I'm enjoying New Horizons overall, but it seems like every day I encounter a new issue with it, which was NOT a problem with past installments. It's like as time goes on, I discover example after example of how unfinished this game was when it shipped. For all the people who insist that New Horizons' rolling updates are going to keep interest in the game, I just feel kind of insulted that we were given something with so many bugs and so many poorly-thought-out design decisions and we're just supposed to grin and bear it because, hey, something is better than nothing, right?
I know game design and development are difficult. I understand this. What I do not understand is why, when it comes to video games, we are supposed to happily accept unfinished/incomplete/outright-wonky products because, ooh, production is hard. Making most things is hard. We are right to complain when we buy virtually anything else and it isn't working as intended, or shows clearly shoddy construction, but if it's a video game, somehow this is different and we are just... spoiled babies crying about nothing... because... why exactly? I don't get the logic.
I wish Nintendo had delayed the release of the game, honestly. It wasn't ready when it shipped and that much just becomes clearer to me the more I play it. They didn't have enough time, or enough manpower, or maybe they were lacking in both departments, I don't know. I'm just so tired of being given table scraps and having the rest of the fanbase tell me to suck it up. It was like this when the most recent Fire Emblem came out as well - the writing was weak and disjointed with so many loose threads and decisions that seemed to make no sense, but saying so meant I was ungrateful (which makes no sense lmao????) and whiny. I just expect better. I'm losing faith in Nintendo properties pretty rapidly at this point.
Sorry, I just. had to get that off my chest. I love this series and Nintendo already has my money at this point so... insert shrug emoji I guess
