Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6617 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 2,676 out of 6617
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  1. nix_
    Oct 15, 2020
    0
    If you are first player, the game is amazing. If you're not... I stopped playing the game when I realize that I couldn't achieve some major developments or enjoy the full experience. Not even with another copy of the game...
  2. Kliximon
    Oct 21, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This could have been a Nintendo masterpiece, however the fact that I had to buy a second Switch (lite) just so that both my wife and I could play is really terrible customer service from Nintendo. I am now super frustrated that I cant move my game over to the bigger Switch and play on the TV. I have been stuck with the small screen for months and despite the fact that my wife is done with the game I have no option but to use the lite version. I pay for the online service but cant transfer my game between the two devices that I had to purchase! With every other game I own I can use both consoles as it suits. Nintendo has basically ruined the whole point of owning a Switch with this game. Again, terrible policy/customer service.… Expand
  3. Smitty60
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    I simply cannot write a positive review of this game due to the one island for the entire console idiocy. Why did Nintendo choose to do such a stupid thing? My other games can handle it. Come on Nintendo, put out a patch!!
  4. nedjones
    Oct 26, 2020
    0
    If you have more than one person in your household that wants to play this game, everyone but the primary person is screwed. Only the primary person is gets the recipes to craft most of the furniture, and only the primary person can build homes for new residents or do any of the stuff required to advance the story. The other people can't even help out, other than gathering resources (woo fun).
  5. TheComplexWolf
    Oct 27, 2020
    9
    I’ve been playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons since release day and it’s definitely saved me during these difficult months.

    One big update in the latest Animal Crossing game is the ability to transform your island. The terraforming aspect really adds to the game and gives you endless possibilities when it comes to decorating your island. You can build your own decorations and furniture    I’ve been playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons since release day and it’s definitely saved me during these difficult months.

    One big update in the latest Animal Crossing game is the ability to transform your island. The terraforming aspect really adds to the game and gives you endless possibilities when it comes to decorating your island. You can build your own decorations and furniture with materials you find, which help towards the goal of reaching a 5* island.

    The villagers within the game are as adorable as always. An added bonus is that your villagers no longer leave without warning, so you can technically keep your favourite villagers on your island for as long as possible. You can also go out hunting for your next villager which is a fun element.

    The regular updates keep players hooked to the game, particularly the seasonal updates such as Easter, Halloween, etc. Seasonal updates gives you additional goals to work towards which brings you back to the game yet again.

    Whilst I always return to New Horizons regularly, I’ve found that in recent months that I spend less and less time playing as I’ve run out of things to do on my island, which is a shame. There’s always the possibility of redecorating your island, but once you’ve finalised your design then it becomes difficult to find tasks to do to keep yourself busy.

    Another negative that seems quite small, but can become quite frustrating, is the lack of storage. Usually it wouldn’t be a huge issue, however when one big element of the game is to craft items to use across your island, having nowhere to store your materials over time causes you to dump items on your island, bringing the rating down. This is disheartening over time when you can no long aim for a 5* island due to items being dropped on the ground.

    All in all, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a lovely, relaxing game that keeps you coming back for more. The game could easily be a 10/10 game if some of the small frustrations were fixed.    … Expand
  6. JackBeanStalk13
    Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Look. Play the older games before this. If you don’t, you wouldn’t get the whole concept. Animal Crossing is supposed to be based off a town, not an island. Many characters got removed from previous games. If you have slow WiFi, you can’t get the updates, which are limited and are just returning features from previous games. Every previous AC game didn’t require Internet, but this oneLook. Play the older games before this. If you don’t, you wouldn’t get the whole concept. Animal Crossing is supposed to be based off a town, not an island. Many characters got removed from previous games. If you have slow WiFi, you can’t get the updates, which are limited and are just returning features from previous games. Every previous AC game didn’t require Internet, but this one does. I am warning you, don’t play this. Play the older games. If you have a GameCube or Wii, get Animal Crossing GameCube.… Expand
  7. Hitthewoah
    Nov 10, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing graphics amazing gameplay 400 hours already its a magical game and got ppl out of depression furing quartine… Expand
  8. Invoked79
    Apr 5, 2021
    0
    I've played the game out of curiosity. What a dufus waste if time. Nonsensical childish concepts. I don't care to maintain a candy house and island, seriously, it does NOTHING to me. If I itch for some maintainance time I've got plenty to do around my actual house and car. Hugely popular game though. People being people I guess. The latest games I've completed are Control, Last of us II,I've played the game out of curiosity. What a dufus waste if time. Nonsensical childish concepts. I don't care to maintain a candy house and island, seriously, it does NOTHING to me. If I itch for some maintainance time I've got plenty to do around my actual house and car. Hugely popular game though. People being people I guess. The latest games I've completed are Control, Last of us II, Death Stranding, Plague Innocence. Definitely not my cup of tea sorry..… Expand
  9. Cmpfcf
    Nov 19, 2020
    10
    this game is very good (one of my favorite switch games) it’s very addictive because you build your village and do what you want, when you want and where you want, it’s one of the most realistic games on nintendo and so i think it deserves goty
  10. Flugflugflug
    Nov 19, 2020
    8
    Animal Crossing: New Horizons is an excellent time waster for those who are bored. Many people have complained about the very slow pace of the game, which surprises me, because this is by far the fastest AC game so far. You'll enjoy it if you love cheery games and customization. However, this game lacked some content for awhile, but is being patched in via free updates. Great game.
  11. Sciza
    Jan 23, 2021
    9
    BEST animal crossing game so far. period. very entertaining and calming to play, I love it
  12. 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
  13. Smottz
    Nov 29, 2020
    0
    The multi-player policies tied to this game are truly outrageous—truly, truly, truly outrageous. It's always sad to see a well-crafted game brought to its demise by admin.
  14. Tochibano
    Nov 3, 2021
    1
    За 2 года не сделать ни одного дополнения к игре за 5к и выпустить платное за 2,5к,при этом активно развивать мобильную помойку... Нинтендо,идите в жопу! Ни копейки вам больше не занесу, проваливайте из России с такой ценовой политикой!За 2 года не сделать ни одного дополнения к игре за 5к и выпустить платное за 2,5к,при этом активно развивать мобильную помойку... Нинтендо,идите в жопу! Ни копейки вам больше не занесу, проваливайте из России с такой ценовой политикой!
  15. 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.
  16. Amigable123
    Dec 13, 2020
    9
    An escape of real life, Animal Crossing is relaxing and pure joy.



