The ACNH Rant Thread

[bcmii]

When crafting in your house, you should be able to craft from materials in your storage. It's annoying to have to take them out when the game already senses the amount of materials in your storage anyways.

There should also be a way to craft multiple things at once. It's a bit of a pain to craft 20+ fish bait over and over again.

UGH, I have the same problem! Literally just made a thread about that earlier today because I find it SOO annoying having to take crafting materials out of your storage. And if you decide to keep them in your inventory, they take up so much space, even after you upgrade to more spaces. Honestly think the game would've been much better off without all the annoying crafting and crafting materials.

 

[-Lumi-]

I am so pumped to have a new Animal Crossing but it definitely feels like for a game that took so long to perfect there are a lot of little nuances?

A.) I’m frustrated that not only did I have to pay nook miles for the tool ring, unlocking the thing doesn’t even take tools out of my general inventory space? When I saw the tool ring in trailers I thought that meant they wouldn’t need to take up inventory slots anymore. It’s even more frustrating because we have extra tools in this game. :/

B.) Crafting. I think the idea of crafting is really cute and I enjoy certain aspects of it! I just wish it wasn’t so forced and wasn’t quite so... clunky? Having to constantly re-craft tools, needing to craft items to finish building houses so villagers will move in, not being able to craft multiples at once, etc. As others have mentioned craft materials also take up a ridiculous amount of inventory space which is aggravating!

C.) Villager move ins. I love that I get to choose where the houses will go and I think the houses are super cute! But having to craft six items before they’ll move in is frustrating.

D.) Bridges. Why wasn’t there any bridges when we first came to the island? In New Leaf we started with one bridge so you could at least navigate your entire town. I think we are able to move our house later in the game but I would’ve been happier if I could’ve just plotted my house and other buildings where I wanted them to go from the beginning.

E.) Extra Islands. I think that the idea of visiting other islands is really cute! I love that I can meet other villagers this way and collect more resources. My only gripe is that it costs Nook Miles to travel, and it needs a decent amount too! I wish I at least had the option to buy a ticket using bells.

F.) Starting villagers. Minor complaint but why did we only get two villagers to start with and why were they a jock and an uchi? It feels like an odd choice and only having two villagers is just so empty!

That’s all I can think of right now. I am really enjoying the game and I definitely don’t regret purchasing it, but I am disappointed in some aspects. I feel like New Leaf was better balanced and while I have no issues owning two copies of New Leaf I don’t think I could ever see myself wanting a second version of New Horizons.

 

[bcmii]

It just REALLY bothers me how there are things here and there that feel like they were downgraded from New Leaf. Like I said, when using online multiplayer, you have no way of accessing storage, while in New Leaf, you had the lockers at the train station. Also I feel like they really downplayed crafting in the directs. They made it sound like it was going to be mostly optional, and not an extremely annoying and clunky feature that you are forced to use to actually do anything in the game. I just wish the progressing in the game didn't revolve around the annoying crafting feature.

- - - Post Merge - - -

I am so pumped to have a new Animal Crossing but it definitely feels like for a game that took so long to perfect there are a lot of little nuances?

A.) I’m frustrated that not only did I have to pay nook miles for the tool ring, unlocking the thing doesn’t even take tools out of my general inventory space? When I saw the tool ring in trailers I thought that meant they wouldn’t need to take up inventory slots anymore. It’s even more frustrating because we have extra tools in this game. :/

B.) Crafting. I think the idea of crafting is really cute and I enjoy certain aspects of it! I just wish it wasn’t so forced and wasn’t quite so... clunky? Having to constantly re-craft tools, needing to craft items to finish building houses so villagers will move in, not being able to craft multiples at once, etc. As others have mentioned craft materials also take up a ridiculous amount of inventory space which is aggravating!

C.) Villager move ins. I love that I get to choose where the houses will go and I think the houses are super cute! But having to craft six items before they’ll move in is frustrating.

