villagers are bound to repeat themselves, and thats okay because they’re literally AI with a set amount of lines. some people say that villager dialogue was better in NL but i personally don’t remember this? i played NL on and off for 4 or so years and at one point i knew every line for most personality types. it was very repetitive and villager requests happened too often and it became more like a chore tbh.
now in NH ive gotten some repeats ofc but I guess I have to wait longer before i can say the dialogue is lacking and/or repetitive. a month into the game and 125+ hrs logged im still learning new things. i just wished villagers gave me nicknames and i was able to change their catchphrases more often (I’ve literally gotten none of these so far). also i really like how the voices changed! they’re a lot smoother and not as screechy as NL. what do you guys think?
I've had diana in both my NL and my NH town/island and personally i can feel a big difference between the snooties in this game. I'll have to go back to NL and compare because im kinda curious
I prefer the dialogue in New Horizons. 175hrs in and it still continues to make me smile. I make an effort to talk to my villagers everyday now - something I never did in New Leaf unless they came running up to me.
when the villagers speak to each other, it's much more dynamic and interesting than nl was.
i definitely felt like my favourite villagers got stale in nl. (ofc i'm sure it will happen in nh but it may be prolonged haha)
As far as requests go, I'm glad they reduced them. They got old REALLY fast (I just think they might have reduced it a bit too dramatically to the point that it almost feels like they dont happen).
For the dialogue, I have trouble with this one because I feel like I may be remembering ACNL with a bit of bias and maybe the dialogue wasn't as diverse as I remember? I think the problem may be more around that the ACNH dialogue is a lot more unique / specific (popstar for example) and as a result when it gets repeated it REALLY stands out vs. the more generic stuff in acnl that was repeated.
New horizons win this hands down. I get requests pretty frequently, not sure if I’m lucky but I don’t do them anyway cause I don’t want to ruin their houses. One thing I’m glad was gone was the scheduled visits. Like those with I’m free after 11 stuff...ugh I’m not, I’m free now. Lol. I hated those in NL.
NH by far, NL's dialogue is a joke (both villagers and NPC's). Imo, NH dialogue is on par with CF and close to WW.
In my experience, 220 hours in, I still get new and funny dialogue from my villagers (and I talk to them everyday, repeatedly because one of my favorite things about AC is interacting with my villagers and NPC's). I know some are annoyed bc they think it's repetitive, but AC dialogue has always been repetitive to some extent.
I've mentioned this before on other threads, but I've gone back to my AC games (GCN, WW and NL and I've checked some videos on CF bc I can't find my game ), and I've noticed some of the following:
NL dialogue is by far the worst. It's shocking how, in a day, 90% of the dialogue were villagers asking me for stuff or to do chores for them. Absolutely disgusting. And probably one of the reasons I feel so detached to villagers in NL. Also, NL conversations between villagers were kinda meh.
WW dialogue quality is, imo, on par with NH. It's funny, you get asked questions and get different options to answer, etc. I will say the scope of dialogue in WW is a bit larger than NH (I can't say for sure how much more, but I would't dare say too far). It got repetitive after a while. In fact, I'd get the same dialogue (the same sentences) repeated 3-4 in a row. I still think WW is better than NH, and I will say I miss how they'd often hint at love affairs and couples and it was more about "gossiping", which made me cackle. Granted, WW didn't have as many features as NH does.
GCN is probably the best dialogue but WW is probably juuust next to it. The quality is really good, and I'd say is very similar to NH's. However, GCN dialogue is more extensive overall. I will say, though, GCN had a lot (a lot) of dialogue on "let's play a game and if you win you get X item" or "can I get that item from you?" or "will you buy this item from me?" which makes it far less enjoyable than regular, everyday kinda dialogue. Also, both GCN and WW had angry/mean villagers (GCN being the most noticeable). I will say NH has made an effort into making them more mean in NH, but it's nowhere near close to how they were in GCN and WW. Also, GCN didn't have villager chatting each other (you'd only see the aftermath of their alleged "conversations"). And I'd say villager conversations are definitely just as good as WW's.
As far as NPC's dialogue, it's pretty easy to say NL ranks the absolute worst in that category. They basically removed any depth in dialogue with NPC's (except for Isabelle).
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Oh, I also wanted to add that: at least in my experience I get tons of requests from my villagers and I even get to play games with them through those requests (like guess the item that is being returned), which really reminded me of GCN.
I will say that I do miss hide and seek with my villagers, getting invited to their homes and inviting them to ours. That is certainly something I hope comes back.
I'm going to go against the grain here and say that NL was better. Everyone keeps saying how great the dialogue is in NH and I really wish I could see it but I literally get repeats every day. Not saying that NL was amazing but I don't remember getting nearly as much repeated dialogue as I am now and I haven't even been playing that long. I will say that the conversations between villagers are way better in NH though!
), and I've noticed some of the following:
