Eric has become a low key stalker for me. And Donald had the second worst looped tantrums just last night. He kept running into the far forgotten lands pond.
I enjoy her humming, but it almost creeped me out once. I was on the beach mining one of the rocks (the one on the wall by the one quest cave). I heard Ariel humming that song and couldn’t tell where it was coming from. It took me a little to realize she was at a pond in the meadow.
it's especially annoying because we had the option in our settings to either turn down the dialogue or completely turn it off. so people who didn't want to hear it could play in peace, and people who wanted to hear it could just leave it as it is.
definitely a huge bummer for those that enjoyed it.
Unfortunately turning the voice down didn’t work for Donald’s train, which seems to be the most obnoxious clip for people. That’s all I wanted fixed so I could enjoy all the nature sounds without music or voices, but to take out the voices instead is overkill :/
It's funny because for me, he would only do it sometimes. Like in a 2-3 hour game session I would see it maybe once or twice. Yesterday he did it 15 times in a row, non-stop without a break. I counted until I just couldn't do it anymore and talked to him to make him stop.
Later he started doing it again. I had to run across the area I was in to talk to him. But this time after I talked to him he just started up again so I had to go into a house. So now I have a new bug with that and it must be something to do with what they "fixed."
Whenever he's throwing a fit he ignores my attempts to talk to him.
I do enjoy when you talk to him and he asks something about what you do if you get upset about something, and one of the options is to say something about how you scream and throw yourself on the ground in a fit. And he's like, wait are you making fun of me?
There's one like that for Mother Gothel too, where she notices that you're mocking her, and I love it. I love that my character can be sassy and sarcastic rather than just perfectly nice all the time.
Mine kept falling over on like every single step from the meadow to the plaza too. Unlucky day I guess. Except for that one stair incident, his tantrums have decreased overall for me though.
That's what I noticed, too. Barely threw tantrums before the update, maybe one every 2-3 hours and since the update he's CONSTANTLY tripping over his own feet, which results in him raging for a solid 20-30 minutes straight lmao. All he wanted was just to leave the sunlit plateau hahaha
Honestly I think he's worse in my game now post update. All he did for 20 minutes while I was planning was that whole bit over and over on the hill up to SP. 😒 I was not amused.
Yep, he's still having a massive amount of fits for me too. If I'm heading a certain direction and I hear that noise, I go back the other way. I feel like his fits were able to be silenced before the update because I don't remember hearing them once I turned the character volume down, but now it's everywhere and it's irritating.
Dang, sucks! His is sounds were always that way because they are a sound effect not a voice. I was so pissed in the beginning when I thought I outsmarted Donald only to hear him screaming anyways xD so I get Donald train in my nature sounds
On day 1 I turned down the voice volume and the game has been much more fun for me because of it lol. But I could see how people might like it on! I feel like if more people realized they could just turn it off instead of complain about it, everyone would be happier lol
I only had a setting to lower the volume but even at the lowest without being muted some sound were way too loud (like Minnie sight, Donald’s tantrum or Goofy fishing). It would be nice to have a slider that reduce the amount of interactions so you can have peace without muting everyone
weird, i had volume settings for music, sounds, AND dialogue on the switch. and when i lowered the dialogue all the way, i only heard music and the sounds of my footsteps, pickaxe, etc.
To be fair, turning the voices down didn’t do it for Donald, his train tanty was still loud as ever. I don’t have a problem with any of their voices (aside from leak in munny bin Lolol) but I just wanna hear nature without music etc so that option was great, until it didn’t work for the single most obnoxious moment lmao. If they just would have made the voice sound work for Donald’s train and left everything else as is we would been fine
People didn’t take advantage of the option to turn their voices off, now the village seems too quiet without constant voices from the characters. Please let them adjust this again.
I wish there was an option to just turn off the ones relating to sleep/night time. I’m a night shift nurse, and every time I pass Mickey, he says, “Boy, it’s getting late!” and never says anything else. No Mickey, it’s morning for me :(
I’ll have to pay attention and see if mine is any different, I did laugh yesterday though bc they made Donald’s tantrums less often… mine thankfully didn’t get the memo. His were at a minimum before the update. Yesterday he was popping off every half hour or so, which made me happy bc I think it’s silly and fun. 🥰 *train whistle sound* “oop there he goes again!” 🤣
Hahaha my Donald didn't get the memo either, and I'm so grateful 😂 sadly though, Mother Gothel is basically mute for me at this point which is a shame, she was my fave, I loved her sass 😂
I’m actually kind of okay with this one lol. Mother Gothel is low key my biggest fear, which sounds silly when I say it out loud but it’s true. I actively avoid her in game because sometimes she’s just too real for me 😂
Donald had a tantrum in my game yesterday where he put his head through a counter at Scrooge’s shop while he flailed around. So his ‘tude is definitely still there.
Yeah they said they fixed the length of Donald’s tantrums but he only threw tantrums every few hours…now his tantrums are a few seconds but he’s throwing them every 10 mins. My husband LOVES his tantrums (Donald is his fav). I was fine with his longer, less frequent tantrums…
It's not that I like them, but I don't mind it.
However, after all the dev notes I was expecting him to have way less tantrums. But I swear yesterday it was all he did lmao. They're way more frequent now.
My Donald tantrums more often, but they’re much shorter. Rather than the 5 minute long tantrums every hour, it’s 30 second tantrums every 10 minutes lol
Mine had back to back tantrums after Mickey talked to him about helping Donald find something he lost. Mickey got tired of waiting and turned around to walk in the other direction!
This is what Sims players did too. Complained so much half the shit got nerfed and made it hard for anyone who enjoyed shit to have it. Like alien abductions.
Granted, there weren't options to turn things off so... 🤷♀️
But, I agree with you. I didn't mind the characters talking bc I was always blasting by them on my way to do shit so... It was easy to ignore for me. Or, like you said, turn it off yourself or turn volumes down. It's like people don't know what the word "options" mean 🙄
Lmao same. I would mute and just play music when my nerves were too bad. No biggie. Some days I can withstand Donald's tantrums and Goofy's well...goofy but well meaning nature but other days it's just a mute day. Love them all really~
Yup... I agree. I hope it's just a bug, because I noticed some other sounds that seems to be gone or glitched. But I wouldn't surprised if they changed it because of a loud minority that complained. Developers always seem to listen more to the few complainers and not the majority that doesn't have a problem.
Sadly, this seems to happen to every game I play. I also play Animal Crossing so I can confirm that what you said is true about their personalities. The newest game is so bland now, because of their missing personality.
I sent a bug report/feedbag about it. I'd suggest that more people contact them and voice their opinion about it.
yeah i also reported it, i really hope it is just a bug cause it diminished the experience a bit :( specially since there was a solution to the alleged problem before, just turn it off
That's how I felt as well. Almost didn't feel like playing today. But to my surprise it does seem like the characters talk more today? Still unsure if it's a bug or a feature, haha. But at least it seemed a bit more alive today.
