History YMMV / StoryOfSeasonsPioneersOfOliveTown

* UnderusedGameMechanic: The DLC initially was promoted--along with extra outfits and town quests--to include expanded areas where you have visitors from and could court and marry two candidates each from three older games--''VideoGame/HarvestMoonANewBeginning'', ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons2014'', and ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsTrioOfTowns''. This could have been a way to add expansions into the town and include older characters in the game, especially with this being the 25th anniversary game. However, the four characters that arrive from each game all stay in their separated area away from town, implied to be a distance away. The DLC romantic candidates could initially not participate in ''any'' town events, even after you married them, not even the romantic ones they logically should have been able to go with you to. Instead they stay on their sectioned-off space and, after marriage, in and around your house around the clock. An updated patch had to be added to let them participate in the romantic town festivals--but will only do those and no other and they still can't walk around town. The others (and the guests that came with them) are all relegated to their sectioned off spaces, never to leave or interact with a town they left their homes to come to. They also come off as generically nice and unbothered as the other romantic options, including a complete lack of disliked gifts.

* HypeBacklash: The game being considered disappointing by part of the fandom comes partly from it being both the first UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch original title and the [[MilestoneCelebration 25th anniversary game]] on top of coming after two non-remake titles that qualified for EvenBetterSequel.

** Only items in the bag, and not those kept in storage on the farm, are explictly counted when it comes to telling the player if they have enough for crafting, repairing farm facilities, or fulfulling bulletin board requests. In particular, makers will only tell the player that a material can be processed in them if there is enough of the material to make one processed item in all storage spaces taken together, ''and'' at least one is in the bag.

** Instead of putting the makers inside buildings, each maker takes up space on the farm. They are all overspecialized, to the point that there is a different one for cheese and yogurt, for making thread and making fabric (themselves split between plant and animal materials), for making ingots and cutting gems, etc. On top of this, before one of the later patches, only one item could be made in the standard makers at a time, which meant the makers working the fastest needed to be topped up with raw materials regularly to be of any real use, and it increased the number of each kind that needed to be present on the farm.
** Storage of items not kept in the bag is done in boxes placed on the farm, much like the makers, instead of an expandable space that is part of the farm house. On top of this, items don't stay inside them when they are moved, and transferring them via the bag takes time and a fully upgraded bag emptied of everything else to do so for ''each box'' in one trip.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'' added mechanics that made it closer to a FarmLifeSim than previous installments. ''Pioneers of Olive Town'', meanwhile, gained superficial similarities with ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' by having the PlayerCharacter start in a tent and adding a museum. In addition to this, the aquarium in both games is reliant on the FishingMinigame to be filled, and both have a wing reliant on UnknownItemIdentification. ''Pioneers of Olive Town'', being the latest of the two to be released by about a year, inevitably got a few accusations of ripping off ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons''.

** There are only two festivals a season--one that is a potential romantic event, and one that's a town festival. There's no harvest or farm-related festivals at all--meaning that all the hard work you can do on your farm can't be judged or even commented on. It makes the farm feel completely detached from the town nearby.
** Every pairing gets a child the same way--they're gifted one by nature through the Nature Sprites, who found the child and are now giving it to you as a "gift" from nature, and you present it to your surprised spouse. There's no friendship points or deeper connection with the child other than watching them grow and having them interact with you--and if you decide to go to the shrine and divorce your spouse, they'll just [[RetGone disappear from existence completely]] as if they were never there. The child is more like an add-on than a member of your family.
* UnderusedGameMechanic: The DLC initially was promoted--along with extra outfits and town quests--to include expanded areas where you have visitors from and could court and marry two candidates each from three older games--''VideoGame/HarvestMoonANewBeginning'', ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons2014'', and ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsTrioOfTowns''. This could have been a way to add expansions into the town and include older characters in the game, especially with this being the 25th anniversary game. However, the four characters that arrive from each game all stay in their separated area away from town, implied to be a distance away. The DLC romantic candidates could initially not participate in ''any'' town events, even after you married them, not even the romantic ones they logically should have gone to you with. Instead they stay on their sectioned-off space and, after marriage, in and around your house around the clock. An updated patch had to be added to let them participate in the romantic town festivals--but will only do those and no other and still can't walk around town. The others (and the guests that came with them) are all relegated to their sectioned off spaces, never to leave or interact with a town they left their homes to come to. They also come off as generically nice and unbothered as the other romantic options, including a complete lack of disliked gifts.

** The DLC initially was promoted--along with extra outfits--to include expanded areas where you could have visitors from and court and marry candidates from three older games--''VideoGame/HarvestMoonANewBeginning'', ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons2014'', and ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsTrioOfTowns''. However, the DLC romantic candidates and spouses could initially not participate in ''any'' town events, even after you married them, not even the romantic ones they logically should have gone to you with. Instead they stay on their sectioned off space and, after marriage, in and around your house around the clock. An updated patch had to be added to let them participate in town festivals--but will only do that rather than walk around town, and only the one candidate that you marry will do so, with the others (and the guests that came with them) relegated to their sectioned off spaces, never to leave or interact with a town they left their homes to come to. They also come off as generically nice and unbothered as the other romantic options.

** In games prior to this one, everyone had gifts they didn't like getting that would show character depth and a range of likes and dislikes. Now everyone has a best, better, and okay gift--but ''everything else is neutral'' at a a flat 30FP for gifting. People will "like" junk like old twigs and sticks just as much as anything else that's not at least okay.

** Every pairing gets a child the same way--they're gifted one by nature through the Nature Sprites, who found the child and are now giving it to you as a "gift" from nature, and you present it to your surprised spouse. There's no friendship points or deeper connection with the child other than watching them grow and having them interact with you--and if you decide to divorce your spouse, they'll just [[RetGone disappear from existence completely]] as if they were never there. The child is more like an add-on than a member of your family.

