Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6617 Ratings

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  1. Volkagen
    Jan 28, 2021
    3
    It's just boring, progress is slow and a couch co-op mode is made in the worst way what you can think about. There isn't a split screen just one lead player and rest of them need to follow. Only one have access to equipment. It is just terrible experience. Even if you want to fish with other... You can't because usually there is just one fish on the screen which you can get.
  2. miguelsgamingch
    Jan 27, 2021
    9
    This is the best one yet in the animal crossing series.
    I Like it so much, I like roleplaying at my island as a country and I'm the president lol
    There is 1 Con tho, this is why I put a 9 instead of 10.
    You Need Nintendo Online To Travel to my friends island.
  3. MrGreen3339
    Jan 26, 2021
    4
    I play solo so I don't care about the 1 island per console thing, and it's been done to death already so let's talk about the game's other glaring flaws.

    - The dialogue is repetitive and uninteresting across the board. It makes me want to skip NPC text and makes villagers feel like decorations rather than actual people. - Early game progression is so linear. Your early villagers are    I play solo so I don't care about the 1 island per console thing, and it's been done to death already so let's talk about the game's other glaring flaws.

    - The dialogue is repetitive and uninteresting across the board. It makes me want to skip NPC text and makes villagers feel like decorations rather than actual people.
    - Early game progression is so linear. Your early villagers are selected from 2 personality pools rather than from all villagers.
    - The music is very forgettable outside of the K.K. Slider songs (which arguably don't count due to all but 4 of them returning from previous games) and the main theme.
    - There's only 1 shop upgrade, despite the older titles having 4 upgrades.
    - Content is drip fed through updates rather than being available from the start, which brick walls you if you finish the new content too fast.
    - So many classic NPCs are gone for no reason.
    - Crafting is cumbersome and feels unneeded after a while.
    - The whole game feels like it's focused on being a sandbox instead of a life sim.

    Seriously, if you have a 3DS, buy New Leaf instead. It's better in basically every way and is significantly cheaper. Or just emulate the older ones    … Expand
  4. Anaotaku
    Jan 24, 2021
    10
    Just love it I LOVE IT IT'S AWESOME I'M IN LOVE OMG IT'S SO COOL REALLY THAT'S SO COOL I RECOMEND IT
  5. Sciza
    Jan 23, 2021
    9
    BEST animal crossing game so far. period. very entertaining and calming to play, I love it
  6. Cybercrox
    Jan 21, 2021
    0
    Extremely disappointed with Animal Crossing: New Horizons. We bought this game thinking the whole family could play. Turns out only one person can truly play. Secondary and any additional players on the island are not able to participate in the story line or further the game progress. If you are a secondary player, you are doomed to an existence of collecting junk and decorating yourExtremely disappointed with Animal Crossing: New Horizons. We bought this game thinking the whole family could play. Turns out only one person can truly play. Secondary and any additional players on the island are not able to participate in the story line or further the game progress. If you are a secondary player, you are doomed to an existence of collecting junk and decorating your house. That’s it. Extremely boring. This game will be thrown on the junk heap of games that are never played. What a waste of money.… Expand
  7. Cezico
    Jan 21, 2021
    8
    A chill, slow, and relaxed experience that is a must in any casual gamer's collection. The slow pace admittedly isn't for anyone, but it's perfect to pick up for an hour each day and just explore your island.
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. FrostAwxYT
    Jan 16, 2021
    5
    I like it, every day something different happens. But it kinda gets boring after time
  11. amin-Ra
    Jan 14, 2021
    4
    This empty, life-less husk of a game is an insult to the name Animal Crossing. Out of hundreds of NPCs with rich, vibrant (and seemingly unending) dialogue, New Horizons gives us a handful who say something different a grand total of one time a day. How anyone who was a real animal crossing fan did not immediately storm this developer’s headquarters and spit on their placard is beyond myThis empty, life-less husk of a game is an insult to the name Animal Crossing. Out of hundreds of NPCs with rich, vibrant (and seemingly unending) dialogue, New Horizons gives us a handful who say something different a grand total of one time a day. How anyone who was a real animal crossing fan did not immediately storm this developer’s headquarters and spit on their placard is beyond my understanding. Go look at your town. It’s very pretty, fancy, and oh-so- Minecraft???? Customization is great but these NPCs (a large part of what made the older games so fun) have no soul. I’m sure marketing made a great pitch for online play and yadda-yadda but how no one brought up the fact that this game is primarily going to pique the attention of a niche audience who has been waiting for years and who did not go ga-ga for online play (mostly because it largely didn’t exist on this platform) is also baffling. I hope that future updates will fix this glaring issue but fear that even the most honed necromancy will not have the juice to bring our islands to life.… Expand
  12. Jewboy1993
    Jan 14, 2021
    2
    Stopped playing this game months ago after amassing 100's of hours and just getting bored.
    Decided to start it up again today, to make a new island, to see whats new......couldnt bring myself to have to "delete" my old island.

