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[LilBabyDelirium]

*shakes head* .... wow.

Anyway, have a great night, y'all! I've got more terraforming to do and we all know how much time that takes! Lol

 

[Licorice]

i've played every day since launch, and with the whole quarantine situation i've already racked up a few hundred hours in the game—even then, i feel like my play time would be a lot higher if i weren't actively trying to play less every day c': the game is really fun to me! while i've completed several things (77/80 fish, 65/80 bugs, full fossil collection, nearly all kk songs), i find a lot of enjoyment in terraforming, working on indoor/outdoor decoration, collecting seasonal materials like mushrooms and maple leaves, and building a stock of nmt for island-hopping—i don't time travel, so i've still planning to move half of my residents out! it helps that i have lots of friends who play, too, since we can share fossils/kk songs/art/celeste/villager crafting recipes. i find myself getting a new piece of art and a new celeste recipe nearly every other day ^^

i feel that this may be an unpopular opinion, but i actually like that updates are being rolled out one at a time! it gives both time travelers and non-time travelers things to experience simultaneously, if that makes sense? my biggest complaint is probably the lack of furniture (i really miss the princess set and the rococo set!), but i'm hoping that it'll be included in a later update. in the meantime, i have plenty of things to keep me busy~

I completely agree with you. The updates being added in slowly is kind of nice. It should keep the game fresh imo. Certain stuff being left out like holidays aren't really important right now because you wouldn't know Toy Day doesn't exist unless you TT to that day.I'm hoping Gracie makes a return because I miss her furniture too. Remember the sweets set? I have the chocolate wall from Saharah but it won't do me any good without the sweets furniture. D:

 

[Red Cat]

One of the things that this thread underscores about ACNH is that it is a much more polarizing game than previous AC games. A lot of people absolutely love ACNH and a lot of people are somewhat disappointed in ACNH to varying degrees. I think the vast majority of people here would rate this game somewhere between 8 to 10 out of 10, but the debates between the 8's and the 10's deteriorate quickly. I never remember the discussions about NL becoming so toxic, although I wasn't around here when NL was launched so maybe it was this bad back then for all I know. Part of my opinion is of NH is influenced by the toxicity of the discussions about the game. It's obviously not the fault of the game itself for how people discuss it, but I feel like the socialization surrounding the game is part of the experience of AC and for me that part has become much worse which in turn makes me less motivated to play the game.

There's a lot to love about ACNH and a lot to nitpick. Everyone has their own opinion about ACNH and people like to praise and vent about various things. I just wish people wouldn't get so damn defensive about how great or not great ACNH is. I rant about the game nearly every day, but I still like it enough to turn it on every day. It doesn't have to be the greatest game of all time to enjoy it, but if it's the greatest game of all time for you, then good for you. If you love ACNH and don't want to read about critiques of the game or if you're not in love with the game and don't want to read about people praising the game, then pay attention to the thread titles and avoid the topics that push your buttons.

 

[Misuzurin]

There were a lot more things to unlock and work towards in New Leaf. The control is nice to have, but I've already gotten pretty bored with New Horizons. I haven't even had any motivation to log in the past few days, because I know it's going to be the same routine. I'm glad to see the game be so popular and well received, but I'm going to be playing other games in the mean time.

 

[alpacalypse]

I completely agree with you. The updates being added in slowly is kind of nice. It should keep the game fresh imo. Certain stuff being left out like holidays aren't really important right now because you wouldn't know Toy Day doesn't exist unless you TT to that day.I'm hoping Gracie makes a return because I miss her furniture too. Remember the sweets set? I have the chocolate wall from Saharah but it won't do me any good without the sweets furniture. D:

absolutely! you explained it far better than i could c':

gracie is my most missed npc after brewster! my acnl house was completely decked out in her furniture, my mannequins dressed from head to toe with her apparel, and i think her goods would really appeal to the many players going for a fairytale-esque vibe right now. the vast majority of the furniture sets currently available are rather realistic and mundane. of course, that's not a bad thing—one of my rooms is filled with the antique set, and i find the imperial set stunning—but the shell and mushroom sets only go so far on dreamy, fantastic islands; plus, i really liked working towards such expensive items o: with how plentiful bells are in acnh (on top of the duplication glitch that crashed their worth very early into release), it'd be a lovely money sink~

 

[Wolfie]

I am kind of hooked for now but I just started playing two weeks ago and haven't had time to TT as much as I did in ACNL so there still has been plenty for me to do. I can see myself getting bored of this one fast, I already don't feel as hooked as I was with ACNL

 

[-Blue-]

I got it physically the day it was released or maybe it was the day after. I can't remember too well, but I still play it everyday. Well not really. I usually time travel back one day if I miss a day. Since I work a lot of hours due to covid-19 and being essential, I don't really have many days I do have off.

