Will you be getting it?

[seliph]

WRONG thread lmao oop but yeah I'm getting it

 

[Circus]

Yep! I'm getting it the day it comes out, as soon as I wake up. By some miracle, I don't have school on March 20th, so I'll spend all day playing it!

 

[John Wick]

I preordered it but I'm still having doubts about autosave.

AC is relaxing for me, and knowing I can't undo any mistakes will have me constantly walking on egg shells.

 

[cats_toy]

Already pre-ordered and counting down the days! Seriously, I have a countdown timer on my phone so I know to the minute when this long anticipated game will be released.

 

[Megan.]

Of course I will!

 

[Toot]

I?m surprised people voted no on the poll. Nice diversity tbh.

 

[RETSAMDET]

I preordered it but I'm still having doubts about autosave.

AC is relaxing for me, and knowing I can't undo any mistakes will have me constantly walking on egg shells.

I'm a bit concerned about autosave as well, but I'm also planning on getting the game. I figure I'll have a good time with the game, and I'll regret it if I don't get it at launch.

Realistically, it's hard to mess up Animal Crossing that badly, and if I think about it, I don't actually reset the game without saving all that often. It's potentially an issue for certain events where you have to do a series of things right in a row (like the Jingle present delivery in ACNL), but animals don't seem to spend as much time doing irritating things anymore like repainting your roof or stealing your property from your inventory, so I suspect it isn't as big an issue as it sounds like it could be. And we can now control house placements, so plot resetting won't have to be a thing anymore. So yes, there are certainly mistakes you can make, but I suspect the number of irreparable mistakes possible will likely be fairly low. AC is generally a fairly forgiving series, after all.

I do dislike the shift towards autosave in games, though, especially when it's mandatory. I wish developers would let me play games my way, rather than having to play the way they want me to. Additionally, if autosave is mandatory, and they're cracking down on control over our save files, I don't see why they can't give us some sort of controlled cloud save backup option.

 

[SmoochsPLH]

Yes, but not until September. ;^;

 

[John Wick]

I'm a bit concerned about autosave as well, but I'm also planning on getting the game. I figure I'll have a good time with the game, and I'll regret it if I don't get it at launch.

Realistically, it's hard to mess up Animal Crossing that badly, and if I think about it, I don't actually reset the game without saving all that often. It's potentially an issue for certain events where you have to do a series of things right in a row (like the Jingle present delivery in ACNL), but animals don't seem to spend as much time doing irritating things anymore like repainting your roof or stealing your property from your inventory, so I suspect it isn't as big an issue as it sounds like it could be. And we can now control house placements, so plot resetting won't have to be a thing anymore. So yes, there are certainly mistakes you can make, but I suspect the number of irreparable mistakes possible will likely be fairly low. AC is generally a fairly forgiving series, after all.

I do dislike the shift towards autosave in games, though, especially when it's mandatory. I wish developers would let me play games my way, rather than having to play the way they want me to. Additionally, if autosave is mandatory, and they're cracking down on control over our save files, I don't see why they can't give us some sort of controlled cloud save backup option.

There's plenty of ways to mess up.
Trash a hybrid.
Plot a villager in the wrong spot. (Even though we can choose we can still make a mistake.)
Sell the wrong item.
Plant a sapling you've been saving in the wrong spot.
Tell a villager goodbye, instead of talking them out of moving. (We've all done that I'm sure at one point.)

Then the crafting. We might select the wrong item to craft after spending hours or days gathering materials.

There are so many ways.

We've always been able to fix mistakes, and if we do trash that blue rose that can literally take months to spawn, we can't undo it because autosave is pretty constant.

One reason I played PC was to see autosave in action.

Part of me wants to cancel my order because of that.
I just wish it wasn't a feature, as it will be the opposite of the relaxing AC we've always known, as we've had that peace of mind that we can fix honest mistakes.

Now we can't.

I'm not being negative, I'm just stating a fact.
Peace of mind has gone from AC.

 

[Blue Triangles]

John, when I see you were the last POST in the 'Will you be getting it' thread, I thought you'd changed your mind again and were opting out lol

 

[John Wick]

John, when I see you were the last POST in the 'Will you be getting it' thread, I thought you'd changed your mind again and were opting out lol

No, I've preordered the NH edition switch and the game.

Autosave has got me uneasy is all.

 

[Neechan]

I just hope autosaves work like i mentioned before in BOTW where you can have a manual save to come back to...

gosh, we DEFINITELY need info badly so this can be confirmed or denied happening D:

 

[John Wick]

I just hope autosaves work like i mentioned before in BOTW where you can have a manual save to come back to...

gosh, we DEFINITELY need info badly so this can be confirmed or denied happening D:

I have thought about manual saving, and it won't make a difference unless autosave can be turned off.

