Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6617 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 571 out of 6617
  3. Negative: 2,676 out of 6617
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  1. Corvomortal
    Jun 24, 2020
    8
    Muy entretenido y mejoró mucho la entrega que jugué para ds,añadieron muchas cosas nuevas y el compartir esta genial con amigos,hay algunas cosas que no me gustaron tanto como el control o la interfaz como diseños de personajes pero por lo demás está muy bien
  2. dash383535
    Jun 23, 2020
    8
    #DashReviews

    Intro Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the console follow up to the critical apprised portable outing, New Leaf. Nintendo has hit most Switch outing out of the part, so hoping the Animal Crossing would go leaps and bounds beyond previous titles is to be expected. While Nintendo mostly pulls this off, there are a few things that bring this title down. Story/World    #DashReviews

    Intro

    Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the console follow up to the critical apprised portable outing, New Leaf. Nintendo has hit most Switch outing out of the part, so hoping the Animal Crossing would go leaps and bounds beyond previous titles is to be expected. While Nintendo mostly pulls this off, there are a few things that bring this title down.

    Story/World Building – 3/3

    This topic a bit hard to talk about due to the nature of Animal Crossing. There is not much of a story so everything comes down to the world-building that is used through characterization and everything that happens within the world. Characters are varied and fun to interact with. You normally don’t see the same dialog twice. You feel like you’re having real conversations with neighbors that live next to you. Fleshed out characters help motivate you to keep building your island so all your virtual friends can have their best lives.

    Gameplay – 2/4

    While there nothing inherently wrong with the gameplay, flaws start to show their ugly head once you start playing for a long period of time. Everything from fishing, collecting items to use for customization, crafting items, and shaping the world to your liking works well. The problems come in with the slow archaic menu system. It takes forever to craft items, selecting multiple of the same item, and talking to villagers for options. The option to fast skip text or being able to choose multiple of the same item would help tremendously. Online play is even more restrictive. It’s fun to hang out with friends but you are locked out from almost everything you can do on your island when someone else is visiting. You even have to watch a 30-second cutscene every time someone comes or leaves your island, stopping you from whatever you were doing. I think everything else works well with new additions such as terraforming landscapes and crafting items, which are great additions but changing the menu systems would greatly improve the overall package.

    Technical/Performance – 3/3

    Nintendo must have put a lot of time into the visual aspect of this game because for a game that focuses on cartoon looking animals, there are so many jaw-dropping models scattered throughout this game. Decorative items, fossils, fish, and bugs all look stunning. They mesh well with the cartoony aesthetic of the game and make it all the more satisfying to build your island. The soundtrack is pretty good albeit a bit repetitive at times. Nothing terrible but nothing outstanding. If there is one aspect that Nintendo is good at, it’s the technical side of their games.

    Verdict

    Animal Crossing: New Horizons will please fans of the series while welcoming newcomers all the same. It’s a fun game for all ages that don’t mind playing a game with a slower pace. There is always room in the gaming market for a game like this but I would like to see menus be a bit more intuitive so I don’t have to spend 2 hours doing something that should have taken half that time. I recommend a purchase at full price if you are a fan of this style of game. If you’re not big on life simulation games or don’t have the time to play, you can wait a while before picking this one up.    … Expand
  3. bymanabat15
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    It's a fun game. The only flaw is the 1 island only policy but overall, the game is best on what it has to offer.
  4. Mikeytheghost
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Amazing game :) very beautiful graphics and decorations for you island! I definitely recommend!
  5. BogDukh
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Great , те кто пишут что нельзя создавать два острова , вам же сказали что над этим уже работают(
  6. Noobly_Plays
    Jun 23, 2020
    8
    Really enjoyed it. Has some pacing issues and if you don't want to timeskip you run out of stuff to do pretty quickly. If you're an old fan of the series, you're gonna love this one. If you're new to town, get ready for some minor but strange mistakes.
  7. Davbla
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Para algunos puede ser que les guste la isla desértica ya que te da libertad de hacer lo que quieras y construir tus cosas donde quieras. Pero a mi eso no me acaba de gustar del todo. Os explico, al principio esta bien ya que contruyes tus cosas y eso, pero con el paso del tiempo se vuelve monótono y aburrido ya que no tienes misiones y has remodelado la isla como quieres. Los otros animalPara algunos puede ser que les guste la isla desértica ya que te da libertad de hacer lo que quieras y construir tus cosas donde quieras. Pero a mi eso no me acaba de gustar del todo. Os explico, al principio esta bien ya que contruyes tus cosas y eso, pero con el paso del tiempo se vuelve monótono y aburrido ya que no tienes misiones y has remodelado la isla como quieres. Los otros animal crossing puede que no te dieran tantas libertades pero tenían más eventos, personajes, actividades y ambiente.… Expand
  8. SoyHenryVx
    Jun 22, 2020
    9
    Es una combinación de relajación y diversión. Hay tanto por hacer que el proceso de mejorar tu isla y decorarla a tu gusto se vuelve adictivo. Deberían de quitar la opción de una isla por consola, es estúpido.

