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[daringred_]

interesting to come back to this thread and see that people are still insisting that NH is objectively better even though that's mostly a completely subjective statement to make.

regardless, i play each of my NL towns just as much as i play NH in a day and i can confirm that NL a) has much more to do and b) has better villager dialogue. i don't know how some people in this thread are getting so lucky with variety but everyday on NH, every villager repeats themselves at least twice in the five times i talk to them. and it's a miracle if even one of them asks me to help them. in NL, the villagers rarely repeat themselves even as a unit despite me speaking to them each more than five times (and i have four lazy villagers in one town), and i'm guaranteed at least four requests between them all so.

 

[starlightsong]

I stopped a little while ago and decided I won’t be picking it back up until my brother is able to get his own switch and he and my dad can live on their own island together. Having their houses on there is heavily hindering my ability to do what I want with my island and I desperately want to reset and start over but I can’t because it would mean deleting their progress as well, so I quit for now because every time I look at my island I wanna scream and/or cry over how much I hate it lol. That and I’m bored and immensely more frustrated and uninspired without access to the dream suite than I would be with it. Looking at youtube videos and screenshots just isn’t the same! I don’t agree with people who hate the villager dialogue though tbh, before I stopped it was the only thing I was still having fun with—talking to my villagers and constantly seeing them say hilarious things I’d never seen before. I love their dialogue in both NL, my favorite AC game, and NH.

 

[Sefyre]

Disclaimer: I'm new to AC and I came into this game with no particular expectations. In fact, if it weren't for my partner, I may never have bought it!

I've adjusted my playing times depending on what in-game projects I'm working on and how I'm feeling about them (for example, if I'm feeling frustrated with my garden, I won't touch it for a little while)...

But ultimately, no.

I'm in my 30s and I've been a gamer for what feels like forever.

Games of any sort have always been a stress relief for me - RPGs especially - and I spent a good chunk of my college years replaying Final Fantasy 8 on and off on my PC just so I could play Triple Triad while I studied and have Chicobo running around in the background.

Fast forward and I lost more and more time to play games as my responsibilities piled on. In the process, I more or less stopped playing time-intensive games because I hate getting immersed only to have it break due to lack of time to play.

Fast forward again to now and... Because I'm furloughed from work, I suddenly have all the time in the world and so I am enjoying this game like crazy.

Like, 400 hours crazy.

I guess I'm making up for all the lost gaming time over the years?

 

[Chris]

I'm checking in daily but not playing for more than a few minutes unless I have a specific goal I want to achieve that day. I go through phases as to what my preferred activity is, and right now it is reading and writing rather than gaming.

 

[Sefyre]

Nope, I'm still playing hours every day. ACNH is one of the few things keeping me sane during this pandemic. I'm in the vulnerable category, so I'm still locked down tighter than Fort Knox.

I am vulnerable like you and I can empathize. Hang tight and be strong!

 

[Wiimfiuser]

I havent stopped since I first played

Also you should check once in a while.

Not after a week because....


Cockroaches. AAAAA I think so anyway

 

[Emzy]

I do feel like i have slowed down considering i used to play 6 hours + a day HAHAHAHAH but now i hop on for 30 mins or so, do all my chores and stuff. But i think its fair considering that i don't need to farm mats or bels anymore and i'm in a comfortable place with my island so there's not much to do.

 

[starlightsong]

Okay I’ve been reading through this thread and I’m sorry, but I cannot believe there have been multiple people stating that NH is objectively the best game in the series and that it’s wrong or doesn’t make sense to think otherwise. I laughed out loud and thought “that’s gotta be a joke” at at least one of them. 15 years on the internet and I’m still waiting for people to learn that literally any opinion on whether something is the best or not is inherently subjective... I mean, for me I can’t understand people who think NH in its current state is the best but I don’t go around saying my opinion is an objective fact because that’s really silly. Aside from that, many people have explained here, on the rant thread, and in other places why they prefer a different game and/or why they have issues with NH. Also, I don’t understand why this thread even generated such massive arguments and I feel a little bad for OP.

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I still play every day and likely will until quarantine ends. I vary my play between finishing my catalog, doing trades, and villager hunting. The villager hunt slot machine is still pretty fun for me.

I'd be curious though if the people who are getting bored with the game are anti time travel? I would definitely get bored with the game if I was anti TT as well as being forced to stay inside due to quarantine all day lol

Nah, I’m bored/frustrated with the game and a huge TTer lol, but I don’t doubt that’s the case for some people. Although this is actually a good argument against the whole “yeah well you’re a TTer, of course you’ll get bored and think there’s nothing to do!” thing that so many people are saying, if there are people who don’t and TT still feel the exact same way. In fact I agree with you, if I didn’t TT I’d get bored with the game way faster and I was actually really upset back before the game came out when people were thinking TTing might not be possible anymore. I was considering not getting it all over that combined with other reasons.