Everything will be autosaved up to the point of your manual save. Mistakes and all.

 

[Pansy]

i will definitely buy the game. the lack or inclusion of some features isnt deterring me from getting it. rly i just wanna play an animal crossing game from launch and what better time than this game to do it u know?

 

[Mayor Monday]

Absolutely not!

Don't own a Switch, and I have no desire to own NH either.

 

[Neechan]

I have thought about manual saving, and it won't make a difference unless autosave can be turned off.

Everything will be autosaved up to the point of your manual save. Mistakes and all.

Unless auto saves overwrite manual saves (which they don't, just older auto saves) i think it will be fine, again, i'm running with the idea that saves will work in this way...

Spoiler

Also, I've been playing botw again I noticed it only auto-saved when you went in areas like these:

If you went into a town/mountain [any area that had landmarks really like Zoras domain, Gerudo valley, Tabantha Tundra for a few examples]

Sheikah Shrines [which are mini dungeons]

Sheikah Towers [which are areas were you update the map]

You killing enemies/mini bosses in the forms of Lynels/Hinoxs/Moblins etc....

If you have amiibos, it saved after it was scanned


So if i put those kind of 'checkpoints' that it uses, i'm sure it will save after doing requests, buying items, getting emotions and traveling to other islands to name a few that i can think of at the moment

 

[John Wick]

Unless auto saves overwrite manual saves (which they don't, just older auto saves) i think it will be fine, again, i'm running with the idea that saves will work in this way...

Spoiler

Also, I've been playing botw again I noticed it only auto-saved when you went in areas like these:

If you went into a town/mountain [any area that had landmarks really like Zoras domain, Gerudo valley, Tabantha Tundra for a few examples]

Sheikah Shrines [which are mini dungeons]

Sheikah Towers [which are areas were you update the map]

You killing enemies/mini bosses in the forms of Lynels/Hinoxs/Moblins etc....

If you have amiibos, it saved after it was scanned


So if i put those kind of 'checkpoints' that it uses, i'm sure it will save after doing requests, buying items, getting emotions and traveling to other islands to name a few that i can think of at the moment

I've tested PC, plus another old mobile game, and I walked a few feet then I stood still. Shut the game off, restarted, and I was standing where I left off.

Even when you don't see the little autosave circle thingo, it still does it.

I really wish they hadn't added it.
It is already causing stress and making me wonder if I should cancel my preorders, because I know I dislike that feature so intensely, and it's a lot of money down the drain if the game ends up where you can't ever fix mistakes.

I really wish they would tell us more, like if it's optional.

 

[Cherrili]

Shame there isn't a third option! My situation is up to: "If I can afford it." But yes, hopefully!

 

[RETSAMDET]

I've tested PC, plus another old mobile game, and I walked a few feet then I stood still. Shut the game off, restarted, and I was standing where I left off.

Even when you don't see the little autosave circle thingo, it still does it.

I really wish they hadn't added it.
It is already causing stress and making me wonder if I should cancel my preorders, because I know I dislike that feature so intensely, and it's a lot of money down the drain if the game ends up where you can't ever fix mistakes.

I really wish they would tell us more, like if it's optional.

Do we know for sure that the autosave system works as frequently as it does in something like Pocket Camp (or anything about how it works, aside from the fact that the game has autosave)? My guess is that it will be a constant thing rather than the BOTW manual + autosave route, unfortunately, but I haven't seen a definitive answer about whether it saves after every action, or just at certain intervals/after particular activities. Perhaps we'll get more information between now and release day.

If it's a big issue, I wouldn't be surprised if it comes up in preview/early reviews. So you could always cancel your preorder for now, or cancel it right before it ships if we still don't have a good answer to these questions.

 

[John Wick]

Do we know for sure that the autosave system works as frequently as it does in something like Pocket Camp (or anything about how it works, aside from the fact that the game has autosave)? My guess is that it will be a constant thing rather than the BOTW manual + autosave route, unfortunately, but I haven't seen a definitive answer about whether it saves after every action, or just at certain intervals/after particular activities. Perhaps we'll get more information between now and release day.

If it's a big issue, I wouldn't be surprised if it comes up in preview/early reviews. So you could always cancel your preorder for now, or cancel it right before it ships if we still don't have a good answer to these questions.

I had a chat to Nintendo a few minutes ago and they won't know if it's optional until it's closer to release.