Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6617 Ratings

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  1. M1sfiT
    Sep 3, 2023
    6
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees! ac
  2. Massraider
    Aug 23, 2023
    7
    A very short story. After passing it, I don't want to go into the game, there is no motivation. I don't see any point in playing for the sake of arranging the island and buying new things for the interior. This is for those who do not save their time.
  3. sideshownate
    Aug 13, 2023
    7
    I will say that this game was very fun during covid and super refreshing. However when they quickly decided to stop updating after a year and re release the same updates every season thats when I quickly began to realize that nintendo did not care about this game as much as we did.
  4. tofuisawesome
    Aug 5, 2023
    6
    06/10
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  5. bigeli
    Jul 7, 2023
    7
    Good game but incredibly grinding. I know its supposed to be comforting and chill. But its just not for me. A very good game though just not for me.
  6. detourdude
    Jun 2, 2023
    7
    This is a great game, but it's killed in the late game where there's not really much to do. This game could've benefitted from having more content. The game basically died off because there wasn't enough to do. It's a very fun and addicting game, so it's easy to reach a point where there's no goals besides your personal goals and once you reach those, the game is basically over for you.
  7. Poccigoni
    May 25, 2023
    6
    New Horizons is an example of how to NOT manage a game.
    The game starts like any other AC game. You arrive at a small town (in this case an island) and from there on you have to improve your house and your town: make bridges, plant flowers, build furniture. And releasing a social hangout game in the COVID-19 pandemic was the best move that Nintendo could have ever done, and they knew it.    New Horizons is an example of how to NOT manage a game.
    The game starts like any other AC game. You arrive at a small town (in this case an island) and from there on you have to improve your house and your town: make bridges, plant flowers, build furniture. And releasing a social hangout game in the COVID-19 pandemic was the best move that Nintendo could have ever done, and they knew it. They knew that the game could potentially be one of the biggest games of all time. But Nintendo did not manage it correctly.
    The game offers the player freedom. Now, this is a good thing. The problem is that this game offers the player TOO MUCH freedom. You shouldn't be able to modify your villagers house, you shouldn't be able to place whatever furniture you feel like. The game should be called Animal Crossing: New Utopia, because you basically just create whatever island you feel like. Mix it with the ridiculously low amount of content compared to NL, lame updates and you've got the recipe for a disaster. I cannot manage to place it below a 6 because I've still enjoyed the game, and the first few weeks are great. But after that, it just becomes what I've stated before. And it is kinda sad, because it had the potential to be the best AC game yet.    … Expand
  8. kingrat3
    May 10, 2023
    7
    While the game itself is great, really relaxing and gorgeous,
    But it sucks that you can only have 1 island per console. I spent so many hours on my island and the game was fun but now I have nothing to do because I don't want to reset my 140 hour island and they don't update at all anymore. I wish I could make a second island and enjoy the game again.
  9. bochuu
    Apr 24, 2023
    7
    Issable was hype when she got in Smash Bros, but she isn't fun to play as/against. the game is pretty oki tho
  10. Dyl_lionaire
    Feb 11, 2023
    7
    After hearing the praises of this game, I caved in and bought it and well I thought it was alright, The art style is clean and the characters are fun but I personally didn't click as well as others but meeting with friends for holiday events was all I could've asked for.
  11. Dragoduval
    Jan 23, 2023
    5
    Its not a bad game, but it does get boring after a few days / weeks. Not worth the full price.
  12. SatinFoil
    Jan 1, 2023
    7
    When I first got this game back in March 2020, I got super addicted to this game! Really fun and if you have a switch, I recommend getting it! Especially if you haven't tried animal crossing games before, as if you get bored (you will see why I said that in a sec), you might be motivated to try the other animal crossing games! However, I started to get bord of playing after completing myWhen I first got this game back in March 2020, I got super addicted to this game! Really fun and if you have a switch, I recommend getting it! Especially if you haven't tried animal crossing games before, as if you get bored (you will see why I said that in a sec), you might be motivated to try the other animal crossing games! However, I started to get bord of playing after completing my island. And by that, I meant I didn't play it as much as before. I still played it really activly due to the active updates. (And I'm sure you see where this is going.) about a month or so after they released the 2.0 update aka the final update, I got bord and had nothing to modivate me to play it. Once that happend, I started playing new leaf (the previous animal crossing game) on my 3DS, and enjoyed that a lot more then new horizons (after the final update). Another pro to the 3DS version, is that you can buy more save files, aka, buy more animal crossing carts (as on 3DS, games you bought on retail have the save data stored on the cart, while new horizons the save data is stored on the system either way, I think), so that means, one save file per cart. You may wonder "why don't you just delete your save data?" Well, if you do that, shortly after, you will relize the mistake you made, and will get nostolgic for your oid town (in acnl its towns, not islands), so its worth the extra money. I'm going to stop now, because its becoming more of an acnl review more than an acnh review.

    Conclusion: It was fun while it lasted, but I prefer new leaf right now.    … Expand
  13. Crimson9
    Dec 25, 2022
    5
    This game doesn't have a lot going for it. Its pretty bad in almost every single way, and is worse than pretty much all its predecessors and the similar games.

    On the other hand, its very cute.
  14. Divad27
    Dec 18, 2022
    5
    It's nice and fun the first few hours, when you spend more than 10/15 hours depending on the rhythm it becomes repetitive and boring (in my case obviously). There comes a point where the only thing you can do every day is go in, take the fruits and go out, on the fifth day you stop going in. This is not a problem as such because many people do like this idea, the problem comes fromIt's nice and fun the first few hours, when you spend more than 10/15 hours depending on the rhythm it becomes repetitive and boring (in my case obviously). There comes a point where the only thing you can do every day is go in, take the fruits and go out, on the fifth day you stop going in. This is not a problem as such because many people do like this idea, the problem comes from Nintendo itself, which has not been able to exploit the game that has been so successful, they have barely updated it in 2 years, leaving it dead since the a few months after his departure. Beyond that, collecting fish or bugs is fun if you like to collect, you can also spend time decorating your island or your house, yes, it is an activity for a very specific audience. It's not a bad game, but a bad job from the company.… Expand
  15. Alvelian
    Dec 15, 2022
    6
    Игра выполнена в милом мультяшном стиле однако персонаж в ней выглядит как полный урод. Создать красивого человека просто невозможно, при это большинство животных выглядят довольно привлекательно. В остальном же визуал это скорее положительный аспект игры.
    Весь геймплей это гринд - руби деревья, собирай всякое добро с пляжа или в лесу, сажай огород, и рыбачь. И все это сильно бесит уже    Игра выполнена в милом мультяшном стиле однако персонаж в ней выглядит как полный урод. Создать красивого человека просто невозможно, при это большинство животных выглядят довольно привлекательно. В остальном же визуал это скорее положительный аспект игры.
    Весь геймплей это гринд - руби деревья, собирай всякое добро с пляжа или в лесу, сажай огород, и рыбачь. И все это сильно бесит уже через час, тк каждое действие сопровождается 5ти секундной нескипаемой анимацией. Кроме того из-за невозможности вращать камерой многие объекты в игре невозможно разглядеть ( в том же stardew valley деревья становятся прозрачными когда ты заходишь за них), что вызывает невозможность нормально с ними взаимодействовать.
    В игре большое количство одежды и предметов для кастемизации своих поселений и это радует, но рутина которой приходится заниматься ради их получения просто выжигает тебя.
    В целом игра неплохая но явно оверхайпнутая.    … Expand
  16. CodaHensley
    Dec 2, 2022
    5
    A very addicting game when you're doing the 100% grind and logging on every day, but the minute you take a step back and realize how pointless the things you're doing and how long it will take you, it becomes pretty disheartening. A cute game, but plenty of games are cute. Animal Crossing is just a time sink, plain and simple.
  17. EmptyPeanut
    Nov 13, 2022
    6
    The game feels a little bit empty but its gorgeous and unique aesthetically.
  18. Minus_Infinity
    Nov 4, 2022
    6
    I think this game is good, it just takes too long for anything important to happen. Waiting days and days for stuff that should take 5 minutes.
  19. BritainButNot
    Oct 6, 2022
    5
    After around 150 hours of playing, it pains me to give such a low score. But ACNH simply failed to meet many of the reasonable expectations that previous entries gave fans. New Horizons was a less complete, polished, and expansive game than New Leaf at launch, despite the latter releasing almost a decade earlier on far inferior hardware. Not to mention the the island aesthetic feels oddlyAfter around 150 hours of playing, it pains me to give such a low score. But ACNH simply failed to meet many of the reasonable expectations that previous entries gave fans. New Horizons was a less complete, polished, and expansive game than New Leaf at launch, despite the latter releasing almost a decade earlier on far inferior hardware. Not to mention the the island aesthetic feels oddly isolated and claustrophobic.… Expand
  20. PacoBN23
    Sep 24, 2022
    6
    El hecho de poder terraformar tu isla y hacer literalmente lo que tú quieras te da mucha libertad y, sobre todo, alarga el juego hasta horas infinitas. Por otro lado, el hecho de que tenga fácilmente más de 20000 objetos para decorar hace que el nivel de personalización que ofrece sea enorme.
    No obstante, el hecho de que sólo pueda haber una isla por consola y que el juego sólo se destine    El hecho de poder terraformar tu isla y hacer literalmente lo que tú quieras te da mucha libertad y, sobre todo, alarga el juego hasta horas infinitas. Por otro lado, el hecho de que tenga fácilmente más de 20000 objetos para decorar hace que el nivel de personalización que ofrece sea enorme.
    No obstante, el hecho de que sólo pueda haber una isla por consola y que el juego sólo se destine al jugador principal limita mucho a los demás.    … Expand
  21. ehtaco
    Aug 13, 2022
    6
    I feel like Nintendo tanked this game quicker than it needed to with the terrible seasonal updates and whatnot. They got lazy and lowkey straight-up lied and falsely advertised the longevity of this game in terms of 'new' content. The "one island per Switch" thing is also pure garbage. Feel like this game deserves a 4-6/10 due to the wasted potential here, but I can't deny the amount ofI feel like Nintendo tanked this game quicker than it needed to with the terrible seasonal updates and whatnot. They got lazy and lowkey straight-up lied and falsely advertised the longevity of this game in terms of 'new' content. The "one island per Switch" thing is also pure garbage. Feel like this game deserves a 4-6/10 due to the wasted potential here, but I can't deny the amount of time both my girlfriend and I put into it. Though she probably had a much better experience acting as "player one" and essentially being the person who had full control of the island. Being P2 on someone else's island blows.… Expand
  22. YokoHugo
    Jul 30, 2022
    7
    Bubhububuhihihinininihihihinihihihihininihihininininininininjihihininnihihiihhihihhi
  23. Jaime_SC
    Jul 24, 2022
    7
    I've been playing this game for 2 years now. I think it's a good game, and you'll have fun playing it the first months . You can customize your island the way you like and I love that, and the game is visually fantastic. However, I don't like the lack of especial events and activities in New Horizons. In my opinion, It was funnier to play with friends in New Life, because it had the IslandI've been playing this game for 2 years now. I think it's a good game, and you'll have fun playing it the first months . You can customize your island the way you like and I love that, and the game is visually fantastic. However, I don't like the lack of especial events and activities in New Horizons. In my opinion, It was funnier to play with friends in New Life, because it had the Island where you could meet people and do mini games there. It's a shame that New Horizons won't have more major updates, the game has a lot of potential to be abandoned just in 2 years.… Expand
  24. svonton
    Jul 17, 2022
    7
    Actual name of this game is "Timegate events: the game". continuation of the review will be available tomorrow ....
  25. sarahaj
    Jul 2, 2022
    7
    While a wonderful experience, I feel this game is incomplete without some of the quality of life changes that were made in the previous game. While you will no doubt find yourself pulled into this experience for 100 hours or so, at the end, you may feel it shallow. Couple that with repetitive dialogue that was done better on the DS release Wild World I cannot help but find myself slightlyWhile a wonderful experience, I feel this game is incomplete without some of the quality of life changes that were made in the previous game. While you will no doubt find yourself pulled into this experience for 100 hours or so, at the end, you may feel it shallow. Couple that with repetitive dialogue that was done better on the DS release Wild World I cannot help but find myself slightly disappointed.… Expand
  26. smahlt
    May 21, 2022
    5
    It's fine. It misses out on a lot of the charm the earlier games in the series had. The earlier games felt like "here is a world, you are any average resident", while this one is completely centered around you. The fun of Animal Crossing is firing it up and finding out what's happening today, while in this one, nothing happens unless you make it happen.
  27. seno721
    May 6, 2022
    7
    This is a amazing game with plenty of fun to be had! But the issue comes if you started with the game where it becomes less appealing and more of a chore to play and hard to come back too and almost overwhelming with there now being lots of weeds and new features! Overall its a fun game i just wish the game came out with all the content at the start rather than adding them later
  28. Flounder
    Mar 30, 2022
    7
    Es ist ein sehr entspannendes Spiel, und das war es auch schon und ich meine das überhaupt nicht böse, ich habe dieses Spiel erst zum 100. Mal satt
  29. RC568
    Feb 4, 2022
    7
    Worlds most okay animal crossing game. its good but boring after 100 hours.
  30. shw079
    Feb 4, 2022
    7
    The game is alright, but get tedious very soon. It is not the type of game for me.
  31. Lil_Caucasian
    Jan 29, 2022
    7
    This is a solid Animal Crossing game, but it lacks a lot of content the others had. By the time the updates came out I had fallen off of it, wish the content was there at launch.
  32. Ughduty
    Jan 25, 2022
    6
    Don’t get me wrong the game is fun but has some issues you have to overcome.