 

[Peter]

I've slowed down a lot because I just don't have that many ideas for my town at the moment. I'm sure when I get a better plan together I'll be more inspired to play more. Also splatfest is taking over this weekend...

 

[SpiritofAce]

In regards to dialogue, it's better than New Leaf (though the bar wasn't very high for it to be, let's be honest...) but still nowhere near as good as Wild World/City Folk or the Gamecube game. Seeing as it's one of the biggest complaints people had about New Leaf, you'd have thought they would have put a lot more effort into it.

"I like your (insert shirt name)"
"You and (shirt name) are inseparable!"
"Nice day on the island!"
"Are you going to show Blathers your fossils? It's interesting to see what he has to say about the musty old things."

^ ^ Every day. It's not much better at all.

 

[AppleBitterCrumble]

I play everyday although the hours of playtime varies. Sometimes I'm just hopping on to do my dailies & some trades, and other days I add terraforming and designing a section of my island. Of course I could never complete a whole section in a day, but I like to work square by square that way im truly paying attention to detail.

 

[thanny]

I'm probably going to get a lot of backlash for my opinion, but I feel like New Horizons is in a really similar state with The Sims 4, the only difference is Animal Crossing is from Nintendo and The Sims is from EA, that's why this game gets a lot of leeway compared to Sims 4's controversial launch.. and the fact that we will get features slowly added in back for free, while poor Sims fans have to pay for them over and over again.

Both games heavily lack their predecessor's features at launch with a few core features overshadowing the rest to make the game seem less hallow. Terraforming and placing furniture outside are brilliant additions, but other features have a lot to be desired like villager interactions and events, or flat out missing features and items. Create a Sim is great where you can drag and pull to make unique Sims and a smooth Build/Buy mode, but completely removes the open-world aspect and CAS (Create a Style) features and tons of other features. Both games almost make it seem customization and the graphical leap are far more important than the actual gameplay at this point. (Which is ironic because this game has less customization than New Leaf, Happy Home Designer and even Pocket Camp)

While I loved and enjoyed my time with this entry, my playtime and opinion of the game has drastically dropped after post-Island Designer App as there is simply nothing substantial to do but decorating until the next content update, as it has literally turned from a social sim game to a glorified island designing game. (Leif and Redd added nothing ground breaking, while Museum Day was a complete joke of an event)

 

[crescenthio]

I have been playing the game since its launch, and I can't deny that I have indeed logged in less and less in the game these days, just checking out what nooks and able has to offer, login for nook miles, planting money tree and getting the daily diy.

I guess I just got burned out from planning my island too many times that I just don't want to see all my pending tasks in the island until i get my designing juices flowing again.

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While I loved and enjoyed my time with this entry, my playtime and opinion of the game has drastically dropped after post-Island Designer App as there is simply nothing substantial to do but decorating until the next content update, as it has literally turned from a social sim game to a glorified island designing game. (Leif and Redd added nothing ground breaking, while Museum Day was a complete joke of an event)

Honestly, I felt this one too. The excitement of terraforming and designing is fun until you run out of things to do. If you skip on that altogether, youre only left with the dailies.. which can feel more like a chore than a fun way to play the game if that's all you need to do every day.

And the events are just... there. Bunny Day was annoying as hell, but it was the most interactive event we've had. I sort of expected that the other events would be just as celebrated as that one, but we got barely memorable ones so far.

 

[Sloom]

I still haven't played anything but this game (and a tad of the other animal crossing games) since it came out. I've probably played it for a minimum of a few hours a day (i got ~500 hours, can't be bothered to work out how much the average is lol). but I guess I can't really pinpoint why.

aimlessly wandering around is a joy to me, I love my villagers and I'm planning on 100%ing the game so there's always something for me to do I guess. trading and turnipping is also super fun to me. my island has been a flat barren wasteland for months too, I just haven't got around to terraforming yet, so there's that to look forward to

this is hands down the best animal crossing game to me, in almost every aspect. and that's coming from someone who just started actively playing every other animal crossing game simultaneously. it's absolutely wonderful and I can't say I really understand people who aren't interested anymore, but i respect them anyway. pointless to criticise others over something so dumb lol

 

[Fridaynightcatlady]

I’m currently 275 hours in and continue to log in every day. As other have mentioned, the amount I play will definitely vary. Sometimes I play 35 min other times I’m hours playing. I still do some daily tasks like: get my fossils (since I’m still missing some), money rock, visit ables, etc. I also haven’t got all the villagers I want and I’m mid process of redesigning my island, which also takes a bit I love talking to my villlagers, visiting them, etc

It truly is my favorite AC in the series

 

[Dando]

My friend thought new leaf was better too, but I have never played NL, so I can't really say anything about it. Although I never played NL, I wish the music of NH was as good as NL and mostly: as relaxing.

