I have loved playing NH but was disappointed when we couldn’t get anymore buildings or building upgrades. I was hoping Leif and kicks would get their own shops at some point. It would have been nice to have Brewster have his own shop as well but I’m not sure we are even getting him at this point.
The ACNH Rant Thread
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A Beautiful Heart
I honestly aspire to be as good as decorating islands as you do. Yours is really well made, and thought out. I wish I could do something as lovely as that.
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I wish there was no giant plaza, or if we could at least decorate it. Its kinda hard to work around, esspecially for say Fantasy themes. I get that its like a meeting place, but I still would at least like it to be smaller, or we could customize it
I know events, and Characters appear there, but not all the time. So why do we really need a giant plaza, we can't even personalize. Im sure they would be fine just standing in grass, or so fourth
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VanitasFan26
I'm just a ghost.
I know what you mean and I wish we had a way to move Resident Services, because it just sucks how we don't think of the placement when picking our islands which is why most of us restart to get a location that better suites us. I do agree that we should have the option to customize the plaza because I really dislike the color style it has and I wanted to change it to my favorite color (blue/green).I honestly aspire to be as good as decorating islands as you do. Yours is really well made, and thought out. I wish I could do something as lovely as that.
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I wish there was no giant plaza, or if we could at least decorate it. Its kinda hard to work around, esspecially for say Fantasy themes. I get that its like a meeting place, but I still would at least like it to be smaller, or we could customize it
I know events, and Characters appear there, but not all the time. So why do we really need a giant plaza, we can't even personalize
Actually none of Nintendo's games have dedicated servers. Splatoon and Mario Kart are still P2P just like Smash. The only problem is that you can't necessarily have the game go on as it should if your opponent is lagging. That is why Smash matches just drag and buffer, but Splatoon/Mario Kart will have the kart/inkling be stationary. Because one racer or shooter isn't going to kill the match like it would if your opponent lagged in place as you walloped them and weren't making any progress.
You're basically paying for the randomly picked NSO games that no one asked for and are begging Nintendo for the classics, the privilege of using your own connection to play their games online, cloud save backups that they once refused to give for their mainline games and finally budged with enough demand (should had been a thing from the start) and most importantly, because they told you so.
It's also worth noting that when their games/ports on the Wii U/3ds were free to play online that they were the same and or better, but now that we're paying for online sub, they somehow changed nothing or made it worst. Smash online is the worst offender of this. I could write an entire tldr thread about all the atrocities they pulled on the online scene for this game.
I totally get you on the items and trading. To this day, I still haven't found a sand castle. Nooks finally had a new item for sell, a clawfoot bathtub, and I had to buy it just because it was the first new item in their shop for what has seemed 6 months or more. The rng is just so bad.
@Romaki I get what you're saying. New Horizon doesn't have that sense of progression that NewLeaf and the other games had. Nothing has progressed from March/April of 2020. And it's because they're withholding this content to give it this artificial feeling of longevity. I loved the feeling that when I logged in and played/did tasks ect that it mattered and my town developed. I got to see it flourish and grow and it was a nice feeling of accomplishment. With this game, it doesn't really matter. We're all waiting for the updates and you could had been here from day 1 or just joined the game 2 days ago and the shop update would hypothetically drop and there would/could be no requirements.
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VanitasFan26
I'm just a ghost.
Okay this is really something I need to rant about. Why in the world is there no bulk buying options when redeeming Nook miles. While I was in the process of restarting my island I had 251,000 Nook Miles and I figured that I would just invested all of it in Nook Mile Tickets, but because this game seems to have no quantity option I have to tap A 500 times just to buy a lot of them.
Let me say this whole thing took me 2 hours of button mashing just get all of it and my thumb is so sore from pushing it so much. If there was a feature that lets you buy all at once this would've been not so bad. I don't know why but this is just bad game design. Its just as bad as Earthbound when you're trying to go the shop and you had to buy items one at a time.
Let me say this whole thing took me 2 hours of button mashing just get all of it and my thumb is so sore from pushing it so much. If there was a feature that lets you buy all at once this would've been not so bad. I don't know why but this is just bad game design. Its just as bad as Earthbound when you're trying to go the shop and you had to buy items one at a time.
King koopa
🎈 Balloons 🎈
I know how you feel, I wish the terminal you get nook miles tickets from was like pokemon, where you can put how much of the item you want, then you get it. I feel bad for people who sell a lot of Nook miles tickets because that much be hard to get all of them
Why didn't they cut down on the instructional dialogue after the first time reading it? I don't know why Mabel has to tell me every single time how a Tailors ticket works, why Blathers has to say all of his Stamp rally intro every day, and why I still have to mash past all of Gulliver's dialogue every. Single. Time. They could have at least shortened what he says after the first couple of times you meet him! I swear almost every NPC has exessive dialogue that's unneeded after the first time talking to them.
