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The ACNH Rant Thread

i don't know if anyone has said these things before (also: disclaimer, i really love this game!)

i do not like that the first 5 villagers are stuck with the weird templated DIY interiors - i like that they start out with them, and how they begin to add more furniture as they go on, but i wish i could see the interiors they're meant to have. multiplayer is SUPER boring, i hope tours or some form of minigames are added later on because ya girl wants to play toy hammer or balloon shooting with her friends.

the furniture colour variations are just dumb, i can't understand why they would put such an emphasis on customization and then limit people to just one colour of nook miles items/furniture sold in stores. it would make more sense for things to be customizable, and it makes it more accessible to people without NSO - gives it more longevity in case they ever discontinue the online subscription.

we should be able to buy more things at once in the able sisters' dressing room, it's effective for trying clothes on but it is MAD awkward to be on someone else's island running in and out of that little room to buy multiple items!

i also wish there was a way to revert changes made in terraforming - this is just a personal thing and i know it won't be changed at all, but i wish we could press something (like the request for cleanup) and restore the island to its original condition because i'm so scared of messing up my island. i'm making the Most tentative changes.
 
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I've already posted here but I'm back with more to complain about after playing more hA

villagers. they are SO dang dull in this game! and seriously, no new personalities? not even one? that was a huge bummer for me when I found out, I was really hoping for 2 more (one female, one male) so you could have 10 distinct personalities on your island (which makes sense!) and it just seems silly to have 400+ villagers and only 8 different types, it's like only having that many types in pokemon.

and they just... don't interact with you that much anymore? in NL they used to ask for fish/bugs/fruit/whatever and it was always fun going out of my way to get them just that. I suppose you can give them whatever you want when you want now, but it's not the same. As far as I know, they also don't do things like invite you to their house or surprise you by showing up to yours.

I will say they've improved on having them interact with the island, like sitting under trees, trying to catch bugs, doing yoga - and I really like that! It's super cute seeing 2 or 3 of my villagers get together and do yoga in the plaza, but I just wish they interacted with you more :(
 
A couple minor things:

Why does the airport not sell plane tickets? Wilbur lets you buy tools from him using Nook Miles, so why can't we just tell Orville directly that we want to buy a mystery island ticket from him? I don't like using up a ton of my miles so I don't usually have tickets on hand, and it's annoying having to run back to the ABD if I decide to spin the island roulette wheel again.

You also can't round out the corners of custom paths which is... really annoying. Of course, you can just find a custom path with premade rounded bits, but the particular one I was using didn't have any, plus it's another step.

And the house doorway lines up so weirdly with paths! One tile thick looks too thin, two tiles doesn't line up symmetrically, and three tiles is too thick. I wish the grid was shifted over juuuust a little, or we could go half blocks or something while placing paths.
 
Excuse me, if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure you can round out the corners on the paths. I've done so myself :D

Yeap, but this can work awkward sometimes.

Edt: Also comes with bunch of limitations and quirks

Edt 2: Also you can't place roads mid-tiles and can't mix and match them
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I don't usually like to complain but the water/ cliff tools are doing my head in.

Why is it the same button to both build and destroy water or earth? and why can't I see a highlighted square on the ground where I'm about to make a change? it makes terraforming a very frustrating experience, I planned to change quite a bit with my town but it's less fun and more anger inducing.

Seriously did no one pick up during testing that having the same button for build /destroy was incredibly unintuitive? Or, rather than having to carefully and slowly get your character to face EXACTLY the right angle to build, why not just use the other joystick to choose where you'd like to build in a 9 Square area around your character ?

God I'm gonna burn my switch
 
I don't usually like to complain but the water/ cliff tools are doing my head in.

Why is it the same button to both build and destroy water or earth? and why can't I see a highlighted square on the ground where I'm about to make a change? it makes terraforming a very frustrating experience, I planned to change quite a bit with my town but it's less fun and more anger inducing.

Seriously did no one pick up during testing that having the same button for build /destroy was incredibly unintuitive? Or, rather than having to carefully and slowly get your character to face EXACTLY the right angle to build, why not just use the other joystick to choose where you'd like to build in a 9 Square area around your character ?

God I'm gonna burn my switch

Ablegatory joke: This will be fixed in next game (~9 years later)
 
I don't usually like to complain but the water/ cliff tools are doing my head in.

