Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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  1. missingno5
    Mar 24, 2020
    0
    I never write reviews. I absolutely love this game. It’s a blast. However, the collaborative aspect of the game is incredibly flawed. I bought this game with the intention of sharing an island with my girlfriend. However, only one of us has complete control of the island. The other villager is locked out of certain aspects of the game. This makes no sense to me. Surprisingly, the originalI never write reviews. I absolutely love this game. It’s a blast. However, the collaborative aspect of the game is incredibly flawed. I bought this game with the intention of sharing an island with my girlfriend. However, only one of us has complete control of the island. The other villager is locked out of certain aspects of the game. This makes no sense to me. Surprisingly, the original game well over a decade ago got this part of the game right: everyone had equal control. Why is this hard to do in 2020? The whole idea that there should be one leader and everyone else should be handicapped is insane.… Expand
  2. grancesar
    May 24, 2020
    8
    Pocas novedades respecto al anterior e incluso se echan en falta minijuegos. El apartado gráfico es correcto, cumple y poco mas. Un juego casual para jugar tranquilamente y ver como van pasando las horas sin apenas enterarte.
  3. melkorsmaia
    Mar 21, 2020
    2
    Don't get if you plan on using the switch as it was intended, aka a portable console you can use while you travel, because surprise surprise nintendo is so overbearing that holidays will be released as updates that you need internet to install AND to play. Good job nintendo, you really got those evil time travelers that were SERIOUSLY cutting into your bank- oh wait, time traveling affectsDon't get if you plan on using the switch as it was intended, aka a portable console you can use while you travel, because surprise surprise nintendo is so overbearing that holidays will be released as updates that you need internet to install AND to play. Good job nintendo, you really got those evil time travelers that were SERIOUSLY cutting into your bank- oh wait, time traveling affects no one but the player who might otherwise not be able to play due to travel/work/school.
    Game feels unfinished, hundreds of items cut, many characters cut (so no point to the amiibo features to get your fave villagers unless you're lucky), swimming/gyroids/paintings/99% of special npcs cut, everywhere you look theres cut content that we get to hopefully wait for nintendo to drip feed us while a chorus of people repeat that "HEY. This next update in a week/a month/a year MIGHT be the one that gives us a few more basic features. MAYBE you should just stop complaining since now theres SO many new things like...oh wait, the furniture placement stuff is from hhd, and crafting furniture from harvested material to place outside is from pocket camp so. nothing new except this stick i can use to cross rivers i guess."
    -2 points for unfinished game at launch, -2 cut content over all, & -3 for nintendos controlling attitude & fans acting like just because they personally didn't LOVE a feature/got lucky the things they liked are in game means the cuts dont matter. 3 remaining are for graphics, which are a vast improvement from other installments.    … Expand
  4. jd4242
    Mar 25, 2020
    5
    This entry into the franchise is clearly the best animal crossing experience to date. However, due to the role of Resident Representative the shared island design is robbed of cooperation and a sense of community essential to the game. A lack of option for multiple islands offers no work-around for this issue, making the game almost unplayable for the many families with multiple equalThis entry into the franchise is clearly the best animal crossing experience to date. However, due to the role of Resident Representative the shared island design is robbed of cooperation and a sense of community essential to the game. A lack of option for multiple islands offers no work-around for this issue, making the game almost unplayable for the many families with multiple equal users on one Switch. Please fix these monumental issues., Nintendo.… Expand
  5. ASlothGoneWild
    Mar 24, 2020
    0
    Doesn't let you play with multiple accounts like advertised. Let my boyfriend play for a bit before I got home because he was curious what the game was about only to find out I couldn't even then play the game I payed for! Absolutely disgracefully and deceitful. Sent in a ticket and it was closed saying that is how it is designed to be and to buy another console and game if we both wantDoesn't let you play with multiple accounts like advertised. Let my boyfriend play for a bit before I got home because he was curious what the game was about only to find out I couldn't even then play the game I payed for! Absolutely disgracefully and deceitful. Sent in a ticket and it was closed saying that is how it is designed to be and to buy another console and game if we both want to play.... Game is not worth almost $300!!! I regret spending even $60 on it!… Expand
  6. stejkenzie
    Mar 24, 2020
    0
    The game should be called Animal Crossing: New Horizons For Player One As Any Other Player Is Gated From Any Progress And The Game Becomes Absolutely Pointless For Him After Day One Oh And Also You Can Have Only One Island Per Console So Buy More Consoles And Give Us Your Money Sincerely Yours Nintendo (P.S. We Don't Give A **** About Your Experience) but that would not attract so manyThe game should be called Animal Crossing: New Horizons For Player One As Any Other Player Is Gated From Any Progress And The Game Becomes Absolutely Pointless For Him After Day One Oh And Also You Can Have Only One Island Per Console So Buy More Consoles And Give Us Your Money Sincerely Yours Nintendo (P.S. We Don't Give A **** About Your Experience) but that would not attract so many players I think.

