I really don't feel as though villagers were actually that more varied

They're also all a bit too sweet, which seems kind of bland and generic. But honestly I have never been randomly told off with one of Animal Crossing Bells my friends/neighbors IRL so it is sensible in a way. A little sass wouldn't hurt, though.

I really don't feel as though villagers were actually that more varied in older games. Realistically it comes down to having matters to do/reasons to check in on the game which keeps people playing. I am not convinced a bit more dialog is the gap between 50 hours and 500.

I'd really like to find some data on this. It feels like there is more diverse dialogue in this one than in any the previous person's to me, and I've got countless hours in each game. Only difference is that the absence of meaner villagers when compared with the first.

I really don't have a link but dataminers found months ago the villagers in NH have more lines of dialogue than any of those old games. You have to keep talking to them for to the interesting and more diverse stuff, which is still a problem since few people talk to their villagers over a few times per day.

The fact that the most upvoted remark in this thread asks trying characters to get stats for mini-games says so much about how the men and women who whine about AC with this sub really don't have any desire to play with AC. You want AC for a very different game. I have put a ton of hours into each AC, and NH is undoubtedly, the biggest step the franchise has taken since the first match. The quantity of freedom you need to produce your city your own is foolish in contrast to the previous game.

I really like Animal Crossing and I agree that faux-RPG mechanisms wouldn't make for a better Animal Crossing, but in many ways New Horizons felt like measure back from New Leaf. The decoration systems are improved but the furniture assortment is supremely lacking, so that it felt much more difficult to make something that felt like it's represented me. I've seen lots of very creative layouts, but I have also seen a ton of basically the exact same bedroom or kitchen or living room. It will not help that they ruined the cheap Animal Crossing New Horizons Bells customization options of NL by making like half the things unable to be customized, so forcing you to wait forever or try and trade for the ideal color box couch.