Time Gated?

[LuckyDeathWish]

I'm reading reviews that say tasks are limited by the day and that if you complete all your tasks you have to wait until the next day. Why? And is this still fun for those of you that purchased? Does anyone else get mobile game vibes?

[ninnyjams]

One thing people keep saying is that Animal Crossing does it! But uh, Animal Crossing has far more than 30 minutes of content in a day. I don't think that's a fair comparison at all.

Note: I'm not saying the devs should change anything. Just taking issue with that line of argument. It's not the same and it's disingenuous to suggest it is.

[V.V.]

Originally posted by ninnyjams:

One thing people keep saying is that Animal Crossing does it! But uh, Animal Crossing has far more than 30 minutes of content in a day. I don't think that's a fair comparison at all.

Note: I'm not saying the devs should change anything. Just taking issue with that line of argument. It's not the same and it's disingenuous to suggest it is.

Animal Crossing doesn't really have much in the beginning to do. Maybe the newer games have improved greatly, but in WW, you literally didn't have anything really to do aside from fishing the first week or more (with the occasional NPC quest that you sometimes couldn't complete if you didn't have the right item)... you couldn't even unlock all the content that game had unless you invited people to your town or vise versa. Which is impossible to do now (I still own the game) because they shut the servers down years ago.

[Bee]

Originally posted by ninnyjams:

One thing people keep saying is that Animal Crossing does it! But uh, Animal Crossing has far more than 30 minutes of content in a day. I don't think that's a fair comparison at all.

Note: I'm not saying the devs should change anything. Just taking issue with that line of argument. It's not the same and it's disingenuous to suggest it is.

Only if you include stuff like fishing and decorating in what there is to do during a day in Animal Crossing. And if you do, then you should do the same for this game.

[ninnyjams]

Originally posted by Bee:

Originally posted by ninnyjams:

One thing people keep saying is that Animal Crossing does it! But uh, Animal Crossing has far more than 30 minutes of content in a day. I don't think that's a fair comparison at all.

Note: I'm not saying the devs should change anything. Just taking issue with that line of argument. It's not the same and it's disingenuous to suggest it is.

Only if you include stuff like fishing and decorating in what there is to do during a day in Animal Crossing. And if you do, then you should do the same for this game.

Except you can't just do all of that in this game, it's all still very limited.

[Bee]

Originally posted by ninnyjams:

Originally posted by Bee:

Only if you include stuff like fishing and decorating in what there is to do during a day in Animal Crossing. And if you do, then you should do the same for this game.

Except you can't just do all of that in this game, it's all still very limited.

You can though. You are not limited on how much you fish or decorate in this game. You can spend your whole day putting fences all over the island if you want, or fishing and burning the fish for coins and then using the coins to buy more decoration/upgrade shop/upgrade tent.

[kashkadavr]

Originally posted by Ellen:

Originally posted by Joman:

When a developer implements such restrictions, a game goes from my wishlist to my ignore list.
I want to emphasize that this is the one and only game that has such mechanics.

Not really though. Animal Crossing is a very popular franchise and it is exactly like that.

this game have only time gate from animal crossing, i have 935 h in ACNH, so i see differences
This is sweet, not bad game, but stop this "this is same with AC", this is not

[labskaus]

I'm an AC Veteran. I played every title of the series since the gamecube (and i think ACNH is the weakest title of the series). This game is exactly like the older titles and i love this game. Always wanted this kind of game on PC and now i got it. I like the Bears and their little tasks.

[The_Magician]

The first two days are probably the hardest just because you don't have all the items you need to harvest and get that feeling that you're getting the most out of those days. I don't mind the slow roll, but I'm not surprised that there are people time jumping already.

Instant gratification is an addiction.

[seamsungg]

Originally posted by Ardith Prime:

So, i'm not going insane, but it's not just quests but actual gathering is also timegated?
I have a imp wanting a potato, i've been playing about an hour or so, and i've completely run out of leaf-piles, bushes and holes, Found a mountain of walnuts, but no potatoes with my new metal-shovel.
Are gathering resources meant to deplete, and if so, do i just skip the imp and fish, since they seem unlimited, or wait till tomorrow?

you have to log off and relog in to reload new piles, but eventually you'll run out. but it does help to re-login to find more

[seamsungg]

Originally posted by The_Magician:

The first two days are probably the hardest just because you don't have all the items you need to harvest and get that feeling that you're getting the most out of those days. I don't mind the slow roll, but I'm not surprised that there are people time jumping already.

Instant gratification is an addiction.

^^

[Nyu]

this game only lets you play 30 minutes on first day of buying without hardlocking you for 24 hours.

not compareable with animal corssing.
you unlock nothing on first day that lets you have fun.
no planting.
no special collecting
nothing
everything locked to waiting. and the game tells you even on all NPCs : nothing todo here, come back tomorrow.

[labskaus]

if you are that desperate and impatient, time travel for Gods sake.

[morriskend]

Well, I was hoping the dev would see this discussion and maybe decide to make this optional but, I suppose that is outside of their vision. That's ok not every game is for everyone and I hope the people who do enjoy that sort of thing continue to. Anyway time for me to take this off my wish list and move on.

[RobJ81]

I play Cozy Grove on PS4 and I must say the time stuff is nonsense, period. I've played several Animal Crossing games- and sometimes had a problem with "real time" being part of the game. I rarely time travelled in those, and no time travelling yet in Cozy Grove.

People shouldn't have to play at a snail's pace to enjoy the story. My other big complaint is about item management/storage. There isn't enough of it.

It's not cozy to me at all that I feel punished because I want to play the game for hours each day- but there's not much to do once the few quests are done/digging is done.

Hopefully a future update helps things.

[Chiktikka Fastpaws]

Some mighty gods need to make a mod to remove time gating