This game got me through my studies and ruined them. It distracted me during the Covid pandemic and was so much fun. Unfortunately it lacks fundamental online features, but as a single player game it's really fun.
I never managed to collect everything. As a completionist, that really scratches my honor
I never managed to collect everything. As a completionist, that really scratches my honor
(Review from 2021) This game is good, but this game is also bad. It's fun and cute and came out at the perfect time, but the drip rate of updates, the relatively empty personalities in the game, the tedious online, and the reliance on visiting other players constantly has sort of made it a shallow and frustrating experience at times. With a few updates and some better coding I truly think this game could shine
Just too large of a departure from what makes Animal Crossing a series I enjoy. By having so much control over each individual aspect of your island, it discards the homey and cozy small town life the series was founded on. The villagers lack a lot of personality and are effectively just another decoration. And despite focusing so heavily on decorating, you can’t even fully decorate how you want, as to progress you need to follow what the game considers to be “good”. There are so many missing features, the unique NPCs were shafted in favor of a smartphone, and there’s just a lot of missing personality. I also find the soundtrack very repetitive and nothing stood out.
I think this game came out at the perfect time. I played this for hours on end when it came out, and ended up with an island I was pretty happy with. Unfortunately, I got to a point where I just decided I was done, and no matter how hard I've tried, I haven't been able to get back into it. It's not a bad game, it's just missing something that I felt the other entries in the series had.
Some good additions to New Leaf (terraforming!) but the characters have better personalitites in NL and in general I tend to prefer NL's "simpler" game loop.
It feels like NL was made to be played in short sessions every day for the rest of your life, while New Horizons was made to be binged and "completed" by playing it as much as possible as fast as possible. Which to be fair, even if it was true, would probably have been the correct choice for the COVID era. I just prefer NL personally!
It feels like NL was made to be played in short sessions every day for the rest of your life, while New Horizons was made to be binged and "completed" by playing it as much as possible as fast as possible. Which to be fair, even if it was true, would probably have been the correct choice for the COVID era. I just prefer NL personally!