D.) Bridges. Why wasn’t there any bridges when we first came to the island? In New Leaf we started with one bridge so you could at least navigate your entire town. I think we are able to move our house later in the game but I would’ve been happier if I could’ve just plotted my house and other buildings where I wanted them to go from the beginning.

E.) Extra Islands. I think that the idea of visiting other islands is really cute! I love that I can meet other villagers this way and collect more resources. My only gripe is that it costs Nook Miles to travel, and it needs a decent amount too! I wish I at least had the option to buy a ticket using bells.

F.) Starting villagers. Minor complaint but why did we only get two villagers to start with and why were they a jock and an uchi? It feels like an odd choice and only having two villagers is just so empty!

That’s all I can think of right now. I am really enjoying the game and I definitely don’t regret purchasing it, but I am disappointed in some aspects. I feel like New Leaf was better balanced and while I have no issues owning two copies of New Leaf I don’t think I could ever see myself wanting a second version of New Horizons.

Do you know if the annoying crafting requirement is for all new villagers, or just the first three? If it is required for all them, then that's super frustrating.

 

[BlueFlameAngel]

I can confirm the crafting requirement is only for the first 3 villagers! After that you just place their plot and wait for someone to move in/invite someone, no crafting necessary.

 

[cinnamonbella]

The lighthouse isn't customisable.. i think it matches your airport colour which i like but not for my lighthouse

 

[John Wick]

I can confirm the crafting requirement is only for the first 3 villagers! After that you just place their plot and wait for someone to move in/invite someone, no crafting necessary.

Also for amiibo's.

You can scan in an amiibo and invite them to the campsite when it's unlocked, and they'll apparently ask you to craft something.

Do this three times, scanning that villager in on three different days, and after crafting the third item they ask you to craft, you can invite them to move in.

 

[Finnian]

Does anyone else actually kind of hate this game?
Turns out the only shops are nooks cranny and able sisters.
Every single time I turn this game on, I learn about something else they took out and I'm just infuriated. I wish I could return it and have my $60 back.

 

[Meloetta]

if we can stack clumps of weeds into 99, why cant we do the same with crafting materials? having it max out at 30 is so annoying. for the first week i had to drop them on the ground near the resident services tent.
speaking of materials, since trees have an equal chance of giving out each type of wood and more DIY items require just normal wood im always a little low compared to softwood or hardwood.

another thing is having to wait a the whole week until you can get hourly songs. the tutorial music was so irritating by the third day i gave up and had to just time travel. like they couldnt have given us a nighttime version or rainy day version just to shake things up a bit?

also.......are there no gyroids?

 

[erikaeliseh]

i didnt realize there wasnt hourly music - what do u mean wait until a point in gameplay?

 

[Hesper]

Does anyone else actually kind of hate this game?
Turns out the only shops are nooks cranny and able sisters.
Every single time I turn this game on, I learn about something else they took out and I'm just infuriated. I wish I could return it and have my $60 back.

If it helps, I've tt'd a couple of days and had Kicks set out his own blanket in the plaza same as what Mabel did at first. I'm fairly certain there's more to come.

You know, I WAS irritated about tools breaking, and still am (seriously. a watering can? c'mon now.) but at least you don't get left high and dry on islands. i almost couldn't make an ax on this bamboo one I'm visiting, but Wilbur will sell you them for a handful of Miles.

 

[Finnian]

If it helps, I've tt'd a couple of days and had Kicks set out his own blanket in the plaza same as what Mabel did at first. I'm fairly certain there's more to come.

You know, I WAS irritated about tools breaking, and still am (seriously. a watering can? c'mon now.) but at least you don't get left high and dry on islands. i almost couldn't make an ax on this bamboo one I'm visiting, but Wilbur will sell you them for a handful of Miles.

I looked it up online because I'm impatient haha. I hope they add more shops but boy OH if I have to pay for DLC I'm gonna be irritated. It was a $60 game. But it is nice to know that Kicks is there. I think Im just handing the game over to my wife though. She is enjoying some aspects and I am just not. I had high expectations and that's my bad?? I really thought it would be like New leaf on acid.

