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Team17 publishing Hokko Life on Steam (Animal Crossing PC!)
- Thread starter MattAces
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There's potential for an Animal Crossing like game on PC. But for that, it needs to nail a few things:
- The atmosphere (seems to be the case here)
- The content (don't know about that here)
- Mods (don't know about that here)
And also really importantly...
- The design/visuals (which they didn't manage to nail here).
- The atmosphere (seems to be the case here)
- The content (don't know about that here)
- Mods (don't know about that here)
And also really importantly...
- The design/visuals (which they didn't manage to nail here).
Well if there is, it won't be in Real Time as the game is not Real Time.
I'm sorry if I repeat what I said last time, but without a Clock-Based system, this won't have the community feel like AC does, even with Time Travellers and such.
But i'd like to be proven wrong of course.
But right now, it seems like a blend of Stardew & AC, with an Art Direction which seems unappealing to me.
The original "Animal Crossing" could be seen as "The Sims". Of course there is potential for more games like that. The game itself looks nice, although the "farming" looks off. The item maker looks very interesting (and would be amazing with workshop support).
Yeah this is the critical thing. There is so much nuance and character that Animal Crossing has, along with good additions to content over time. PC players among other platforms would definitely jump on board if a good title shows up. I'm sure someone will eventually take on that challenge in their own way, much as Stardew Valley did when there was no decent Harvest Moon style game
I also forgot something REALLY important:
Multiplayer.
Nintendo often drops the ball with their games on that aspect.
Yup, lighting is lacking in term of how the game could feel in term of atmosphere.
The eyes of the characters + the visual style. The animals looks decent but almost too... similar ?
Do you think it's about fidelity? It seems more of a budget issue. High-quality assets aren't cheap.
Also so true. There's real opportunities for a competitor to just make a better unique kind of game out of that template, in a similar way.
Yeah but your assets can look better with a $1500 GPU going full bore.
Been playing a lot of AC on Switch and the AO, shadows, and lighting are excellent (due to the small scene scope and variability).
For assets and textures ? Sure although I think it's a problem of art here.
For lighting and effects though ?
When the first news about this game emerged before, I'm highly interested and really looking forward to play this game.
I like the customization shown in the trailer.
Also, I can see some potential mods that have everything in the game to have all Animal Crossing's residents and references.
I like the customization shown in the trailer.
Also, I can see some potential mods that have everything in the game to have all Animal Crossing's residents and references.
No offense to anyone who worked on this, but this gives me strong "Wii shovelware" vibes. Especially the player models. Feel like something I'd see in a bargain bin at Kmart a decade ago. It just looks and feels so "off".
The animals look like actual mascots with a person inside them.
I think they could have gone with mostly humans and separate themselves from AC in other ways, and instead try to copy more of the vibe, rather than straight up having animals around. The vibe is the biggest selling point in AC, and it was a bit hard to feel it in this trailer.
Still, best of luck to them, and I hope it ends up being an awesome game.
I think they could have gone with mostly humans and separate themselves from AC in other ways, and instead try to copy more of the vibe, rather than straight up having animals around. The vibe is the biggest selling point in AC, and it was a bit hard to feel it in this trailer.
Still, best of luck to them, and I hope it ends up being an awesome game.
Also, has anyone looked at the Steam Forums for this game?
Everyone who hates it is called a Nintendo Fanboy.
Nitnendo need to branch out from their own Platform and Mobile...Nintendo go Third-Party Plz?!
Also, this comment:
The Dev commented about that:
Everyone who hates it is called a Nintendo Fanboy.
Nitnendo need to branch out from their own Platform and Mobile...Nintendo go Third-Party Plz?!
Also, this comment:
The Dev commented about that:
It's cheap looking. Good art direction is not easy. Especially in a highly visual medium like gaming.
Your mistake is going to steam forums lol.