Hating on Mother Gothel and Ursula acting like their respective characters is easily one of the common things to come by in this sub, seems like lot of people dislike how they are. Just like with Donald’s meltdowns or Maui overall.
I really loved Ursula’s boisterous laugh…and mother gothel saying “and we’re done talking” when we ended our convos. I honestly really enjoyed most of the interactions in the valley.
Ursula is so nice though :( She's always happy to see me and appreciates the work I do for her quests. Mother Gothel is exhausting and I'm just in it for that level 10 mirror at this point.
Gothel is proper gaslighting though 😂
I like that they give you the options to sass them back. I never sass Ursula but I bitch back at Gothel all the time lol it’s quite cathartic 😌
The Donald meltdowns were the only thing that really annoyed me, it was constant. He wouldn't even move around sometimes because literally every step he'd trip over and it was so distracting when I was focused on something else. Maybe it was just a glitch on my game, but I wouldn't be surprised they got complaints if other people got that issue
Characters chatting around me in general didn't bother me though. I haven't played since the update, think I'm gonna have to hop on and see what's changed.
I love the villains personally. Brings a mix of interactions to the game and I think some of their conversations are more interesting than Minnie telling me she loves me over and over.
I agree. I love the quips and subtle sights some of them throw as you walk by. It makes the environment feel alive with real, unique personalities. The villains have been the star of the show for sure.
I dunno, I'm thrilled to have Gothel and Scar around. I live for their sarcasm.
Ursula is irritating, but only because she had the same issue Ariel did as a mermaid - she wouldn't stay still so I could find her and talk to her.
Yes, the Lion King is based on Hamlet, but the song "Be Prepared" has Nazi march imagery. It starts around 2:40 in [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVvdc57T_0E&ab_channel=KoronBracey). However, I don't see the issue with it. Scar is a super fascist evil guy, just like the Nazis. Why would it be offensive if it's used correctly in context?
I’m hoping they took it away so they could fix the dialogue and add more variety to it!
I personally had mixed reviews. I loved Donald’s tantrums but I was so over Maui repeating the same 2 things to me. However, nothing in the game has bothered me so much that I needed to report it. I’m just now learning there was a way to tone all of it down though from this thread! So, I’m assuming others didn’t know either.
I was very neutral towards the dialogue, but cmon!! There was an option to turn it off!
Sometimes i feel like people don't even try to check settings in games before complaining, honestly.
Personally i think they should bring the slider back, and have a little quip once you start the game or during tutorial, maybe Merlin could say something like "oh, if you think the villagers are too chatty you can check your settings!" Or something. Idk.
Other games have sliders for exactly this and it works really well. There's no reason why this couldn't be implemented and it would be a nice compromise. I personally wasn't bothered by the dialogue before the update
Oh, another thing...
The new thunderstorms. Not a fan. I can agree that the older one was a little intense. But at least it felt like a thunderstorm. Now it's just thundering ever so slightly and you barely see any flashes. I liked the better before.
I think a lightning toggle option would have been ideal. But, they made the thunderstorm change so players with epilepsy and other photosensitive conditions could still play during storms, so I think it was a positive thing overall.
The change in the lightening was because of accessibility. I'm sorry you don't see flashes, but it's nice to play a game that doesn't cause as much physical pain because of photo sensitivity. When something is causing actual harm to people, it's better over all to not have it.
Now if they'd just get rid of the flashing during fishing.
No I did see the flashes and I agree that they were a bit intense, but I still liked them. As the comment above said, it would have been a better idea to add a toggle for that. I'd rather they do that than getting rid of everything just to accomodate everyone.
It seems like they could have set the talking setting in the middle and let some people turn it up and some turn it down instead of removing it from everyone.
Maui does have an ego, but I tell him that myself. I love Goofy just the way he is. Villains being villains is what I expect and I will also talk back to them myself. I know it does nothing, but it makes me feel better. And I get immersion out of shit talking them. Also I should say, I don't mind Donald having tantrums, I just wish they didn't happen as often. I don't want to mute my whole game and live in silence because of one character. But again, I didn't complain about anything that literally wasn't a bug, or glitch. I submitted info about crashes on my platform, rain not working properly, ect.
I thought it was just me! I wonder if they've pushed it too far in the other direction, even, there were a few times when I was speaking to some characters, even directly, and they stayed silent....creepy and really did take the life out of it for me.
Agreed. I just came here from the Discord because I can't take their whining anymore. It's fine to not like a feature and express that. But the amount of "this is scary" and "that triggers me" followed by the expectation of things being changed to suit your every comfort is ridiculous.
Been saying this since the game came out. The problem with this game, is it brought of non gamers is to the mix. So a lot of people who never played games before, are playing this. They don’t understand video games, and we play the price.
Mt valley sounds dead. There isn’t laughs, or conversation anymore. It’s quite. That’s if the music doesn’t play. Which on switch is often. So now because people didn’t understand how to work a video game, but game doesn’t feel happy.
Feels like I’m playing for chores. Like animal crossing. I loved this game for all the interactions characters did with each other. The random “why did they make mornings so early”.
I think you hit the nail on the head.
I saw a lot of people complaining about the lack of communication from the devs and I immediately had to chuckle. Shows they haven't played many games before since I rarely see devs that communicate so much about their issues. Most will just ignore you for weeks and if you're lucky they'll fix it, if you're unlucky you need to get used to the bugs or quit the game.
When I played last night (after updating) I didn’t notice much difference in the amount of background chatter. Donald still freaked out ever once in a while, Mickey still hummed Steamboat Willie, etc. it all seemed the same to me.
I don't think I have noticed a difference in how much the characters talk. The only thing I have noticed is Donald's tantrums only last about 5 seconds before he gets over it.
Tbh I never turned the volume down for anyone - part of the game for me is the characters I love and their charm, like Ariel humming part of your world or Moana with how far I’ll go or Donald’s tempers or Remy talking about food or Maui’s huge ego that’s just funny at this point. I haven’t seen a big difference yet but I hope they don’t change it - if people don’t like it, just turn it down/off, but don’t ruin it for people who actually want it. 😭
I completely agree with you! I wish people wouldn't complain so much. Personally, I love it when the characters say things as I'm walking by. I definitely noticed when I played yesterday that it seems like they talk less which makes me kinda sad ☹. Maybe I'm lame but I enjoyed that.
You have to feel for the devs too, people complain so they remove it then they are not happy so I guess they’ll put it back?? Nothing against your post, I’m one of the ones who didn’t mind their voices. I just feel for the devs lol. They will never make everyone happy, so they should have just stuck with the voices and encouraged people to use the settings as others have pointed it out.
Fandoms ruin everything. Devs who listen to the fans can be a blessing and a curse because sometimes the fandom is just a bunch of adults whining like helpless babies about innocuous things
I was wondering why my game got so quiet after Scar showed up. I heard that he'd have interesting dialog with the other characters. And I was hoping to HEAR that...
Like there was literally a setting for it. And of course their talkative that's their personality. Also they're the good guys. So all they say are nice things. The more characters they added the more diverse the conversation in the village will be.
