Elijah Villanueva

I initially thought I didn't have to write a review considering most people have addressed most issues, but I feel that everyone's input is necessary for good progress/updates. As an avid HM fan throughout my life, I understand how SoS and HM are getting further and further from being similar. However, it seems as if Pioneers of Olive Town is taking too much parts from different games of a similar genre without proper thinking. Ito First, HM is great because of the amount of things you can do, keeping you busy everyday. But this game is too all over the place. Besides everything, of all things to take from AC, they took the museum, allowing you to make donations of fish and treasure as if the addition of (SINGLE ITEM) makers isn't enough and the vast possibilities when it comes to materials and crafting. It's almost like the game gives you an ultimatum between doing you work or being outside of your farm to socialize or make it to a shop before it closes. My first festival was already a bummer. Egg hunt with merely a repetitive cutscene of my character finding eggs and acting all cute and happy. Where's the player's participation? Fences?? It's incredibly disappointing how you can build fences that are limited to open spaces. What does that mean? That you're not keeping ANYTHING in. You want to keep your farm animals in a specific spot by the coop? Impossible. Do you expect us to build a fence further from the coop and somehow stand there and wait till our chicken walks in the fenced area and finally close it? Hello?? Also, it's obvious that the farmland is unnecessarily massive due to the existence of the cursed makers, but the spawn time of the resources you took days to clean up is almost disrespectful lol. I wouldn't mind cleaning my farm if I had time to do anything else, in all honesty. Also... 2AM? Really?? HM allowed you to stay up past 5am with the consequence of waking up by noon, but here, you pass out at 2AM and wake up at 10AM?? Excuse me? With the amount of work you intentionally made for players, you limit us till 2AM? Yet another issue that shows not much thought was put into this. No face cards?? I was excited seeing the characters in the game's guide, but I almost don't bother to think of a prospect for romance because everyone has a dull model! We will no longer be able to see clearer expressions in the style they are in the art. It gives them more life beyond the 3d model! :( Honestly, if the devs intentionally want to keep us waaaay busier than past game titles, at least think about the time management for each and give us room to actually enjoy the game without finding much hassle. HM's grind was a lot but ALWAYS enjoyable, while PoOT is like they took bits and pieces here and there and just threw it out there and made this mess of a game, as sad as I am to say it. I will continue to play as, like I said, the grind is enjoyable, but I get more irritated by these issues always surfacing while playing. I genuinely hope the devs will properly consider each of these reviews.