God I'm gonna burn my switch

Terraforming has been an actual nightmare and I've had to rage quit the game several times. I just don't understand why it was so poorly designed and thought out?!

Also, maybe it's just me, but the response time(?) of pressing buttons, or even being able to press buttons, is soooo slow. Coming from playing BotW at the same time, I feel like I have to wait a full second to see anything happen when I press a button!
The most obvious if when I'm trying to drag and drop in my inventory, or worse when I'm trying to press 'grab one', I often end up dropping the whole item because the game doesn't input button or joystick movement quick enough!
 
Excuse me, if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure you can round out the corners on the paths. I've done so myself :D

You can round the corners on the game's premade path options you buy with miles, but not if you use a custom made path design from a QR/able sisters code, I don't think!

i wish terraforming went by a little quicker... getting rid of cliffs one by one is kind of a hassle

Oof, yeah. The thing I was most excited about was laying down paths being simpler, but you've still got to slowly mash A and put tiles down one by one. Still easier than having to open your entire custom design menu every time, but it could be streamlined.
 
Something I always loved about animal crossing is decorating and designing things to your liking usually down to the color of specific things but in new horizons its the BIGGEST pain. This has probably already been said but the randomized colors to pieces of furniture is driving me crazy! I miss going to re tail and making things the color I wanted. Nintendo is clearly doing this so you feel compelled to get Nintendo online so you can get those specific types of furniture cause obviously you can only get certain colors and styles through trading. It makes it more stressful to obtain what I like in the game. :(
 
-My turnip luck has been absolutely rotten so far. First week was random, sencond week was a spike barely worth mentioning and this week is adecreasing pattern. I feel like you absolutely NEED to rely on the community to get access to good prices. If you don't, you're better off selling bugs... That's what I've learned today. Screw this!

- For the love of god, SHUT UP already about that stupid bunny day! Yes, I know I can get eggs from palm trees! You've told me a billion times already today! That stupid event absolutely kills villager dialog for the entirety of 12 days. I've barely interacted with my villagers because they all repeat the same thing. Making this event last for 12 days was the stupidest decision ever. Five days would have been more than enough.

- I hate how all the terraforming paths have that stupid border of grass around them that prevents you to lay down two different paths adjacent to each other. What's the point?
 
I'm kinda down about the limited house upgrades :( I feel like all my rooms are going to be very limited in what I can actually put in them as a result and I personally dont like the look of the tiny rooms. It's pretty upsetting considering most animal crossing games allowed much larger rooms...
 
Some other legit concerns:

-I know everyone LOOOOOOVE crafting, but for god sake, why this is only thing people send in bottles? Where is random messages from strangers? Random thing people throw in bottles? Why everyone think about crafting only?

-Why I can't give duplicate recepies to my villagers? ATLEAST for exchange for recepies I don't have?

-WHY this is the first AC game that give me more frustration instead of relaxation?
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And I'm starting to have bad felling, cause most popular places like reddit overpraise game, wateting down any criricism and downvoting everyone who not enjoys the game. I think we stuck with this.
 
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Why is it the same button to both build and destroy water or earth? and why can't I see a highlighted square on the ground where I'm about to make a change? it makes terraforming a very frustrating experience, I planned to change quite a bit with my town but it's less fun and more anger inducing.

Because there are no available buttons. In terraforming mode, the game functions normally.
(A) is the action button.
(B) is the run button
(X) Is the inventory button
(Y) is the pickup button
(LZ) is the phone button
(RZ) is the emote button

and so on.
 
- Not being able to destroy multiple blocks at once when terraforming.
- Not being able to build multiple blocks in a straight line when terraforming.
- How slow terraforming is in general, animation-wise.
- Too many action restrictions when playing multiplayer.
- Talking to the dodo man to open my gates takes way too long.
- People visiting my island having permission to shake my trees by default. Why is this a thing? Let that be restricted unless they're best friend.
- Not being able to craft multiple of the same item at once.
- Not being able to pull money from my bank account when buying stuff from stores on my OWN island. Why?
- Not being able to pull materials from my own home, when crafting in my own home.
- Why do I have to dig up flowers with my shovel? Why can't it just be Y to pick them up quickly like in New Leaf?
- Why am I stuck with one color of furniture at my Nook store, example: I have the yellow cute set, but my friend has the blue cute set.
 
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