The ACNH Rant Thread

[Envy]

Normally I'd be super frustrated at the content being spread out (The Sims is particularly bad about this), but I find that with New Horizons it is kind of refreshing. New Leaf may have been a complete game when it released, but because of that I did everything there was to do (aside from seasonal related stuff) within a month or so of release and got bored and stopped playing it.

We're now just over two months into New Horizons and I'm still playing it, loving it, and have new content to look forward to.

New Leaf might have been more enjoyable to me if it had NH's outdoor furniture system and terraforming. The outdoor system in NL was awful. Kind of sad that NL was nearly the perfect AC by the standards of all ACs before it, but it just didn't inspire me and I stopped playing it quicker than GCN and WW, and now NH. (nearly perfect instead of perfect because of the villager dialogue being weak and repetitive, which is a big problem in NH, too)

 

[daisyy]

whyyy do i get the same repeat dialogue
(hmm... they have a card stand here...)
even though i've sent over 50+ letters to my villagers? :< so annoying

 

[Le Ham]

I came here to vent my mild frustration at how hard it is sometimes to do the diagonal hop between a tree and the edge of the ground. It's kinda iffy controls-wise, like I can't find a specific way to tilt my analog stick to get it to work every time it's weird.

I've since noticed the discussion about whether NL was better and tbh I have often wondered why some people don't just go back to playing NL for a while, because truth be told it does have more content atm, everyone's figured out the exploits and how to plot reset and stuff and none of that will ever change/get nerfed/etc, dreamies are (probably?) going for much less now than they used to, there's still the community here for it, and the online is free.

If NH really disappoints some of y'all so much - which is understandable, I'm not throwing shade at anyone who feels this way! - that it's no longer worth playing until they release everything that should've been in the game at launch, or at least by the first major update (looking at you, gyroids - even I was at least expecting a Wild World level of content at launch lol) NL is still a valid option. Maybe the graphics... imo haven't aged well... but it's definitely playable.

 

[starlipie]

villagers gotta stop with the circumstantial dialogue literally talked to apollo eight times in a row before he mentioned something not related to: the time of day, the weather, a villager's birthday, the building we're standing near, the extra player on the island, my outfit, the person i traded with earlier, etc, etc.

i appreciate that they notice these things, but it's just too much

 

[John Wick]

Stop exercising and lifting weights, all of my villagers.

It's making me hate Freya that I've always loved.

I have ten jocks it seems.
I hate sport and anything related to it.

I now ignore my villagers because this game has made me not like them.

 

[Ananas Dragon]

Stop exercising and lifting weights, all of my villagers.

It's making me hate Freya that I've always loved.

I have ten jocks it seems.
I hate sport and anything related to it.

I now ignore my villagers because this game has made me not like them.

Youd hate audie

 

[whimsycreator]

I just realized how many “guide dang it” type of features are in this game for people who are new to the entire series as a whole. (By guide dang it, I mean things that the game doesn’t tell you about that you’re supposed to figure out yourself or through the Internet. But some people might not use the internet so much for finding out AC info and might not know about a certain feature for months or even years.)

 

[monsieurberry]

I'm getting really pissed at Nintendo. I've been a fangirl defender, but they need to stop taking away features. I'm sure this rant has been done to death in this thread, but I just had to say it. I'm still enjoying the game despite it lacking a lot of the content NL had at launch, but I'm also investing quite a bit of hope on updates.. I hope we don't get burned.

There are many more reasons why this game is extra special and enjoyable, so this isn't me bashing it. I just reaaallllly hope they add more content. Soon.

This. So much. As much as I get annoyed at people misremembering things about New Leaf and just being plain inaccurate when comparing it to NH, the point is New Leaf did have more features. And frankly if we don’t get a summer update that adds most of them back I can’t see myself continuing with this game for the rest of the year, waiting on droplets of features that are just New Leaf HD.

I think New Horizons is miles better than New Leaf but I don’t want a few new features and New Leaf, I want a next gen game.