Furthermore:
I don't play as long anymore, but my island is far from finished and I don't have my dreamies yet, so I have lots to do, but I don't mind spreading it out over time. For one reason, it's because I need certain items or flowers to get a project done.

I do think this forum made it easier to get certain items, but I don't know how positive that is. You can get the items that way very quickly (into the game). That causes that you won't be as excited to check your Nook's Cranny every day. I don't think that's a big problem, though.

Have a nice day everyone!

 

[astoria]

I'm probably going to get a lot of backlash for my opinion, but I feel like New Horizons is in a really similar state with The Sims 4, the only difference is Animal Crossing is from Nintendo and The Sims is from EA, that's why this game gets a lot of leeway compared to Sims 4's controversial launch.. and the fact that we will get features slowly added in back for free, while poor Sims fans have to pay for them over and over again.

Both games heavily lack their predecessor's features at launch with a few core features overshadowing the rest to make the game seem less hallow. Terraforming and placing furniture outside are brilliant additions, but other features have a lot to be desired like villager interactions and events, or flat out missing features and items. Create a Sim is great where you can drag and pull to make unique Sims and a smooth Build/Buy mode, but completely removes the open-world aspect and CAS (Create a Style) features and tons of other features. Both games almost make it seem customization and the graphical leap are far more important than the actual gameplay at this point. (Which is ironic because this game has less customization than New Leaf, Happy Home Designer and even Pocket Camp)

While I loved and enjoyed my time with this entry, my playtime and opinion of the game has drastically dropped after post-Island Designer App as there is simply nothing substantial to do but decorating until the next content update, as it has literally turned from a social sim game to a glorified island designing game. (Leif and Redd added nothing ground breaking, while Museum Day was a complete joke of an event)

I was thinking the exact same thing, it reminds me of what they did to the sims 4.

 

[N a t]

I haven't stopped but then again I also reset my game like 2 weeks ago now and I'm not time traveling so my game is currently very fresh and undeveloped. When I do finally have all of my dreamies, a 5 star town, etc. I probably still will play the game just not as often. Once I had a completed town in New Leaf I would play just for the satisfaction of enjoying a town that I loved and seeing my villagers act all cute and stuff. It felt oddly therapeutic. I expect the same for this game, probably. I'm just big into Animal Crossing and Sandbox style games. I immerse myself in them.

 

[Dando]

I'm probably going to get a lot of backlash for my opinion, but I feel like New Horizons is in a really similar state with The Sims 4, the only difference is Animal Crossing is from Nintendo and The Sims is from EA, that's why this game gets a lot of leeway compared to Sims 4's controversial launch.. and the fact that we will get features slowly added in back for free, while poor Sims fans have to pay for them over and over again.

Both games heavily lack their predecessor's features at launch with a few core features overshadowing the rest to make the game seem less hallow. Terraforming and placing furniture outside are brilliant additions, but other features have a lot to be desired like villager interactions and events, or flat out missing features and items. Create a Sim is great where you can drag and pull to make unique Sims and a smooth Build/Buy mode, but completely removes the open-world aspect and CAS (Create a Style) features and tons of other features. Both games almost make it seem customization and the graphical leap are far more important than the actual gameplay at this point. (Which is ironic because this game has less customization than New Leaf, Happy Home Designer and even Pocket Camp)

While I loved and enjoyed my time with this entry, my playtime and opinion of the game has drastically dropped after post-Island Designer App as there is simply nothing substantial to do but decorating until the next content update, as it has literally turned from a social sim game to a glorified island designing game. (Leif and Redd added nothing ground breaking, while Museum Day was a complete joke of an event)

I liked the addition of Redd, but it was something that could have been in the game perfectly from the start.

 

[Lady Timpani]

I play every day just to complete my dailies. I've given up on trying to make my island cool/terraform because it's absolutely overrun with flowers and I don't have enough storage to put my furniture away.

I am also in flower hell hahaha but I can’t bring myself to get rid of them yet.

I’ve been playing everyday since launch, but my quality of play and playtime varies by day. I’m kind of behind on the curve but I’ve only just started regularly giving my villagers gifts consistently, so that’s something I’ve been working toward. I think once summer comes around and there’s giant fish and beetles to farm things will pick back up for a lot of people.