    Biggest issue = One island per Switch Second biggest issue = Different Villagers having the same dialogue Other than that the user interface is testing your patience. For example, if you have a stack of say 40 weeds and you would like to take 20 to sell them you have to separate one by one until you have 20    Don’t get me wrong the game is fun but has some issues you have to overcome.

    Biggest issue = One island per Switch
    Second biggest issue = Different Villagers having the same dialogue

    Other than that the user interface is testing your patience. For example, if you have a stack of say 40 weeds and you would like to take 20 to sell them you have to separate one by one until you have 20 additional single weeds in your inventory and after that you have to put them together to a 20 piece stack. Letting you click at least 60 times to do that. There are plenty of other such instances. It is just Ridiculous!    … Expand
  33. moonlaba
    Jan 16, 2022
    7
    꾸미기에 중점을 두는 사람이라면 만족할 것 같고, 생활과 교류에 중점을 두는 사람이라면 실망할 것 같다. 대체로 나는 후자였기에 불호
  34. GearDestruction
    Dec 11, 2021
    7
    my main issue with this game is compared to the older version, the characters are too nice, they are extremely nice. and that makes feel the game less enjoyable compared to the older version when you're looking to have a social interaction with the villagers of your island. the game lacks of realism and the feeling of making friends because you don't see a harsh version of your villagersmy main issue with this game is compared to the older version, the characters are too nice, they are extremely nice. and that makes feel the game less enjoyable compared to the older version when you're looking to have a social interaction with the villagers of your island. the game lacks of realism and the feeling of making friends because you don't see a harsh version of your villagers when their personalities are cranky and snooty who were made to be rude or harsh in the early friendship.

    I think they need to make the villagers more natural in the next game, because at the end of the day, the villager is what makes this game so enjoyable and without that sense of realism, it makes the game feels a bit less fun.    … Expand
  35. MoewCP
    Nov 28, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s still an animal crossing game so I enjoy it. However, so much content was missing from the past games. Many characters being absent besides in the roost is sad and Tortimers role in harvs island was just to give him a role as it is unfortunately a pointless role. Adding cooking is cool but I still think the game would’ve been way better online with actual games and stuff to do like tortimers island. I personally don’t like the direction of more customization and would like it to be like you are just a villager. Missing features like tortimers island and it’s contents as well as small things like seeing the size of a fish or bug really hurts the games rating. The last main issue is villagers being to nice or soft. The GCN game was way to mean but now they feel to soft and lacking personality. Overall it needed more content.… Expand
  36. ochjago
    Nov 22, 2021
    6
    Good, totally enjoyable game. But for how long? I don't play that kind of games very often, so don't exactly know what could have been done better, but the game is kind of boring after a while. Sure, first weeks are exciting and all, but then there's no reason to play, maybe except for some seasonal events.
  37. stibba
    Nov 21, 2021
    5
    Disappointing.

    i've seen very polarising reviews here, on one hand you have game critics universally giving every game a 9/10 and never critiquing anything, not this game either. And on the other hand you have the barrage of user reviews slamming a 0/10 because of stuff unrelated to the game or not being able to have several islands per copy. Im gonna try to save gaming and actually    Disappointing.

    i've seen very polarising reviews here, on one hand you have game critics universally giving every game a 9/10 and never critiquing anything, not this game either. And on the other hand you have the barrage of user reviews slamming a 0/10 because of stuff unrelated to the game or not being able to have several islands per copy. Im gonna try to save gaming and actually review the game.

    Animal crossing is in everyway except for graphical fidelity a step down from new leaf.
    After the tutorial there is no real progression and it really shines a light on how little there is to do in the game. You can go grind ingredients for recipes you dont have, listen to the 4 possible repeating sentences your villagers can say, or catch bugs/fish. Why is talking to your villagers such a bore? talking to them brings up a submenu basically asking "are you sure you want to listen to the repeated dialogue again?". In new leaf, you could talk to villagers for a long time before they started repeating themselves, i really dont know why it is so limited here, since its such a crucial aspect of the game.

    With these main gripes clear, i would like to say that the game isnt all bad, designing your island and home is fun. Fishing is also fun, filling up your museum is the replacement for any progression the game otherwise lacks.

    Overall this is a clear downgrade and the praise the game has gotten (perhaps because of release timing and new players) is not promising. I would recommend new leaf over this every day of the week, and you'll save 30 euro!

    What a shame.    … Expand
  38. valzi
    Nov 9, 2021
    6
    Earlier Animal Crossing games are better, the DLC requires subscription, and my daughter can't have a different island than mine.
  39. chrischaos
    Sep 27, 2021
    7
    Animal Crossing New Horizons is just as addictive as ever. The visuals are improved and the core gameplay is engaging if you're looking for a relaxing experience. However, the game isn't without some major flaws.

    I'm not a big fan of the loading times to get into the game. You sit through a load to get to the title screen, then another to be greeted by Isabelle, followed by another    Animal Crossing New Horizons is just as addictive as ever. The visuals are improved and the core gameplay is engaging if you're looking for a relaxing experience. However, the game isn't without some major flaws.

    I'm not a big fan of the loading times to get into the game. You sit through a load to get to the title screen, then another to be greeted by Isabelle, followed by another load screen to finally start playing the game. It's unacceptable that it takes longer to load into ACNH than it takes to load into a massive game like Breath of the Wild.

