Is the game as dumbed down compared to the previous ones as the critics claim?

[modomario]

If so do the DLC fix this?

[darkbrokendisk]

feel the same here. only improvement i seen are more buildings per town that is about it

[modomario]

Originally posted by darkbrokendisk:

feel the same here. only improvement i seen are more buildings per town that is about it

But they say it's actively dumbed down. I probably don't even mind if it has very little improvements but if they actually removed features I won't be buying it.