So on days when I am just too exhausted from a double shift I will pick up where I life off the day before. I know that's considered cheating, but I don't care. I shouldn't be punished because powers outside my control. But I am not really having as much fun as I did before.

I usually just do the daily crap. Before I was going for the nook badges like the shaking tree furniture, selling fruit, sea shells...not all at once, but it was something extra to aim towards when I logged on. Now that most of them are complete, I have less to try and just dig and assess fossils. And Blathers is stubborn. I haven't gotten a new one in ages.

I try to find all four, but usually I give up on the third. And sometimes I will scour the entire island, decide to go into some house, exit, and then the fossil x mark is right in front of me. It wasn't there before. Oh my god that is so annoying. Why do the x marks have to move around every time you enter/exit somewhere? NL and other games never had the buried stuff constantly refreshing where they will turn up. They were fixed to a spot per day.

 

[DaviddivaD]

Honestly, the only thing I've found pretty boring is playing with friends, lol. There's one guy I dread when he asks me to play.
All he does is follow me around and whacks me with his net.

Sometimes I feel like playing with strangers is a lot more exciting. Even if I'm just a watering can slave.

I'll water your flowers dude. For that wonderful flag you made me.

 

[Hsn97]

I haven’t stopped playing as such, but I’m definitely taking a break. Since going back to work I just haven’t had the desire or inclination to boot up New Horizons.

I also recently jailbroke my 3DS after being too chicken to do it for 5 years, so I’ve been messing around with my New Leaf town in the save editor instead - which has been fun. It’s nice to see instant results of building up your town rather than having to wait days or weeks sometimes to achieve the look you want.

 

[Cethosia]

I try to find all four, but usually I give up on the third. And sometimes I will scour the entire island, decide to go into some house, exit, and then the fossil x mark is right in front of me. It wasn't there before. Oh my god that is so annoying. Why do the x marks have to move around every time you enter/exit somewhere? NL and other games never had the buried stuff constantly refreshing where they will turn up. They were fixed to a spot per day.

The marks don't move around though. It's likely that you just looked over them. It happens to me sometimes. If I don't find one I likely will find it the next day, so I don't get too bothered if I don't find them all.

 

[Romaki]

I haven't read every post, but I just wanted to add that you don't have to time travel to exhaust your options. Many passionate players take care of every seasonal fish and bug as soon as possible, and with 70 fossils in the game overall getting those together isn't too impossible at this point either. Don't forget that you can also find them on mystery islands, and people who grind one island can amass a lot of nook miles.

The reality is, the game doesn't do a lot to combat boredom. The dialogue is now split between all kind of furniture items and whatever else events the developers thought of, so talking to a villager who's just walking around outside is very repetitive very quickly. It's so rare to even get a task for them, and even the treasure hunt seems to have disappeared. We just need something more to do during the day. And night events are random and don't appear every night either. We really need more NPC back with their own buildings, even if it's just the café.

 

[Llunavale]

Err... yeah, kind of? I've lost a bit of interest, there's only so much you can do with terraforming and town decorating before you're just beating a dead horse, you know? Build it up, tear it down, build it up, tear it down...now what? Terraforming is a nice new feature but it's hardly worthy of some of the high praise I've seen it receive in this thread.

That said, I still check in daily at least - see who the visitor is for the day, buy some art if it's Redd and donate it. Then turn it off for the rest of the day and play other games.

I will say, I had the same feeling with New Leaf at this kind of point too (and the earlier games, though I was much younger then so it definitely felt like I could spend much, much longer doing the boring repetitive stuff), I kind of overcame the itch with New Leaf by just starting fresh on a new cartridge and I feel like I'd love to do that on New Horizons since there's so much more you can put into a town now, but...well, you know. Can't do that on Switch.

 

[Sefyre]

I’m definitely feeling burnt out.

I still have a ton of terraforming/designing to do since I suffer from severe design paralysis, but I don’t feel as excited to play as I used to.

I think part of it is all the online trading. I’m aware of every item in the game now so there’s nothing new to discover. It’s just a matter of spending the time to get the things I want, which isn’t as exciting.

The time it takes to progress things is also getting to me. I don’t TT heavily, so to build my village area it’s taking days to move each house into place before I can flesh things out. I might take a break after this village is complete only logging in to complete dailies, etc.

