Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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  1. Jayg2020
    Mar 26, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 1st time player .
    You literally have to wait in real life time to play. There is about 20 minutes of to do lists every day. Lot of boredom .
    Very limited inventory which is ok in most games but this is harmful to your progress as some things you can’t recieve twice.    … Expand
  2. SFJohnnyG
    Mar 28, 2020
    5
    Don't believe the hype and don't drink the Kool-aid. While this game is graphicallly beautiful and the Animal Crossing style of gameplay has been taken to new (and better) levels. Nintendo made decisions around multi-player and family sharing that make this game broken.
    For me personally, the multiplayer shortcomings aren't too significant. I like walking around with my son and    Don't believe the hype and don't drink the Kool-aid. While this game is graphicallly beautiful and the Animal Crossing style of gameplay has been taken to new (and better) levels. Nintendo made decisions around multi-player and family sharing that make this game broken.
    For me personally, the multiplayer shortcomings aren't too significant. I like walking around with my son and discovering new things and showing off our accomplishments. I am not a big online person so I have not tried that part of the game, but I do understand people's frustration at not being able to combine online and local multi-player to enhance the experience.
    I am more bothered by the way families (or Switch co-owners) are required to experience this game. The concept of needing a unique game and unique Switch to have separate islands is a blatant cash grab by Nintendo. This would not be an issue were the single island shared equally. There is, however, as system where the first person to create a character in the game becomes the "island representative", which means they are responsible for decisions such as where new houses will be built. The location of buildings is not a huge problem as you can spend five minutes sitting together and agreeing on these things. What is a big deal is that secondary players are EXTREMELY limited in how they can contribute to these endeavors. Basically, you can send or give materials to the primary player, but this means that when a secondary player is enjoying the game, progress is halted unless they take out two controllers. My son wants to enjoy the game in a way that is characteristic of secondary player play style, but he is the primary player. This has led to a few arguments already as I ask him to focus on an island progression task but he just wants to collect bugs. This would be tolerable if you could switch the primary player or there was some alert that this might happen, but there is absolutely no in-game indication of the significance of being the primary player.
    Bottom line, we are four days in and have made lots of progress, but we are thinking of starting over to save our family relationship. This game could have been amazing and allowed me to relax and have fun with my kid, but Nintendo broke it.
    Also, no online backup. Seriously, Nintendo, I am losing my faith in you as a company.    … Expand
  3. sophie899
    Apr 1, 2020
    5
    Great gameplay. Looks beautiful, and I love the calming nature of the game. However there are a few things that really bother me playing. One part are the birdcages, and this is because I know kids play this game. They are so small the birds can’t move, and while they aren’t real I know this isn’t uncommon in real life. I don’t like to be nit-picky but I would like if they could make anGreat gameplay. Looks beautiful, and I love the calming nature of the game. However there are a few things that really bother me playing. One part are the birdcages, and this is because I know kids play this game. They are so small the birds can’t move, and while they aren’t real I know this isn’t uncommon in real life. I don’t like to be nit-picky but I would like if they could make an updated size, so people don’t normalize that sort of treatment. I think the same should apply to goldfish and betta fish, very common pets among young children, which is the target audience of the game. These fish are more often than not kept in the same conditions portrayed , and I believe while it is a game, they should still make an example for kids.… Expand
  4. lcb3
    Apr 3, 2020
    7
    Overall, I think this is a decent title and I would have rated it higher except for the problems with multiple accounts playing on a single switch. The primary user (my wife in my case) can get certain objectives but I can help by gathering the resources she needs to complete them quickly. Other that that, I haven't run into any real negatives in playing (although I find the new "Bunny"Overall, I think this is a decent title and I would have rated it higher except for the problems with multiple accounts playing on a single switch. The primary user (my wife in my case) can get certain objectives but I can help by gathering the resources she needs to complete them quickly. Other that that, I haven't run into any real negatives in playing (although I find the new "Bunny" stuff rather annoying). Overall I've had fun playing together as well as individually.… Expand
  5. Zylir
    Apr 3, 2020
    5
    There's a few issues I have with this game. The lack of online interactive related things and unnecessary long transitions when people leave your island, the fact that there's only a "Real time" option, and that there's no way in game to advertise your island. I'd love a brochure to "sell" your island, tell people you have certain things there and be more social with it by showing it offThere's a few issues I have with this game. The lack of online interactive related things and unnecessary long transitions when people leave your island, the fact that there's only a "Real time" option, and that there's no way in game to advertise your island. I'd love a brochure to "sell" your island, tell people you have certain things there and be more social with it by showing it off maybe and saying stuff like "Hey, I have a tarantula island, come on by!" Create more of a city, involve more on your island. I just feel it's so limited for not really a good reason but to be a cop out. I'd love more interaction with the citizens and events with them. Everything seems so bare bones for a $60 game.