 

[Aliya]

Redd finally came today for the first time in weeks and everything was fake. Last time he came, everything was fake again too. I wish you were guaranteed at least one piece of real art since it's not guaranteed he shows up every week :/

 

[IridianSky]

Redd finally came today for the first time in weeks and everything was fake. Last time he came, everything was fake again too. I wish you were guaranteed at least one piece of real art since it's not guaranteed he shows up every week :/

Seriously. I get that they don’t want people to rush through the game, but this seems like a bit much. Even if you are willing and able to trade with others collecting these things woukd still be quite the feat as Redd shows up so rarely and usually has 0-1 real pieces of art. If just playing with friends, you guys probably won’t even have anything to share with each other because if he does come with real art, you’ll need that one piece for your own collection.

 

[jokk]

i really am enjoying the game, BUT:
- mediocre dialogue
- mediocre music
- diys can't be put in storage??? w h y

 

[DarkOnyx]

One thing i'm missing (besides the obvious), is dirt patches. I'm not sure if anyone else agrees, but when the entire island is the same shade of green, it makes everything look toy-ish. In the previous games, the variety of the ground makeup was nice.

 

[starlightsong]

My problem is that the updates should be things that are new to the entire game. Not things that were basics in other games. It kind of feels like you're getting shafted when the dlc we're looking forward to are things like the Roost, gyroids, Redd, Leif, and other things that may come back like perfect fruit.

It makes me think back to my times when I used to play Phantasy Star Universe (a Sega game) online. The online slowly drip-fed new content, but the kicker was all the content they slowly added (with the combination of dripping syrup and King Zora moving his butt) was stuff that was available from day 1 offline.

And the extra kicker was that they were never able to add all the features that were on offline mode. But SoJ gave the Japan side all that content and then some.

I agree with this completely and I just wanna say that this is what I always think when I see people say stuff like “I’m glad there are frequent updates, it gives stuff to look forward to and means we’re all experiencing it at the same time instead of TTers getting there first!!”
...Yeah, but it’s. It’s old content. Redd and the art gallery and Leif selling bushes aren’t new. I don’t look forward to that sort of thing, I just get irritated by not having it and go “ugh, finally” when it comes. Holidays are a different subject because, well, they’re holidays, not meant to be done all year—I actually did look forward to Bunny Day happening and even had fun with it for a few days. But then nature day was barely an event at all and just existed to bring back Leif, really. At least May Day was fun even if I do wish we could’ve done more than one maze.
It also annoys me when people say that because they’re confident that all the old features will be brought back and that NH will become the best game in the series, everyone should believe the same and rate the game based on that instead of its current state. Sure, it’s likely that most of these old things everyone misses will come back, but it’s not certain and I will not base my opinion of the game on the assumption that they will.

I don’t mean to get too off-track from what you were saying, though! I just wish that update speculation could be more focused on what new things we all want instead of, as you said, being drip-fed things the other games had already. Even in NL when Welcome Amiibo had tons of old villagers being brought back as part of its appeal, it still had tons of new things too.

 

[meggiewes]

I've since noticed the discussion about whether NL was better and tbh I have often wondered why some people don't just go back to playing NL for a while, because truth be told it does have more content atm, everyone's figured out the exploits and how to plot reset and stuff and none of that will ever change/get nerfed/etc, dreamies are (probably?) going for much less now than they used to, there's still the community here for it, and the online is free.

If NH really disappoints some of y'all so much - which is understandable, I'm not throwing shade at anyone who feels this way! - that it's no longer worth playing until they release everything that should've been in the game at launch, or at least by the first major update (looking at you, gyroids - even I was at least expecting a Wild World level of content at launch lol) NL is still a valid option. Maybe the graphics... imo haven't aged well... but it's definitely playable.