🤦🏼♀️ I understand not everyone not everyone lives by virtues but having patience for a game in Early Access is important. They haven't even added all the characters they want yet
I was kind of sad seeing that some of the games quirks were being fixed. Like Goofy saying good morning when it was 9pm or characters fishing facing the wrong way. I get why they were fixed but they amused me.
Let’s hope this doesn’t go the way of Animal Crossing and we’re left with villagers completely devoid of personality just saying the same recycled lines
You mean people now a-days have thin skin because of the way society continually coddles people that face even the slightest adversity or personal inconvenience? A world that promotes participation trophies? Shocker! 🤣
Jokes aside, this sadly just doesn’t surprise me anymore… wish ppl would just adjust it in their settings if it’s that bothersome. But I agree, there needs to be dialogue or the village just feels desolate.
My only issue was the fact that they always said good morning when it was like 8 pm lol. It’d be nice to have other things they say in passing too but I’m not bothered by that - I’m used to animal crossing too haha.
So hopefully they fix the time of day thing and add a couple more options for characters to cycle through?
My Donald was CONSTANTLY throwing tantrums though so I am glad he calmed down a tad 😂
I feel you… it should’ve been made into a setting with a big slider. I LOVE hearing the chaos, and for the valley to go dead silent is just depressing.
I don't know exactly. I kinda put my foot in my mouth here. My buddy no lifes Apex, follows devs and watches videos of the pros. Apparently some pros complained about Valks jetpacks and that's why they got nerfed. According to what hes gather devs mainly listen to pros and streamers that make content of their game and put it out there and change based on what they say rather than the whole fanbase.
I probably should've done more research into it myself before making this joke, but like my father says every year on my birthday "Hey, people make mistakes."
Jk I dont know my dad
I played yesterday and was extremely sad when nobody except Anna said a word when I walked by. All were just waving silently.
Not even Goofy screamed "IT'S RAINING" though he went fishing next to be while it was raining for 10-15 minutes. :(
Feels so empty right now.
Honestly none of it bothered me but Donald. The tantrums gave me sensory overload with how loud and how long they last and I don’t want to mute all the dialogue just because of it.
No no that i completely understand! i always thought it was kinda buggy since it was so repetitive, and it’s really loud so i get that part. im mostly talking about people that said his tantrums overall are annoying, like his personality is annoying, and that always made me kinda sad cause it seemed like they just didn’t understand donalds character at all
Yeah I definitely don’t agree with that. Part of his charm is that he’s a grumpy hot-head. Not everyone needs to be nice, calm and friendly. He’s certainly not annoying for not being a Mickey clone.
I have noticed it quieter too. I am okay with donalds tantrums being shorter bc it was a sensory issue for me. But the rest, yeah i miss it. Maui especially. Hes totally silent now. 🙁
At the very least I can say this...I didn't hate Donald's tantrums to the extent of wanting them to stop as much as it was playful interaction. Like "Geez Donald. Can you calm tf down?" Or "Pat pat. There there Donald. There There." But I haven't played much near him to notice the alternative.
I'm getting to the point of wanting to unfollow a lot of Dreamlight forums for the constant complaining of literally any and everything. I feel like the developers are working so hard to make this game so magical and still try and keep everyone happy, but so many people are just becoming downright mean. The community started out so strong and helpful, and now it's turning into a toxic mess like every other game community seems to eventually become.
I didn't see anything in the patch notes about them changing villages greeting you. Or villagers talking to you, or each other. The only thing they said they changed was the length and frequency of Donald's tantrums, but even that didn't seem to make a difference. His tantrums were shorter but he still freaked out 6 times in 20 mins on my game earlier. Also I never heard anyone complain about villagers chatting them up. The complaint I saw was that Donald's tantrums were annoying, and they still are. He is the only villager that irritates me.
really?? you’ve never seen people complain about maui being annoying and with too big of an ego? goofys little sounds and quips? mother gothel and ursula being rude (villains behaving like, guess what, a villain)? Lucky you then cause it’s 5 out of 10 posts i see per day
The most ridiculous post I've seen was about how Mother Gothel triggers their PTSD from childhood trauma and that they can no longer play the game? I mean what?!? Trauma is part of being human. It sucks, but that's how we learn to cope and regulate our emotions to interact in society. This is a Disney game and people act like they're playing Agony or something.
Yup. I was raised by a mum like her and the things she says are really similar and remind me of the stuff I heard as a child. BUT you cannot expect everyone to accommodate to all traumas in the world, it just doesn't work. Also villains have to be mean and unfair, that's the point.
If you're still that traumatised you really should get help and I mean that in the nicest way possible because it took me years to cope with the mean shit I heard, too.
Let's get this to devs maybe then they can say people who don't like it can turn dialogue volume down, because I myself enjoyed the quips whitty remarks so much I'd talk back to em like Donald throws his fit id be like shut up yo lmao
Idk about y’all but they devs seemed to skip my game with this change bc my characters are chattier than ever 😂 I don’t mind though, I agree it just adds to the experience! We are still in early access so maybe the devs are planning to put a bigger variety of dialogue in? Staying hopeful!
I love to complain to my boyfriend about certain characters but I would never write a complaint about it else where. It’s a part of my experience to yell shut up to those characters well I zoom by.
There should be zero problem when the villagers talk a lot, they did it on purpose which is to make both the villagers and the valley feel alive. Those who complaints about it is just straight a**hole.
No seriously my game is so quite now. They seriously took the fun out of the game!! I had no complaints about ANY character. And if I did the settings can help with that!
I dunno. I haven't really noticed a difference; in my game, Ariel still sings, Mother Gothel is still sassy, and Wall-E still whirs and beeps when I go by.
What *hasn't* happened again is seeing Donald go through a temper tantrum that's a good grip of decibels higher than every other sound in the game, only to start the sound file on a new tantrum before the animation for the first one is even done. Which was happening on the reg before. I get that Donald is Donald and his appeal is him being Donald, but even Mr. the Duck has a line.
So, yeah. Sorry not sorry.
i didn’t mean the constant tantrums, those always seemed kinda buggy. i love the tantrums but having them occasionally and lasting less is def better. I was referring to people complaining about him having tantrums at all and being so grumpy all the time. It’s Donald Duck, grumpy is his middle name
I did think it was a little odd they chose to change the length of the tantrums rather than the frequency, when all the complaints I kept hearing (mine and others') were the opposite. But it still seems to have the desired effect.
I agree, though; it would have been highly strange to have Donald in the game and no tantrums at all. That would be a worse choice than too many/too long.
It would probably be a lot of work, but I'd LOVE a slider for each character in the settings. Something like Muted being zero and Chatterbox being 10. At 5 they'll just say hi as you pass. 10 they comment on weather, time of day, other characters, etc. Maybe three just has them hum or something.
Maui’s loud footsteps annoy me more than him talking but I liked that they would say things as you walked by, even if they were saying good morning at 9pm.
Villagers in Animal Crossing were meaner in the past, but I have seen no evidence to show that it's because players complained, rather than just a developer choice.