    Yes, this is a review-bomb, because the whole point of the game was to play it with my girlfriend and the one thing the game prevents you from doing is to play it with other person (except local coop, but that's not what I'm looking for).

    Besides that - the game is cute and addictive but comparing it to Stardew Valley which I just saw my girlfriend playing this lacks the depth and content of SV. Might be wrong though, I'm only day 4.    … Expand
  7. IggyZW
    Mar 24, 2020
    0
    Bought to ply with my girlfriend, we cannot have our own island, the first who starts play becomes the main character. Any other players that begins a new game will becom A SECONDARY CHARACTER, this means that he will gets a "lite" version of the game which don't let you to do the main questline, to build things, to have main recipes. Actually you can only catch bugs and fish. Any otherBought to ply with my girlfriend, we cannot have our own island, the first who starts play becomes the main character. Any other players that begins a new game will becom A SECONDARY CHARACTER, this means that he will gets a "lite" version of the game which don't let you to do the main questline, to build things, to have main recipes. Actually you can only catch bugs and fish. Any other game lets you have distinct save games for account (even Pokemon, and all of you know how this is strange), this is not the case of animal crossing that, if you want to play with your own island you have to BUY ANOTHER SWITCH.
    You have to fix this as soon as possible.    … Expand
  8. Intelligimus
    Mar 24, 2020
    0
    Limiting the number of accounts/island on a family game is appalling, if you want multiple people in your house to play you are required to have multiple switch’s even though Nintendo allow you to have multiple profiles on one switch this game and progress is locked to one profile.
  9. Filmmusictheory
    Mar 24, 2020
    0
    Game would be a 9/10 if it wasn’t for the single switch issue. New Leaf was still a better game and experience overall.
  10. raihidara
    Mar 29, 2020
    1
    My wife loved Animal Crossing back in the day, so I bought this for her. Our son wanted to play too, and we saw there was multiplayer so we figured this would be fun to play as a family.

    This is quite possibly the worst multiplayer videogame in existence. What's that, son? You want to play by yourself? Don't have too much fun now, because you will ruin the game for everyone else, leaving    My wife loved Animal Crossing back in the day, so I bought this for her. Our son wanted to play too, and we saw there was multiplayer so we figured this would be fun to play as a family.

    This is quite possibly the worst multiplayer videogame in existence. What's that, son? You want to play by yourself? Don't have too much fun now, because you will ruin the game for everyone else, leaving them with nothing to do and an empty shell of an experience. Oh yeah, also you don't get to play any further in the game until your mom logs in to advance the game, has one brief moment of enjoyment, and then you proceed to ruin the game all over again. It's not his fault that he wants to play a game to have fun. It's Nintendo's.