Also this belongs more in the petty complains thread but shouldn't it be "Tailor's ticket" with an apostrophe?
Also this belongs more in the petty complains thread but shouldn't it be "Tailor's ticket" with an apostrophe?
I cant say I agree that this game has less progression. I think it has a lot more because you can make your island however you want.
But its not hard for me to see it from the other side. This game is very sandbox compared to new leaf.
New Leaf had very slow and bad town building (due to pwp) but so long as you kept up with your buying stuff at the shops, things would upgrade. You'd get a few new shops.
If you didn't know how to do it, it's like the world is changing around you.
This game has a whopping 1 upgrade for the shop and 1 for the museum
If you dont want the whole game in your control, this game has very little for you.
I mean the starting layouts are so bad with their layer 3s that terraforming is pretty much mandatory.
While I prefer how it is now to the past, I really hope in the next game, they can find some middle ground between full control, and having a world that lives without us.
I agree. Buying tickets on bulk really sucks.
I hope we get a quantity select soon
I really hate how Nintendo thought that keeping back content and releasing it in drips and drabs that it would keep the game interesting for 3 years plus. I can honestly say that I’ve played NH the least out of all the AC games. I have more hours clocked in HHD right now than NH. And I have no desire or motivation to boot the game up. I check on here for any updates and I pop on to see what’s new when there is an update, but that’s literally it. I want to love this game so much but it just sucks.
With the first major update that added the museum and the summer update last year, I had high hopes that most of New Leaf's content would be back in the game within a year. Obviously that's not the case. What's really frustrating to me is the lack of communication from Nintendo's part. If they said "Look, we wanted to go in a different direction with New Horizons. Don't expect any building upgrades etc, just seasonal events", I could respect that! But as long as everyone still has expectations and they don't comment on that, people will be disappointed.
Personally I think this is the best animal crossing game by far! Everything about it is amazing. To me, it puts the older games to shame.
But... yeah I do agree this game needs a different mindset from the previous games. In this game all the fun is on you. The only goals are the ones you set for yourself.
In the past that was true as well, but they gave a few months of things changing without your say too.
This game does not have that. Its a shame as I love goals to work towards.
I still think this is the best game in the series by a large margin but its not quite the same as previous entries. If that's good or bad is down to personal preference
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While I am VERY happy with what they gave us and have no expectations for more...
I have to agree.
Not because I want more. I think the game is great. But this is a change in the series and for those like you, they should say if its in their plans to make things like it was.
Its nintendo so they won't say a thing. But from all sides of the argument, as rude as this sounds... it would be better for the community who is happy if those who weren't happy knew if they would get the stuff they like or not.
That way, you know if it's worth holding out hope, and those who like the game are just with others that do.
Right now we have no idea if the things you loved before will come back. And that's a real shame
I also wish they were clearer about the game. Not just with that but with all the other big changes like to expect to miss out on a lot of things this time unless you're willing to play multiplayer. I'm so upset they made all these changes and didn't highlight or say anything about them before launch. At least I didn't see anything on that and I was following the game until June.
King koopa
🎈 Balloons 🎈
The problem is, Nintendo didn't really say that. We don't know if Nintendo will add anything else, or if they will just leave the game as is. I'm a little disappointed, because I suspected Brewster would be in the game by now, so yeah. And the worst part about Nintendo keeping it hush hush is that we don't know if Brewster will ever come back. But still, if Nintendo knew the game would get hate because it's missing npcs, they should have added them in the first place, especially since covid wasn't that bad when the game first came out
VanitasFan26
I'm just a ghost.
You know after restarting I realized what the problem with this game was. The lack of new projects to do. Remember when Tom Nook told you to invite KK when he wanted you to invite villagers and improve the island's scenery just so KK can show up? Yeah Tom Nook's "What Should I do?" feature has become so useless after you unlocked the island designer and when Project K is completed. May I ask why isn't there any new Projects to be done?
Here is the thing that many people don't understand. While Animal Crossing in the past may have its limitations at least over the months there is always something new happening and especially in New Leaf there is always new things to add to the Town and it always kept being refreshing coming back. This game however doesn't do that. You've seen KK already, You saw the Museum and Nook Shop upgrade only once, and pretty much all of the seasonal events that we are used to. Nothing really "brand new" has happened hence the reason why it got so boring.
It would be better if Tom Nook came up with a new Project for us to do if another special NPC wanted to come to the island, but we would have to work hard making a new building by crafting a lot of items to get things ready. Remember how we used to craft the first Bridge and Campsite while making the island? They really should take advantage of what is in the game and try to make it more useful so that way at least you have something to do instead of repeating the same tasks that you've done a lot of times.
