The ACNH Rant Thread

[Starboard]

I found out that you can just put a lot of items and they will not seem to care about how "Cluttered" it is. They will act all happy and you still get a lot of heart crystals.

This is so true lol I remember on one of the first days I made a really nice wedding reception room, but accidentally did it in the wrong colour scheme and so Reese wasn't happy. By the end of the month I was just randomly dumping furniture of the colour she wanted, and it looked so bad but she always loved it

 

[Canesvenatici]

Not sure if this has been said?

But not being able to put designs up in your able sisters that dont belong to you like please Mabel I just want my villagers to have very cute outfits *without* having to make my own bad attempt i figured it would work the same as me wearing something from the gallery but alas no!

 

[-Blue-]

This is so true lol I remember on one of the first days I made a really nice wedding reception room, but accidentally did it in the wrong colour scheme and so Reese wasn't happy. By the end of the month I was just randomly dumping furniture of the colour she wanted, and it looked so bad but she always loved it

Labelle is the same way. I kept wasting time going through my storage to find stuff to match her theme, but one day I just decided to wear what she gave, and just that, and It was enough to win. Gracie had the same set up in NL, but you had to put effort in it. I don't like the lack of effort in this game. I don't feel any accomplishment because they dumbed it down so much. I don't want something that is impossible, but a little challenge isn't going to hurt anyone.



When I was typing this out, I came to the realization about the snowboy. NL had an entire snow family you could build. There was the snowman, snowmam, snowboy, and snowtyke. Each one had their own size that you had to get close enough. The man being the biggest, and the tyke being the smallest balls. The man gave a bingo card and each day you could see him before he melts to have him give you some numbers and hopefully you could get bingo before he melted. Mam asked for snowflakes (the stuff we craft for diy now) and gave the ice series. Which was way more beautiful and princess-y then the tetris-esque ice furniture we get in NH. Kind of reminded me of Frozen. The tyke was probably the hardest and I never even got any of his stuff because he needed his whole family present with him. So that meant by the time you got the whole family present one of them was going to melt the next day and so you had to rinse-repeat which snow person you had to build the next day.

But now in NH we only have the snowboy who has honestly been dumbed down considerably to what NL had in store, but I can't tell you how many times I saw topics being discussed about how 'hard' the boy was to make and how impossible it was. Compared to NL, it was so easy. Yet I saw many comments about how it needed to be nerfed and how quite a few were angry how they couldn't secure a snowboy every day and wanted to finish this task immediately.

And this made me realize that maybe inadvertently with all the babied down things NH has done it made people used to this and they wanted everything immediately.

 

[Starboard]

I'm probably not good at judging size or something because I sucked at the Snowboy, I'd only get it right half the time despite always trying to roll them into what looked like the right size... anyway I'm not really complaining since we had months to collect the stuff. But it's so sad how it went from a whole family to just one.

Anyway I came back here to say that every time I go on the Reddit for this game it makes me hate my island lol. I used to go on there before the game launched to chat about it, but now it's just breathtaking pictures and memes. I mean that's what Reddit does best but I always get discouraged because of the amazing islands! I just tell myself that half of the beauty comes from the filters they always use, and that it probably only looks good as a perfectly framed photo. I only go on there because I'm still obsessed with Animal Crossing but I'm running out of things to keep me interested. I even watched a video talking about rumours for E3 just so I can manufacture some excitement...

 

[-Blue-]

@Starboard I'm not knocking anyone that says building the boy is challenging, but it has been dropped down to an 'easier mode' So when I see the topics arise about wishing it wasn't as challenging and or how frustrated members were that they couldn't finish it in one day, it made me realize how instant gratification we have become. And I just don't like that we're catering to that mindset because it has devolved aspects of the game.

Ditto on reddit and places like it. I never really look at pictures people share on their because half the time they're so doctored up they don't even resemble the island's true form anymore.

 

[Starboard]

@Starboard I'm not knocking anyone that says building the boy is challenging, but it has been dropped down to an 'easier mode' So when I see the topics arise about wishing it wasn't as challenging and or how frustrated members were that they couldn't finish it in one day, it made me realize how instant gratification we have become. And I just don't like that we're catering to that mindset because it has devolved aspects of the game.

Ditto on reddit and places like it. I never really look at pictures people share on their because half the time they're so doctored up they don't even resemble the island's true form anymore.

Yeah I got you haha. I've noticed that "dumbing down" trend in a lot of games lately, especially Pokemon. A lot of the caves in the older games were super frustrating and you could easily get lost and could barely see. But now it's just a fairly straightforward path you follow. At least in Sun/Moon it was. I don't actually like getting frustrated in games (since I play them mainly to relax) but I wouldn't complain about something being sort of challenging unless it's ridiculous (like the seasonal DIYs that you have to mindnumbingly grind to get before an event). The Snowboy is one of the only challenges in the game that isn't just a grind or RNG waiting game so I actually appreciate the effort.