    The lack of multiple save files and a separate multiplayer mode is one of the worst decisions I've ever seen, and I believe they didn't even playtest it. Either that or they honestly, amd stupidly, thought most people had two Switch systems or would buy another. I'll change my review if this ever gets patched, but until then, this game is one of the least enjoyable of all time. No hyperbole.    … Expand
  11. marinara
    May 29, 2020
    0
    One Island per switch!!!! Glad I read the reviews before purchasing this. Game is fun to play, but no one should support this kind of greed. If the game ever updates to remove this limitation, ill buy it.
  12. Illuluminati
    Mar 24, 2020
    0
    Graphics like this in 2020? Not acceptable.
    Plus all the anti consumer stuff is just the icing on the cake, trash.
  13. KillerUnleashed
    Mar 25, 2020
    0
    Ended up returning the game purely based off the fact that it locks all other users on the Switch out of progressing the game. We will repurchase it when this is changed but it is complete brainless game design. Also siting other games in the series as being the same is flawed because the original AC game on GameCube you could have separate towns per memory card.
  14. SgtBrett
    Mar 28, 2020
    0
    One island per Switch rather than one per game purchase.

    Unacceptable really.
  15. cesc_larenas
    Mar 25, 2020
    3
    The game is great. Kind of repetitive but you can overcome it anyway. I really liked the game BUT, my girlfriend liked it even more and there's the problem. I usually share my account with a sibling so my girlfriend, after seeing and playing the game with my account, decided to step up and buy the game for herself, even when I already had it just to play it with her profile. Indeed, toThe game is great. Kind of repetitive but you can overcome it anyway. I really liked the game BUT, my girlfriend liked it even more and there's the problem. I usually share my account with a sibling so my girlfriend, after seeing and playing the game with my account, decided to step up and buy the game for herself, even when I already had it just to play it with her profile. Indeed, to share the island was great to her since we could be neighbors and she got familiarized with the island. But... there's just too much difference between the treatment I receive from the game and the one she gets. She just doesn't have any event for herself, they're all directed to me. So... Even if you share, you actually share nothing and that's unpresentable, specially when we actually got two copies of the same game. So... While my original score was an 8/10, I just can't forfeit the awful sharing system… Expand
  16. SmartAlec512
    Mar 24, 2020
    9
    I've played it for 2 days now and I already love the game. This game truly is amazing.
  17. dognus
    Mar 30, 2020
    1
    I bought this game to play with my daughter who is new to video games. She played first and then I was expecting to join with my own character and help her out. Not possible because the game only lets the person who plays first progress through the game. I can’t do anything useful to help her and I’m basically playing pared down “demo” of the game rather than having my own experiencesI bought this game to play with my daughter who is new to video games. She played first and then I was expecting to join with my own character and help her out. Not possible because the game only lets the person who plays first progress through the game. I can’t do anything useful to help her and I’m basically playing pared down “demo” of the game rather than having my own experiences progressing in the game. This should not have been sold as a “multiplayer” game because it’s only one person who plays all other accounts basically sit around and wait for the other player’s progression if they progress at all. I’m not going to delete my daughter’s island and start over. Really hoping an update balances the players’ abilities in the game. Very disappointed.… Expand
  18. SpinaXIV
    Mar 24, 2020
    0
    One game per console **** Nintendo im not buying a second Switch just so I can have another save
  19. Nicklasos
    Mar 25, 2020
    0
    The game is really great, enjoy it since release day, but one island is just unacceptable!
  20. LJGWI
    Mar 28, 2020
    10
    A perfect and worthy game! A must try! Anyone who rate lower than 8 must be a jerk! Enough said!
  21. Cassiel
    Mar 24, 2020
    10
    Couldn't have made a better sequel and decisions! There so much more to do compared to past entries! The multiplayer aspect is really good despite being dependent on the primary player for a lot of things. Looking forward to the seasonal events!
  22. thevaulthunter
    Mar 24, 2020
    9
    In relevance to all these 0s:
    You could ALWAYS only have 1 town. This has been a thing in every multiplayer installment of Animal Crossing. Every single one. The point is to have multiple people COOPERATE on one island rather than compete. In any case, that is ONE facet of this game. That is one little thing. A majority of the gameplay is solo. If you went into this expecting something    In relevance to all these 0s:
    You could ALWAYS only have 1 town. This has been a thing in every multiplayer installment of Animal Crossing. Every single one. The point is to have multiple people COOPERATE on one island rather than compete. In any case, that is ONE facet of this game. That is one little thing. A majority of the gameplay is solo. If you went into this expecting something different, that's not at the fault of the game at all.