    **** you nintendo.
  13. Caseydonelson9
    Jan 14, 2021
    0
    The fact that nintendo will not budge on their stupid "one island per console" scam is disgusting. The november data transfer update still fails to negate the fact that you'd need TWO CONSOLES. Considering this game has spent it's whole existence in the covid crisis when people can't afford to feed their families letalone to go out and buy two or more $300 consoles... you would think theThe fact that nintendo will not budge on their stupid "one island per console" scam is disgusting. The november data transfer update still fails to negate the fact that you'd need TWO CONSOLES. Considering this game has spent it's whole existence in the covid crisis when people can't afford to feed their families letalone to go out and buy two or more $300 consoles... you would think the company could be a little less tone deaf. This puts Nintendo ahead of EA games when it comes to corporate greed. They already have a monopoly on many of the most popular IPs in video gaming...… Expand
  14. Azvd
    Jan 11, 2021
    0
    Nintendo, the company that we love that also hates us, really stupid decision for an island per console. I'm feeling robbed.
  15. Fauz1
    Jan 11, 2021
    10
    This game is great and although there are some problems, such as the island resident and a few others, it´s still a great game.
  16. Sultan88
    Jan 10, 2021
    9
    In my eyes, this game is near perfect. Granted, I don't have the gripes other people have with the game as I've spent most of the game playing on my own so far (girlfriend is getting a switch this week). The progression is not a big issue, it keeps me coming back to the game every day. There's not always a ton of stuff to do everyday, which is one of my issues, but there's enough going onIn my eyes, this game is near perfect. Granted, I don't have the gripes other people have with the game as I've spent most of the game playing on my own so far (girlfriend is getting a switch this week). The progression is not a big issue, it keeps me coming back to the game every day. There's not always a ton of stuff to do everyday, which is one of my issues, but there's enough going on to keep you coming back and coming back each day.

    Villagers feel reasonably alive and you actually begin caring about them, giving and receiving gifts is a nice touch. I also started out with a sisterly villager (Rocket) who always seems to give me recipes and gifts when I'm having trouble. For a lot of people this is the game that got them into Animal Crossing (it certainly is for me), and I don't think that's a problem at all as the game lays out a lot of the groundwork for you and explains a lot of the ins and outs fairly quickly. There is definitely some figuring out to do and that's fine.

    Maybe the one island thing will become a problem for me in future, but at the moment it's not and I'm rather enjoying logging in every day and seeing what's new and what's going on. If you have your own Switch to have by yourself, I think you'll have fun with this game and get a lot of enjoyment out of it. For me it's a 9, for some others it might be a 5 (or lower) and that's perfectly fine. The gripes I've seen from others are legitimate, especially players who are sharing a switch as I can imagine that would get annoying so I'm not going to gloss over those but I will say it obviously hasn't been something that has affected me.