 

[maria110]

I can't find Butch anywhere. Ugh. The recent update has really messed things up. Also, I've got lilies of the valley spawning on the island I'm redoing. Lol. This island is a mess. Must be the 10,000 flowers on the beaches bringing the rating up.

 

[King koopa]

Labelle is the same way. I kept wasting time going through my storage to find stuff to match her theme, but one day I just decided to wear what she gave, and just that, and It was enough to win. Gracie had the same set up in NL, but you had to put effort in it. I don't like the lack of effort in this game. I don't feel any accomplishment because they dumbed it down so much. I don't want something that is impossible, but a little challenge isn't going to hurt anyone.



When I was typing this out, I came to the realization about the snowboy. NL had an entire snow family you could build. There was the snowman, snowmam, snowboy, and snowtyke. Each one had their own size that you had to get close enough. The man being the biggest, and the tyke being the smallest balls. The man gave a bingo card and each day you could see him before he melts to have him give you some numbers and hopefully you could get bingo before he melted. Mam asked for snowflakes (the stuff we craft for diy now) and gave the ice series. Which was way more beautiful and princess-y then the tetris-esque ice furniture we get in NH. Kind of reminded me of Frozen. The tyke was probably the hardest and I never even got any of his stuff because he needed his whole family present with him. So that meant by the time you got the whole family present one of them was going to melt the next day and so you had to rinse-repeat which snow person you had to build the next day.

But now in NH we only have the snowboy who has honestly been dumbed down considerably to what NL had in store, but I can't tell you how many times I saw topics being discussed about how 'hard' the boy was to make and how impossible it was. Compared to NL, it was so easy. Yet I saw many comments about how it needed to be nerfed and how quite a few were angry how they couldn't secure a snowboy every day and wanted to finish this task immediately.

And this made me realize that maybe inadvertently with all the babied down things NH has done it made people used to this and they wanted everything immediately.

Yeah, I don't like what they did to the snowfamily ether. I think they made Labelle too easy to cheese, because all you basically have to do is wear what she tells you to and you pass, as long as you have pants. Like what? Some people might say Gracie's fashion checks were too hard, but that's because she actually made you look around Able's and kicks to find an outfit that fits the theme she wants. In New horizons, they kinda took away the point. My fear is that if more things from new leaf come to the game, Nintendo might ruin it. Like what they did with mail. Now it costs 200 bells to send mail. Plus you can only send 2 letters to the same person a day but before there was no limit. I know 200 bells isn't a lot, but before it was free, so...... I think that was unnecessary

 

[Bluebellie]

I’m still struggling with my beach area. I had to place three of my villagers houses down by the beach and one of them isn’t working. I think it’s because the house sits in the sand , whereas the other two sit on a patch of green grass near the beach.

I’m going to have to make room for that house in land, and tear down some things.

 

[maria110]

So I saw a nice entryway on someone's Instagram account and I flattened the entire front half of my island to try to replicate it and failed. Now I'm not sure what I want to do. And it's annoying because it took so long to flatten. Also on that island, I tried having dirt path under my flower beds but the flowers keep going out of bounds so I have even more digging up of flowers to do. Ugh. Also I don't like how the map looks with the flower beds' dirt on the map. The whole island is kind of a mess and I'm tempted to reset it but I like a lot of things about it so I think I'll keep it and slowly work through the mess. Maybe I'm finally learning patience in middle age, lol. Lifelong learning.

 

[bestfriendsally]

Also on that island, I tried having dirt path under my flower beds but the flowers keep going out of bounds so I have even more digging up of flowers to do.

this!

i have to sometimes do flower maintance in my orchard to see if any extra grew & dig them up... that shouldn't happen, since i put flower custom designs in front of them to stop that :< sometimes, it doesn't happen, though :>

 

[meggiewes]

My rants are never really rants, but I would like in the Custom Designs app if you could use one of the existing ACNH paths as a template for your designs.

I know some people have recreated those paths, and others have created new paths that you can get from the Custom Designs Portal, but I don't use other people's custom designs.

I like to have everything on my island completely my own, so I make all the custom designs I want to use myself. I find the paths quite hard to make, especially since I'd like to replicate the colours. It would be quite helpful to me if I could use the existing paths as a template. Less of a rant, more of a thought.

Here's a tip! If you made a pattern that has a range of specific custom colors, then you can copy that when you are done. Then you can edit the copy and you will have access to the exact same colors.

(I haven't read through the entire thread since Saturday, so forgive me if someone already told you.)

 

[VanitasFan26]

I found out that if you did the Wedding Event last year Reese and Cyrus act like they don't remember you or they just seem to forget that you took out the photos of their anniversary last year. Again this game is really stuck in the past and it really hasn't evolved.