    The fact that many cite the multiplayer as what makes this game a 0 out of 10 speaks LEVELS to how amazing it is. Imagine for example if someone hated how boring a game like Mario Maker is if you didn't have internet. That's what these complaints amount to.

    Almost every system has been streamlined and made easier or expanded upon with the exception of one: Tools. Furniture can be obtained in many ways, now randomly dropping from balloons (rather than just specific items), being able to be crafted, being able to be bought with both bells and nook miles, given away by villagers, found in trees, gifted by special characters, and of course from friends. On top of this, an improved customization system allows for you to change the appearance of many items on the fly, and for those that allow custom designs, that system has been expanded in all senses of the word: pixel art is now smoothed out, making it less immersion breaking. You can store a myriad of designs rather than 16. You have absolute control over the palette you color with instead of presets.

    Placing furniture is also a lot easier. Taking ideas from Pocket Camp and Happy Home Designer, furniture can be manipulated on a much smaller set of tiles than in previous games. A "1 tile wide" object can be placed on half tiles, for example. An overhead view can be utilized in homemaking to manipulate many objects at a time. Wall items can be placed anywhere on the wall, even vertically above each other. Light objects are now dynamic, allowing you to really set the mood of your home beyond just their color.

    Furniture can of course, now be placed outside, meaning you have control over your entire town instead of simply your house and a small handful of monuments. This opens up the floodgates for a truly custom experience, and in a few weeks time, I am excited to visit the towns of strangers to see the creations they built.

    Villagers have a lot more personality now. Each one will interact with the world around them and have their own tastes in furniture and clothing. While before, their personality amounted simply to what bit of dialog they spat out when greeting you at best (Sporty villager always talks about sports), this has been expanded into them actually having a preference for what furniture they want on the island, what things they want you to craft, what they give you. I had a villager give me a hat once and I wore it. In previous games, that would be the end of that exchange, but in New Horizons, later talking to the villager, he had thanked me for actually wearing his gift from days prior. They acknowledge what objects are made for now, you'll have them say "I exercise with this kettle bell!" or "This wooden double bed is so comfortable to sleep in!" rather than "This is my favorite [insert furniture name here]" over and over. You will find NPCs sleeping under trees, or reading a book with their glasses on, or dusting their home. It feels more alive.

    Now, for the flaws. Kind of. New Horizons puts you in the role of a resident who just moved onto a deserted island, and you have to build up from there. Now, this is a very interesting experience starting out, and I actually love the idea of it. You gather materials to build your tools to build better things and unlock more decor or better tools, a la many survival games. The issue with it however is the late game. When you get to the end of Minecraft, Terraria, Ark, what have you, you have the best tools that almost never break. There are no equivalents thus far, the best tools are twice as good as the base tools, which isn't fantastic.

    The next issue is 1 island, which while minor, is still an issue as with all the creative opportunity, you have but one canvas to work on. If you want two distinctly themed islands, you have to remove the first to do that, and it's a little heartbreaking.