    Also, there's the big issue of "One island per console". This would've been made a little better if it were possible to change the "main player" after starting an island. I wonder how many people started with one primary player who no longer has any interest in playing. Now you're faced with the choice of continuing with your limited experience or starting over and losing everything.

    This game could be the best game on Switch, but it's plagued by some serious issues that brings the game down for me.    … Expand
  40. Bisharps
    Sep 13, 2021
    6
    Definitely the weakest in the series after City Folk.
    Many missing features and the new features are a betrayal to the identity of the franchise.
    It used to be about moving into a new neighborhood and slowly becoming one of the locals. Now it's just about having your personal island dollhouse. It makes me worried about the future of the franchise because removing these new features in    Definitely the weakest in the series after City Folk.
    Many missing features and the new features are a betrayal to the identity of the franchise.
    It used to be about moving into a new neighborhood and slowly becoming one of the locals. Now it's just about having your personal island dollhouse.

    It makes me worried about the future of the franchise because removing these new features in future titles will make it look reductive but keeping them in will cause the franchise to stagnate. The future is grim.    … Expand
  41. Kobaru
    Sep 2, 2021
    5
    They just killed my villagers and special npc's and they let some of them sneak into the game with a threat minimum because they are so terrified that they don't even retain their respective personalities...

    Jokes aside, the game is unfinished almost a year and a half after launch and there is nothing to do in it.
    The hope that they change it is still there but ... It has two newscasts left.
  42. IAmGood-U
    Aug 30, 2021
    6
    One Island per switch. What the actual? So stupid and scummy. The game itself is ok. Lots of items and ways to shape and decorate your island to make it like home. A few small changes and this game could be a lot better.
  43. koyukon
    Aug 29, 2021
    5
    It’s just ok. I feel the holidays are worse in this than previous games. The base model of the game had huge potential but they missed the mark on content. They need to innovate. It hurt when my friends gave up on it within a year and I gave up in just over. I didn't like how unattainable and unnecessary some of the achievements were. Seems they set the bar high for tedious things becauseIt’s just ok. I feel the holidays are worse in this than previous games. The base model of the game had huge potential but they missed the mark on content. They need to innovate. It hurt when my friends gave up on it within a year and I gave up in just over. I didn't like how unattainable and unnecessary some of the achievements were. Seems they set the bar high for tedious things because there is so little to do in other aspects of the game. Very much satisfied and also disappointed; this might be the end of my interest in this series.… Expand
  44. TempoTheMan
    Aug 12, 2021
    5
    if you dont like to wait for things and do almost the same things every single day dont buy this, it has infinite playability but its just to boring for my taste, I like quiet games sometimes but this game doesn't even have a normal story, altho thats nintendo :/
  45. Medelat
    Jul 19, 2021
    5
    I'll admit. I was gonna give it a 6, but I just couldn't find enough good in it to be a 6. 5 is where it's at. But anyways, this type of game. The waste of time, no-good, stupid, half-baked game is enough to describe the entirety of this. Firstly, the graphics are good, I'll admit. For a Nintendo game, this isn't half-bad. The designs are nice too, with some nice scenery and stuff. TheI'll admit. I was gonna give it a 6, but I just couldn't find enough good in it to be a 6. 5 is where it's at. But anyways, this type of game. The waste of time, no-good, stupid, half-baked game is enough to describe the entirety of this. Firstly, the graphics are good, I'll admit. For a Nintendo game, this isn't half-bad. The designs are nice too, with some nice scenery and stuff. The music is horrible though, and does not fit this game. There are three woods to describe this game. Boring, repetitive, and tedious. The long, repetitive, dialogue is tedious, the music is bland and sounds boring, and the whole game, in general, is indeed, boring. I've give it one thing though. It's visually stunning. You can walk and run with no lag, and browse around. The items also look pretty good, and the bugs and fish look stunning in the museum (once you build it). Considering how I got this on sale though, I can't give it a negative rating. I got it for $30, instead of $60, but if I did get it for $60, I would give it a 3 or 4. At least the museum is visually stunning, and looks nice. At least there's not a lot of lag. The controls are basic. Whatever. I can't think of anything more to say, so I'll leave it here. Overall, it's a 5/10. Pretty mediocre and bland, but does have some stunning graphics, and the museum is kind of cool. But the music is horrible, the dialogue is long and repetitive, and the game is boring.… Expand
  46. glitchboi
    Jul 6, 2021
    7
    EDIT 7/6/21: Yeah... that didn't age quite well.
    The only issue with this game in my opinion, is the fact that the updates are...
    You know, I would have been happy if they delayed the game in order to get the entire game packed into the base game. All we got is a game that is fun at the start, but gets boring because it's early-access. That's about it. Pick it up if you love Animal    EDIT 7/6/21: Yeah... that didn't age quite well.
    The only issue with this game in my opinion, is the fact that the updates are...
    You know, I would have been happy if they delayed the game in order to get the entire game packed into the base game. All we got is a game that is fun at the start, but gets boring because it's early-access.
    That's about it. Pick it up if you love Animal Crossing, but New Leaf is superior in every way (excluding graphics).
    Old review: This game is a masterpiece. It's a game you should ALWAYS buy for your switch no matter what. You can never get bored of it, and you can get so much hours off of it easily. There is so much to do in the game, and there is always something to do in it. You can customize the look of your character, your island, your house, and you can get villagers! This is, without a doubt, one of the best Nintendo Switch games.
    So, you may be asking, why does this game have a 7.0 user review, and why so much hate? Simple, immature review bombers putting 0 on the damn game because of one **** con about it. Don't be surprised, they're just mad because they didn't do research, wait, didn't Nintendo tell us about it, and wasn't it like this for the past AC games? I respect disliking that dumb feature, but don't give this game a 0 just because of that, actually try playing it for a while first.    … Expand
  47. PanaSonci6
    Jul 3, 2021
    7
    Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a simulation type of game where you can make stuff, pay debt and be friends with animals! It's a fun concept, and it was well executed here! But, it did lack allot of what made Animal Crossing... Well, Animal Crossing. The crafting mechanic is cool, but, It's very annoying when your tool breaks, you have to rebuilt it all over again with the materials. ItAnimal Crossing: New Horizons is a simulation type of game where you can make stuff, pay debt and be friends with animals! It's a fun concept, and it was well executed here! But, it did lack allot of what made Animal Crossing... Well, Animal Crossing. The crafting mechanic is cool, but, It's very annoying when your tool breaks, you have to rebuilt it all over again with the materials. It also lacks allot of the charm New Leaf had in my opinion. New Leaf had cool bonus items like a Wii U and even Nintendo game themed items! Animal Crossing: New Horizons lacks allot of that. But, don't get me wrong, It's a blast making your island look cool with furniture, visiting other's island and even playing with friends once in awhile is great! I would recommend it to almost everyone, since they updated the game to have more to it, but, It didn't grab me back as much as New Leaf did.… Expand
  48. kanariya
    Jun 12, 2021
    5
    Boring.
    I thought this game was some what like a “slow Sims” But after I found out that in order to continue this game, I need to do laboring continuos things like fishing over and over…when I find out that there is nothing much story flowing which made me boring and stop playing this game.
  49. IkOzael
    Jun 10, 2021
    6
    As someone who's gotten into Animal Crossing through Pocket Camp among other things, I enjoy playin' this game way more (even though this series would be right at home on a phone now), but it has many flaws and lacks a ton of things.

    For one, the villagers should have their own unique personality to set 'em apart from each other. They're a main part of this little series, yet there's    As someone who's gotten into Animal Crossing through Pocket Camp among other things, I enjoy playin' this game way more (even though this series would be right at home on a phone now), but it has many flaws and lacks a ton of things.

    For one, the villagers should have their own unique personality to set 'em apart from each other. They're a main part of this little series, yet there's nothing interesting about 'em other than appearance. Personality-wise, there's zero distinction between, say, Beau and Puck for example. In general, you give a villager a gift, they mindlessly accept it as the best thing ever. The only reason to ever get attached to a villager comes down to their looks, not really what they say and it makes 'em bland. They never show any emotion other than absolute happiness. It's feels like a utopia (which I ironically wanted to name my island at one point). Everything is supposedly so perfect and no one ever has anything to talk about other than positive vibes only. It feels so feels artificial. By the way... I don't think it would hurt to have romance. It is fictional and the villagers have anthropomorphic qualities.

    Anyway, special characters aren't much better. The Able Sisters, specifically Sable, is the only one of the three with any kind of interesting dialog and that ain't sayin' a lot. Now that I think about it... STOP with the non-existent conversation trees. Everyone blasted the hell outta Pokémon Sword & Shield for the same thing (if you could even call it that), but of all games, Animal Crossing should be actually doing it. What's the point of choosing dialog when it either amounts to nothin' or has the same outcome as the other choice. Anyway, there's another thing that annoys me: the island sandbox. Why is it that every game uses this formulaic Minecraft-like "world" layout (actually, that would be insulting Minecraft's world generation since it's actually vast compared to Animal Crossing's hub world generation)? It'd be really nice if they designed an actual world instead of just "Hey, there's this new thing happening right now. Here's your new home. Have a good life!". Oh, and why don't villager homes expand? It'd be pretty cool if they also invited you to their homes for whatever reason. I could imagine Muffy inviting me to a sleepover or Beau and Puck wanting me to watch TV together.