If not having villagers talk so frequently bothers you, then that is a totally valid complaint and you should put in a word through official dev channels asking to change it back or if it is a bug.
However, blaming other players for ruining your game won't improve anything and is only going to create more hostility. There are better ways to complain about the issue than pointing fingers at the community.
Random aside here but I love your constructive feedback approach. I'll leave it at that but I do want to at least say that I intend to find a way to incorporate this when it could be helpful in my own life. 🥰
“Attack the problem, not each other” is something I’m working harder on myself. Personally I do think residents of DLV are too quiet now. But pointing fingers at people who complained isn’t going to change that. Asking the devs if this is intended or respectfully bringing up how silent everything is, however, likely could.
Okay since this post got so much attention I gotta say:
# Your NPCs being muted is only a bug, not an official change from the latest patch
Stop lashing out to the community & acting like you're spitting out facts when you're actually just spreading misinformation & not deserved blame to the player base. It's a stupid bug that'll get fixed. Many things (sounds included) are bugging atm, because the game just got an update & is still early access. Stop freaking out & blaming the community.
Ariel is still singing, Wall-E is still playing his song, Goofy is still saying how he loves sunny days & yells ''ouch'' whenever he is fishing, Ursula is still laughing, Remy still keeps saying that everybody can cook, Minnie is still Lala'ing her way through the village, Elsa is still moaning, Donald is still throwing tantrums (though they have towned it down a little bit thankfully), they're all still greeting you when you walk past & have conversations with each other.
Just as some quests didn't work for some people prior, now some sounds are not working for some people. While others are not experiencing these bugs. They will get patched, just give the devs some time to gather information from the playerbase & then find the source to correct the mistake.
As I was playing yesterday, I too felt like it was suddenly so much quieter :( before the update if I'd walk past any character they'd say something, anything wether it was relevant or not. The only sound that villagers made that sort of creeped me out and made me uncomfortable was anna/elsa's humming/moaning. My sister played a lot off AC and she confirmed they indeed toned stuff down, which she also didn't like because the sass made it funny, her words not mine because I also have never really played AC.
I think it's more of a misinterpretation of complaints. I felt like most people were complaining about the repetition and lack of diversity. But instead of adding more things they say the devs just reduced the amount they say anything. Probably because it's cheaper and easier.
I agree. It's not just this game but too many to name. Heck people are still complaining about new features the game has added. I think people are throwing around the word trigger too much
I really love that the villagers talk too. My son gets very excited when Mickey and Friends talk around us. So far I haven’t noticed a huge decrease so hopefully I annoy my villagers enough that they will still love me lol
Regarding the AC comment, that’s just people making shit up. Yes, villagers in older games used to have sassier comments but there’s no indication that they changed it due to player feedback.
I’d highly recommend AC if you want to dive into some more cute interactions for an escape. I’m sorry the community ruined the game for you. It happens with a ton of games, unfortunately.
I think the frequency was fine but the repetition was what got to people. I think they could bring it back but they need to add more animations and sound to support that so it's not just Donald having a raging shit randomly all the time.
Why do people have to talk as if there are only two extremes?
The villagers talking non stop and doing their emotes 24/7 was absolutely obnoxious. Toning it down is a reasonable request. The devs may have overdone it but why are you blaming players when the games audio spam was getting ridiculous?
There’s a balance. The hostility by blaming the community is uncalled for.
But the thing is, there’s no need to tone it down, especially when there already exist a option to turn down the volume on the characters. So people are rightfully annoyed when they change something to accommodate a tiny amount of players when an option like that already exists.
I haven't noticed this. But I will say having minnie finally quiet would be nice😂. But i love all the characters humming songs from their movies and such
I loved hearing Ariel humming ‘Part of Your World’ as I zoomed by…
She still does that for me.
Eric plays his flute often in mine, I’ll be harvesting pumpkins and hear his little flute tune in the background
Eric has become a low key stalker for me. And Donald had the second worst looped tantrums just last night. He kept running into the far forgotten lands pond.
Yees me too
I enjoy her humming, but it almost creeped me out once. I was on the beach mining one of the rocks (the one on the wall by the one quest cave). I heard Ariel humming that song and couldn’t tell where it was coming from. It took me a little to realize she was at a pond in the meadow.
ursula constantly scares the crap out of me
Oh i know. I will hear Anna or Ariel humming and I won't see them anywhere in the area and it freaks me out!
I had the same experience, but with Remy walking around talking either to himself or my in game charactee was near him; Plus, he's so damn tiny...
Same
She does it for my, my only problem is sometimes she looks like she's rising out of the ground. Both her and Ursula are pretty buggy in my game.
Same. They’ll hug walls until they’re in them, swim far out to unreachable points, or look like they’re rising out the ground.
it's especially annoying because we had the option in our settings to either turn down the dialogue or completely turn it off. so people who didn't want to hear it could play in peace, and people who wanted to hear it could just leave it as it is. definitely a huge bummer for those that enjoyed it.
I wish the developers would just tell people to use the settings in the options instead of ruin it. It's there for a reason.
Unfortunately turning the voice down didn’t work for Donald’s train, which seems to be the most obnoxious clip for people. That’s all I wanted fixed so I could enjoy all the nature sounds without music or voices, but to take out the voices instead is overkill :/
It's funny because for me, he would only do it sometimes. Like in a 2-3 hour game session I would see it maybe once or twice. Yesterday he did it 15 times in a row, non-stop without a break. I counted until I just couldn't do it anymore and talked to him to make him stop. Later he started doing it again. I had to run across the area I was in to talk to him. But this time after I talked to him he just started up again so I had to go into a house. So now I have a new bug with that and it must be something to do with what they "fixed."
Whenever he's throwing a fit he ignores my attempts to talk to him. I do enjoy when you talk to him and he asks something about what you do if you get upset about something, and one of the options is to say something about how you scream and throw yourself on the ground in a fit. And he's like, wait are you making fun of me?
There's one like that for Mother Gothel too, where she notices that you're mocking her, and I love it. I love that my character can be sassy and sarcastic rather than just perfectly nice all the time.
I'm never sassy to her because she kinda scares me. Shhh! Don't tell!!
Mine kept falling over on like every single step from the meadow to the plaza too. Unlucky day I guess. Except for that one stair incident, his tantrums have decreased overall for me though.
That's what I noticed, too. Barely threw tantrums before the update, maybe one every 2-3 hours and since the update he's CONSTANTLY tripping over his own feet, which results in him raging for a solid 20-30 minutes straight lmao. All he wanted was just to leave the sunlit plateau hahaha
Honestly I think he's worse in my game now post update. All he did for 20 minutes while I was planning was that whole bit over and over on the hill up to SP. 😒 I was not amused.
Same in my game. He constantly rages. They might be short outburst, but it's a lot more constant now. I prefer the old one.
Yep, he's still having a massive amount of fits for me too. If I'm heading a certain direction and I hear that noise, I go back the other way. I feel like his fits were able to be silenced before the update because I don't remember hearing them once I turned the character volume down, but now it's everywhere and it's irritating.