 

[FlimsyAxe]

There is much more crafting involved than I imagined. I was under the assumption that it was optional but for some reason, Nook's Cranny is still only selling flimsy tools so I still have to craft if I need normal tools. Ugh. I miss the indestructible tools from new leaf.

 

[Hesper]

Fair enough, Finnian! I'm sorry you aren't enjoying it. c:

*screams* LET ME CRAFT FISH BAIT IN MULTIPLES. OR MAKE FISH SPAWN BY THEMSELVES IN MY POND BECAUSE WITHOUT BAIT IT'S ALWAYS EMPTY FOR SOME REASON.

Or both! Both, please.

 

[Chachamaru]

This is my biggest annoyance so far. I'm really annoyed by it. Furniture colors and nook points reward furniture items seem to be specific to islands like the flowers and fruits are. Randomly generated. Whats worse? You can't edit them.

I have also noticed I am only getting 3 types of flowers for sale in nooks cranny. It never changes.

Main other things:
-no deep sea diving/swimming?.. Why..?
-no dream suite type of situation.
-Island tickets are super expensive for me to repeatedly find no villager, no good bugs, no good fish, my native fruit, my native flower. Over, and over, and over again.
-dialogue in game with animals has always been headed down hill with every new title, and this is the worst yet. So boring. They get annoyed with you easily too.
-why oh why do some wallpapers have no windows and others do. It's bizarre.

Silly personal things:
-Not a fan of the new football fish look, I miss the teeth. I like the scary angler fish look over the plainer ones.
-goldfish bowl is cute, but.. I miss the cute fish bowl. It's now like an outdoor pot/decor..
-Was hoping for doors between rooms like in happy home designer. nope.
-was hoping for ceiling lights like in happy home designer. again, nope?
-I am personally not a fan of the tools breaking.. The more you progress the less of a problem it is, but it just feels annoying to me.
-sad we seemingly cant make the outside of our houses and buildings stylized anymore. I will miss my castle house in new leaf.

I have more to add.. I miss the gyroids as some other people mentioned here, it's quite shocking they removed them.. And the lack of an art section in the museum feels really odd too. The fact the golden shovel breaks feels a little bit like a slap in the face too.

 

[nearthy]

oh... I'm annoyed

1. I will get VERY angry and frustrated if they're planning to add classic NPCs via DLC. I will %$@king hate them if they looked at the Sims 4 model and thought, BRILLIANT. (been playing both franchises for over 10 years). Seriously, if they go down the EA Sims route. Veteran players will be $%ssed.

2. ok, I get that it was meant to be used in dock, but... um, no?! WHY NO TOUCHSCREEN!, I mean, AT LEAST to make patterns. The pro patterns got an update but WHY NO TOUCH SCREEN?! at least for that!?

3. S H O P S , minimum having The Roost as a stand alone, hopefully not as an add on to the museum. Decorating the town was one of the biggest aspects in New Leaf. Why take away shops to decorate the town?

5. No Gyroids

6. Where's the art?!

7. WHY CAN'T WE NOT DECORATE THE OUTSIDE OF OUR HOME?! although, I'm hoping for Reese and Cyrus to make a comeback with this feature. (´-ω-`)

8. The check out my encyclopedia message every time you caught something new.

9. Shared pattern storage for everyone on the island. I was excited when I thought it was huge per player. Super upset to realize it wasn't.

and my biggest complaint:
THE ISLAND IS SO FREAKING SMALL! I seriously thought it was gonna be huge! It feels only a bit bigger than New Leaf. This was so upsetting with the potential to have a huge place to play.

Bonus: add, all the other complains said in this forum.

But more than frustrated, I am afraid that they got greedy with the franchise and will ruin it with DLC that used to be included in the game. I hate it when studios pull a cheap one like that, hopefully, nintendo won't ruin AC.

