u/Le_Sadie

Incoming downvote-farming rant, probably.

So I keep seeing posts and YouTube videos and stuff and like...I don't want to be that guy but I'm going to be that guy: y'all ain't playing the game right. Which seems extra obnoxious to say with an open-world fishbowl game such as this, but here we are. Asking questions like "how do I get them to marry/fight/have babies/move in together" etc just exemplifies this to me. This isn't meant to be the kind of game you sit and immerse yourself in for hours with deep story or plot or even characters you play - it's more of a pet-raising simulator than sims game. Consider that: it's nintendogs but with lots of miis instead of puppies. You make them, feed them, keep them happy with toys and can even interact with them more than the 3ds games but beyond that, it's not super deep.

Yes, the repeating cutscenes and lack of island items is a problem and I definitely hope this is addressed in the future and yes, the game was grossly overpriced like every Nintendo game is (although I have put so many hours into it so far I can't say I haven't gotten my moneys worth) but I feel like you get as much out of a game like this as you're willing to put in...maybe making 70 ugly cursed miis you don't care about right off the bat is a bad idea? I'm at almost level 400, 100+ hours and have over $40k with an island of only 27 very happy miis all coupling up and having babies. That's how *I* personally play and I'm loving it - I skip through the dialogue I've sent millions times (again, would love to see more) and feel like my gameplay comes from raising their friendships and levels.

I'm sorry some people aren't getting from this game what they expected and I do hope it gets updates like everyone else, but damn. It's just a raising sim, guys, if you get nothing from that aspect of the game it might not be the game for you.

This post will either get 0 views or I'll get eaten alive :)