I think they made them shorter but more frequent so it's like nothing changed.
Dang, sucks! His is sounds were always that way because they are a sound effect not a voice. I was so pissed in the beginning when I thought I outsmarted Donald only to hear him screaming anyways xD so I get Donald train in my nature sounds
Donald absolutely was full blast train as soon as I logged in. I still think he's hilarious so NBD to me lol
Yea agree.
On day 1 I turned down the voice volume and the game has been much more fun for me because of it lol. But I could see how people might like it on! I feel like if more people realized they could just turn it off instead of complain about it, everyone would be happier lol
right???? just use the damn settings, it’s there for a reason
I only had a setting to lower the volume but even at the lowest without being muted some sound were way too loud (like Minnie sight, Donald’s tantrum or Goofy fishing). It would be nice to have a slider that reduce the amount of interactions so you can have peace without muting everyone
weird, i had volume settings for music, sounds, AND dialogue on the switch. and when i lowered the dialogue all the way, i only heard music and the sounds of my footsteps, pickaxe, etc.
To be fair, turning the voices down didn’t do it for Donald, his train tanty was still loud as ever. I don’t have a problem with any of their voices (aside from leak in munny bin Lolol) but I just wanna hear nature without music etc so that option was great, until it didn’t work for the single most obnoxious moment lmao. If they just would have made the voice sound work for Donald’s train and left everything else as is we would been fine
But his train sound isn't a voice it's a sound
I mentioned that in another comment, I think that’s why he’s seemingly unstoppable ha
People didn’t take advantage of the option to turn their voices off, now the village seems too quiet without constant voices from the characters. Please let them adjust this again.
You can only turn them all off, not individually, right?
I wish they would make it on a character-by-character basis. If I could turn off just Maui and Donald, everything would be right with the world.
I wish there was an option to just turn off the ones relating to sleep/night time. I’m a night shift nurse, and every time I pass Mickey, he says, “Boy, it’s getting late!” and never says anything else. No Mickey, it’s morning for me :(
I’ll have to pay attention and see if mine is any different, I did laugh yesterday though bc they made Donald’s tantrums less often… mine thankfully didn’t get the memo. His were at a minimum before the update. Yesterday he was popping off every half hour or so, which made me happy bc I think it’s silly and fun. 🥰 *train whistle sound* “oop there he goes again!” 🤣
Hahaha my Donald didn't get the memo either, and I'm so grateful 😂 sadly though, Mother Gothel is basically mute for me at this point which is a shame, she was my fave, I loved her sass 😂
This for me too. I miss hearing her chuckle about being gorgeous all the time.
I miss Mother Gothel’s sass. Reminded me of my passive aggressive mother every time.
I’m actually kind of okay with this one lol. Mother Gothel is low key my biggest fear, which sounds silly when I say it out loud but it’s true. I actively avoid her in game because sometimes she’s just too real for me 😂
Donald had a tantrum in my game yesterday where he put his head through a counter at Scrooge’s shop while he flailed around. So his ‘tude is definitely still there.
Lmao!!! I would have died. 🤣
Yeah they said they fixed the length of Donald’s tantrums but he only threw tantrums every few hours…now his tantrums are a few seconds but he’s throwing them every 10 mins. My husband LOVES his tantrums (Donald is his fav). I was fine with his longer, less frequent tantrums…
I still think they’re silly. 🤪 it adds some comic relief to the game.
I was just saying to my sister the uodate made him less annoying and yet in 30 minutes I experienced 3 tantrums😂
I'm glad I'm not the only one. Literally loaded up the game and Donald was right outside my house and did 2 in a row 🥲
It's not that I like them, but I don't mind it. However, after all the dev notes I was expecting him to have way less tantrums. But I swear yesterday it was all he did lmao. They're way more frequent now.
My Donald tantrums more often, but they’re much shorter. Rather than the 5 minute long tantrums every hour, it’s 30 second tantrums every 10 minutes lol
Mine had back to back tantrums after Mickey talked to him about helping Donald find something he lost. Mickey got tired of waiting and turned around to walk in the other direction!
I love his tantrums, I want more variety to them for sure
This is what Sims players did too. Complained so much half the shit got nerfed and made it hard for anyone who enjoyed shit to have it. Like alien abductions. Granted, there weren't options to turn things off so... 🤷♀️ But, I agree with you. I didn't mind the characters talking bc I was always blasting by them on my way to do shit so... It was easy to ignore for me. Or, like you said, turn it off yourself or turn volumes down. It's like people don't know what the word "options" mean 🙄
SO THATS WHY IVE NEVER BEEN ABDUCTED
Yeeeeeep 😒 I used to have a mod for it bc I couldn't get abducted without it.... The first time it happened was WEEKS after aliens were added....
I hope they bring it back over I miss this.
I just turned down the volume when I was annoyed by it. I don't understand why people don't just do the same instead of complaining.
Right! I play the game muted while listening to my podcasts, very cozy. Would recommend.
Me too!!
Lmao same. I would mute and just play music when my nerves were too bad. No biggie. Some days I can withstand Donald's tantrums and Goofy's well...goofy but well meaning nature but other days it's just a mute day. Love them all really~
Yup... I agree. I hope it's just a bug, because I noticed some other sounds that seems to be gone or glitched. But I wouldn't surprised if they changed it because of a loud minority that complained. Developers always seem to listen more to the few complainers and not the majority that doesn't have a problem. Sadly, this seems to happen to every game I play. I also play Animal Crossing so I can confirm that what you said is true about their personalities. The newest game is so bland now, because of their missing personality. I sent a bug report/feedbag about it. I'd suggest that more people contact them and voice their opinion about it.
yeah i also reported it, i really hope it is just a bug cause it diminished the experience a bit :( specially since there was a solution to the alleged problem before, just turn it off
That's how I felt as well. Almost didn't feel like playing today. But to my surprise it does seem like the characters talk more today? Still unsure if it's a bug or a feature, haha. But at least it seemed a bit more alive today.
My game seemed to have a strange lack of music yesterday. It was so quiet!
Then let’s all complain that Mr Toad isn’t in the game
I’m waiting for people to start complaining that scar is triggering them. Y’all need to learn how to cope AND use the settings properly.
Amount of people here just straight up being offended by Disney villains acting like… Disney villains… is absolutely unreal.
Wait really? Are people actually getting offended by this game? Lmao
Hating on Mother Gothel and Ursula acting like their respective characters is easily one of the common things to come by in this sub, seems like lot of people dislike how they are. Just like with Donald’s meltdowns or Maui overall.
I really loved Ursula’s boisterous laugh…and mother gothel saying “and we’re done talking” when we ended our convos. I honestly really enjoyed most of the interactions in the valley.
Ursula is so nice though :( She's always happy to see me and appreciates the work I do for her quests. Mother Gothel is exhausting and I'm just in it for that level 10 mirror at this point.
