My major complaint about Pocket Camp is that leaf tickets are required for most really cool craft-able items, and basically impossible to get enough of without funnelling cash into the app. That's tragic and that's sad. That shouldn't be allowed. Stop taunting me with all the beautiful fortune cookie item sets that I CAN'T HAVE.

That said, other than this nasty leaf ticket problem, I really like the game. There's enough to do that I don't get bored, I like the little ways you can interact with online friends (please send me more gifts guys, do you even care about me?), and some of the available items feel bigger and better than the offerings in New Horizons.

I like to log on and rapidly do 15 tasks for my silly little creatures. I like the way the different little zones work. I like putting a massive Eevee doll in my campsite and watching each animal grab onto its tummy as if they will perish if they fall the one or two feet to the ground.

That's good. That's powerful.

Reviewed on Jun 19, 2024


2 Comments


9 days ago

the annoying part is that Animal Crossing, as a concept, makes alot more sense to be this thing on your phone with a million ways to waste time than it did as a thing on a small computer you gotta boot up when you get home.

Pocket Camp ought to be the most fleshed out version of Animal Crossing but its just so incredibly held back by the convention of the platform.

9 days ago

Yeah! It really is so well suited to phone. I think they did ok within the conventions of "phone game", but we really have to set fire to those conventions. We could have proper games in this sick world!!