    I'd also enjoy it if you had sort've a function to treat it like stardew valley where it had it's own hastened day/night cycle to an extent. I'd like to at least play the game in a few weeks, enjoy all there is to see and catch/do quests for everyone in that time frame. It's just not there, just nooks increasing debt with everything you do. I get that "animal crossing may just not be for me" however, I don't think a lot of what I said are bad idea's nor would make people dislike the game any. Do people really enjoy the game mostly being played only an hour or so at a time and all these things that you probably wont ever get done because you may not be playing in the September time frame to catch certain things?

    The last thing is the most obvious though. Not sharing your island. Me and my gf share the switch because I barely play Nintendo games and so she somewhat does, so very little reason to own two. People telling others "Why not just own 2 switches! stop being poor!" why should we be punished for their poor design choice? Such a weird thing to defend a company on.    … Expand
  6. TurboR
    Apr 8, 2020
    7
    Лично мне понравилось!)
    Ну с лакалкой вообще не удобно играть ,отдельный остров нельзя, по локальной просто не удобно!!
  7. QuesoCaeso
    Apr 8, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is limiting on how to get Five stars on your island, it has a set way of calculating how your island is rated but it clashes with themes and styles of building ones island. It grades based on the amount of items in the Island, meaning you can just literally fill the island with random items anywhere and get five stars but the island doesn’t look how you’d like it. For example, I was told by Isabelle that I have too many trees and it was problem for my ratings but my islands theme is overgrown... it worked beautifully in new leaf… Expand
  8. SloppyPancake66
    Apr 8, 2020
    7
    A great Animal Crossing game. Keeping the core mechanics with some added features. Aninal Crossing has been a part of my childhood for so long. One complaint I do have is the extremely lackluster music. It's like they said "Hey, this title music sounds cool. What can we make with this theme?" I really wish they put more effort into music design, otherwise a really great staple AninalA great Animal Crossing game. Keeping the core mechanics with some added features. Aninal Crossing has been a part of my childhood for so long. One complaint I do have is the extremely lackluster music. It's like they said "Hey, this title music sounds cool. What can we make with this theme?" I really wish they put more effort into music design, otherwise a really great staple Aninal Crossing game.… Expand
  9. Lukea108
    Apr 13, 2020
    5
    About as much content as a mini clip browser game from 2007, massively lacking in stuff to do. also 1 island per console is infuriating
  10. tigerlkng
    Apr 12, 2020
    6
    中规中矩，只能说。有的交互甚至比端游还差
    例如，我想按一下爆米花机玩玩，但我发现除了声音外没有任何动作，但是村民可以，有些家具互动甚至说僵硬，比如咖啡机村民直接把头按进去喝
  11. sokidan
    Apr 13, 2020
    6
    I have mixed opinions on this game, which I will list below:

    Positive: + Addition of crafting and Nook Miles makes it more game-like, and have more incentive to play + Customization of furniture, and being able to place items outside increases creativity + Some Quality of life improvements, like not being stopped by store-keepers when entering and leaving +Animals have more    I have mixed opinions on this game, which I will list below:

    Positive:
    + Addition of crafting and Nook Miles makes it more game-like, and have more incentive to play
    + Customization of furniture, and being able to place items outside increases creativity
    + Some Quality of life improvements, like not being stopped by store-keepers when entering and leaving
    +Animals have more animations, cute.
    + Terraforming is a neat addition

    Negatives
    - Terraforming controls are finnicky and overly-time consuming to use
    - No way to craft in batches
    - Animals repeat themselves constantly
    - Online is terrible with dodo codes. Load times everywhere, constant errors
    - Lack of furniture sets
    - Less stores, upgrades, and main characters than in past titles
    - One Island per Switch
    - Player 2 is a glorified NPC, unable to do anything while you are the leader
    - Game repeats same song for first week, become grating fast
    - Loading in-between museum rooms is grating, same with in houses