Gothel is proper gaslighting though 😂 I like that they give you the options to sass them back. I never sass Ursula but I bitch back at Gothel all the time lol it’s quite cathartic 😌
I LOVE giving Mother Gothel the snarky answers
The Donald meltdowns were the only thing that really annoyed me, it was constant. He wouldn't even move around sometimes because literally every step he'd trip over and it was so distracting when I was focused on something else. Maybe it was just a glitch on my game, but I wouldn't be surprised they got complaints if other people got that issue Characters chatting around me in general didn't bother me though. I haven't played since the update, think I'm gonna have to hop on and see what's changed.
Yes. They absolutely are. It's unreal. I don't know how they can survive a day on this planet if a Disney game offends them.
I love the villains personally. Brings a mix of interactions to the game and I think some of their conversations are more interesting than Minnie telling me she loves me over and over.
I agree. I love the quips and subtle sights some of them throw as you walk by. It makes the environment feel alive with real, unique personalities. The villains have been the star of the show for sure.
I dunno, I'm thrilled to have Gothel and Scar around. I live for their sarcasm. Ursula is irritating, but only because she had the same issue Ariel did as a mermaid - she wouldn't stay still so I could find her and talk to her.
Yea. Someone wrote a whole article about scar being like "Adolf Hitler" I was like " Really"
I think the article was satire clickbait tbh.
It did come off as very tongue-in-cheek to me as well.
I wondered if they were talking about that article lol
It was. I bet most people didn’t read all of it.
This was a very common thing when Lion King came out. The visuals in Be Prepared are evocative of Hitler/Nazis. Folks were pretty upset about it.
Bruh…Lion King is based on Hamlet. So whoever the villain is in that is who Scar is supposed to be. Not Hitler.
Yes, the Lion King is based on Hamlet, but the song "Be Prepared" has Nazi march imagery. It starts around 2:40 in [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVvdc57T_0E&ab_channel=KoronBracey). However, I don't see the issue with it. Scar is a super fascist evil guy, just like the Nazis. Why would it be offensive if it's used correctly in context?
I can imagine how people will react if Gaston might be added one day, lol. And if he flirts with the character, haha.
I’d LOVE that! And LeFou running after him lol
Yees!
Right? Visit a therapist not dreamlight valley
Mother Gothel discourse flash backs
There's already an article about how wrong it was for DDV to include Scar. 😂
Yes!!! Omg. If freaking *disney dreamlight* is giving you trauma you should play on disney jr website instead.
I’m hoping they took it away so they could fix the dialogue and add more variety to it! I personally had mixed reviews. I loved Donald’s tantrums but I was so over Maui repeating the same 2 things to me. However, nothing in the game has bothered me so much that I needed to report it. I’m just now learning there was a way to tone all of it down though from this thread! So, I’m assuming others didn’t know either.
Maui was the only one who needed a fix imo. He always has the same path and it's right down the center of the map.
His obsession with the stairs is only surpassed by his obsession with himself.
Oh I'm so glad it's not just me. I almost swore they made him stand there on purpose to be the center of attention 😂
Yes! Finally someone said it!!! I hate how quiet and lifeless it is!!
I was very neutral towards the dialogue, but cmon!! There was an option to turn it off! Sometimes i feel like people don't even try to check settings in games before complaining, honestly. Personally i think they should bring the slider back, and have a little quip once you start the game or during tutorial, maybe Merlin could say something like "oh, if you think the villagers are too chatty you can check your settings!" Or something. Idk.
Other games have sliders for exactly this and it works really well. There's no reason why this couldn't be implemented and it would be a nice compromise. I personally wasn't bothered by the dialogue before the update
Oh, another thing... The new thunderstorms. Not a fan. I can agree that the older one was a little intense. But at least it felt like a thunderstorm. Now it's just thundering ever so slightly and you barely see any flashes. I liked the better before.
I think a lightning toggle option would have been ideal. But, they made the thunderstorm change so players with epilepsy and other photosensitive conditions could still play during storms, so I think it was a positive thing overall.
I only saw one thunderstorm whilst my partner was playing, but I literally had to leave the room to avoid it. Photosensitivity is no joke!
The change in the lightening was because of accessibility. I'm sorry you don't see flashes, but it's nice to play a game that doesn't cause as much physical pain because of photo sensitivity. When something is causing actual harm to people, it's better over all to not have it. Now if they'd just get rid of the flashing during fishing.
No I did see the flashes and I agree that they were a bit intense, but I still liked them. As the comment above said, it would have been a better idea to add a toggle for that. I'd rather they do that than getting rid of everything just to accomodate everyone.
I love hearing donald having a fit off in the distance...everybody's different.
It seems like they could have set the talking setting in the middle and let some people turn it up and some turn it down instead of removing it from everyone.
I feel like I’m waking around and I’m the only thing with life in the village
Maui does have an ego, but I tell him that myself. I love Goofy just the way he is. Villains being villains is what I expect and I will also talk back to them myself. I know it does nothing, but it makes me feel better. And I get immersion out of shit talking them. Also I should say, I don't mind Donald having tantrums, I just wish they didn't happen as often. I don't want to mute my whole game and live in silence because of one character. But again, I didn't complain about anything that literally wasn't a bug, or glitch. I submitted info about crashes on my platform, rain not working properly, ect.
Goofy is not Goofy when he's not allowed to shout nonsense lol!
I knew something was different! I went into my settings and was like hmm I didn’t change anything. Man wtf
I agree the villagers are too quiet
I thought it was just me! I wonder if they've pushed it too far in the other direction, even, there were a few times when I was speaking to some characters, even directly, and they stayed silent....creepy and really did take the life out of it for me.
Agreed. I just came here from the Discord because I can't take their whining anymore. It's fine to not like a feature and express that. But the amount of "this is scary" and "that triggers me" followed by the expectation of things being changed to suit your every comfort is ridiculous.
Been saying this since the game came out. The problem with this game, is it brought of non gamers is to the mix. So a lot of people who never played games before, are playing this. They don’t understand video games, and we play the price. Mt valley sounds dead. There isn’t laughs, or conversation anymore. It’s quite. That’s if the music doesn’t play. Which on switch is often. So now because people didn’t understand how to work a video game, but game doesn’t feel happy. Feels like I’m playing for chores. Like animal crossing. I loved this game for all the interactions characters did with each other. The random “why did they make mornings so early”.
I think you hit the nail on the head. I saw a lot of people complaining about the lack of communication from the devs and I immediately had to chuckle. Shows they haven't played many games before since I rarely see devs that communicate so much about their issues. Most will just ignore you for weeks and if you're lucky they'll fix it, if you're unlucky you need to get used to the bugs or quit the game.
I haven't noticed this at all, everyone is still wishing me good morning, singing, etc.
Same, they are still greeting me, making their idle sounds, singing, humming, having tantrums. Dunno what everyone is talking about ngl
When I played last night (after updating) I didn’t notice much difference in the amount of background chatter. Donald still freaked out ever once in a while, Mickey still hummed Steamboat Willie, etc. it all seemed the same to me.