 

[Harbour]

this may be something that only pertains to myself, especially because i'm planning to build a seaside-themed town, but the beach is too small. by this, i mean that you physically can't build plots from nook on the beach as they're too big for the small amount of sand space, and the same happens with buildings like the museum.

i was only able to fit three houses (including mine) on the beach and the rest unfortunately had to go on land. guess it isn't the end of the world though.

 

[Deimos]

Why are there no turtle villagers?!

- - - Post Merge - - -

I looked it up online because I'm impatient haha. I hope they add more shops but boy OH if I have to pay for DLC I'm gonna be irritated. It was a $60 game. But it is nice to know that Kicks is there. I think Im just handing the game over to my wife though. She is enjoying some aspects and I am just not. I had high expectations and that's my bad?? I really thought it would be like New leaf on acid.

They didn't make us pay for the Welcome amiibo update, I doubt they'll make us pay for any potential DLC.

 

[DarkDesertFox]

- Multiplayer with friends is extremely limited. There are no mini-games like with Tortimer's island and you can only do the basic activities. Also not being able to travel to a mystery island with a guest while hosting.
- No swimming. As far as I know, there is no way to swim in this game. To me that is ridiculous. They had it in New Leaf and now that you're on your own getaway island you should have even more reason to. Though it may be too early to say this, but I haven't seen anyone post saying you can swim online.
- Bell making is tedious. - Honestly I know the ways to make bells are pretty similar to New Leaf, but to me that's part of the issue. I started Stardew within the last couple months and I realized how much fun activities and ways they give you to make money that New Horizons doesn't even bother with. Considering how expensive stuff gets you really need more methods to make money.

I'm sure I'll find more stuff... I have been enjoying this game, but it definitely has issues. Storage space I was going to complain about, but it gets much better later after upgrading your house and pockets.

 

[Bubblebeam]

Oh, I am glad I found this thread. I love this game a TON, but I do have several complaints:

Crafting is so annoying. It's fine to an extent. But without spoiling anything, but the game pretty much forces you to craft to progress. I think the game could've done without it.

When you are visiting another person's island, you have NO way to access your storage. In New Leaf, you had the lockers at the train station, but in this game, your inventory is all you get.

Going along with my first point: Even after you upgrade your storage, crafting materials take up way too much room. You can store them in your home storage, but then it gets really annoying to take them out to craft. You could also just put them on the ground, I personally don't like having stuff littering the ground.

I find pole vaulting kinda annoying. I wish the bridges were there from the start. I thought it looked so cool when they revealed it in the direct, but now, I find it annoying having to switch from whatever tool I was using to the pole vault just to access the other side of the river.

Something that really worries is the recent data mining which has revealed that the vast majority of the special NPCs were cut. That being said, I just watched a recent video about some datamining that was done after the launch day update, and it does look promising.

Also, I find it EXTREMELY annoying when I am trying to grab flowers and I accidentally grab the bud instead of dig up the entire flower and then I have to wait for the flower to grow back.

And this final point is probably going to make a lot of people mad, BUT...I feel like Isabell was a cheap throw in to appease the fans and that there are far more worthy characters who have been cut (as of right now) that should've made it in instead. Just my opinion tho, don't come at me.

I did notice, though I might be completely wrong, that when I scanned my amiibo cards at Harveys and then looked at the posters, they look like 3D models taken with a background? So if they did in fact model the cut NPCs for this game, maybe it was done for more than just posters? It's a stretch of a theory I know, but no harm in hoping lol.

 

[tybalt_cake]

how come literally everyone has flowers like windflowers or tulips in their island and i only have COSMOS? if it wasn't because i have been slowly buying new flowers my town would have those.

also , all the times i have went into a nook miles island it gets pretty disappointing to arrive to a boring wacky island , with the same flowers and fruit i have , no villagers and overall no difference from my island.

the things you can buy with your miles tend to be really expensive , even through they are easy to obtain they are still pretty expensive.

Spoiler: Open at your own risk

golden tools do exist into the game , but they can STILL break.
So far I only know about the golden watering can , the golden net and the golden fish rod

and just like someone said above , crafting at first is fun but then it gets a bit annoying.