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Author:  Mimi [ Thu Oct 26, 2017 13:55 ]
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It did ask me to, but after a little wander around and an initial play I have deleted it for when everyone is playing so I can experience it with all chums playing.

It’s bigger than you’d initially think, lots of areas, loads to do, and it’s lovely.

Author:  Mimi [ Thu Oct 26, 2017 13:59 ]
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Hngghhhhh

Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Oct 26, 2017 14:10 ]
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See you in there Mimi!

Author:  Mimi [ Thu Oct 26, 2017 14:16 ]
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Yeah, I really can’t wait!! I thought I’d wait until the uk release just in case you couldn’t move the data over, but it’s just so, so lovely.

You can fish, catch bugs, design clothes, etc like before. Loads of collecting, visiting other towns, and you have a campsite home with a tent which you can expand and a camper van. In fact, I’d say the game is perhaps bigger than I thought to the point I wonder if this means there will be no console release. The areas are independent but there are about ten of them, and I think they must add up to toughtly the size of your old town in previous games.

Author:  romanista [ Sat Oct 28, 2017 16:20 ]
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ok... so now we should jump in to? was going to wait as well... (couldn't remember which email i used for an australian account to get pokemon)

Author:  Mimi [ Sat Oct 28, 2017 17:27 ]
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I’m waiting simply in case I can’t move back across to the uk and then lock myself out of uk specific events.

Author:  devilman [ Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:44 ]
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Just a couple of days to go. :)

Author:  Mr Russell [ Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:51 ]
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Brilliant, I'm really looking forwards to playing this with Mimi.
Never played one before, but I know she loves them so hard.

Author:  Mimi [ Mon Nov 20, 2017 11:13 ]
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Oh, this is great news. Needed a cheery thing. Yay :)

Author:  Zardoz [ Mon Nov 20, 2017 13:40 ]
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Release me from Pokemon Go my future bittersweet iOS companion...

Author:  TheVision [ Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:59 ]
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This is available now! I've just downloaded it. Not sure whether you can actually play it yet though.

Author:  Mimi [ Tue Nov 21, 2017 13:01 ]
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TheVision wrote:
This is available now! I've just downloaded it. Not sure whether you can actually play it yet though.

You definitely can

Author:  Zardoz [ Tue Nov 21, 2017 13:47 ]
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I'm in! :luv:

Author:  Mimi [ Tue Nov 21, 2017 14:32 ]
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:luv:

Author:  Zardoz [ Tue Nov 21, 2017 15:36 ]
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:)

Author:  Grim... [ Tue Nov 21, 2017 15:42 ]
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Can't image what that "Copy ID" button does.

Author:  Zardoz [ Tue Nov 21, 2017 15:50 ]
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I can't image what your point is.

Author:  Zardoz [ Tue Nov 21, 2017 16:05 ]
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The servers are struggling a fair bit.

Author:  Mr Russell [ Tue Nov 21, 2017 16:17 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
The servers are struggling a fair bit.

They are... yet I still would happily press a button tsb times than not play :DD

Author:  Zardoz [ Tue Nov 21, 2017 16:27 ]
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Absolutely NatWest isn't it?!

Author:  Mimi [ Tue Nov 21, 2017 16:35 ]
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It’s a thing of beauty.

Author:  Mimi [ Tue Nov 21, 2017 16:35 ]
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With Zardoz :DD

Author:  Zardoz [ Tue Nov 21, 2017 17:30 ]
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Was lovely to see you again.

I've got a new t-shirt now!

Author:  romanista [ Wed Nov 22, 2017 14:17 ]
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More friend codes? just started playing... can i add you guys immediately or do i have to reach a certain level?

Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Nov 22, 2017 14:20 ]
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Straight away (after a few screens of chat)

Author:  romanista [ Wed Nov 22, 2017 23:27 ]
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Here

Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Nov 23, 2017 10:55 ]
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Jesus, this has really got it's claws into me.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Nov 23, 2017 22:35 ]
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Ooof

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/11/ ... farmville/

Quote:
But before addressing any of that, we have to look closely at how Nintendo converted this game from a fixed-price, retail offering to a free-to-play microtransaction disaster—and how that has rotted Animal Crossing's most rewarding elements from the inside-out.

Author:  LewieP [ Fri Nov 24, 2017 5:30 ]
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Isn't that what people want from mobile games?

Author:  Grim... [ Fri Nov 24, 2017 8:29 ]
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Oh man, I confused this and Harvest Moon, and expected to be running a farm and macking on village chicks.

That's disappointing.

Author:  devilman [ Fri Nov 24, 2017 9:31 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Oh man, I confused this and Harvest Moon, and expected to be running a farm and macking on village chicks.

That's disappointing.