    Another reason I'm mixed on this game is that I wish there were more activities to do instead of the same fishin', bug catchin', shell collectin', fossil huntin', flower planting, and island designing that's been in every game. With all these props in the game, you'd think you could interact with more than a handful of 'em in a more interesting way. Y'know, something akin to those two 3DS minigames from New Leaf, but expand that to certain items. Maybe have villagers occasionally challenge you to a match? Also, I think the game should really move on from the overhead view. It'd be nice to see everything with a free camera. It's aesthetically dull when every building or object is or has to be oriented forward to work with the overhead view.

    I almost never use local multiplayer since I do thing on my own in this game and people got me covered on why online is lame.

    It's dumb how cloud saves weren't a thing from the start (even though the way it is still kinda ass). Is cheating really that big of a problem in a game where you create your own experience? Are you serious? It'd be one thing if somethin' like this was runnin' rampant online in multiplayer games, but come on. If people rather stick to the legit way of playin', that's their decision. If people rather put their time into moddin' the game to speed up the progress or whatever, that's their decision. Simple. Whether they regret it or not in the long run is on them. Or god forbit someone simply wanted to have fun changing stuff on their game, affecting no one in the process.

    I like this franchise, but there's a LOT of room for improvement; I didn't talk about all the problems or thoughts I had on this game and the series as a whole. Maybe some of the game's issues will be patched. I'm not optimistic though. The day this series upgrades from being a budget version of The Sims is the day I can truly call it good    … Expand
  50. Meuske
    May 28, 2021
    5
    Its a fun game in the first month, but after that it just kinda sucks. Progress goes veeeery sloooow.
  51. Almonds
    May 18, 2021
    6
    I love Animal Crossing, but this game just feels like a let down.

    Visually, this game looks FANTASTIC. There are so many small details that affect the world around you like the wind speed, how trees and other objects look in the rain, the sounds of different kinds of shoes walking across the ground, it’s great. Terraforming is nice, putting furniture outside is cool, and crafting is    I love Animal Crossing, but this game just feels like a let down.

    Visually, this game looks FANTASTIC. There are so many small details that affect the world around you like the wind speed, how trees and other objects look in the rain, the sounds of different kinds of shoes walking across the ground, it’s great.

    Terraforming is nice, putting furniture outside is cool, and crafting is a fun idea. I actually really love how this game starts out. I love that each day the island is growing, you get new items, and meet new characters as they slowly come to your island. But I feel like after this “tutorial” ends, I don’t really want to play anymore. In New Leaf your always building up stuff even after the beginning. I feel like New Horizons just stops in giving you major reasons to play the game.

    Villagers are also a major issue. I never feel like actually interacting with a villager anymore. If I do I just mash the A button barely processing what the villager is saying because they’ve already said this exact thing a million times before. They just aren’t interesting to talk to. I also hate that when you give them items, they seemingly always accept it. This behavior just comes off as so fake to me that I don’t like it. Please just say “no, this isn’t my style” or something. Animals clearly have preference as sometimes they’ll wear the clothing you give them and other times they’ll wear it one time and just place it in there house the next day to never be used again.

    I also find that furniture sets have less variety. So many items have been removed from New Leaf, it’s sad. Speaking of which, why did they completely cut gyroids from this game??? I thought before New Horizons that they would never remove Gyroids because they were in every single Animal Crossing game beforehand. But yet, here we are.

    Also why is there only one shop upgrade? Seriously? And this can be done in like 1 month... Also why is Mable the only one to get a store, what about Kicks and Leif? Couldn’t they have been a similar thing to how Mable worked?

    When this game can out, it was SUPER bare bones. Though this game was heavily reliant on updates for content... so okay I guess. Until you realize that most of the updates focus on some one day event that has already been in the previous Animal Crossings game. It’s disappointing how much new content were in these updates.

    As many people have described New Horizons as a Happy Home Designer sequel. And that’s really what this game is. It focuses a lot on customization. But that’s not really my favorite feature. It’s the villagers. New Leaf didn’t really have the best villagers. I thought, “they can’t get any worse right? They can only get better.”

    Well... guess my “hopes” were too high.

    This game is fine on its own but Animal Crossing has been separating the main theme it started from, which is “family, friendship and community.”    … Expand
  52. Piemancer
    Apr 2, 2021
    5
    In theory - this supposed to be the most sandboxy sandbox of them all. But sadly, this game feels like... job? I mean, I like always having something to do but in here it's just so forced and come on - artificial restrictions of the gameplay based on real life time? Who came up with this nonsense?
    Get when discounted and play when you don't have anything engaging. A coffee break    In theory - this supposed to be the most sandboxy sandbox of them all. But sadly, this game feels like... job? I mean, I like always having something to do but in here it's just so forced and come on - artificial restrictions of the gameplay based on real life time? Who came up with this nonsense?
    Get when discounted and play when you don't have anything engaging. A coffee break timewaster. This is what this game really is.    … Expand
  53. DieterU
    Apr 1, 2021
    7
    Such an amazing game, but why do I get so burnt out? I don't know if it's my fault or the game's, but it definitely does negatively affect my feelings towards the game. Also there's just some small stuff that would make the game a lot more enjoyable that Nintendo just keeps on not implementing. Still really amazing though.
  54. ShyKitty
    Mar 31, 2021
    6
    My emotions has been a roller coaster ride with this game so far since I never experienced playing New Leaf. I've clocked about 150 hours into this game so this is my review so far:
    The best way I can describe this game is that at times it feels like the Sims 4 but with animals. At times it can come off as just a choir and décor game were all you do is just the same thing day in and day    My emotions has been a roller coaster ride with this game so far since I never experienced playing New Leaf. I've clocked about 150 hours into this game so this is my review so far:
    The best way I can describe this game is that at times it feels like the Sims 4 but with animals. At times it can come off as just a choir and décor game were all you do is just the same thing day in and day out: go fishing, look for shells, sell or buy something, gardening, talk to neighbors who really don't have much of anything important to say. It just comes off as very repetitive with extremely slow progress. The only reason I've clocked this many hours is because I started this game off with my fiancée at first, it was fun for a while until you notice that this game is not meant to be a two person player type of game. Who ever is first player, you will have to follow them around *everywhere* they go and if you don't then you will get poofed to the location that they are in. This makes multiplayer extremely frustrating when you want to do two different things on the opposite side of the island cause it's impossible to do. One of you will just have to sit there and wait and occupy yourself with something in the immediate area first player is in until they decide to move. This game doesn't allow two or at least 3 different saves you are only stuck with one island, in my opinion, this was a terrible decision for this game and shouldn't have been done. My fiancée had lost interest at playing at one point since things were to slow to his liking, I continued playing but noticed I was getting no where with my island, not much of anything was occurring until I released my fiancée was still player one. I ended up deleting the first save and started fresh.

    Once I started over, I noticed huge amount of improvement. I noticed more bugs, got more land and started meeting more characters, so that is an upside. Now that I'm somewhere in the middle of updating my new island, I released that you or your villagers can't interact with their surrounding, for the most part all of my villagers do is just walk around, talk to each other now and then, possible water the plants and that's it. Not once have a seen a villager or visitor go inside the museum, buy anything from the nook shop, you pretty much have to gift them everything. Some gifts that you gave them won't even be in theirs homes so it will be as if you never gave it to them..it just depends on what the item is. It would be nice if décor objects were interactable with my character and villagers, It's pretty to look at but just feels like pointless objects that do nothing but lying around your island. I want more than just "pretty to look at" especially with a game like animal crossing.

    Lacking the ability to evict certain villagers or decorate objects in this game is bothering when this entire game is about creating your own world. I dislike that there is no option to go into town hall and evict a villager you no longer want on your island, your forced to be mean or isolate them in hopes of them wanting to move but there's no telling when that will occur same with waiting for a visitors to arrive at the campsite. It's also disappointing that you can't recolor store items or balloon gifts cause they may already come with variations, the only thing you can recolor is DIYs you make which is restrictive for no reason. Tools constantly breaking after a couple hits is huge annoyance! Recrafting the same **** over and over again is not fun after the 100th time, especially when you're adding iron to the object- it should last longer than that!

    The game also has a huge problem with regeneration! I can't tell you how many times I have collected a bunch of fossils only for Blathers to tell me that one (sometimes NONE) out of many fossils I had over to him are good cause they are already in the freaking museum! Why is the island regenerating the same damn fossils!? This problem is also occurring with bottle and balloon DIYs and Nook Mile ticket islands that end up wasting 2,000 miles on cause it's the SAME empty island I've already gone to before despite them saying you can't ever visit the island again? I have yet to find any new villagers at my campsite or any of these islands. It makes traveling frustrating and not worth it at times.

    This issue of blocking certain islanders to maintain 10 only caused Leif to stop showing up entirely. For the first time ever, I had to time travel (changed my time zone to Honolulu) just to get him to finally show back up again since the last time I had seen him was a while ago. I'm still playing, I paid for this game so i want to see what happens next but there's room for tons and tons of improvement.    … Expand
  55. francisjairam12
    Mar 24, 2021
    6
    First things first let me just be clear here. I've been playing this game since the day it first came on March 20, 2020 so I have seen every single thing that the game has to offer. I do not hate New Horizons its still a good game despite the flaws it has. So anyways I feel stuck on what to do next? I completed my museum (all fossils, sea creatures, bugs, fish, statues, and paintings),First things first let me just be clear here. I've been playing this game since the day it first came on March 20, 2020 so I have seen every single thing that the game has to offer. I do not hate New Horizons its still a good game despite the flaws it has. So anyways I feel stuck on what to do next? I completed my museum (all fossils, sea creatures, bugs, fish, statues, and paintings), terraformed my island the way I wanted it to be, and got the villagers that I wanted so now I am just asking myself "what do I do now?". This question has been bothering me for the longest time.