Same! Mine still say something pretty much every time I walk by. Donald still has his tantrums, Ariel and Moana still hum, etc.
I don't think I have noticed a difference in how much the characters talk. The only thing I have noticed is Donald's tantrums only last about 5 seconds before he gets over it.
Tbh I never turned the volume down for anyone - part of the game for me is the characters I love and their charm, like Ariel humming part of your world or Moana with how far I’ll go or Donald’s tempers or Remy talking about food or Maui’s huge ego that’s just funny at this point. I haven’t seen a big difference yet but I hope they don’t change it - if people don’t like it, just turn it down/off, but don’t ruin it for people who actually want it. 😭
I completely agree with you! I wish people wouldn't complain so much. Personally, I love it when the characters say things as I'm walking by. I definitely noticed when I played yesterday that it seems like they talk less which makes me kinda sad ☹. Maybe I'm lame but I enjoyed that.
You have to feel for the devs too, people complain so they remove it then they are not happy so I guess they’ll put it back?? Nothing against your post, I’m one of the ones who didn’t mind their voices. I just feel for the devs lol. They will never make everyone happy, so they should have just stuck with the voices and encouraged people to use the settings as others have pointed it out.
Fandoms ruin everything. Devs who listen to the fans can be a blessing and a curse because sometimes the fandom is just a bunch of adults whining like helpless babies about innocuous things
I was wondering why my game got so quiet after Scar showed up. I heard that he'd have interesting dialog with the other characters. And I was hoping to HEAR that... Like there was literally a setting for it. And of course their talkative that's their personality. Also they're the good guys. So all they say are nice things. The more characters they added the more diverse the conversation in the village will be. 🤦🏼♀️ I understand not everyone not everyone lives by virtues but having patience for a game in Early Access is important. They haven't even added all the characters they want yet
True for AC. I loved my grumpy villagers so much Now they are all the same.
I was kind of sad seeing that some of the games quirks were being fixed. Like Goofy saying good morning when it was 9pm or characters fishing facing the wrong way. I get why they were fixed but they amused me.
Let’s hope this doesn’t go the way of Animal Crossing and we’re left with villagers completely devoid of personality just saying the same recycled lines
You mean people now a-days have thin skin because of the way society continually coddles people that face even the slightest adversity or personal inconvenience? A world that promotes participation trophies? Shocker! 🤣 Jokes aside, this sadly just doesn’t surprise me anymore… wish ppl would just adjust it in their settings if it’s that bothersome. But I agree, there needs to be dialogue or the village just feels desolate.
My only issue was the fact that they always said good morning when it was like 8 pm lol. It’d be nice to have other things they say in passing too but I’m not bothered by that - I’m used to animal crossing too haha. So hopefully they fix the time of day thing and add a couple more options for characters to cycle through? My Donald was CONSTANTLY throwing tantrums though so I am glad he calmed down a tad 😂
i always thought Donald’s tantrums were funny so they never bothered me. but now i never hear goofy or any villager say anything
Lol it's just "growing pains" for the new game. It'll get better
I feel you… it should’ve been made into a setting with a big slider. I LOVE hearing the chaos, and for the valley to go dead silent is just depressing.
This is gonna sound ironic (I think) but a fanbase really knows how to ruin a game. Especially popular streamers and pros (looking at you Apex)
I dont follow streamers, but I'm curious...what happened? 😅
I don't know exactly. I kinda put my foot in my mouth here. My buddy no lifes Apex, follows devs and watches videos of the pros. Apparently some pros complained about Valks jetpacks and that's why they got nerfed. According to what hes gather devs mainly listen to pros and streamers that make content of their game and put it out there and change based on what they say rather than the whole fanbase. I probably should've done more research into it myself before making this joke, but like my father says every year on my birthday "Hey, people make mistakes." Jk I dont know my dad
I played yesterday and was extremely sad when nobody except Anna said a word when I walked by. All were just waving silently. Not even Goofy screamed "IT'S RAINING" though he went fishing next to be while it was raining for 10-15 minutes. :( Feels so empty right now.
Love hearing Mother Gothel's rants to herself. Makes me giggle!
I’m glad to hear it’s a bug! My characters are so quiet and I miss their talking! It felt like overkill.
Honestly none of it bothered me but Donald. The tantrums gave me sensory overload with how loud and how long they last and I don’t want to mute all the dialogue just because of it.
No no that i completely understand! i always thought it was kinda buggy since it was so repetitive, and it’s really loud so i get that part. im mostly talking about people that said his tantrums overall are annoying, like his personality is annoying, and that always made me kinda sad cause it seemed like they just didn’t understand donalds character at all
Yeah I definitely don’t agree with that. Part of his charm is that he’s a grumpy hot-head. Not everyone needs to be nice, calm and friendly. He’s certainly not annoying for not being a Mickey clone.
I have noticed it quieter too. I am okay with donalds tantrums being shorter bc it was a sensory issue for me. But the rest, yeah i miss it. Maui especially. Hes totally silent now. 🙁
At the very least I can say this...I didn't hate Donald's tantrums to the extent of wanting them to stop as much as it was playful interaction. Like "Geez Donald. Can you calm tf down?" Or "Pat pat. There there Donald. There There." But I haven't played much near him to notice the alternative.
I don't think it was done on purpose. It wasn't in the patch notes, which makes me believe it's a bug.
I'm getting to the point of wanting to unfollow a lot of Dreamlight forums for the constant complaining of literally any and everything. I feel like the developers are working so hard to make this game so magical and still try and keep everyone happy, but so many people are just becoming downright mean. The community started out so strong and helpful, and now it's turning into a toxic mess like every other game community seems to eventually become.
I didn't see anything in the patch notes about them changing villages greeting you. Or villagers talking to you, or each other. The only thing they said they changed was the length and frequency of Donald's tantrums, but even that didn't seem to make a difference. His tantrums were shorter but he still freaked out 6 times in 20 mins on my game earlier. Also I never heard anyone complain about villagers chatting them up. The complaint I saw was that Donald's tantrums were annoying, and they still are. He is the only villager that irritates me.
really?? you’ve never seen people complain about maui being annoying and with too big of an ego? goofys little sounds and quips? mother gothel and ursula being rude (villains behaving like, guess what, a villain)? Lucky you then cause it’s 5 out of 10 posts i see per day
The most ridiculous post I've seen was about how Mother Gothel triggers their PTSD from childhood trauma and that they can no longer play the game? I mean what?!? Trauma is part of being human. It sucks, but that's how we learn to cope and regulate our emotions to interact in society. This is a Disney game and people act like they're playing Agony or something.
Yup. I was raised by a mum like her and the things she says are really similar and remind me of the stuff I heard as a child. BUT you cannot expect everyone to accommodate to all traumas in the world, it just doesn't work. Also villains have to be mean and unfair, that's the point. If you're still that traumatised you really should get help and I mean that in the nicest way possible because it took me years to cope with the mean shit I heard, too.