    All in all, it is an entertaining time-waster, but this is NOT a 10/10 game. Cute, yes, but it has a wide array of issues and quality-of-life problems that alone knock it down points. After a few weeks of playing without fast-forwarding the clock, the game has become stale with little remaining depth to offer.    … Expand
  12. Johnnylawk512
    Apr 14, 2020
    5
    Was loving the game up until I finally realized that as one of the secondary players (wife was first one to play game), I was locked out of basic recipes and objectives because she had not yet completed them. This is the worst multiplayer design I've ever seen, as basically only one person can help further the island, the rest of us are just "there". Until this gets fixed I've got noWas loving the game up until I finally realized that as one of the secondary players (wife was first one to play game), I was locked out of basic recipes and objectives because she had not yet completed them. This is the worst multiplayer design I've ever seen, as basically only one person can help further the island, the rest of us are just "there". Until this gets fixed I've got no desire to play again.… Expand
  13. HazelFayes
    Apr 14, 2020
    7
    It's rather unfortunate to see all of the negative reviews for what should be considered such a great game. Animal Crossing New Horizons is such a fresh take on the series and offers so much more to players than previous entries. It has great online play and the visuals just feel extremely nice, although a bit more of the gridlocked side. Villagers are all super friendly, albeit, a bitIt's rather unfortunate to see all of the negative reviews for what should be considered such a great game. Animal Crossing New Horizons is such a fresh take on the series and offers so much more to players than previous entries. It has great online play and the visuals just feel extremely nice, although a bit more of the gridlocked side. Villagers are all super friendly, albeit, a bit boring with their repetitive dialogue types. The small attempt of a story or some sort of plot is welcoming and very unobtrusive to the main aspects of the game. Not to mention, the Nook Miles program gives such a great incentive to keep playing the game, and just using every feature the game has to offer.

    Some things noticeably offputting- which does have a load of the fanbase lowering their reviews- is these things listed:

    -While you can speed through crafting animations, you can't essentially just skip the entire animation.
    -You can't craft multiples of things all at once, therefore having to go through tedious crafting sessions.
    -As mentioned before, dialogue with villagers still remains seriously repetitive, including main npc characters (Nook, Isabelle, etc...)
    -Local multiplayer is tedious, especially doing the follow the leader with other players. It's terrible and not incredibly fun.
    -The game being locked to one island per console is relying on a relic system from the past which should've been obsolete by now. Furthermore, players who aren't the leader of the island cannot progress through the story until the leader player does. For a game that advertises multi-user friendliness, this drawback really drains out that aspect.