Funnily enough, I have started to go back to New Leaf to do a "soft reset" and try to finish up my museum while playing New Horizons. (Basically, I sold all my furniture except for the furniture that is unorderable.) I also set a goal to get 1 billion in my ABD. I only have 14 mil in my bank right now, so I have a bunch to go. Part of it is checking it out again to see if it would be better for my niece to play alone. (she has an awfully hard time with the crafting mechanic and since she is a struggling reader and is only really interested in talking to villagers and putting on clothes, NL might be better for her) Part of it is I've had a good two-month break from it now and I want to compare it to New Horizons.

What I've found is that there is enough difference in the two games to play them together and still make them really fun. I think it might be beneficial if the people who are really disappointed in ACNH but still want to play Animal Crossing to go back and play the older games. edit: and then come back to New Horizons after an update or two. This game is going to look so much different by the end of the year and we don't know how it will end up in a year either.

 

[Ananas Dragon]

Nintendo, TAKE MY FOXTROTTING MONEY, DO IT NOW, GIVE ME MORE DIALOGUE

I SWEAR HOPKINS REPEATED THE SAME "OMG GOLDIES HOUSE IS COOL*
SEVEN TIMES

TAKE MY FOXTROTTING MONEY NOW!!!!!!!

GIVE ME MORE DIALOGUE!!!!!!!!!!

 

[-Blue-]

I don’t mean to get too off-track from what you were saying, though! I just wish that update speculation could be more focused on what new things we all want instead of, as you said, being drip-fed things the other games had already. Even in NL when Welcome Amiibo had tons of old villagers being brought back as part of its appeal, it still had tons of new things too.

No you're fine. I remember how awesome the WA update was. One of the first things I tried to do in NH was sit on a rock. I was so disappointed that it wasn't available again.

As of right now, NH probably rates as my 3rd favorite of the series. Sorry terraforming and placing furniture outside is amazing, but it's not enough to carry the series as a whole. Had they not gutted half or more than half of the furniture in previous games it'd be a different story. And you know Pocket Camp having more variety and being an app you don't even have to buy to play. I never played PC, but I can see the irony in that.

 

[windwake-me-up-inside]

I came here to vent my mild frustration at how hard it is sometimes to do the diagonal hop between a tree and the edge of the ground. It's kinda iffy controls-wise, like I can't find a specific way to tilt my analog stick to get it to work every time it's weird.

I've since noticed the discussion about whether NL was better and tbh I have often wondered why some people don't just go back to playing NL for a while, because truth be told it does have more content atm, everyone's figured out the exploits and how to plot reset and stuff and none of that will ever change/get nerfed/etc, dreamies are (probably?) going for much less now than they used to, there's still the community here for it, and the online is free.

If NH really disappoints some of y'all so much - which is understandable, I'm not throwing shade at anyone who feels this way! - that it's no longer worth playing until they release everything that should've been in the game at launch, or at least by the first major update (looking at you, gyroids - even I was at least expecting a Wild World level of content at launch lol) NL is still a valid option. Maybe the graphics... imo haven't aged well... but it's definitely playable.

Idk if this is really against the rules to post about this, but the bad graphics can be somewhat worked around. If you have a modded 3ds and a copy of animal crossing new leaf, you can just dump your copy of NL and play it on Citra on your computer legally (thanks, Sony vs. BLEEM). The framerates in my experience never dip badly and citra upscales and makes things look 100% better compared to the 3ds screen. Plus, controller support.

 

[-Blue-]

Having a New 3ds XL also makes a world of a difference. I played on the original 3ds throughout all of my NL's life. But earlier this year in January I had to update and wow the screen is so huge. It was awesome how clear and large everything was.

 

[trashpedia]

I wanna work on my graveyard but the gravestones take up so much stone. It’s also super annoying having to worry about when my shovels break when hitting stones. Even worse when I have to deal with moving flowers to make room.

 

[LaylaTheMayor]

Stop exercising and lifting weights, all of my villagers.

It's making me hate Freya that I've always loved.

I have ten jocks it seems.
I hate sport and anything related to it.

I now ignore my villagers because this game has made me not like them.

I have Cranston, who's a lazy villager, and even he lifts weights. What??? He's lazy! Lazy people don't do that.