    I seen all the events and they were fun for the time and whenever there was new stuff added I would be interested and try it out and then after about a day I get bored so quickly. I try to motivate myself to keep playing daily but it just doesn't feel good anymore. I have a lot of Nook Miles which I probably am not going to use given that I already finished hunting for villagers using nook mile tickets and I got amiibo cards last year. I guess what I'm trying to say is the game just feels stale and really lacks longevity. If anyone asks I did time travel. Only because it just took too long to like order stuff from the Nook Shopping and you are forced to wait a day until it comes tomorrow which was getting pretty annoying. I did the same thing when first building bridges and inclines when I was still making my island last year.

    Ihis game feels like a Happy Home Designer 2.0 where it focus a lot more on designing rather than building a community. I try to feel more relax in New Horizons but because of how terrible the Villager dialogue is I just cannot do it. I took a break from this game, came back hoping something actually would happen for the 1 year anniversary but nope all I got was a cake and the villagers just repeat the same topics.    … Expand
  56. ladiebird
    Mar 20, 2021
    6
    I recently restarted my island after dropping off from the game around June last year and am enjoying it again so far, collecting all the bugs and fish and sea creatures and moving islanders in. It's a beautiful game, and I really enjoy the landscaping and creative freedom you have when creating your island. Unfortunately, after you finish building, there's nothing very worthwhile left toI recently restarted my island after dropping off from the game around June last year and am enjoying it again so far, collecting all the bugs and fish and sea creatures and moving islanders in. It's a beautiful game, and I really enjoy the landscaping and creative freedom you have when creating your island. Unfortunately, after you finish building, there's nothing very worthwhile left to experience. I think this is why I stopped playing originally.

    Compared to previous games, the events are much more focused around collecting items/DIYs than interacting with your villagers and the special visitors. As a result, every seasonal event feels sort of the same. The villagers themselves are also super boring to interact. At first, they give you tasks, but as you progress that seems to stop. Even then, the number of tasks you get isn't comparable to previous entries at all. It is very much unlike the previous games in that regard, where helping your villagers felt like a focal point. Villagers of the same personality also feel very similar. I think this is because they tend to talk about what you did yesterday, rather than asking questions or talking about themselves. I've heard this is because of the way dialogue is prioritised, not because it's limited.

    The incremental updates have improved the game over time and kept things interesting, and since Nintendo says the game should have a 3 year lifespan, we can probably expect more. Long story short, if you like the idea of designing and collecting (bugs, fish, fossils, art, DIYs, items etc), buying New Horizons is well worth the time and enjoyment you'll get out of it. If you prefer the older games because of the dynamic interactions you get with villagers, or New Leaf for the interesting/varied seasonal events, maybe skip this one out.    … Expand
  57. hknyrbkn
    Mar 16, 2021
    5
    So I had written another review where I gave Animal Crossing: New Horizons a score of 10. On the anniversary of the game, I lower it back to 5 as the developers did NOT deliver the updates that they had promised. The game is barren, and nothing changed since last March when the game launched. For a long-term game like ACNH, this is unacceptable. Update by update, it just got more boring.
  58. RianJohnson15
    Feb 15, 2021
    7
    It's a well-made game though. I love how well detailed this game is, and everything you do before you get a 4-star island feels rewarding. However the amount of activities feel so limited compared to New Leaf and GCN. Everything feels repetitive from the announcements to the villager dialogue. Also, the multiplayer sucks and one island per console feels suspicious. It isn't like WildIt's a well-made game though. I love how well detailed this game is, and everything you do before you get a 4-star island feels rewarding. However the amount of activities feel so limited compared to New Leaf and GCN. Everything feels repetitive from the announcements to the villager dialogue. Also, the multiplayer sucks and one island per console feels suspicious. It isn't like Wild World and its Spinoffs, but it isn't Top 3 best though.… Expand
  59. Amajo
    Feb 15, 2021
    5
    I was very hyped about this game in first month of playing. After several house and shop upgrades game became more boring. Repetitive announcements without good info like weather, who is at island, same route everyday and talking with villagers is not really entertaining-repetitive conversations. I'm stuck in lack of ideas for decorating, I wish that there were more items. Multiplayer isI was very hyped about this game in first month of playing. After several house and shop upgrades game became more boring. Repetitive announcements without good info like weather, who is at island, same route everyday and talking with villagers is not really entertaining-repetitive conversations. I'm stuck in lack of ideas for decorating, I wish that there were more items. Multiplayer is really irritating, when a player invites more than one player (freeze screen when one is leaving).

    Loading screens when I see my face on switch screen make me think: What am I doing with my life?. Was that Nintendo goal?
    If yes, then be happy, you made it.    … Expand
  60. snoycel
    Feb 13, 2021
    7
    Overall it is a good game and a great entry point for those who are new to the series.
    The art direction, music and design screams polish. BUT for those who are familiar with the series this game will likely leave you disappointed because the content just isn't there to keep you entertained once you have gone through the new features.
  61. junkykunky
    Feb 9, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game would be a 10/10 if it wasn't for the fact the game is stretched along days and months just to get certain things done. I also don't appreciate how you have to pay for two separate switches, two separate games each costing 40$ and a Nintendo switch online membership. If you look past all of that the game can be really really fun especially with fishing, crafting and villagers. Not a perfect game though.… Expand
  62. wydy
    Feb 3, 2021
    5
    There are only two kind of reviews here. The "only one island per console" critic and the people who love the game.

    But I think that's not the only problem with the game. From my side there are two huge problems with the game. You can't do really much on your island. You're possible actions on the island are extremely limited and the size of the island is small. There isn't much    There are only two kind of reviews here. The "only one island per console" critic and the people who love the game.

    But I think that's not the only problem with the game. From my side there are two huge problems with the game.

    You can't do really much on your island. You're possible actions on the island are extremely limited and the size of the island is small. There isn't much discover on your island. The game seems to miss a lot of feature to keep you interested for a longer time to play. Sure there are other Islands to discover, but they are randomly generated, small and don't add something new. They're just like your island with the same actions to do.
    You can't plant different vegetables/fruit and farm it. You can't have animals for milking. There are Apple trees. But you can't make apple juice or marmalade. You can only pick up the apples and sell it. There aren't secret dungeons to discover, mysteries to solve. You can craft new items and furniture, but they're mostly only cosmetic and don't add new features. There is no discovery or crafting system to keep you interested.

    They added a real time day. So it's always the same date and time as in real life. You can't go to sleep and wake up on the next morning in the game. That add a huge time-sink in the game. You can play about 15min and then your daily "work" on the island is done and you have to wait till the next day. The same with the seasons, you have to play for a year to see every season in the game.

    From my point of view, the game seems unfinished and miss a lot of features to keep you interested for a longer period of time    … Expand
  63. BennyDahBoi
    Feb 3, 2021
    7
    An interesting introduction for me to the Animal Crossing franchise, but a forgetful one at times..

    I was browsing in a store one day with my family till I saw the Animal Crossing game on the shelf. Hearing everything that was great about the game, I thought I would give it a go. I absolutely loved the first few weeks of playing, with tutorials being idiot-proof whilst also bringing    An interesting introduction for me to the Animal Crossing franchise, but a forgetful one at times..

    I was browsing in a store one day with my family till I saw the Animal Crossing game on the shelf. Hearing everything that was great about the game, I thought I would give it a go. I absolutely loved the first few weeks of playing, with tutorials being idiot-proof whilst also bringing adventure to your mind, where you can ponder what is behind that river on your island.

    I also absolutely loved the fact that you could buy tickets to visit new, intriguing areas where you can expand your own island's population from. The art style is very pleasing on the eyes and I the music when I boot up the game almost always gives me a joyous feeling. However, I rarely hear that music anymore...

    After around 1 and a half months of playing, I just stopped. I had accomplished everything I had wanted to, bridging to new areas, getting nicer equipment and upping my population. I had realised then that the game mostly was about collecting and decorating. It just did not feel satisfying when I placed a piece of furniture or caught a new fish where a few more pixels where coloured than the other fish I caught 2 minutes ago.

    A few days ago, my sister wanted to hop on and play, but little did we know, a 1 island per console restriction permitted that.

    Another drawback was the date and time "hacks" everyone pulled off with the reselling of turnips, that ruined a lot of fun when friends would just visit me and drop money everywhere whilst I wanted to catch fish and earn bells the legit way.

    Overall, this Animal Crossing game can be quite flawed in some ways but I did enjoy my time while I found it fun. I recommend it still as games with stories can take tens of hours to finish until you stop playing, whereas with this game, HUNDREDS of hours can be put in and you can still be having the time of your life!    … Expand
  64. Polarisao
    Feb 1, 2021
    5
    It shouldn't get the praise it gets - Its a very basic game which can be easily outmatched by a number of life games on the switch. That's why I give it a 5 because the novelty wears off fast and hard and I haven't touched the game since. Won't be buying again
  65. Simpson_761
    Jan 31, 2021
    5
    Not allowing more than one save file per switch? Forcing to time gate you in a paid title? Why can Nintendo be allowed to get away with things like this when Xbox and Playstation would be HATED for doing similar things?
  66. Gontrand00
    Jan 20, 2021
    7
    Being playing for more than a month and I like it. It's a relaxing experience.

    Though. They **** need to fix the multiplayer thing, which is utterly trash and so disrespectful for nintendo's fan. I play solo so I don't care, and I will never pay for their online trash service. I would probably never have bought this game if it was to play with my friends or roommate (if I had one).    Being playing for more than a month and I like it. It's a relaxing experience.