    Although these are some unfortunate drawbacks overall, the game is still super good and has lots of growth potential. Hopefully, Nintendos AC dev team will listen to the complaints users have, and fix some of these things.    … Expand
  14. Lordipop
    Apr 19, 2020
    7
    The multiplayer of AC-NH and the events (until eastern) are trash, but the game is very nice and with a lot of love for detai, its the perfect game for come down and relax.
  15. lyds
    Apr 26, 2020
    7
    I want to start off saying this game is great and I'm enjoying it but I will say it's a bit more stressful than the DS version because there's a lot of running around and collecting but I'd say that's just apart of the game. The only thing I want changed as soon as possible is the only one island feature. I have a younger brother and he is on my island because he wants to play but cantI want to start off saying this game is great and I'm enjoying it but I will say it's a bit more stressful than the DS version because there's a lot of running around and collecting but I'd say that's just apart of the game. The only thing I want changed as soon as possible is the only one island feature. I have a younger brother and he is on my island because he wants to play but cant make decisions or do really anything because its my island and I want to create it so he's only allowed to gather things which saddens both of us and on top of that he has the possibility of ruining things and he takes many resources I need. PLEASE ADD ANOTHER ISLAND FEATURE. Also the follower and leader same device multiplayer thing Is super annoying. At least make it so there's multiple islands... otherwise it's fun.… Expand
  16. TheDSiscool
    May 13, 2020
    7
    One island per console? Yes, please! For the past 3 games this is the way it's been. Gamecube was the one where you could have multiple and that required multiple memory cards. Yet I don't see people review bombing those. Those were better games too.
  17. SW33ToXic
    May 2, 2020
    5
    AMAZING! Probably one of the best Animal Crossing since it was launched for the first time on the GameCube! You have a lot of liberty in this game: you can pretty much do whatever you want. (Compared to the previous titles). This game is perfect of you wanna have a good time or relax after work.
  18. Urrakouwu
    May 6, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a perfect game for cuarantine and any time too and I Know that is not for everyone… Expand
  19. Dwyerr98
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Been playing this game since launch and was really excited for this game beforehand, at first I was in love with the game and just happy to play a new animal crossing game on switch, I loved the fact we started off with basically nothing and had to work with Tom nook to build up our island, but after completing the little story mode in nook and having played the game for a while it’s not all I thought it would be. First I do love the fact that we have a lot more ways when customising our island such as getting to place and move villager houses, shops and museum and even our own house and the new terraforming tool is great, also really like the idea of crafting our own items and furniture feels like it gives me more things to do in the game itself and helps me when wanting more furniture/ items when doing my island up. Also love getting to go to the NMT islands to find villagers instead of getting a random villager moving in when one moves out. There is also a lot more seasonal events in the game which gives the player a lot more to do in game. Graphics have obviously improved and I actually like the new music in the game, and there is a lot more with character customisation. I feel like they have gone all out with the customisation in the game which I love as I can really be creative with my island But I feel like a have more negatives than positives which is a shame because i was really looking forward to this game. The game has improved in many ways but in others it just lacks a lot, firstly I feel like a lot of the personalities of the villagers just feel the same and they say the same things quite a lot and as soon as you speak to them once they kind of get sick of you if you try again, there is only 2 shops in the game (able sister and nooks cranny) and evening though these shops are good, I feel like we need more shops in the game and the shops we have could me improved so much more, for instance in able sisters when going into the changing room you can only buy a set of clothing and then need to come out and then back into the changing room and rinse and repeat if you want to buy multiple sets, it gets quite annoying after a while, also nooks cranny is lacking I feel like a get a lot of repeat furniture and the shop itself only has one upgrade with is a downgrade from previous games, this game does offer crafting so we can make most stuff ourselves but there’s a lot of furniture you have to buy and also I loved upgrading the shop multiple times as I became a goal for me. The game is either missing previous NPC’s or they are again lacking such as Leif and kicks only showing up every now and again only with a stall with a select amount of items and then the likes of rooster and his shop and a bunch of the ACNL Main Street shops missing with there NPC’s missing. The Nook mile tickets are w good idea but the items you can buy or always the same apart from the fence diys as they change daily, and I feel a lot of the NMT Islands become very similar after a while and don’t really offer anything unless your looking for a villager or a specific rare island but even then I feel like they should offer more, also more of a minor issue but I think we should have more custom design slots, we do have more than what we had in ACNL but still we should have a lot more, I feel like I see so many amazing custom designs online but I can’t use them as I have filled all my slots which custom designs that I am currently using on my island

    Also there is another 2 main issues I have with the game first being that there can only be one island per switch so if you share a switch with someone and you both want to play the game you have to play on the same island and only one player can do most of the stuff such as starting the island up when you create it, feel like this is such a step back considering the switch itself feels like its advertised as a family sharing console, also don’t like the fact that there is no cloud saves so if you make an island on one switch you can only play it on that switch, I think they are trying to make a way round this but still annoying