An Animal Crossing-esque game with modding ability would be really cool. I guess this game has potential, but it's a bit lame how blatant it is in copying AC. They should've made everything unique so I don't feel like I'm playing Wal-Mart AC. Like they could've come up with their own art style, and they could've come up with a different style of residents than the anthropomorphic animal thing.
even ignoring the fact that it's a shameless rip off, it doesn't look very good. the style and animations look very low budget.
Steam Forums are always trash for the most part so it ain't news.
I'm sure the devs would rather not create some kind of war between their game and Animal Crossing.
For the game itself it's cool they're trying to bring an experience similar to AC on PC but it needs a LOT of polish, especially some of the animations are rough.
I'm really not seeing the problems people have with this?
It doesn't seem super unique at all, but there's nothing particularly offensive about it.
People raved on Temtem because they didn't like the new Pokemon games: do people not like this solely because they like the new AC?
It doesn't seem super unique at all, but there's nothing particularly offensive about it.
People raved on Temtem because they didn't like the new Pokemon games: do people not like this solely because they like the new AC?
I'd argue Temtem is a far more polished and well realized product currently which is not to say Hokko can't improve over time.
Honestly Nintendo has so much open range on PC they'd make fucking bank. With MK, Smash, AC, you name it could sell a shitload of copies on PC. AC is one I wish was sorta cross-save across everything because that'd be pretty damn awesome.
Regardless this game looks good just seems like they are trying to imitate the AC style while also not doing that and it feels like someone just copying someones homework, but changing a little bit of it.
Regardless this game looks good just seems like they are trying to imitate the AC style while also not doing that and it feels like someone just copying someones homework, but changing a little bit of it.
They need to work on that artsyle, the inhabitants look like some five night at freddy kind of creepy
Why are the villagers animals? Why does the clothes changing animation look exactly like Animal Crossing? You can do some unique concepts while still building off another product. This just tiptoes the line of plagiarism.
I would prefer a more realistic style instead of the AC style. I think a game like that would make bank on steam.
The art direction is straight up ripped from AC. Are you not a fan of AC?
Inside Hokko:
Inside New Horizons:
Outside Hokko:
Outside New Horizons:
Hmm, you're right! They are similar!
Inside Hokko:
Inside New Horizons:
Outside Hokko:
Outside New Horizons:
Hmm, you're right! They are similar!
Well you've got the captions wrong but yeah. . .they look really similar. Agreed.
The art style of this game is just really creepy. Villagers and Players are just nightmarish. Rest of the world's style isn't bad but does feel off. Still things can change as the game develops. There's definitely some interesting features I wish AC had.
I think it's pretty simple, Temtem looked good from the beginning and this doesn't. Fix the art design and people would be way more open to it. First impressions and all that
I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with following Nintendo's design, but this simultaneously looks too blatantly copied, while simultaneously lacking the charm and maybe looking a little too gamified.
But I actually like the look of the world. It reminds me of PS2/GCN games. I just don't like the character models.
But I actually like the look of the world. It reminds me of PS2/GCN games. I just don't like the character models.
Unfortunately you pretty much nailed it.
I find Stardew Valley's art direction to be serious trash in many ways but I have never heard anyone go off on it like I have this already.
I like a few things about this more than AC (how you drop down houses, the sheer freedom when placing furniture) but the art direction is... iffy.
It has the whole porcelain doll syndrome with the human faces which really don't fit well with the extremely cartoonish proportions of the animals. Kinda needs to go all the way in one direction or the other.
It wouldn't take a lot to fix -- just shrink the animals heads down and give the humans more simplistic faces -- and at that point it could be a pretty solid option.
Also not going real time because of "how people play on PC" is rather bizarre, especially considering AC has had just as many mainline console outings as handheld ones.
It has the whole porcelain doll syndrome with the human faces which really don't fit well with the extremely cartoonish proportions of the animals. Kinda needs to go all the way in one direction or the other.
It wouldn't take a lot to fix -- just shrink the animals heads down and give the humans more simplistic faces -- and at that point it could be a pretty solid option.
Also not going real time because of "how people play on PC" is rather bizarre, especially considering AC has had just as many mainline console outings as handheld ones.
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