    Though. They **** need to fix the multiplayer thing, which is utterly trash and so disrespectful for nintendo's fan. I play solo so I don't care, and I will never pay for their online trash service. I would probably never have bought this game if it was to play with my friends or roommate (if I had one).

    When I compare the first AC on GCN to this one, we can clearly see that there are improvements (fortunately, lol). But even if every single details are nice, I'm kinda worried that the interest will wear out in a month or two. Like every AC games. Which is sad because they really could find ways to update it and make it more enjoyable to play, with significant updates like in MMO games. But we know Nintendo, it's never going to be the case. We are going to have cheap updates every 4 months for Valentine, Halloween, Christmas, etc... and that's it. I got it for half the price so I don't really care, but this game is never gonna be worth the full price or the online membership to play with your friends.

    So play it if you're solo and can have it for half the price, or just pass.    … Expand
  67. Muzak
    Jan 18, 2021
    7
    This is an amazing single player game. Unfortunately the truly lovely dev team didn't learn from other contemporary multiplayer games. You can't join your friends easily because there are 5 obnoxious hoops you have to jump through. Fix the multiplayer please! Have an app on the nook phone that just teleports you an online friend if they accept. There should not be such a tremendousThis is an amazing single player game. Unfortunately the truly lovely dev team didn't learn from other contemporary multiplayer games. You can't join your friends easily because there are 5 obnoxious hoops you have to jump through. Fix the multiplayer please! Have an app on the nook phone that just teleports you an online friend if they accept. There should not be such a tremendous roadblock even if they were trying to protect kids from online gaming or something.… Expand
  68. FrostAwxYT
    Jan 16, 2021
    5
    I like it, every day something different happens. But it kinda gets boring after time
  69. leeaw
    Jan 8, 2021
    6
    On one hand, I do truly adore this game. The ambiance is spectacular, the in-game holiday celebrations are something I genuinely look forward to, and the amount of connection I feel to my little town and villagers is a bit embarrassing, and seeing the community and creations within and surrounding this is fantastic. It's been genuinely helpful in establishing a routine while at home allOn one hand, I do truly adore this game. The ambiance is spectacular, the in-game holiday celebrations are something I genuinely look forward to, and the amount of connection I feel to my little town and villagers is a bit embarrassing, and seeing the community and creations within and surrounding this is fantastic. It's been genuinely helpful in establishing a routine while at home all day, and I owe it loads for that. On the other hand, I try to be objective on some level.
    ACNH makes a number of significant improvements to player experience- but it stops so, so short. The one island per console restriction, the abysmal multiplayer that nearly (unintentionally) captures the absolutely dreadful, slow experience of going to a real airport, tool breakage that serves no gameplay purpose, excruciatingly slow animations for just about every action the player can preform, and so much more make this game so incredibly clunky. Nothing feels streamlined. Nothing feels good to interact with. The villagers have nowhere near enough dialogue to feel realistic, and at a point the gameplay loop gets extremely repetitive, and yet charm alone stops me from rating this any lower.
    There's a lot to say about atmosphere in video games, and this is a prime example of the drastic effect it can have on games. If you're interested in a nice quaint experience, you should absolutely buy it. if you're looking for a good game, look elsewhere.    … Expand
  70. MaxKolonko
    Dec 31, 2020
    5
    Great game killed by idiotic "1 console = 1 user" solution. I had to quit the game so my son could play...
  71. Rhidonkulus
    Dec 31, 2020
    7
    Beautiful game but the fact that you can’t have your own island on a different user is very annoying. Been waiting to play the game for ages and I’m now either the awful step-mum that won’t let her step-son change her island etc or I have to fork out another £50 for a new game card!
  72. Swerv
    Dec 30, 2020
    5
    This is the first review I have written. Im not normally one to write reviews although I depend on them for all purchases. AC is not a bad game but while others find it enjoyable, I find it more of a chore with Nintendo forcing me to play the game the way they want.

    1) One island per switch is annoying. This tied with the fact that only ONE person can do things like move / build    This is the first review I have written. Im not normally one to write reviews although I depend on them for all purchases. AC is not a bad game but while others find it enjoyable, I find it more of a chore with Nintendo forcing me to play the game the way they want.

    1) One island per switch is annoying. This tied with the fact that only ONE person can do things like move / build bridges, stairs, & housing plots makes it extremely annoying when the island "rep" stops playing. Also, my partner & I have different tastes & playstyles. Forcing one island per switch was a terrible idea (but im sure they just wanted to force people to buy more Switches)

    2) Load times are LONG. Breath of the wild, which is more intensive and large then this game, loads up in like half the time. One of the biggest reasons I dont play anymore, is because it just takes so long to get into the game and do the daily tasks.

    The amount of dialog you have to sit through repeatedly + lack of bulk crafting added to the load times adds up.

    3) Outside of events, the game is pretty stale. The amount of villagers keeps things interesting but after a week you heard all of Isabelle's basic greetings. Your person says the same cringy line EVERY TIME you find a fossil, catch a fish, ect.    … Expand
  73. lqstuart
    Dec 28, 2020
    5
    The complaints about progression if you're player 2+ are entirely valid and I have a hard time wrapping my head around the thought process that led to those design decisions without chalking it up to stupidity or incompetence. If you don't care about having only a single island per console, or only one player who can progress the story--which I don't, I was honestly glad to not have toThe complaints about progression if you're player 2+ are entirely valid and I have a hard time wrapping my head around the thought process that led to those design decisions without chalking it up to stupidity or incompetence. If you don't care about having only a single island per console, or only one player who can progress the story--which I don't, I was honestly glad to not have to deal with that--then you still have to contend with the issues of being unable to build bridges or craft really basic furniture. On top of that, the controls are awful, dialog is incredibly repetitive and tedious, and for a game whose entire purpose is decorating your island, this has the worst customization options imaginable short of not actually offering any at all. If you don't believe me, then feel free to stop by my house full of urinals and giant baseball helmets because I can't buy a bed or a proper table.

    This game was only a success because it coincided with a devastating global pandemic, and the previous installments were apparently even more boring and stupid. Neither of those are claims to fame that I personally would want.    … Expand
  74. BigBrainVR
    Dec 17, 2020
    5
    I love the game, fantastic and addictive, but I’m really bummed out now because after 40 hours my brother came and went on our shared switch and destroyed my island, chopping down trees, taking fruits, stealing fossils, etc. I’m very upset and I need more than one island per switch
  75. GodRatiy
    Dec 12, 2020
    7
    I got it to play with my sister and some of my friends, but 20$ even for yearly internet usage is not that great for just one game, still good for a famliy usage.
  76. Willywonka180
    Dec 12, 2020
    5
    Im so sad about this game, it has Not enough here to entice me to come back to it so often like the old games. If your gonna make a game so bland at least have good characters! These characters are boring with nothing good to do but walk around. In older games they acted like people. They could invite you over, have parties, actually be rude, and even give you tasks. In this you walkIm so sad about this game, it has Not enough here to entice me to come back to it so often like the old games. If your gonna make a game so bland at least have good characters! These characters are boring with nothing good to do but walk around. In older games they acted like people. They could invite you over, have parties, actually be rude, and even give you tasks. In this you walk around, catch bugs, and earn money. That’s all there is to do. Gone is the interesting gameplay. But even the crapiest of games has some good. While I am playing the story based part of the game I had a grand old time. Tom Nook is actually pretty funny, and it’s fun. The rest is boring. Again I’m so sad to say this… Expand
  77. TheBestMarioFan
    Dec 12, 2020
    7
    So I previously had a very positive review here. I really enjoyed the first week of the game and it is still pretty good. However, the more you'll play the more basic and uninteresting everything becomes. Characters have not a lot of things to say and they'll even repeat the same line for a few days in a row. To be honest it makes the game feel generic and while the in other games theSo I previously had a very positive review here. I really enjoyed the first week of the game and it is still pretty good. However, the more you'll play the more basic and uninteresting everything becomes. Characters have not a lot of things to say and they'll even repeat the same line for a few days in a row. To be honest it makes the game feel generic and while the in other games the villagers felt like real people, hre it feels like they are just basic NPCs. For me, this was my favorite part of New Leaf so that is why I edited this one. If you only buy this for the building part. Then buy it. It does that part very well, but if you want an Animal Crossing game with villagers that feel alive. I suggest you buy any of the other games.… Expand
  78. CaptianGinyu
    Dec 11, 2020
    5
    While I understand why people like this game... it's just not for me. I just couldn't keep playing it, and I just ended up moving on to other games. To me there just wasn't a whole lot to do, and every time you thought you were doing something cool you would have to wait a day for it, and don't even get me started on the menuing... Honestly, my favorite part of the game was catching bugsWhile I understand why people like this game... it's just not for me. I just couldn't keep playing it, and I just ended up moving on to other games. To me there just wasn't a whole lot to do, and every time you thought you were doing something cool you would have to wait a day for it, and don't even get me started on the menuing... Honestly, my favorite part of the game was catching bugs and fish, and while I can see why people like this game, it was just boring to me. My advice: wait for a big sale, or even better, just buy Stardew Valley.… Expand
  79. Bluespell1
    Nov 9, 2020
    6
    I Disappointed with the game. It's kind of a boring game. Not much to do for the most part and doing stuff feel's empty. I feel like it takes a very long time to get anything done. You get to the point were you have a large stack of crafting materials then half of what you would usually do is gone.
  80. Resonator
    Oct 21, 2020
    6
    This game is beautiful and relaxing, but for me they've fallen a bit short. The mechanics are simple, very simple, but I feel that a complex system will ruin the game. Would be very fun that they add minigames like in previous games, maybe a supermario in the NES or something like that, or a pinball on the pinball you can buy. The villagers are so cute, but the limit of 10 is stupid whenThis game is beautiful and relaxing, but for me they've fallen a bit short. The mechanics are simple, very simple, but I feel that a complex system will ruin the game. Would be very fun that they add minigames like in previous games, maybe a supermario in the NES or something like that, or a pinball on the pinball you can buy. The villagers are so cute, but the limit of 10 is stupid when you have a big island. Is always the same, they have something right but they fall short.… Expand
  81. DarkSliver
    Oct 15, 2020
    7
    It’s fun for the first 20 hours then it’s gets REALLY SOUR and I just don’t like it I would say buy when all of the updates come out and it could be 100 hours of fun gameplay
  82. ConsoleArgonaut
    Oct 13, 2020
    6
    This opinion on the game is without including the new updates!