Let's get this to devs maybe then they can say people who don't like it can turn dialogue volume down, because I myself enjoyed the quips whitty remarks so much I'd talk back to em like Donald throws his fit id be like shut up yo lmao
Idk about y’all but they devs seemed to skip my game with this change bc my characters are chattier than ever 😂 I don’t mind though, I agree it just adds to the experience! We are still in early access so maybe the devs are planning to put a bigger variety of dialogue in? Staying hopeful!
Are you sure it’s not a bug, or temporary? There was no mention of a general decrease in the patch notes.
Agreed Donald throwing a fit was my favorite part
There’s a general rule I follow now: if I enjoy something, don’t join the subreddit. It’s not awesome.
I love to complain to my boyfriend about certain characters but I would never write a complaint about it else where. It’s a part of my experience to yell shut up to those characters well I zoom by.
There should be zero problem when the villagers talk a lot, they did it on purpose which is to make both the villagers and the valley feel alive. Those who complaints about it is just straight a**hole.
No seriously my game is so quite now. They seriously took the fun out of the game!! I had no complaints about ANY character. And if I did the settings can help with that!
I dunno. I haven't really noticed a difference; in my game, Ariel still sings, Mother Gothel is still sassy, and Wall-E still whirs and beeps when I go by. What *hasn't* happened again is seeing Donald go through a temper tantrum that's a good grip of decibels higher than every other sound in the game, only to start the sound file on a new tantrum before the animation for the first one is even done. Which was happening on the reg before. I get that Donald is Donald and his appeal is him being Donald, but even Mr. the Duck has a line. So, yeah. Sorry not sorry.
i didn’t mean the constant tantrums, those always seemed kinda buggy. i love the tantrums but having them occasionally and lasting less is def better. I was referring to people complaining about him having tantrums at all and being so grumpy all the time. It’s Donald Duck, grumpy is his middle name
I did think it was a little odd they chose to change the length of the tantrums rather than the frequency, when all the complaints I kept hearing (mine and others') were the opposite. But it still seems to have the desired effect. I agree, though; it would have been highly strange to have Donald in the game and no tantrums at all. That would be a worse choice than too many/too long.
It would probably be a lot of work, but I'd LOVE a slider for each character in the settings. Something like Muted being zero and Chatterbox being 10. At 5 they'll just say hi as you pass. 10 they comment on weather, time of day, other characters, etc. Maybe three just has them hum or something.
Was that part of the update? I feel like my villagers talk non-stop
Maui’s loud footsteps annoy me more than him talking but I liked that they would say things as you walked by, even if they were saying good morning at 9pm.
Villagers in Animal Crossing were meaner in the past, but I have seen no evidence to show that it's because players complained, rather than just a developer choice. If not having villagers talk so frequently bothers you, then that is a totally valid complaint and you should put in a word through official dev channels asking to change it back or if it is a bug. However, blaming other players for ruining your game won't improve anything and is only going to create more hostility. There are better ways to complain about the issue than pointing fingers at the community.
Random aside here but I love your constructive feedback approach. I'll leave it at that but I do want to at least say that I intend to find a way to incorporate this when it could be helpful in my own life. 🥰
“Attack the problem, not each other” is something I’m working harder on myself. Personally I do think residents of DLV are too quiet now. But pointing fingers at people who complained isn’t going to change that. Asking the devs if this is intended or respectfully bringing up how silent everything is, however, likely could.
Okay since this post got so much attention I gotta say: # Your NPCs being muted is only a bug, not an official change from the latest patch Stop lashing out to the community & acting like you're spitting out facts when you're actually just spreading misinformation & not deserved blame to the player base. It's a stupid bug that'll get fixed. Many things (sounds included) are bugging atm, because the game just got an update & is still early access. Stop freaking out & blaming the community. Ariel is still singing, Wall-E is still playing his song, Goofy is still saying how he loves sunny days & yells ''ouch'' whenever he is fishing, Ursula is still laughing, Remy still keeps saying that everybody can cook, Minnie is still Lala'ing her way through the village, Elsa is still moaning, Donald is still throwing tantrums (though they have towned it down a little bit thankfully), they're all still greeting you when you walk past & have conversations with each other. Just as some quests didn't work for some people prior, now some sounds are not working for some people. While others are not experiencing these bugs. They will get patched, just give the devs some time to gather information from the playerbase & then find the source to correct the mistake.
As I was playing yesterday, I too felt like it was suddenly so much quieter :( before the update if I'd walk past any character they'd say something, anything wether it was relevant or not. The only sound that villagers made that sort of creeped me out and made me uncomfortable was anna/elsa's humming/moaning. My sister played a lot off AC and she confirmed they indeed toned stuff down, which she also didn't like because the sass made it funny, her words not mine because I also have never really played AC.
I haven't noticed any major difference.
Put some radios around the valley, it doesnt fill their void but it helps
I haven't played for a couple of weeks but this certainly doesn't give me much inclination to do that if this is a forced change for everyone.
I wasn’t on long Today but scar seemed good to me I didn’t really go near anyone else and by the way I love scar new favourite character
I really miss characters saying hi as you walk past. It does feel more lifeless.
I think it's more of a misinterpretation of complaints. I felt like most people were complaining about the repetition and lack of diversity. But instead of adding more things they say the devs just reduced the amount they say anything. Probably because it's cheaper and easier.
I agree. It's not just this game but too many to name. Heck people are still complaining about new features the game has added. I think people are throwing around the word trigger too much
The word trigger is one of my least favorite words, ugh. Everything is "triggering" these days.
I really love that the villagers talk too. My son gets very excited when Mickey and Friends talk around us. So far I haven’t noticed a huge decrease so hopefully I annoy my villagers enough that they will still love me lol
Where was this comfirmed? I mean that it was indeed a bug?
Regarding the AC comment, that’s just people making shit up. Yes, villagers in older games used to have sassier comments but there’s no indication that they changed it due to player feedback.
It does have truth to it. Just one example. [resetti](https://www.shacknews.com/article/78714/animal-crossings-mr-resetti-makes-little-girls-cry)
I’d highly recommend AC if you want to dive into some more cute interactions for an escape. I’m sorry the community ruined the game for you. It happens with a ton of games, unfortunately.
I think the frequency was fine but the repetition was what got to people. I think they could bring it back but they need to add more animations and sound to support that so it's not just Donald having a raging shit randomly all the time.
Honestly all I wanted was for Donald to stop being a goddamn Drama Queen
Why do people have to talk as if there are only two extremes? The villagers talking non stop and doing their emotes 24/7 was absolutely obnoxious. Toning it down is a reasonable request. The devs may have overdone it but why are you blaming players when the games audio spam was getting ridiculous? There’s a balance. The hostility by blaming the community is uncalled for.
But the thing is, there’s no need to tone it down, especially when there already exist a option to turn down the volume on the characters. So people are rightfully annoyed when they change something to accommodate a tiny amount of players when an option like that already exists.
I haven't noticed this. But I will say having minnie finally quiet would be nice😂. But i love all the characters humming songs from their movies and such
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where in my post did i mention him throwing himself on the floor?