Has anyone else felt this way?

[HopeForHyrule]

My original town, Balamb, was a mess so I decided to reset and bring over all of my villagers, plot reset until they were all aligned and once that was done (which took a good month), I just..wasn't happy. Sure, I had all of my villagers, named my mayor the same and all that, but I just felt so disconnected and didn't feel any sort of attachment to any of it.

Thankfully I have that which shall not be named, and I restored my original town. I know it'll never look great, and it'll always be a hot mess, but I've had this town since I first started playing New Leaf and I love it, warts and all.

Has anyone else felt like this? When you decide to reset your town, and then regretted it for whatever reason?

Then again, I am an overly emotional person, so this is probably just me.

 

[KoalaKitty]

I bought a second copy for that exact reason, mostly. Also because at the time I couldn't find my first.

I've had it since about the time it came out, and even though the only time I played it after February 2014 was for about 5 seconds, I can't bring myself to delete that ugly lil town. I can remember almost exactly how the map looked, where all my villagers are... I can even remember most of my starting villagers. I want to reset it, but I don't have 'that which shall not be named' so if I regret it, I'm doomed.

 

[Dorian]

I bought another game and started a second town. I could never get rid of Cocoplum. And I agree, I would have totally regretted it. *pat pat*

 

[Kittyinpink87]

Yeah , i had thought about resetting for a while, but then it was forced on me from losing my save. But i was so happy when Merry was one of the originals in town. She had been in my old and just helped me love my new save.

 

[LoonieToonies]

Yeah, one hundred percent! First of all, I'm trying my hardest not to get obsessed over dream villagers, plot resetting and time travelling. Before I even discovered any of that stuff, I had the best time playing animal crossing. When I gained limitless power and money, I felt like I always wanted more and was never satisfied. Instead, I try to play the game day by day, collecting furniture through the nooklings and enjoying doing chores and other things around my town.

I have restarted my game file probably 20 times since I got the game because of boredom with my town. I always found the best part of animal crossing was the beginning, when you were presented with hordes of content to forge your way through. The more you play, the less there is to do.

 

[twisty]

I nearly reset my town, but decided against it. Even though the map's not the best and my characters' houses aren't in the best location, I still love it and have tried to make the most of it. c:

 

[Talonwhisker]

I reset my town just around a week ago and I regret it - partially. I'm really pleased with the villagers that are moving into my new town, but at the same time I had my old town (and most of the shops) for a good 5-6 months, and even though I had crummy villagers and poor PWP placement, it was a little piece of home that's gone now.

 

[Fauna_Friend]

I think if I did reset... If feel the exact same way... When you put that much time and work into something...it just makes it mean so much more. Even if it's not perfect Y'know?

 

[HopeForHyrule]

I think if I did reset... If feel the exact same way... When you put that much time and work into something...it just makes it mean so much more. Even if it's not perfect Y'know?

Exactly! This is why I'm slowly tearing down all of my non-permanent PWPs so I can try to remake my town, as much as possible anyway.

 

[lastgatsby]

My original village was messy too. I started it when the game first came out. I had never played an Animal Crossing before. I picked the first map that was presented. Everything was chaotic and I loved it. Then I stopped playing.

Fast forward, I see the one-year challenge and think why not. Restarted and didn't look back. Played for a few months, stopped playing for a while, and restarted again yesterday.

It's a bit of a bummer losing villagers. Coco and Jacques were in my first town. Zell was in my last one. But the feeling of a clean slate, a different layout and a different approach is nice. Plus, Ankha is one of my starters in this town which is a nice perk.

I can't say I've regretted resetting. Keeps the game interesting.

 

[Twisterheart]

In a way, this happened to me as well. My first town was a disaster - I ended up time traveling like crazy, which resulted in half of my villagers moving away. And I didn't know how to really landscape, so I just had fruit trees scattered everywhere as well as a bunch lf random flowers. It was honestly a disaster of a town, so I reset. Looking back, I regret it. However, I am happy with my current town. I've had it for over two years and I really like how it turned out. I still wish I had been able to keep my first town, but I didn't.

 

[thatawkwardkid]

I usually get like this when I'm really close to finishing my town.

 

[pearly19]

hahaha no I havent but if you do reset, i would think you would reset it to make everything really perfect so then there would be no regrets. Sorry to hear that you do regret after resetting!

 

[GalacticGhost]

My town is messy, but that's because it's unfinished. I'd never reset it, though - I've put too much effort in to it to even think of restarting. I wouldn't do it even if I had That Which Shall Not Be Named.

 

[xBlablahi]

I don't think I could ever delete my file, my town is far for being completed but all the memories and I time I put into it are worth it.