You should see the new Harvest Moon game released on Steam the other day... It looks dreadful

Author:  Zardoz [ Fri Nov 24, 2017 10:39 ]
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Just seen a person with a ducks bill.

Author:  MaliA [ Fri Nov 24, 2017 10:41 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
Just seen a person with a ducks bill.


Tell him to settle it himself.

Author:  Zardoz [ Fri Nov 24, 2017 10:43 ]
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He smells awful.

Author:  Zardoz [ Fri Nov 24, 2017 10:48 ]
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Apart from adding you guys I only ever seem to meet Japanese people.

Author:  DavPaz [ Fri Nov 24, 2017 11:30 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
Apart from adding you guys I only ever seem to meet Japanese people.

To them, you smell of milk

Author:  Zardoz [ Fri Nov 24, 2017 11:33 ]
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I smell of Horned Dynastid, Horse Mackerel & Cute Essence.

Author:  Zardoz [ Fri Nov 24, 2017 12:22 ]
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Lvl 18 with a freakin Halfpipe under construction baby!

Author:  Zardoz [ Fri Nov 24, 2017 13:23 ]
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48 hrs build time?!

Author:  devilman [ Fri Nov 24, 2017 13:26 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
48 hrs build time?!


Can you pay to unlock Darth Vader to build it for you?

Author:  romanista [ Sun Nov 26, 2017 16:36 ]
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added you guys, and made some visits

Author:  romanista [ Tue Nov 28, 2017 16:11 ]
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Generally agree with this http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017- ... amp-review

It was sort of the magic predecessor to hay day et all. Which just make you work for rewards onstead of making you feel like part of the village. Pocket camp is the exchanging. The magic for monetisinf in part.


Even if though i’m still in love with just beijg there

Author:  Mimi [ Tue Nov 28, 2017 16:23 ]
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It’s not that I disagree as such, rather that I think it’s w non-story. It would never be the massive full game experience that the console version is, and I don’t think anyone expected it to be. It’s like enjoying playing scrabble at home with your loved ones, then also getting words with friends, for free and with all of the benefits of take-anywhere mobile play in an instant and then telling everyone that you can’t hear the wooden tiles rattling in the bag.

Author:  myp [ Tue Nov 28, 2017 21:16 ]
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Except that mobile experiences can be very good and some go down the route of a tenner up front and everything unlocked. They've chosen to go down the freemium route.

In fact in your example Scrabble is a £4 iOS app vs WWF which is free to download.

Nintendo could have easily made a full console experience for mobile and charged £8-15. But they can make far more money this way.

Author:  Mimi [ Tue Nov 28, 2017 21:25 ]
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No, my example scrabble was a physical board. They said that AC would be free to play and I’m oretty certain ut was quite clear that it wasn’t going to be a full AC game from the start.

Nobody loves AC the way I do. I’d like a full AC release more than anyone in the whole wide world. But I never thought this’d be it. If these magazines and sites writing long articles decrying that it wasn’t the beautiful expansive game of their dreams as have been the full games of the past then it’s a bit of a naive position at best.

Author:  myp [ Tue Nov 28, 2017 21:32 ]
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The tag line in that article literally starts "Animal Crossing has shone as a mobile game before…", so I'm not sure where you're getting the idea magazines are expecting it to be a full release.

Of course it's going to be pared back. Look at Pokémon GO. But it's the mechanics behind the freemium game model that are important. In Pokémon GO it worked fine and you didn't really have to spend much cash (if any). However it seems they've taken a different path here. That is what the complaints are about (much like Star Wars Battlefront).

Author:  Mimi [ Tue Nov 28, 2017 21:35 ]
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I’m on level 34 and not spending any cash has not hampered my play experience at all. I have time Nook, KK Slider, all of the building spaces opened.

Whether you personally like the game mechanic or not, the feeling that you need to spend money to really progress just doesn’t seem true.

Author:  romanista [ Wed Nov 29, 2017 15:42 ]
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Well that gives hope at least..The KK slider adverts did irritate me a bit...

but as said.. part of me still loves it, and my daughter loves visiting my camp etc.. so that makes it fun...

And makes me forget the problem i have with it, which is that even though you knew somewhere that all relations with the animals were transaction based (quid pro quo) this makes that so explicit...

And I do hope it will manage to surprise me, in the way the gamecube version did, opening it up and suddenly there is a fishing tournament etc...

In a way Animal Crossing (with harvest moon) always was a sort of inspiration to the range of freemium games we saw from Farmville on, but just because it is easy to monetize it, doesn't mean you should do it the easy way..

Author:  Mimi [ Wed Nov 29, 2017 16:01 ]
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I do hope that there will be a few seasonal surprises in the next month.

Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Nov 29, 2017 20:54 ]
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I'm with Mimi.

I'll play the shit out of it and not spend one penny. Just like I did with Pokémon Go.

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