    I think a good thing about this game is that the devs are frequently updating the game and adding stuff in to the game bit by bit so a lot of the issues I have could be added in through an update which is good but that’s if they choose to add this stuff into the game and also I feel like some of my issues and things missing from the game shouldn’t of been added through updates they should of been apart of base game Overall I am still enjoying this game a lot but it could be so much more.    … Expand
  20. sham0us
    Jun 20, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Animal Crossing is a very fun game to play, mostly in the beginning. First off you're first two islanders are not totally random as the male will always be a Jock villager and the female will always be an Uchi villager. So in those regards if you're favorite villager is in one of those two categories then you could just keep soft resetting until you get one of them. Now there is a lot to do once you begin like fishing and catching bugs for your museum, but there is a lot of halt in progress in trying to get materials once you need to open the shop and it is expected in Animal Crossing that you will need to wait for it to open. There's really no problem with this and if you can't really wait just time travel a day ahead if you really don't wanna wait, it just depends on how you want to play. Now as of now it seems like a just long halt waiting for something new to happen. Of course since it's now June there is a lot more fish and bugs you're able to catch so that can give you something to do, but what happens when you catch everything you need? It seems like a cycle of just waiting for something new to come or just hoping a new event will happen soon, but besides that right now we need some quality of life changes. Like being able to access materials from home, people able to craft multiple things at once, etc. We got an upgraded inventory and it still feels small having to hold all these materials around all the time. Now moving on the topic of villagers, at least now you don't have to worry about a villager moving away on you randomly since they will always ask if they should leave or not, but it does get a little repetitive talking to them because they mostly say the same things all the time and if you have two of the same personality types of two villagers, you're not seeing double, you're seeing the same dialogue. But besides that, they are at least very interactive now and don't just walk around aimlessly doing nothing. On to the topic of online, since I only really play with one person it doesn't work that badly, but when in a group of people it could be very annoying seeing someone arrive every 5 minutes and having to wait through the loading time. Besides that, it doesn't really feel like there's much to do online, it just feels like you're doing your basic activities but on someone else's island. Sure you could come up with some mini games to play with your friends, that's always an idea, but that's not content from the game. That's you coming up with your own ideas of how to make the game fun. As of right now the game feels very stale, and just waiting around for something new to do isn't very exciting, hopefully we get some new content soon because as of right now everything just feels repetitive.… Expand
  21. bingbang
    Jun 22, 2020
    7
    This was my escape for the first few weeks of lockdown. Fun and relaxing, I only stopped playing after visiting friends' islands and seeing how much time they put into them and realising there was no way I was going to do the same.
  22. 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
  23. 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?
  24. 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
  25. 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.
  26. 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!
  27. 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.
  28. RC568
    Feb 4, 2022
    7
    Worlds most okay animal crossing game. its good but boring after 100 hours.
  29. 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.
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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.
  33. 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.
  34. 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
  35. 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.
  36. svonton
    Jul 17, 2022
    7
    Actual name of this game is "Timegate events: the game". continuation of the review will be available tomorrow ....
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. moonlaba
    Jan 16, 2022
    7
    꾸미기에 중점을 두는 사람이라면 만족할 것 같고, 생활과 교류에 중점을 두는 사람이라면 실망할 것 같다. 대체로 나는 후자였기에 불호
  40. 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
  41. Gemmo
    Apr 28, 2020
    7
    Trovo che il gioco sia ben strutturato e lasci molto spazio alla fantasia ed alla creazione di una propria isola. L'online è gestito in modo discreto, anche se un po' macchinoso l'uso del "codice Dodo" per la prima visita.
    Pecca sostanziale sta nella possibilità di poter creare una singola Isola per Console.
    Essendo un gioco che si basa sul trascorre del tempo in modo reale, non permette    Trovo che il gioco sia ben strutturato e lasci molto spazio alla fantasia ed alla creazione di una propria isola. L'online è gestito in modo discreto, anche se un po' macchinoso l'uso del "codice Dodo" per la prima visita.
    Pecca sostanziale sta nella possibilità di poter creare una singola Isola per Console.
    Essendo un gioco che si basa sul trascorre del tempo in modo reale, non permette ancora di avere una visione completa del gioco in sé.
    I continui aggiornamenti che introducono nuovi personaggi e nuovi eventi sono davvero piacevoli.    … Expand
  42. 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
  43. Critiquo
    Jun 18, 2020
    7
    A fantastic game to casually play on and off, but too many small issues keep it from greatness.
  44. 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
  45. FrostAwxYT
    Jan 16, 2021
    5
    I like it, every day something different happens. But it kinda gets boring after time
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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.
  50. 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
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. 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
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. 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
  58. 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
  59. 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
  60. 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 :/
  61. 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
  62. 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
  63. YokoHugo
    Jul 30, 2022
    7
    Bubhububuhihihinininihihihinihihihihininihihininininininininjihihininnihihiihhihihhi
  64. Meuske
    May 28, 2021
    5
    Its a fun game in the first month, but after that it just kinda sucks. Progress goes veeeery sloooow.
  65. 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
  66. 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.
  67. 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.
  68. 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.
  69. 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
  70. 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.
  71. 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.
  72. 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
  73. 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.
  74. shw079
    Feb 4, 2022
    7
    The game is alright, but get tedious very soon. It is not the type of game for me.
  75. 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
  76. 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
  77. 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.
  78. 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
  79. 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
  80. EmptyPeanut
    Nov 13, 2022
    6
    The game feels a little bit empty but its gorgeous and unique aesthetically.
  81. 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
  82. 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.
  83. 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
  84. 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.
  85. 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.
  86. 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.
  87. tofuisawesome
    Aug 5, 2023
    6
    06/10
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  88. 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.
  89. M1sfiT
    Sep 3, 2023
    6
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees! ac
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Universal acclaim - based on 111 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 110 out of 111
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 111
  3. Negative: 0 out of 111
  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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