This game is.. REALLY hard to talk about? It's a game that most of us experienced during the start of the pandemic and had fond memories of, albeit, bittersweet memories of playing it and maybe even visiting friend's islands online. But uh.. I think most of us are in agreement this is a weak entry in the AC series? We all know the story.

We all agree on a few things. Like, this game is really pretty. Just an all around nice looking game with good lighting and attention to detail. It's still animal crossing too, with a lot of quality of life improvements and more options than ever. Also with great new reactions, I love those.

But uh.. woof this games "new" content is.. all sour. And the building system... sucks so fucking much. Terraforming and making bridges and stairs is honestly dreadful. Paths? One at a time? Not a chance in hell. THE CRAFTING? THE RECIPIES THAT ARE BAD? THE INABILITY TO CRAFT IN B U L K??? THE GOD DAMN LIMITATIONS.

..And worst of all, the updates were just adding the things that weren't at launch, we all know this. All there on New Leaf at launch, all absent here, added in updates.

It's just.. this game isn't bad? It's bad for animal crossing, no doubt, but this is still a very enjoyable game. It's cute. Customizing your island is really charming and it's simply a nice cozy game. But it's quality? I don't know, it can be dreadful, but I don't think its worth calling a game that's just decent terrible. Disappointing? Yeah. Good for when it came out? Absolutely. Remembering when I played it when people were dying of COVID-19

...

bad.