Do you feel stressed or blessed?

[CrestFallen]

It was definitely be stressful when I was designing my island but I really enjoy how my island has turned out. The wide range of island customization is definitely a good feature to have and allows for more creativity.

 

[icecreamcheese]

Blessed from the fact we have so much stuff to do and to make

Stressed cuz some of those items are really hard to get and u need other people in order to them.
i myself at the point where i have most items i need but it took A LOT OF TIME (im playing since game launch)
maybe too long.
I still cant finish redd and gulliver unless i do intense time traveling which is very stressful.
and i don't want to play the game for 2 years in order to complete the art in the museum.

 

[Imbri]

I'd say blessed. My island still has open areas I haven't decided how to use, temporary things set up, and unfinished sections. But it's only been a few months. It took over 3 years to get my NL town to where I considered it to be "finished", so I see my island as being a work in progress for some time.

I think a lot of the stress comes from trying to do everything fast and perfect right out of the gate. AC games aren't designed that way.

 

[Your Local Wild Child]

Definitely blessed. It actually gives me reason to make my outdoors look more than just a giant fruit farm!

 

[niconii]

Since I only played NL for a month or so and that was a looong time ago, I don’t really remember much about it! Regarding the design options in NH, I don’t feel stressed about it and I enjoy it a lot. I like being able to not only decorate rooms (still hoping we can upgrade them to become bigger! ;~~~; ), but outdoors as well. Lol it’d be even better if we could also decorate villager homes but eh.
I am frustrated by the fact we have so few design slots!

 

[Snowifer]

I feel blessed. I love how many options we get for outdoor decorating. I didn't feel the urge to rush or stress my island since I got the game late so I was already behind the people who got the game on release. My island is mostly complete, but I let areas come naturally to me via inspiration and just showcasing furniture I like and I don't bother myself with custom design stuff since I don't really care for it.

 

[Bcat]

I actually feel blessed now that I’ve discovered some patterns that I truly love and have all around Our Island. I went custom design shopping for a new rug to save design slots and I ended up repaving half the town lmao.

It was worth it though. Those custom designs really made it all pop!

 

[Tiger_Lily]

I feel blessed because with new horizons you have the ability to choose where most buildings go and have much more control over the island layout. Villagers can have beachfront homes, organized shopping areas, or whatever one's heart desires, whereas in new leaf, the villagers randomly move in potentially ruining paths and some buildings are permanent after you place them.

 

[Bethboj]

At first yes I was stressed about everything, but I’ve played AC since wild world and always wished I could move my house around.
I love terraforming now even if it drives me crazy sometimes.
I played abit of new leaf but no where near as much as I played wild world, I enjoyed being able to place some things around my town but I felt like I wanted more. NH gave me more.
The only thing I stress about now is not having enough spaces for all the villagers I want, and of course finding the villagers I want.
I don’t even worry about my island being empty compared to some, because I know it looks great having things all over but I get claustrophobic when too many flowers grow so I’d end up hating my island
I only wish we could customise fences. Why oh why can’t we customise fences

 

[Clock]

Sometimes both to be honest.
But more blessed because we get better customization compared to the previous games.

 

[Arckaniel]

There are times I feel stressed especially when I'm making my island look at least decent enough for my tastes (seeing a lot of beautiful islands out there of course you'll really feel intimidated, I try not to compare but it's hard tbh), the terraforming aspect is very overwhelming, but it is very much worth it, especially if you finished one area in your island and did a decent job at it... So I think the stress is outweighed by the fulfillment you feel when you finish one area and is satisfied with how it turned out...

 

[marshallows]

at first, i felt super stressed because my island was heading nowhere. everything i did/created around my island i absolutely hated. nothing was going right. i clocked in a lot of hours but the actual progress to me was not even half the amount reflected. it was pretty frustrating.

i felt like i was not getting inspired and ended up taking a 2 weeks hiatus from the game. stepped away completely after playing religiously since pretty much launch. recently came back a week or two before july ended and i'm definitely feeling better with my island now. amazing how stepping away can clear my mind + view and replenished my creativity instead of just blindly going at it.

 

[Lavulin98]

I never felt stressed and I was soo hyped for the option to put furniture outside. I remember in new leaf I never reseted for plots so it was a pain to lay my paths nicely around the randomized houses.

In new horizons I always took it easy. I don't know how to terraform and never cared for it really, so I simply flattened my island and put some hills at the top and thats it. Also modified the river a bit.

I changed my island layout 2 times. First it was a basic island that I was very happy with anyway, but then I changed it into a tropical island as I realized I can plant palms on the land and I have more beachy items later in game. It was always my dream to have a tropical tortimer-like island. So right now I am 100% content with my island. But the thing is, I always was enjoyed the slow pace of the game.

 

[BluebearL]

I have been reading every single one of these responses, thank you for all of the responses so far! I have to say, after having not played for a while due to irl time issues etc I forgot how much I love this game. For me, the villagers have always been my favourite part of animal crossing. Anything cute with animals has me hooked (hence why I got into the franchise all those years ago) While I may not be the best of designers I really like my island so far, I am making incredibly slow progress but thats how I like it. I still find it stressful at times but I have a talent for finding a lot of things stressful anyway. New Horizons has added so much to the franchise and while I miss things from previous games (I've played ww and nl), I love terraforming and the overall experience.

 

[Dracule]

I went from blessed to stressed, then back to blessed again (LOL). At first, I was super excited with all the things you could do in ACNH; I kept being inspired by others’ islands and ended up demolishing my first one in hopes of having an island that fit what I had pictured in my mind.

The stressed part came in during the demolition process though, as I had only an idea of where to place things. I constantly re-landscaped certain parts until the general landscape looked correct. I planted trees, bushes, and flowers, then I tried to do decorating. (The decorating made me super discouraged, because I wanted everything to be unique and different, but realized that it’s not a “sin” to re-use the same items and even same color variants when it looks good for that section.)

I’m now on the more blessed side, since I really only have to decorate and “fill” areas around my island, along with saving the last bit for my interior decorating of my other 3 characters’ houses (my first 2 characters are finished .)

Some advice for others who are feeling discouraged: work on one little section at a time—spruce it up, even taking days/weeks to complete it. Don’t rush! Rushing and trying to decorate/landscape everything at the same time will burn you OUT. That’s what happened to me, and it almost made me wanna quit ACNH altogether. Keep going at it, even if you do need to take a break from it for a bit.

 

[Lotusblossom]

im updating now because well i was stressed out but to be able to play the game is it really a blessing????????? Or is it our own life outside of the game thats the real blessing?? I came back to say i feel blessed to play this game...of life...

 

[cats_toy]

Stressed! The lack of furniture, the trickle down updates, lack of goals, bothers the heck of of me.

 

[Stalfos]

I feel blessed. New Leaf on the other hand could be very stressful. Spending a week trying to place a house plot in a specific 3x3 spot is a nightmare. And don't even think about redesigning an area unless you want to kick all your villagers out. New Horizons brings so many QoL-changes that just thinking about going back to New Leaf stresses me out.

 

[bam94-]

Blessed. I absolutely love the game. There’s constantly things I want to change about my island so it always keeps me busy!

 

[Hypno KK]

I love the design options. They're incredible and I find it relaxing to decorate things or create custom designs, plus it means there's always something to do. I don't feel overwhelmed because I do few things at a time instead of trying to change everything at once.

The one thing I find stressful are the item variants you can't customise for and need to get through trading. People here tend to be nice and helpful but trading kind of stresses me out haha.