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Re: Soapbox: One Year On, Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is History

Tourtus

@NEStalgia Yeah I always see people praise the social aspects of the game but I really don't care for them, primarily because there isn't much to do at all. I'd much rather play Smash Bros. with my siblings than play AC:NH with them.

I too, am worried about how financially successful this game is, I'm worried the sequel will be stuck at this point with the tedious crafting, few buildings to explore, shallow dialogue from animals etc. Hopefully the sequel will be more like New Leaf with the QoL improvements and features from New Horizons and other added stuff. (and they ditch crafting)

I don't think this game would have crashed without the lock downs, I'd imagine it'd sell around the same amount as New Leaf

Re: Soapbox: One Year On, Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is History

Tourtus

@VoidofLight Multiplayer in this game is nearly identical to previous games, not much to do except catch bugs and fish and chat. I feel like this game is a popular choice for multiplayer because so many people own it and with government knockdowns not many people can do much else except stay at home and play games. This is just one of the new ways to hang out for now.

Re: Soapbox: One Year On, Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is History

Tourtus

@NEStalgia I agree with you. AC:NH is a barren sandbox with nothing to do except customize things and it's a real shame since I've played and loved every mainline Animal Crossing game. AC:NH is the first time I can say the franchise fell backwards instead of moving forward.

@VoidofLight Nah this game isn't even focused on multiplayer. New Leaf was focused on multiplayer, with Streetpass and Tortimer's Island (and free online play) there are way more social activities.

Re: Talking Point: Is Zelda An RPG, Or Not?

Tourtus

Zelda II: Adventure of Link is the only game in the Zelda franchise that I'd call an RPG. It's also weird to say character upgrades make the game an RPG. You can collect health and missile upgrades in Metroid as well as new abilities for Samus but because of those features I wouldn't say Metroid games are RPGs. Upgrades like that aren't like level ups in RPGs.

Re: Feature: A Link To The Past's Dark World Changed Zelda Forever

Tourtus

A good read! Reminds me of how I'd play games as a kid, mostly exploring the in-game world and making my own objectives rather than completing the main goals.

@KateGray The bunny is the mascot of Energizer batteries. Never occurred to me that Link had that resemblance and now I probably won't ever not think of it...

Re: Soapbox: Zelda: Skyward Sword Is Good, Actually

Tourtus

The story and graphics were great in this game! I don't get why people complained so much about the motion controls, I liked them. The issue with this game is the lack of exploration, repeated battles with The Imprisoned and the sky portion is boring. More cities would have made it cooler.