    I hated this game for one reason: It absolutely wastes your time in every aspect of the game. Why can't I craft multiple items of one type at once? Why is the inventory so limited from the start? Why are there always so many clicks you have to do for everything? Also, Nintendo. Why can't I cloud save this game? I would    This opinion on the game is without including the new updates!

    I hated this game for one reason: It absolutely wastes your time in every aspect of the game.
    Why can't I craft multiple items of one type at once?
    Why is the inventory so limited from the start?
    Why are there always so many clicks you have to do for everything?
    Also, Nintendo. Why can't I cloud save this game? I would like to uninstall it and come back to it later once there are quality of life updates, but I still have to have the icon on my switch no matter what? That just seems wrong.

    Verdict: This game would be great with enough quality of life updates. As it stands tho it's a giant waste of time.

    Rating:
    Gameplay: 1/5 - Time wasting
    Level Design: 4/5 - Great looking islands with nice exploration.
    Soundtrack: 5/5 - Fantastic
    Story: 2/5 - Everything this game needs, but nothing special
    Graphics: 5/5 - Beautiful.
    Length: 5/5 - As long as you want to. Played it for 30 hours and was still on the start of the game.
    Replay Value: 2/5 - There's no real reason to start over again since you'll repeat everything just with other characters on your island.
    Enjoyment: 1/5 - It just got frustrating the more I played.

    Overall rating: 25/40 => 6.25/10 => 6/10    … Expand
  83. djplanetb
    Sep 12, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Look, this is a very cute and diverting game. I got it when it came out even though I had never played another AC game before, though I have put many hours into Stardew Valley so I thought it would be a good fit. Then the pandemic came and I got into it especially at the beginning. Didn't even time travel until late May or so. I've bred all the varieties of flowers, collected all the fossils in the museum and just finished getting all the artwork too (I'm not some sucker that's going to not TT and wait 3 frigging years of real life to get all the art), terraformed my island several times over, so it's not like I don't appreciate what is in the game. The problem is the seeming hatred Nintendo's programmers have for the players of this game. Talking to Gulliver or Gullivarr, you literally have to hit the A button almost 20 times to get through the dialogues to get your task from them. This is similar for interactions with EVERY NPC that isn't an island villager. Why does Kicks even come to islands? He never sells anything worth having and that's just one more day until you can get some useful like Redd on the island. Crafting DIYs is a pain. I gave up crafing bait probably back in July, once I had caught all the fish available to that point. IF I ever pick up the game again (and it's less likely every day), I will never craft bait again OR terraform again. Terraforming is one island pixel/cell at a time. Like everything in this game, it is beyond tedious. This isn't so much a game as a part-time job and about as enjoyable after the shine wears off. I'm to the point where I cringe every time I hear the Isabelle music when starting up the game, then close my eyes and hit the A button until she's done saying nothing... again.

    Back to the villagers... so boring. It's like you're supposed to talk to them every day, but when you do 9 times out of 10 they say the EXACT same thing they said yesterday. Reading online about how the villagers have been dumbed down and made nicer since the earlier games makes it seem like a really poor choice. When you get to the late game - having plenty of bells in your account and upgrading the house and shops to the max, and having the villagers you want - there's NO reason to go to other islands with Nook Miles Tickets. I now have about 150,000 NMs and NOTHING to spend them on. And I have a few achievements left to earn more but they are grindy AF and it would take me another 100 or 200 hours to get them (I'm ashamed to say I've played this over 500 hours, but I blame that on the pandemic). Not interested.

    To sum up: It's a pretty game with no soul and in the end, will bore the cr*p out of you.    … Expand
  84. Para_
    Sep 11, 2020
    5
    This game is the most disappointed i've ever been with a game I was hyped for. The first 2 months was a great time. It was fun filling out my fossil, bug, and fish collection, and trying to rank up my island. I hit 5 stars, got my fossil collection to 100%, got my house to max rank, and slowly lost my will to play. There is nothing else to do. The landscaping tools are too slow andThis game is the most disappointed i've ever been with a game I was hyped for. The first 2 months was a great time. It was fun filling out my fossil, bug, and fish collection, and trying to rank up my island. I hit 5 stars, got my fossil collection to 100%, got my house to max rank, and slowly lost my will to play. There is nothing else to do. The landscaping tools are too slow and cumbersome to incite me to redesign my island. Catching new bugs and fish stops being exciting. I have 10,000,000 bells from how easy and exploitable the Stalk Market is. You and other people can't modify an island while hosting, leading all multiplayer sessions to devolve into you becoming a tour guide for 10 minutes. The animal dialogue is repetitive and boring. Nook Miles stop being an incentive to do anything later on due to the absurdly grindy goals you have to do.
    The core gameplay loop stops being fun after a month, and makes me regret spending $60 on the game. Nobody I know that picked the game up at launch still consistently plays, and ive heard countless people say the same thing online. They're trying to add new content, but it's far too little, too late and I couldn't be bothered. Whenever I turn the game on, I play for less than 10 minutes, and go play something else. I want to love this game so bad after playing New Leaf daily for *years* but I just can't. Its a rushed, boring mess that has no right to be in the same prestigious series as Animal Crossing.
    If you want to play an Animal Crossing game, you're better off playing New Leaf or Gamecube. This is not worth your time or money. The game is beyond saving with seasonal updates. The core gameplay loop is not fun. I am a long time fan that only wants the best from the series, and New Horizons isn't it.    … Expand
  85. TEMP0
    Sep 6, 2020
    7
    I gave this game a 10 score for being a refined island getaway, but I need to take that back. Honestly once you get a 5-star island, a 6 room house, all your favorite villagers in your island, and do a couple of big events, then New Horizons starts to get old. You notice the flaws within the game; it's limited in its features, the graphics & camera angles can feel clunky at times, and it'sI gave this game a 10 score for being a refined island getaway, but I need to take that back. Honestly once you get a 5-star island, a 6 room house, all your favorite villagers in your island, and do a couple of big events, then New Horizons starts to get old. You notice the flaws within the game; it's limited in its features, the graphics & camera angles can feel clunky at times, and it's not even complete yet.… Expand
  86. vxtxlxj
    Aug 29, 2020
    7
    It's a good game with beautiful graphics but it gets quite boring after some time and it just doesn't grip me as New Leaf did.
  87. Kickingtheplace
    Aug 26, 2020
    5
    Update Review:
    After buying this same since launch, I honestly thought the newest Animal Crossing game would be better than it's predecessors. However, New Horizons fails to impress after completing the various set of objectives. The updates may have addressed the issues we wanted but the one Island system still exists while we rarely see new things being added. These updates only added    Update Review:
    After buying this same since launch, I honestly thought the newest Animal Crossing game would be better than it's predecessors. However, New Horizons fails to impress after completing the various set of objectives. The updates may have addressed the issues we wanted but the one Island system still exists while we rarely see new things being added. These updates only added special temporary events which did not give me an incentive to go back. Unfortunately, this game is lacking variety compared to New Leaf and City Folk. I feel like this game isn't living up to the hype especially to people who have devoted their lives to the franchise. I hardly hate to say this but this game is honestly a bargain bin to me.    … Expand
  88. Ridleymain
    Aug 25, 2020
    5
    On one hand, I actually like the durability system and the fact that you can craft so many different things, and also the game will always be relaxing and relatively stress-free. On the other hand, the characters are incredibly dry, you can only have one island per console, and for me, the game gets stale after about a week. Also pretty much everything is locked behind a time wall. I don'tOn one hand, I actually like the durability system and the fact that you can craft so many different things, and also the game will always be relaxing and relatively stress-free. On the other hand, the characters are incredibly dry, you can only have one island per console, and for me, the game gets stale after about a week. Also pretty much everything is locked behind a time wall. I don't think it's a bad game, and definitely recommend this to anyone who has not played an animal crossing game before, but it is nothing compared to New Leaf.… Expand
  89. glittergoose
    Aug 24, 2020
    7
    Initially, I could not put down this game. I spent two weeks after getting a "4-star" island rating trying to raise it to 5 but... I hate it now. I hate the way my island looks and feels. I look to other player's 5-star islands and it is not my jam. I've ruined so much of the natural beauty of my secluded island to please Isabelle, but she's never satisfied. Can't even start a fresh islandInitially, I could not put down this game. I spent two weeks after getting a "4-star" island rating trying to raise it to 5 but... I hate it now. I hate the way my island looks and feels. I look to other player's 5-star islands and it is not my jam. I've ruined so much of the natural beauty of my secluded island to please Isabelle, but she's never satisfied. Can't even start a fresh island without deleting all my progress. Do I really want to back to a time when I only had one outfit?… Expand
  90. AuthorityBottle
    Aug 21, 2020
    5
    i honestly don't like graphics. whenever i see realistic or modern graphics the game will be mediocre and thats what i feel about this game. there isn't much to do. And no i don't think adding more fish or more items will make this game any better. i was hoping for more things to do with construction tool but nope there is limit to it and there isn't any activities like hopping for morei honestly don't like graphics. whenever i see realistic or modern graphics the game will be mediocre and thats what i feel about this game. there isn't much to do. And no i don't think adding more fish or more items will make this game any better. i was hoping for more things to do with construction tool but nope there is limit to it and there isn't any activities like hopping for more like when i had wash cars in the old animal crossing not just holidays. i hope to travel somewhere interesting place like, city or just small house. Just some thing interesting not just island and islands and animals to bring. i also don't want put every retail i meet in my island.And you can't kick villager which is annoying, and there villagers don't have any personality , no dislikes, no unique dialog , and no unique rooms. except the five special characters and people are wondering why people wanted that cat so much because he hes unique… Expand
  91. Luahanseng
    Aug 12, 2020
    5
    Great graphics, great concept, tons of random items you can acquire and addictive specially the creativity part. The negatives though, i hate that they limit bunch of things, they basically limit the capability of the switch,
  92. Spaghettichaek
    Aug 6, 2020
    5
    I’ve never played an AC game before. I love life-sim games. This AC reminds me of the Sims, but if the Sims bred with Minecraft and made a game with a terrible UI and a slight superiority complex through the stupid real time method- you MUST wait 24 hours to build this museum, HA. HA.