    Where I think the game falls short from a 10 generally is there is a lot of waiting. Waiting can kill your enjoyment for that day and I've found myself quitting the game and waiting for the next day (which is occasionally 5am as I'm on Blathers' time). But with that said, I have logged into the game everyday since I bought it, and it's honestly a blast. 9/10 is a fair score for a game like this, at least in my opinion.    … Expand
  17. Fisstza
    Jan 10, 2021
    9
    A great game and in my opinion the best animal crossing game ever. The graphics are a huge upgrade from its prequel and it offers almost everything an Animal Crossing game should have. In addition to this it also has an interesting setting and you can always find something to do. But although it is great I have two issues with this game: The lack of multiple islands on a single system haveA great game and in my opinion the best animal crossing game ever. The graphics are a huge upgrade from its prequel and it offers almost everything an Animal Crossing game should have. In addition to this it also has an interesting setting and you can always find something to do. But although it is great I have two issues with this game: The lack of multiple islands on a single system have disappointed a lot of people and even though I am not bothered by it too much, because I have my own switch, I can definitely understand the criticism and my second issue is that I simply don’t enjoy talking to the villagers that much anymore. In past games villagers had more personality and could actually be a bit mean to you, in new horizons however I feel like the villagers are just always pretty nice and generic with sometimes lines repeating after you spoke to them a few times. In the predecessors I felt more attached to my villagers while in the current title they feel kind of bland and uninteresting. But despite those negatives it still makes a great game which I have put hundreds of hours into and is definitely worth it’s money. An outstanding experience but with a few drawbacks that don’t quite make it perfect in my eyes.… Expand
  18. Novohart
    Jan 10, 2021
    9
    This game is super fun. But rate 0 for this game just because it have one island per 1 console isn't fair. I play alone so i haven't got problems with this.
  19. ireneeegs
    Jan 9, 2021
    0
    I've bought this game with my sister. Well, I thought it was me doing something wrong but now I see i'm not. The one primary residence per console is quite annoying. I'm extremely disappointed. Asking to fix it please!
  20. caysjose
    Jan 8, 2021
    9
    Can you people give more fair score. Just because it upsetting you with that 1 system 1 island thing, everything else is bad so it's score 0
  21. 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
  22. HeavyMachineGon
    Jan 6, 2021
    9
    Switch+动森+Corona=2020，对的时间，对的作品。放在其他任何时候动森都达不到2020年的热度。
    但还是有腻的一天，连续每天登陆，两个季节后（春夏）就开始觉得无聊，再也没有进去过。
  23. fprezgom
    Jan 5, 2021
    0
    No more that already said. It is a fraud, 50€ for a solo game. Nintendo fix this soon or the animal crossing serie is dead. Why do you have an account engine in the console if you don’t use it?
  24. Jugglinretardo
    Jan 5, 2021
    0
    1 island per console ?? me and my girlfriend wanted to play this but can not afford 2 switch. will never buy anything nintendo related unless they change this. bad of nintendo to make easy money
  25. david_0313
    Jan 5, 2021
    8
    I love this game and I think it offers a great experience overall. Although I have a lot of problems with the game, I always come back to it and it's one of the game's that I enjoy the most. I'm really mad at a lot of the poor design decisions the game has and how it sometimes destroys the relaxing premise the game offers the player and how easy it would be to solve them, but at the sameI love this game and I think it offers a great experience overall. Although I have a lot of problems with the game, I always come back to it and it's one of the game's that I enjoy the most. I'm really mad at a lot of the poor design decisions the game has and how it sometimes destroys the relaxing premise the game offers the player and how easy it would be to solve them, but at the same time I'm amazed at some things the game does, as I said before it keeps making me come back and a lot of times I'm just hungry for more things to do cause I love spending hours in this game even with the many concerns I have about it.

    New Horizons only makes me hope for a future AC game with all the great NH has while also fixing all the bad that it has and adding even more to the formula respecting its original purpose. I CAN'T NOT recommend this game when it has given me over 450 hours of play time.    … Expand
  26. Davezzz
    Jan 4, 2021
    10
    This game is a masterpiece, the best Animal Crossing. I just cant stop playing it.
  27. aisacpr
    Jan 4, 2021
    1
    Only the first resident on an island can progress un the history.

    UNENJOYABLE FOR MULTIPLE PLAYERS IN ONE CONSOLE
  28. Arathorn81
    Jan 4, 2021
    1
    We are a household of 4 with small children. The 1 island scheme is irrational. From the game company that loved family environment you have created a destructive un fun and not nice game system for the family environment. A game i hoped would allow each person to express their individual creativity and share it with the family has denigrated into 1 family member having despotism over theWe are a household of 4 with small children. The 1 island scheme is irrational. From the game company that loved family environment you have created a destructive un fun and not nice game system for the family environment. A game i hoped would allow each person to express their individual creativity and share it with the family has denigrated into 1 family member having despotism over the shared experience. Way to make me regretting purchasing your product and losing faith in Nintendo.… Expand
  29. nujji
    Jan 4, 2021
    0
    I bought this game for my 2 daughters cannot believe how bad the experience is for Player 2. Player 2 should be able to have their own island and be able to progress their own story. I regret buying this game
  30. LisaCroft
    Jan 4, 2021
    8
    Animal Crossing: New Horizons hat 2020 definitiv ein ganzes Stück erträglicher gemacht.
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#3 Best Switch Game of 2020
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#1 Most Discussed Switch Game of 2020

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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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