers give me tasks or come over to my house? I'm TTing and have played for over two weeks, and in that time, only one villager has ever asked me for anything. (Teddy asked me to sell him my centipede.) What's the point of having villagers if they don't even want to befriend you?
7. Why can't we preview KK's songs before we buy them from the kiosk? I've bought a lot of music I ended up hating.
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Lancelot
Epic
That is how lighting works I’m afraid. I’m pretty sure the slingshot shots a bit forwards anyway if needed so it should be too hard
JKDOS
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Let's not just spread false information like that without full knowledge. It was never confirmed Leif was gone forever.
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TT'ing never does anything good for your villager relationships.
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BlueFlameAngel
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TTing a day or two forward at a time never affects relationships. I've played the games this way since WW and it never stopped me befriending villagers and getting their pictures.
As for my gripe -- while villagers have gotten better since I first started playing ACNH and don't get tired of me anymore, I've still only gotten 1 request. Marcie asked me to catch a river fish for her one day. Aside from that, nothing. ;; I get pinged a lot but only to teach me reactions and I really don't care about reactions.
Why on earth are certain items suddenly so freaking expensive? Like the laptop for example now costs 60k bells? The same thing costed only 2k back in New Leaf. There was also a new, larger version of the kitchen corner but it costs 140k bells? Excuse me, Timmy and Tommy? Do you guys think I'm THAT rich??
blossoming
Member
I've had a bad feeling about this game since I first saw the trailers. Yeah the visuals are great and we can have a lot more personalization in the game now, theres a lot of things missing that make animal crossing animal crossing. New leaf was my favourite game, you had so much personalization, you could have public works projects, you could enact ordinances, go to the island cheaply, make bells easily and you could have fun in the game, plus multiplayer was GOOD. it just feels like the game is half finished. I loved playing every day and waiting to unlock more shops, getting my fortune told, buying artwork every week. Theres so many iconic characters missing - leif, Gracie, harriet, Rover etc. I'm rlly sad to hear the reviews because I really wanted the game but now I domt know if its worth it to buy it. I hate how theyve brought in elements from pocket camp too - that game was terrible
help with login
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This game is honestly trash compared to new leaf and all the other games (if you don't compare them to any other games)
What was improved upon, transparent patterns, furniture outside, and ability to sculpt the land. Everything else has been a step down I'm not even going to compliment the graphics because thats to be expected in 2020 from the biggest game company in the world. The museum can be the most beautiful thing in the world but instead of working so hard on something realistically how often do you go to your own museum exhibits they should have brought back artwork, your own exhibits, and even the observatory. Completely unacceptable.
The biggest slap in the face was this game was delayed, uhhhh bit ch why? What on Earth did the game look like before they decide to push the release date back? Was it only a title screen?
They decided to put every resource into the graphics instead of the game.
What was improved upon, transparent patterns, furniture outside, and ability to sculpt the land. Everything else has been a step down I'm not even going to compliment the graphics because thats to be expected in 2020 from the biggest game company in the world. The museum can be the most beautiful thing in the world but instead of working so hard on something realistically how often do you go to your own museum exhibits they should have brought back artwork, your own exhibits, and even the observatory. Completely unacceptable.
The biggest slap in the face was this game was delayed, uhhhh bit ch why? What on Earth did the game look like before they decide to push the release date back? Was it only a title screen?
They decided to put every resource into the graphics instead of the game.
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ThomasNLD
Keep the wolves away
There are still projects you can build right (like bridges?) Other then that, you can basically place almost everything outside to create your perfect town. Islands tours isn`t that expensive (its really easy to earn those Nook miles). You can still make bells relatively easy, although Tortimer Island was more convenient. But if you go fishing around the shore, you can just pick out the right shadows and you will make a decent amount of money.
There are still things to unlock and where some key feautires might have been left out (we can`t really be sure yet appearently), a lot of new stuff has been added in.
That said, its still your choice if you find this enticing enough to buy and play this game. Even though this game has a slow start, I have really enjoyed the build up personally and just when I was ready to move on, RS is being build. I feel it is paced quite well, but that is according to my taste. Everybody has their own tastes.
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Why do you insist on them bringing back artwork if you have no interest of looking at it in your own museum anyways?
Maybe the delay wasn`t related to the graphics, but maybe getting out some bugs, localization stuff since there are a million available languages, etc. We don`t know.
There are still things to unlock and where some key feautires might have been left out (we can`t really be sure yet appearently), a lot of new stuff has been added in.
That said, its still your choice if you find this enticing enough to buy and play this game. Even though this game has a slow start, I have really enjoyed the build up personally and just when I was ready to move on, RS is being build. I feel it is paced quite well, but that is according to my taste. Everybody has their own tastes.
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Why do you insist on them bringing back artwork if you have no interest of looking at it in your own museum anyways?
Maybe the delay wasn`t related to the graphics, but maybe getting out some bugs, localization stuff since there are a million available languages, etc. We don`t know.
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