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i've been thinking a lot recently about the reception ACNH has. opinions on it are extremely mixed. even people who were obsessed with the game at launch (for...obvious reasons) will say they hate it now.
i wanted to share my thoughts here and see what other people think. i'm not trying to start debates here, i'm genuinely curious about people's opinions and if they feel differently, especially if they're longtime animal crossing fans. (my first game was new leaf.)
i think new horizons is a very good game that was released at a bad time. and saying ACNH was released at a bad time might sound weird because everyone was playing it on launch. but i think that was the issue. it was right when lockdowns started and people spent so much of their energy on ACNH that they got burnt out on it and started getting annoyed by it. if ACNH was released at a time where the entire world didn't stop and fry it under a magnifying glass, i think it would've been better received. people would have taken it more slowly.
i know in the early days people complained about not all the content being in the game at once. but realistically, if it was, i think they would've exhausted the game and gotten bored faster. (one of my unpopular opinions is that i don't mind when games add more content after they're released but that's a whole other topic.)
peopl also seem to dislike new horizons for being too different from other games, being more creativity and aesthetic focused. like i said, my first game was new leaf, so i don't know what the consensus was when older games were released. but from what i can tell, city folk has similarly mixed reception, but for the opposite reason, that being it's too similar to wild world. i'm curious to know what other people think, especially if they remember the release of city folk.
i have always thought that new horizons is more creativity-focused because the recent reception from players was favoring that. of course, the animal crossing player base isn't a hivemind. but as someone who spent copious amounts of time on these forums in high school (i am currently 24), i feel like when you asked people what they wanted in the next animal crossing game back in 2016, they wanted to customize villager homes, choose where they lived, choose where all the buildings are, decorate outside town with whatever furniture they want, stop flowers from wilting forever, be rid of grass deterioration forever, etc. now i see people complain about how much new horizons focuses on decoration and customization. and obviously, a lot of people have new horizons as their first game and not everyone who plays new horizons had these opinions about the past games, but given what i've personally seen from my forum usage in tbe past, i think it's totally reasonable why nintendo would've wanted to go in this direction for animal crossing. and i don't think it's reasonable to act like they're stupid and cringe for it like some people seem to be.
not that nintendo is immune to criticism, of course. but the way i see it, they were giving people what they asked for. and unfortunately you can never please everyone.
sorry for the rambling, i hope this makes sense and i'm curious to know your thoughts. it's entirely possible i'm being too forgiving. i just try to be optimistic about games i buy and enjoy, you know? i don't want to be made to feel like i wasted my money just because the game didn't meet a stranger's expectations.
i wanted to share my thoughts here and see what other people think. i'm not trying to start debates here, i'm genuinely curious about people's opinions and if they feel differently, especially if they're longtime animal crossing fans. (my first game was new leaf.)
i think new horizons is a very good game that was released at a bad time. and saying ACNH was released at a bad time might sound weird because everyone was playing it on launch. but i think that was the issue. it was right when lockdowns started and people spent so much of their energy on ACNH that they got burnt out on it and started getting annoyed by it. if ACNH was released at a time where the entire world didn't stop and fry it under a magnifying glass, i think it would've been better received. people would have taken it more slowly.
i know in the early days people complained about not all the content being in the game at once. but realistically, if it was, i think they would've exhausted the game and gotten bored faster. (one of my unpopular opinions is that i don't mind when games add more content after they're released but that's a whole other topic.)
peopl also seem to dislike new horizons for being too different from other games, being more creativity and aesthetic focused. like i said, my first game was new leaf, so i don't know what the consensus was when older games were released. but from what i can tell, city folk has similarly mixed reception, but for the opposite reason, that being it's too similar to wild world. i'm curious to know what other people think, especially if they remember the release of city folk.
i have always thought that new horizons is more creativity-focused because the recent reception from players was favoring that. of course, the animal crossing player base isn't a hivemind. but as someone who spent copious amounts of time on these forums in high school (i am currently 24), i feel like when you asked people what they wanted in the next animal crossing game back in 2016, they wanted to customize villager homes, choose where they lived, choose where all the buildings are, decorate outside town with whatever furniture they want, stop flowers from wilting forever, be rid of grass deterioration forever, etc. now i see people complain about how much new horizons focuses on decoration and customization. and obviously, a lot of people have new horizons as their first game and not everyone who plays new horizons had these opinions about the past games, but given what i've personally seen from my forum usage in tbe past, i think it's totally reasonable why nintendo would've wanted to go in this direction for animal crossing. and i don't think it's reasonable to act like they're stupid and cringe for it like some people seem to be.
not that nintendo is immune to criticism, of course. but the way i see it, they were giving people what they asked for. and unfortunately you can never please everyone.
sorry for the rambling, i hope this makes sense and i'm curious to know your thoughts. it's entirely possible i'm being too forgiving. i just try to be optimistic about games i buy and enjoy, you know? i don't want to be made to feel like i wasted my money just because the game didn't meet a stranger's expectations.