I feel you in regards to what you said about "nothing new to discover" because this is exactly what I fear will happen to me.

In spite of me aggressively keeping my blinders on in regards to viewing new content that isn't a matter of straightforward progression, I've been getting spoiled.

I normally don't care about how people choose to play a singleplayer game, but when there's a strong social element (for example, watering flowers), I care more.

I want to participate in watering flowers and trading, but the possibility of being spoiled for future content makes me hesitant.

I actively do my part to avoid being spoiled, but I also feel that it's not entirely fair for me to have to carry that full burden and the more I do it, the more I risk being burned out.

 

[Solio]

It's like people are held at gunpoint to continue playing this game...
Seriously, if you get burnt out or bored, play something else! Take break for a few days, a few weeks, months, or never return. It's okay.
Every game get gets old eventually. Thats normal. If ACNH has lasted you through two months of non-stop playing, I say thats a pretty good deal for 60$/£/€.

I don't see the point in threads like these. It only serves to spread negativity and spark arguments, as has been shown.

 

[trashpedia]

I also recently jailbroke my 3DS after being too chicken to do it for 5 years, so I’ve been messing around with my New Leaf town in the save editor instead - which has been fun. It’s nice to see instant results of building up your town rather than having to wait days or weeks sometimes to achieve the look you want.

If you don’t mind asking, can you share a guide on doing this? I’m planning on doing this because I would like to get into NL but I think having the save editor would make it so much more enjoyable. I’m kinda nervous about doing that and don’t know where to start >~<

 

[Mello]

If you don’t mind asking, can you share a guide on doing this? I’m planning on doing this because I would like to get into NL but I think having the save editor would make it so much more enjoyable. I’m kinda nervous about doing that and don’t know where to start >~<

I don't know if I can post a link to putting cfw on your 3ds here tbh. You can DM me on discord if you want a guide; not in the mood to get banned rn

Discord: Mello#9560

 

[astoria]

It's like people are held at gunpoint to continue playing this game...
Seriously, if you get burnt out or bored, play something else! Take break for a few days, a few weeks, months, or never return. It's okay.
Every game get gets old eventually. Thats normal. If ACNH has lasted you through two months of non-stop playing, I say thats a pretty good deal for 60$/£/€.

I don't see the point in threads like these. It only serves to spread negativity and spark arguments, as has been shown.

I don't see the point in coming into a thread that you don’t see the point of. I made this thread to see if anyone felt the same way, I was respectable in my first post. I didn’t bash on the game.

 

[DJStarstryker]

and even the treasure hunt seems to have disappeared.

It's still around. I had a villager ask me to do it 2 days ago. It just seems to happen a lot less often than before. I don't really know why. They just gave you a random item as a reward, so it's not like you got something super rare or anything.

 

[Romaki]

It's still around. I had a villager ask me to do it 2 days ago. It just seems to happen a lot less often than before. I don't really know why. They just gave you a random item as a reward, so it's not like you got something super rare or anything.

Thanks for the confirmation! I haven't seen it in weeks no matter how much I talk to my villagers. I wish it was guaranteed once a day/week.

 

[jiojiop]

I explained everything in more recent posts. It's over with. You're just repeating stuff other people have already stated and has been covered. You have clearly missed the point I was making I've said multiple times that I did not condone the insults but just that his post held some weight that NH can statistically be considered the best. That's it.

Well that's not exactly true. Your initial post and followup post made clear that you viewed the person who was insulting other users as being "bullied" and "belittled and insulted over something he said" when people responded to those insults. It's a bit curious to watch someone hurl out insults, watch people respond angrily to those insults, then turn and point the finger at those who were insulted and were defending themselves as being the bullies and treat the initiator as their persecuted victim... you can understand how people could interpret that as you condoning and defending those insults, especially when you minimize it as just "something he said" and offer up blame only for the people responding. I understand that you see no point to rehashing points others have made, but you can see how odd it looks when you keep saying you don't condone insults but don't actually... criticize or even acknowledge that the post you're defending is insulting to others.

And yes you did say it wasn't "necessarily" an opinion. But you then went on to say, "This IS the best game in the series is not an opinion", in contrast to "what IS an opinion is whether or not it is your FAVORITE game". You can understand how people could interpret that as you saying that it is an absolute fact that it is the best game, and people who think otherwise are confusing their favorite game for the best game. Especially when combined with your statement that the only reason people had a problem with the 'factual' assertion that this is the best game is because "people just like to disagree and argue".