 

[peachycrossing9]

Well the Wedding Season is coming soon and let me just say I am not even going to bother. I mean its just literally new seasonal items added and just new wedding clothes. Honestly they could've at least put more effort into the Wedding Season. One of the things that gets repetitive with the wedding season from what I remember playing it last year is that you constantly have to take pictures of the anniversary for Reese and Cyrus. I found out that you can just put a lot of items and they will not seem to care about how "Cluttered" it is. They will act all happy and you still get a lot of heart crystals.

This is the only time Harvs island is used for this certain event yet there hasn't been anymore uses for Harvs island besides that point. Honestly If you played this last year you would think that after all those photos you took you would get like special DIYS for at least trying your best for all your hard work. Also why can't some of the wedding items be crafted? For a game that focuses on crafting you expect to be DIYS for the wedding furniture but there isn't. I do see one for a "Wedding wand" (I mean really? -_-)

This game just seems to get added with nothing but seasonal items instead of trying to improve the game or at least try to give new features to existing events to make it better.

So my genuine question for you is, why are you playing a game you don't enjoy?

Voice your opinion sure, but I don't see the point in playing something if it's not meeting your standards.

My personal rant:
I don't know why people still have such high expectations for this game... We all know by now what to expect with the updates and the events. The wedding event is the exact same, but I must say I am really enjoying the new seasonal items.

I'm not saying I don't enjoy playing the game still because I do, but I have lowered my expectations ALOT because clearly Nintendo doesn't care enough about this game to add what people are asking for.

I play the game almost everyday still and I love it, but I wish they would listen to us about what updates we need. There are so many people losing interest in this game, which is really sad to see because I feel like it could be even more amazing than it already is, if Nintendo would just give us good updates o.o

 

[Starboard]

I've kind of accepted there's a chance the game will just stay like this, at least for the next year or two. I wish they'd let us know what updates they're planning because it at least gives us something to look forward to so we don't feel the need to rant all the time. The only reason I'm still logging in at this point is because I'm still waiting for the System Kitchen to show up in my store... which I've been waiting a year for. I skipped yesterday because it was raining and I can't even be bothered time travelling to prevent that dumb flower hoard from spawning. I wish they'd change some things like that so it's not such an awful chore to deal with.

 

[-Lumi-]

So I've been ignoring the DIY's that wash up on the beaches lately because I've been getting so many repeats. Between the bottle DIY's and my villagers crafting things it feels like the only time I get a new DIY is when Celeste shows up - it's frustrating! That being said I decided to pick up a bottle yesterday and open it up.

I got a Tiny Library. Which I have already learned and I'm sure I have a spare laying around on my beach! When I started my game today Isabelle mentioned that we should keep an eye out for blue sea shells. I completely spaced out last year and didn't do the wedding event or search for blue shells/get any summer DIYs so I thought I'd go out and look for shells and pick up a DIY. I thought maybe there was a good chance I'd get a summer DIY in a bottle today.

No. No there wasn't. I got another tiny library. After getting on yesterday. I'm begging Nintendo to please fix the RNG in New Horizons because it's absolutely awful.

 

[Dunquixote]

This is kinda a minor complaint. I finally come up with a decent idea and looking at a picture, I though “oh this rug will look really good with this idea” and then I remember we still can’t put rugs outside .

 

[-Blue-]

This is kinda a minor complaint. I finally come up with a decent idea and looking at a picture, I though “oh this rug will look really good with this idea” and then I remember we still can’t put rugs outside .

Big oof. Can you take a picture of the rug with your phone and then convert it to a qr pattern? It's not an ideal solution, but it might work.

 

[Dunquixote]

Big oof. Can you take a picture of the rug with your phone and then convert it to a qr pattern? It's not an ideal solution, but it might work.

I could try that! Thanks for reminding for that there are programs that can convert them. I haven’t set it up yet so I am not sure if the rug will go well with the other items I have out right now. But, it is worth trying! Thanks so much!

 

[peachsaucekitty]

ughggh i know this is a common one but SERIOUSLY THE DIALOGUE IN THIS GAME IS SO BAD AND SO REPETITIVE!! my villagers just repeat the same stuff all the time and they're barely any fun to talk to. the personalities are so watered down ( and speaking of personalities nintendo should either make more or just remove the gender stuff, there's way too many villagers to keep it that way. like the main part of the game (talking to & building relationships with villagers) isn't even that appealing.
also i cannot STAND peppies and jocks. there are some exceptions to this but in the older games everyone is fun to talk to because they're still interesting and complex but in this game they just talk about being a pop star or working out all the time
also i hate how hard it is too move villagers out. we should have an option to just kick them out by now.