I bought a second switch because I want to experience the beginning of the game again without restarting my current island. I’m going to go even slower with starting the game this time and try to drag out the beginning as long as possible. I also didn’t mind the music at the beginning. I wish it was one of the hourly tracks so I could hear it again.
Not gonna lie, the prologue-theme was pretty nice. Yes, it got stale after a while because it played all day, but it was a chill tune. I'd gladly trade one of the more lacklustre themes for it.
But do you remember that, having only 2 villagers you could only speak to those two, but they were already bothered the second time you spoke to them ?
I miss the bare grass, that's for sure! I miss my island looking like an unexplored wilderness, kinda minimalist aesthetic. I miss actually having to fish/catch bugs to get by, and still having new things to work on catching. I miss having funny conversations with Tom Nook.
I was just so excited to get this game going that I kinda rushed through all that. I do know I will eventually start over. Maybe in 2021 or 2022. I feel like when I have a better handle on how animal crossing works, I can take the game slower and enjoy it more.
My plan is when I do start over from scratch, that I am going to time travel to get all my diys and post pone progress on my island as long as I can. Esp the museum. Collecting stuff for my Museum is my favorite part. I know some people are thinking it is going to get an expansion again in the future and I hope it does. However I am almost done with mine. March is in 5 months after all.
And just take my time. I hope I can get help with filling my catalog online for orderable stuff if anyone at the time is still holding large cataloging events. Or pay TBT for a bunch of bells and fill the catalog my self as I come by the items.
I do like how natural the starting island felt. I will probably choose my map more carefully and keep terraforming down as much as I can while still being happy.
I wonder if that is the main thing people miss while looking back. I know there are talented terraforming people out there, but if you are anything like me... the terraforming made it feel artificial.
I miss it for how exciting it felt in the beginning and how awesome I thought building my island would be until so many ideas filled my head that now I can't decide what I want, and Roald.
I don't miss the start at all ... As exciting as it was to be starting a new AC adventure, in hindsight, it was so limiting ... I didn't decorate anything for months because I had so little at my disposal ... Now, my house and island are coming together finally ... I'm enjoying it more now because I can suddenly have an idea and think "Yeah, I could do that" or "How would I put that together?" ...
Eh, to be honest, I don't miss the beginning of the game at all. Sure, it was an amazing feeling exploring your new island for the very first time, unlocking part for part the new features and so on. However (at least for me), after a while, you are kinda glad to finally having the shops available, getting more villagers and of course, being able to terraforming your island to get rid off those ugly looking areas and changing the river course. Nowadays, I'm glad to do what I want without going though the slow beginner's tutorial.
The only thing I do kinda miss however is Tom Nook doing the announcements. Nothing against Isabelle, but Nook was always on point of what's going on and didn't waste time talking about his TV habits and such.
I do miss the simplicity and deserted feel (sounds of nature only, tents, trees, and materials scattered about), but I don’t miss being locked out of things.
If I could have kept Resident Services as a tent I would have. The look fits better with my island’s forests.
A future upgrade where you can fly to a new island and every day you have to start again from scratch and see how far you can get, at the end of it / or when you fly out, you get a score, which gives prizes or you can compare with friends.