I know there is the argument that New Horizons does things better than past games and while I do agree from a gameplay perspective, from a content perspective it doesn't do a good job of keeping you invested. Understand this from a returning player that they have no reason to play the game if there is nothing new. Restarting your island is probably the only way to get back into the game and while that may bring back Joy over time its just going to feel like the same experience you had on your old island. Just saying this because its been over a year and we haven't gotten anything "new". Yes I know Nintendo is going to update the game with new content, but the problem is we really don't know yet.
Here is the thing that many people don't understand. While Animal Crossing in the past may have its limitations at least over the months there is always something new happening and especially in New Leaf there is always new things to add to the Town and it always kept being refreshing coming back. This game however doesn't do that. You've seen KK already, You saw the Museum and Nook Shop upgrade only once, and pretty much all of the seasonal events that we are used to. Nothing really "brand new" has happened hence the reason why it got so boring.
It would be better if Tom Nook came up with a new Project for us to do if another special NPC wanted to come to the island, but we would have to work hard making a new building by crafting a lot of items to get things ready. Remember how we used to craft the first Bridge and Campsite while making the island? They really should take advantage of what is in the game and try to make it more useful so that way at least you have something to do instead of repeating the same tasks that you've done a lot of times.
I know there is the argument that New Horizons does things better than past games and while I do agree from a gameplay perspective, from a content perspective it doesn't do a good job of keeping you invested. Understand this from a returning player that they have no reason to play the game if there is nothing new. Restarting your island is probably the only way to get back into the game and while that may bring back Joy over time its just going to feel like the same experience you had on your old island. Just saying this because its been over a year and we haven't gotten anything "new". Yes I know Nintendo is going to update the game with new content, but the problem is we really don't know yet.
HappyTails
On Indefinite Hiatus
Really don't like the forced seaport challenge in order for CJ to buy fish. Especially when he gives you a certain size fish and that size almost never spawns. I just sell the fish to Timmy and Tommy. Just to get a few more bells isn't worth the extra BS the game forces on me. See it's stupid crap like this that makes this game hard to fully relax and enjoy. Flick doesn't do this crap so why have CJ do it?
This has been my approach to Nintendo for a while now. In the late 2000s and 2010s I defended them fiercely, and I used to buy literally every game they made. I've learned from my experiences, that just because you're a fan of a developer doesn't mean you have to buy every game they make or defend them, cause that will just give them reasons to release more and more lackluster games... Which I feel like is exactly what is happening now. I have been feeling very betrayed by Nintendo over the past couple of years, and it irritates me when people defend them even though I used to be like that myself.
From now on I'm only going to buy Nintendo games after I've seen plenty of gameplay and read reviews for it. I'm sick of blowing all of my leftover wages on games that are "meh". I can always buy indie games that might also be "meh" but at least they are half the price or less.
I feel like I have experienced this with Nintendo several times over the years too. I eventually sold my GameCube and Wii. I think I will definitely keep my Switch though because of the portability and eShop.
I have owned 7 first party Nintendo games on Switch, and I'd say 2 of them lived up to my expectations based on reviews (Animal Crossing and Mario Odyssey. I had very small expectations for Animal Crossing going in, so that may have helped, I do really like the game though).
Nintendo games are usually *good* but rarely do I feel they are great or worth full price, especially like you said, when there are so many worthy indie games out there at 1/2 and 1/3 the price.
. Rarity .
A Beautiful Heart
I wasted money on this giant update I had planned for cycling, by having one of every species. But no one wants them, and now I just have amiibo that are probably never gonna be used. Which feels awful! I should have asked who people wanted instead of going with my gut!
Even then I dont know if it's even worth just buying more, for just Lily to be used ten times, while poor Peewee gets no love!
Getting more villagers is just gonna be more wasted money down the drain. Because as much as I love having the cards, I was hopping people would actually want them.. I have many different animals, just please give them a chance.
I've tried to have them in my own island, but I always change back to these current residents I have..
I did a ten villager cycle once, and it was exhausting! But I got so much anoyance because I wouldnt give them Kid Kat, and they just left after the ten were done. Took almost an entire day. Then they gave me nothing in return! No thank you, no thanks, no materials, no nothing!
I love cycling, I do! But that experience made me almost stop
Even then I dont know if it's even worth just buying more, for just Lily to be used ten times, while poor Peewee gets no love!
Getting more villagers is just gonna be more wasted money down the drain. Because as much as I love having the cards, I was hopping people would actually want them.. I have many different animals, just please give them a chance.
I've tried to have them in my own island, but I always change back to these current residents I have..
I did a ten villager cycle once, and it was exhausting! But I got so much anoyance because I wouldnt give them Kid Kat, and they just left after the ten were done. Took almost an entire day. Then they gave me nothing in return! No thank you, no thanks, no materials, no nothing!
I love cycling, I do! But that experience made me almost stop
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