** The DLC initially was promoted--along with extra outfits--to include expanded areas where you could have visitors from and court and marry candidates from three older games--''VideoGame/HarvestMoonANewBeginning'', ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons2014'', and ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsTrioOfTowns''. However, the DLC romantic candidates and spouses could initiallu not participate in ''any'' town events, even after you married them, not even the romantic ones they logically should have gone to you with. Instead they stay in and around your house around the clock. An updated patch had to be added to let them participate in town festivals--but will only do that rather than walk around town, and only the one candidate that you marry will do so, with the others (and the guests that came with them) relegated to their sectioned off spaces, never to leave or interact with a town they left their homes to come to. They also come off as generically nice and unbothered as the other romantic options.

** There are only two festivals a season--one that is a potential romantic event, and one that's a town festival. There's no harvest or farm-related festivals at all--meaning that all the hard work you can do on your farm can't be judged or even commented on. It makes the farm feel completely detached from the town nearby.

** Storage of items not kept in the bag is done in boxes placed on the farm, much like the makers, instead of an expandable space that is part of the farm house. On top of this, items don't stay inside them when they are moved, and transferring them via the bag takes time and a fully upbgraded bag emptied of everything else to do so for ''each box'' in one trip.

** The speed at which nature respawns, which results in it being very hard to maintain an obstruction-free open space for the cattle, and the fact that tool upgrades aren't taken into account for uses beyond their primary puprose; a tiny sapling tree takes multiple swings to demolish no matter how good your hammer is, even if it has otherwise reached a point where a single charged swing will take care of a gold stone.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'' added mechanics that made it closer to a FarmLifeSim than previous installments. ''Pioneers of Olive Town'', meanwhile, gained superficial similarities with ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' by having the PlayerCharacter start in a tent and adding a museum. In addition to this, the aquarium in both games is reliant on the FishingMinigame to be filled, and both have a wing reliant on UnknownItemIdentification. ''Pioneers of Olive Town'', being the latest of the two to be released by about a year, inevitably got a few accusations of ripping off ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons''.

* {{Adorkable}}: Beth looks the part of someone working in a museum ''much'' more than Reina does, yet is also charming enough to be on the fandom's "too bad she's can't be married" list.

* ScrappyMechanic: There are many, to the point that some patches were dedicated to outright changing some of them after launch. Some clash with or are made even worse by the fact that inventory bag's maximum size was made identical to that of ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsFriendsOfMineralTown'', which has a ''much'' lower number of items to juggle with. Others were coming on top of crowded farms causing lag issues at launch and for several weeks after it.
** The tool bag space, while allowing the PlayerCharacter to have all their tools on their person at all times, only ''stores'' tools. Any tools the player wants to be able to use must be stored in the general bag, taking up at least one precious slot.

** Only items in the bag, and not those kept in storage on the farm, are explictly counted when it comes to telling the player if they have enough for crafting, repairing farm facilities or fulfulling bulletin board requests. However, at the same time, makers will only tell the player that a material can processed in them only if there is enough of the material to make one processed item in all storage spaces taken together and at least one needs to be in the bag to allow the player to check if it can be processed.
** The unidentified time-worn, heavy and shiny objects don't stack.
** Instead of putting the makers inside buildings, each maker takes up space on the farm. They are all overspecialized, to the point that there is a different one for cheese and yogurt, for making thread and making fabric (themselves split between plant and animal materials), for making ingots and cutting gems, etc. On top of this, before one of the later patches, only one item could be made in the standard makers at a time, which meant the makers working the fastest needed to be topped up with raw materials regularly to be of any real use and it increased the number of each kind that needed to be present on the farm.

* SignatureScene: The early cutscene showing the PlayerCharacter leaving the city on their motorcycle, more specifically the shot showing them from the front and focusing on their upper body, which is also an early shot from the trailer. It's a common thumnail for the first episode of LetsPlay series as it shows the CharacterCustomization in detail, down to the color chosen for the motorcycle.
* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'' added mechanics that made it closer to a FarmLifeSim than previous installments. ''Pioneers of Olive Town'', meanwhile, gained superficial similarities with ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' by having the PlayerCharacter start in a tent and adding a museum. In addition to this, the aquarium in both games is reliant on the FishingMinigame to be filled and both have a wing reliant on UnknownItemIdentification. ''Pioneers of Olive Town'', being the latest of the two to be released by about a year, inevitably got a few accusations of ripping off ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons''.

** The unidentified time-worn and heavy objects don't stack.

** The speed at which nature respawns, which results in it being very hard to maintain an obstruction-free open space for the cattle, and the fact that tool upgrades aren't taken into account; a tiny sapling tree takes multiple swings to demolish no matter how good your hammer is.

** The speed at which nature respawns, which results in it being very hard to maintain a obtruction-free open space for the cattle.

** The tool bag space only ''stores'' tools. Any tools the player wants to be able to use must be stored in the general bag, taking up at least one precious slot.

** Only items in the bag, and not those kept in storage on the farm, are counted when it comes to telling the player if they have enough for crafting, repairing farm facilities or fulfulling bulletin board requests.

** Instead of putting the makers inside buildings, each maker takes up space on the farm. They are all overspecialized, to the point that there is a different one for cheese and yogurt, for making thread and making fabric, for making ingots and cutting gems, etc. On top of this, before one of the later patches, only one item could be made in the standard makers at a time, which meant the makers working the fastest needed to be topped up with raw materials regularly to be of any real use and it increased the number of each kind that needed to be present on the farm.

** The speed at which nature respawns, which results in it being very hard to maintain an open space for the cattle.