    It has four main facets of gameplay. Resource grinding, hunting, customisation/crafting and    I’ve never played an AC game before. I love life-sim games. This AC reminds me of the Sims, but if the Sims bred with Minecraft and made a game with a terrible UI and a slight superiority complex through the stupid real time method- you MUST wait 24 hours to build this museum, HA. HA.

    It has four main facets of gameplay. Resource grinding, hunting, customisation/crafting and multiplayer. I‘ll go through these.

    1. Resources

    Grinding for resources, which you have to do with constantly breaking tools, is painful and will lead to mild insanity early in the game. You need wood? Hit that tree. You need stone? Hit that rock. Never-ending. Also, there aren’t enough resources on your island, so you have to fly to other ones created for resource grinding- this costs a stupid amount of in-game currency.

    2. ‘Hunting’.
    You can catch bugs, fish, sea creatures and dig up fossils, all of which you give to the museum. This is fun enough and relatively interesting.

    3. Customisation.

    You start on a deserted island. By the third realtime day if you’ve played quite a lot you’ll get some cool furniture to craft. By the 9th or 10th you’ll get terraforming. The customisation options are relatively wide ranging once you acquire them- but the time it takes is stupid and irritating. However, you can immediately design clothing, which is pretty awesome.

    Placing furniture, however, is one of the most frustrating things- without a useful placing system you just have to drop it and hope it lands in the right place. Sometimes, even when there’s loads of room, the game says ‘no room to place things here’- one of the many irritating unskippable dialogue boxes. Also, moving things like trees is irritating- you have to eat. One. Apple. At. A. Time. Dig the tree up. Plant it. Making a forest is difficult to say the least.

    4. Multiplayer.

    If you have Nintendo Online, for 4 dollars a month you can visit other’s islands with full chat facilities (beware if your kid is young and you don’t want them talking to strangers). This is good, because you can see people’ efforts to customise their islands and hang out with them.

    So, in conclusion- this game is both fun (because of the customisation options) and deeply frustrating. For a game based on creating a desert island in your own way, it takes a ridiculous amount of time to unlock customisation options and there’s much, much too much grinding. Time travel is necessary to avoid deep boredom.

    Buy it if you like life sims and aren’t bothered by grinding for resources.    … Expand
  93. ShaddowMaann
    Aug 3, 2020
    6
    To me the game is pretty good I don't have to deal with the whole 2 player thing I do enjoy the game but it gets boring after awhile doing the same stuff
  94. 300ops
    Aug 3, 2020
    5
    i would give the game a ten out of ten but the crafting system doesn't allow for you to craft multiples of items that seem like they should have a multi craft (fishing bait), manilla clams don't stack even though they aren't furniture or a donateable creature to the museum, and 1 island per switch console as a person who has always bought either multiple copies or memory cards to playi would give the game a ten out of ten but the crafting system doesn't allow for you to craft multiples of items that seem like they should have a multi craft (fishing bait), manilla clams don't stack even though they aren't furniture or a donateable creature to the museum, and 1 island per switch console as a person who has always bought either multiple copies or memory cards to play multiple towns this breaks my heart as a die hard animal crossing fan, scorpion spawn rate was nerfed too heavily to the point that catching multiple is almost annoying because theyll fall into water or theyre will be a water bug that you cant see in any of the views for the camera. if the game fixes these issues i would deffinitly give it a 10 /10.… Expand
  95. davidb1080
    Aug 2, 2020
    5
    At first I loved this game because it was addicting and relaxing but overtime the game became tedious and boring. Pros: -addictive -easy
    -relaxing -slow-paced Cons
    -tedious -tons of inconveniences that shouldn’t be in the game —if you share a switch with someone you have to share an island with them
  96. malicousness
    Jul 22, 2020
    5
    First off, the game is beautiful and I haven't experienced any glitches since launch. It's fun and the new details are very cute and a big upgrade since the last games. The ability to customize your island is so cool and it gives your island a sense of uniqueness. There is a lot more customization that you were only able to dream about in the previous games....
    However, what forces me to    First off, the game is beautiful and I haven't experienced any glitches since launch. It's fun and the new details are very cute and a big upgrade since the last games. The ability to customize your island is so cool and it gives your island a sense of uniqueness. There is a lot more customization that you were only able to dream about in the previous games....
    However, what forces me to give this game a 5/10 is the fact that it is not finished. Right now, we are at a stand still in the game. If you have ran out of ideas on how to decorate the island, then there is nothing else for you to do. There is no additional store upgrades, no Roost, Dream Suite, or anything else that we use to have in previous games. We are essentially stuck in the early phases of the game until Nintendo decides to give us an update.
    Also, the use of updates is a cop out for Nintendo to sell us a full priced game that is NOT FINISHED. There is also very limited villager interactions as well. In pocket camp, the villagers actually use the furniture that you have set up. They actually use the half pipe, Ferris wheel, etc, where as all they do is sit down on the chairs or benches in ACNH. That is very frustrating when I have spent days decorating a carnival, a wedding venue, a dinner, and a library and they don't even use them.
    This game can be fun, however it is not finished. It is different from the animal crossing that I have known and loved because it has turned into more of a decorating game. Especially since there are currently no further advances in the game (store upgrades/ additional stores), so you pretty much reach the "end" like you would when you have played after 5 years and have nothing else to do. I really want to love this game, but playing it makes me really want to just pull out my 3DS and play Wild World or New Leaf.
    I say wait a few years to purchase until Nintendo gets it's stuff together and actually finish the game.    … Expand
  97. Mordgesr
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    So, I have never played a game of this genre before. And having bought it during the height of the coronavirus, it became a great entertainment.

    But as soon as the epidemic subsided and there was an opportunity to meet friends, the game lost some of its appeal - communication with the inhabitants of the island. All that remains of the game is endless customization. Some people like    So, I have never played a game of this genre before. And having bought it during the height of the coronavirus, it became a great entertainment.

    But as soon as the epidemic subsided and there was an opportunity to meet friends, the game lost some of its appeal - communication with the inhabitants of the island.

    All that remains of the game is endless customization. Some people like it, but I soon got bored.    … Expand
  98. NoveyTP
    Jul 20, 2020
    6
    ONE ISLAND? SERIOUSLY? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Fuk
  99. Hellhound8040
    Jul 20, 2020
    5
    Lovely game fun but then it didn't grab me after that and now I've moved on to other games
  100. Rick435
    Jul 20, 2020
    5
    This review is mainly for me, keep in mind i have not played the game.
    -This game appeals to more casual consumers, if you are not a casual consumer, buy stardew valley, same exact premise and game play with 1/4 the cost, or at least before buying animal crossing check out stardew valley.
    -this game probably deserves a higher score but due to personal reasons i give it a 5 as my least    This review is mainly for me, keep in mind i have not played the game.
    -This game appeals to more casual consumers, if you are not a casual consumer, buy stardew valley, same exact premise and game play with 1/4 the cost, or at least before buying animal crossing check out stardew valley.
    -this game probably deserves a higher score but due to personal reasons i give it a 5 as my least favorite Nintendo game, not just because of the personal reasons but like 60% are because of that.
    If you have complaints or questions message me on twitter @Rick33663767    … Expand
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  1. Universo Nintendo
    Dec 19, 2020
    95
    Animal Crossing New Horizons is basically perfect. Full of wholesome content that helped us cope with the COVID-19 pandemics, the game keeps the heart of its predecessors while innovating enough to make it unique. It may not have won Game of the Year but it'll be the game we all remember from 2020, for sure.
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  2. The Digital Fix
    Jun 22, 2020
    80
    Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a stunning new instalment in the Animal Crossing franchise, hindered only by its lack of immediate content, quality of life issues and missing returning characters and features While future updates will give the game long-term playability, for those already sipping vacation juice on their five-star islands, island life feels pretty mundane right now.
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  3. CD-Action
    May 12, 2020
    95
    It’s full of detail, pretty small things, and surprisingly well working simulations and systems – everything polished in such a way that the player really does care about everything that’s going on. [06/2020, p.40]
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