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Happy Home Designer?
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ellsieotter
qt pie
I don't play it anymore but loved it when I first got it. the fun/exciting part to me was designing the town's buildings. decorating and designing villager homes was secondary to me so after I finished designing the town's buildings the game got boring. it certainly doesn't have as much depth as new leaf, but if you like to designing then it may be fun!
CinnamonCrab
Seasoned Greetings
If your favorite part of the regular animal crossing game is the interior design and landscaping, you'll love it.
I play it occasionally (too much room rotating makes me nauseous) but when I do, I have so much fun!!
I play it occasionally (too much room rotating makes me nauseous) but when I do, I have so much fun!!
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Sheando
give me the pointy animals
I think I'm in a very small minority here, but I've actually loved the game so far and found it completely engaging. After owning the game for two months, I've designed over 80 villagers' houses and six of the public buildings. I build a house every morning while I eat breakfast – it's a really nice way to relax before going to work.
I'm also an outlier in that I actually never cared for decorating in the main series games. It always felt awkward and clunky, and no matter what I tried, my house always ended up looking dumb. I love designing in HHD for all the reasons that I never had patience for designing in AC:NL. Drag and drop placement, instant item customization, easy rotating, no pockets, etc. It's also really fun for me because I get to be so creative. The villagers all ask for a very specific theme, and I try to match it as closely as possible while making the whole thing look coherent. and not overwhelming. Working within those constraints has caused me to explore all sorts of types of decorating that i never would have had the patience to try on my own house in NL. I've made a jungle house, an old-timey doctor's office, a fossil museum, a pink-and-yellow birthday party, an arcade, and so on. And I've ended up getting attached to a lot of villagers that I never would have given a chance otherwise, just because I've had so much fun with their houses. (Gaston, Harry, O'Hare, Cally, Blanche...)
I should probably just stop myself there. It's definitely not a game for everyone (it's a fair critique to say that it gets pretty repetitive in terms of general gameplay concept), but I have a ton of patience for repetition when I'm repeating something I actually enjoy, and I've found that there's a wide enough variety in villager requests and in available furniture that I don't get bored.
I'm also an outlier in that I actually never cared for decorating in the main series games. It always felt awkward and clunky, and no matter what I tried, my house always ended up looking dumb. I love designing in HHD for all the reasons that I never had patience for designing in AC:NL. Drag and drop placement, instant item customization, easy rotating, no pockets, etc. It's also really fun for me because I get to be so creative. The villagers all ask for a very specific theme, and I try to match it as closely as possible while making the whole thing look coherent. and not overwhelming. Working within those constraints has caused me to explore all sorts of types of decorating that i never would have had the patience to try on my own house in NL. I've made a jungle house, an old-timey doctor's office, a fossil museum, a pink-and-yellow birthday party, an arcade, and so on. And I've ended up getting attached to a lot of villagers that I never would have given a chance otherwise, just because I've had so much fun with their houses. (Gaston, Harry, O'Hare, Cally, Blanche...)
I should probably just stop myself there. It's definitely not a game for everyone (it's a fair critique to say that it gets pretty repetitive in terms of general gameplay concept), but I have a ton of patience for repetition when I'm repeating something I actually enjoy, and I've found that there's a wide enough variety in villager requests and in available furniture that I don't get bored.
kindheartedhog
🌈Always be yourself☀️
If you enjoy decorating and solely that you'll love it, I know I find it very fun and have never gotten bored of it
Greggy
✧ α sραякℓ
It was extremely addicting to me at first but now I barely touch the game besides the HHN Challenges to unlock new items. It's fun and easy to control, makes you wanna feel like that the way HHD places houses, paths, and furniture should've been implemented in New Leaf. It's not a traditional Animal Crossing game, so you don't do much besides designing houses and taking photos of rooms so it could get boring once you've done a lot of houses. There's not enough interesting dialogue in the game either, and it feels like the game's purpose is only to design, design, design.