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  17. chulapa
    Dec 14, 2020
    9
    Pretty great over all, sharing a island might be lame, but I'm not a child who has to share his switch with brothers and sisters like a lot of these babies in the reviews giving the game a 0. Pretty relaxing and expands on mostly everything from the last games.
  18. Ff7omega
    Dec 15, 2020
    0
    The one island per switch thing is nonsense, instant 0/10. This is something I'd expect from EA, not a respectable company like I thought nintendo was
  19. Billy368
    Mar 23, 2021
    1
    This game is pointless and stupid. I don’t understand why the reviews are so good. Progression is slow. The tasks are repetitive. No sense of accomplishment. If you like spinning in circles for hours, then you’ll like this game
  20. Nastaboi3000
    Dec 20, 2020
    0
    I'm sorry but this game was released incomplete. It has half of the content that New Leaf had on the 3DS, 7 years ago. No furniture sets, no gyroids, no upgrades for shops, no other shops, no rare sets, no silver tools, no various minerals, no minigames, the online is really awful and has a 40 seconds load time for each person that visits. I'll just go bacj to the 3DS as it had moreI'm sorry but this game was released incomplete. It has half of the content that New Leaf had on the 3DS, 7 years ago. No furniture sets, no gyroids, no upgrades for shops, no other shops, no rare sets, no silver tools, no various minerals, no minigames, the online is really awful and has a 40 seconds load time for each person that visits. I'll just go bacj to the 3DS as it had more content and actual STUFF to do besides just "decorating" which seems the whole point of the game as it is now. My advice is don't buy it. Updates won't even save it probably.… Expand
  21. dragon3025
    Dec 25, 2020
    0
    I'm sure this game is awesome, but too bad I'll never play it. I can't give a game a score above 0 if it isn't even playable to myself and many others (yeah secondary players can join an island, but let's be real they can't do much). Needing 1 console per player is insane, I hope they fix this some day.
  22. clairmont
    Dec 26, 2020
    0
    My spouse and I decided to get this game as a gift to ourselves for christmas, money was tight, but we heard such great things about Animal crossing so decided this was the game for us. I guess I should have searched for "Is Animal Crossing trash for the second player" before opening the game package(and voiding the return policy), but who would have though that would even be a concern.My spouse and I decided to get this game as a gift to ourselves for christmas, money was tight, but we heard such great things about Animal crossing so decided this was the game for us. I guess I should have searched for "Is Animal Crossing trash for the second player" before opening the game package(and voiding the return policy), but who would have though that would even be a concern. Well, it is absolute trash for the second player on the console. So unless you have multiple switches, and multiple copies of animal crossing, don't even bother getting this game if you intend to share with your family. I was OK with sharing an island with my spouse, but didn't realize that the game would make player two feel like a second class citizen, who's only goal in life is to work manual labor without any satisfaction of game progression opportunities.… Expand
  23. Myimshelp
    Dec 27, 2020
    1
    Don't understand the high high reviews on Animal crossing new horizons. You CANNOT play this game as a family unless you have an additional switch with an additional game cart. This is a money grab by nintendo..
  24. emilyofcourse
    Dec 27, 2020
    4
    Very fun game. Love the expansive world. Really disappointed by the limits put on any player that is not the "Resident Representative". I was so excited to get this game. My partner got it for me and we were both so excited to play together. But we have been very disappointed by the way that his player can play almost no part in the development of the island. It is a very fun game, but heVery fun game. Love the expansive world. Really disappointed by the limits put on any player that is not the "Resident Representative". I was so excited to get this game. My partner got it for me and we were both so excited to play together. But we have been very disappointed by the way that his player can play almost no part in the development of the island. It is a very fun game, but he is being kept from playing it, which makes it disappointing and less fun for me to play.… Expand
  25. MapleCowboy
    Dec 28, 2020
    10
    Best game of 2020, liked city folk, loved new horizons. A must play for every type of gamer!
  26. AlecDCS
    Dec 28, 2020
    0
    So disappointing the whole family can’t play on there own island. Huge let down from Nintendo. Why be so greedy :(
  27. Henwow
    Dec 29, 2020
    1
    Brought this “game” for my girlfriend for Christmas, not being told upfront that having a second island is locked behind a £350 pay wall (having to buy a second console and second game) to enjoy your own island really sucks!! 1 star because the developers tried to make a good game but greedy exes stepped in once again smh -.-
  28. Euphara
    Dec 29, 2020
    10
    I absolutely love this game! The gameplay feels nice, and the customization is a step up from New Leaf, the first Animal Crossing game I ever played. If you want local, same console multiplayer, this game is not for you. The local, different console multiplayer and online multiplayer where you visit other player islands is really nice. I'd recommend this game if you have a Switch.
  29. 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!
  30. Davezzz
    Jan 4, 2021
    10
    This game is a masterpiece, the best Animal Crossing. I just cant stop playing it.
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#3 Best Switch Game of 2020
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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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