I'm currently working on four character houses and while building them up, I noticed two huge faults which giving me struggle right now:
- Being forced to build rooms you don't need/want
Why are we forced to build all three rooms in the first floor before we can get the second floor? In New Leaf, you only had to upgrade the main room, then you were able to get the second floor. The other rooms as well as the basement were additions and you could decide on your own if you want them or not. You could even decide on which side you would like to add a extra room and they were also expandable. One of the houses I'm working on is a sort of replica of a character's house (or more like apartment) from a movie I really like and I don't need the room in the back at all, yet the second floor. I'm forced however to build the back room just to get the needed second floor. Why, just why? What if you don't need/want all four rooms and only need/want one extra room as well as the second floor for an example? Like not everyone needs/wants a big house, yet would like to use certain rooms on certain sides. This is by far one of the dumbest changes they made, I now have to cover up the entrance to the back room with simple panels to get rid off it. It kinda works, still looks a bit odd.
I like NH, it's probably my favorite AC game, but for the love of Resetti, drop an update which gives you more freedom in terms of building up your house. I would pay a good amount of bells just to be able to get rid off rooms I don't need (along with an option to move windows to other spots in the room or getting rid off them completely without changing the wallpaper. It's a small issue, yet one which can be fixed too.).
- The lack of furniture
Yeah, I know I'm the 79383927th person who complains about this and as much as I like the new items in NH, it just misses all the great furniture sets and pieces from the previous titles, which is a damn shame. The house which is based of the movie I mentioned is suppose to have a more 80s-ish look, as said movie is from the 80s. Therefore, I tried to give the house a more retro look, which works overall quite good, except for certain pieces like the TV for an example. NH only has those flat-screen TVs (and the apple shaped TV), of course it looks weird when you try to make a 80s themed house and then you see a modern TV standing there. It just ruins the overall theme imo. New Leaf had a few older TVs, one which would have fit perfectly to the house I'm working on if it would have been available in the game. Heck, they are even available in Pocket Camp, why did they get rid off them in NH? Earlier today, I watched a video where someone recreated their New Leaf island in NH, including the character houses with their interior decoration. It's shocking to see how many great items are missing in NH and how difficult to pretty much impossible it is to recreate or replace them with NH items, as they don't have the same charm (and of course design) at all.
I pray to the video game gods that they gonna drop some smaller updates in the future, which just adding some more random furniture from the previous games. Like, I don't want any event themed items, just give me please some normal looking house furniture with different themes ffs.
