They were always 343 from their founding in 2007. It didn't form out of Bungie if that's what you're thinking.

They're not good actors.

I just felt like I ran out of things to do and there was no point to keep playing.

To each their own of course, but it sounds like you basically just "beat" the game, in the same way someone beats Animal Crossing. You just stop playing eventually. I don't see that as a negative if you enjoyed that time.

It's an incredible game, a love letter to all the best aspects of the Harvest Moon series. My only real gripe is the NPC characters can feel a little stale and robotic after a while, but during a first playthrough they are all full of life.

Unfortunately, not really. If it was, it could have some schlocky entertainment value. As it is, it just doesn't respect the audience's time or intelligence.

That's a very black and white way to look at the world but you do you.

I think it's just a matter of trends and design theory. For a long time you couldn't escape the orange/blue combo like in the Battlefield series artwork. Plus I don't think all these titles really released at the "same" time.

Also started seeing this today while browsing on my work computer, which I believe utilizes a VPN.

Ooh too bad the AC is 18, that's a miss.

Dropped from production, recast his voices.

Mostly the outrage.

Did you play the original? Most complaints I saw seemed to focus on that comparison. Itself in a vacuum, it sounded like it was fine.