    Other than those two things however, the game improves on everything Animal Crossing, and I would recommend it to all Switch owners, and say it's a NECESSITY for any Animal Crossing player.    … Expand
  23. samuellsilva
    Mar 24, 2020
    0
    Boring and a unique Islande to create. Quase nada por fazer na ilha. Enfim... Arrependido
  24. Persona2Anime
    Mar 24, 2020
    0
    The game sucked. No interesting gameplay nor style, the game doesn't offer much at like with new leaf. You're better off just playing the original.
  25. Kba
    Mar 24, 2020
    10
    The game is deep, charming and endless. Customization and quality of life improvements make New Horizons the best AC to date. And please stop giving the game zeroes for not having features that weren't advertised. Nintendo made it clear that it was one island per Switch. I don't agree with it, but at least give the game a seven or eight and give a substantive review.
  26. Ofdas23
    Mar 21, 2020
    10
    It’s great! Nothing else to say more to describe the game. You always have something to do. You always can relax at the beach listening to the game‘s beautiful OST. Great, it indeed is a must play!
  27. Saaka
    Mar 23, 2020
    6
    Gameplay itself is great if you are only user of Switch, but if you have to share the console, expiriences may vary. Forcing players to live on one island is questionable decision. This should be players choice.
  28. Joleonel2
    Mar 24, 2020
    9
    Eate videojuego es excelente en todos los sentidos. Pero claro no es perfecto, ningún videojuego es perfecto. En mi opinión tiene un solo inconveniente, el no tener la posibilidad de hacer dos islas por consola pero esto no es motivo para ponerle un 4 o un 0 de nota como están haciendo muchos usuarios de metacritic utilizando las review bomba para desprestigiar un videojuego o compañía. ElEate videojuego es excelente en todos los sentidos. Pero claro no es perfecto, ningún videojuego es perfecto. En mi opinión tiene un solo inconveniente, el no tener la posibilidad de hacer dos islas por consola pero esto no es motivo para ponerle un 4 o un 0 de nota como están haciendo muchos usuarios de metacritic utilizando las review bomba para desprestigiar un videojuego o compañía. El videojuego es excelente y se lo recomiendo a todos los usuarios de metacritic. A los que estéis leyendo esto y no estéis seguros si comprarlo o no yo os pido que le deis una oportunidad. A metacritic le pido que elimine las review bomba que están desprestigiando al título y afectando a la compañía que lo a creado y a los propios usuarios de metacritic. Y por último a los que escribís estas reviews bomba os pido que primero, os compréis el juego y segundo, que valoréis el juego por sus puntos positivos y negativos si no sois capaces de hacer eso, no escribáis reviews en metacritic o si realmente se os da tan bien hacer comentarios negativos a algunos videojuegos, espero que también seáis capaces de criticar con la misma intensidad vuestros videojuegos favoritos aunque estoy seguro que no lo haréis.… Expand
  29. Robo72
    Mar 24, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I’ve always been a huge animal crossing fan as well as my mum, playing since Wild World. I have been so excited for this game for so long, which couldn’t have come at a better time btw. The game is visually amazing and there is so much more flexibility, more challenges and more to do. Placing items inside and outside, the crafting and customisation mechanic, choosing where villagers live, terraforming and waterscaping which are available later on are all unimaginably amazing features and really let you customise your island. Being able to play with 7 other friends is amazing, I have made huge use of this feature, having a large amount of friends who also play the game and this has enabled me to feel less isolated as well. I don’t understand why people complain about only being able to have one island, me and my mum have always had 2 characters on the same town and absolutely love it. We can customise ourselves and homes individually as well as sharing many experiences, such as working together to complete the museum donations etc and doing things for each other when the other is absent. The amazing thing now is that 2 people can play on one system at the same time, which is something we could never do before and I have absolutely loved doing this! People who say for 2 people in the same house to play together you need 2 switches, that’s simply not true at all. In the past this was true as you could only play one at a time and would need 2 3ds and local play, but now this is not needed as you can much more easily enjoy playing together as well as apart. People who leave 0/10 reviews obviously have no clue what they are talking about and can’t appreciate how great this game is and how many amazing editions have been made -crafting, customisation in seconds, placing everything where you want, changing your whole island layout, being able to pick up entire trees and move them, being able to expand your inventory, new hairstyles and facial features that you can change when you want much more flexible pro designs- can now make hoodies and different types of dresses etc and more!! The villagers are so much more lifelike as well. This gave is everything I wanted it to be and has really helped our family and my friends get though this difficult time and connect.… Expand
  30. Aramova
    Mar 24, 2020
    0
    One island per system? Really? This is like owning a car and only one person can set the seats or radio.

    Also the cloud backup system is, well, it isn't there. So when you do play with a household on switch and something happens to it, everyone loses everything.
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Metascore
90

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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