    Propongo una lista de juegos que pueden curar los malos días, la tristeza, la depresión y el estrés, Animal Crossing: New Horizons formaría parte de ella.
  9. Jonlivesey
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    One island per user has completely ruined the game experience for me. The switch has always been a family console and expecting families to purchase multiple machines in order to have their own island experience is simply unforgivable.
  10. 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.
  11. Rheaumep
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    One Island per Switch. With multiple people in the same household sharing the same switch.
  12. orodri1
    Jun 22, 2020
    8
    It's a relaxing and really nice game, it looks really good. Interesting, good game overall.
  13. Inuyasha17
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    This game is very good.
    But I don't know why user ratings are being attacked.
    Perhaps the Forest of Animals will win the Game of the Year in 2020.
    It's amazing how you can create a game where you can heal with these cute and cute animals when it's not a violent and stimulating game.
  14. steiger83
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    The fact that only one island per Switch is allowed is completely ridiculous. It's a cash grab. Awful.
  15. Someone12314
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Bruh just the 5.3 user score:
    The multiplayer sucks,
    Only one island per console.
    Look new leaf
  16. Explofion
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    I'm so sad about that player 2 limitation. Like many I bought this game to play with my girlfriend not knowing we will have to share an island.
    The idea of shared island seemed pretty funny at first but it appears to be a prison cell for player 2.
    It feels like you follow the path of the true hero of the game and its pretty disappointing. At the beginning of the game you don't even got a    I'm so sad about that player 2 limitation. Like many I bought this game to play with my girlfriend not knowing we will have to share an island.
    The idea of shared island seemed pretty funny at first but it appears to be a prison cell for player 2.
    It feels like you follow the path of the true hero of the game and its pretty disappointing. At the beginning of the game you don't even got a proper introduction and for the rest you have to wait for player 1 to progress to do anything intersting.
    This is our first Switch game and I must say I'm so disappointed I don't fell like playing it anymore.    … Expand
  17. EdgarMttz
    Jun 22, 2020
    9
    Animal Crossing: New Horizons es la secuela que he estado esperando, proporcionando innumerables horas de juego y siendo una experiencia casi perfecta, definitivamente se ha modernizado, conservando ese estilo de juego clásico que se ha vuelto tan icónico. Tiene un sistema gratificante en su lugar, y tantas nuevas mecánicas interesantes para aprender, este es sin es uno de los mejoresAnimal Crossing: New Horizons es la secuela que he estado esperando, proporcionando innumerables horas de juego y siendo una experiencia casi perfecta, definitivamente se ha modernizado, conservando ese estilo de juego clásico que se ha vuelto tan icónico. Tiene un sistema gratificante en su lugar, y tantas nuevas mecánicas interesantes para aprender, este es sin es uno de los mejores juegos de la Nintendo Switch.… Expand
  18. Dracoshi
    Jun 22, 2020
    8
    For the first 80 hours or so, this is the best Animal Crossing there's ever been. It feels like there's so much to do, and new features like moving buildings, placing furniture outside, increased creativity tools, etc. make the game so enjoyable to play. However, the longer you play, the more you realize that - in comparison to Animal Crossing games in the past - there's really not much toFor the first 80 hours or so, this is the best Animal Crossing there's ever been. It feels like there's so much to do, and new features like moving buildings, placing furniture outside, increased creativity tools, etc. make the game so enjoyable to play. However, the longer you play, the more you realize that - in comparison to Animal Crossing games in the past - there's really not much to do/not much content in the game.

    For any other game, being enjoyable for 80 hours would be amazing, but Animal Crossing has always been designed to be a game which can be enjoyed essentially for as many years as you want. But there's just not enough to do in New Horizons - a ridiculous amount has been cut from previous games, with not enough new things added to make up for it. I imagine Nintendo's plan is to add these things back as free content updates, which is understandable from their perspective as it will keep people playing the game, but there's just not enough content in the base game to keep the game feeling fun and not like a chore to play everyday. Additionally, the villagers have been watered down so much that dialogue is repeated almost constantly, and the characters barely have any personality anymore.

    However, the game still gets a 8/10 from me, because for the first 80 hours or so it's the most fun I've had with a game in such a long time!    … Expand
  19. Autumleaves13
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If i have to be sincere... Only is fun for 1 person because the rest of people who want to live in the island can’t participate in the projects. This means that if the principal player don’t progress in the game, the rest of the players can’t progress too. Does this means that if i want to participate in the decisions of creating the island i have to buy another game? I don’t see very fair and economic doing this.
    I hope Nintendo decides to do an actualization soon deleting all this barriers to the rest of players in the game.    … Expand
  20. ScourgedByGod
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    Poco innovador, gráficos que parecen porteados de la versión de 3ds, copia muchas cosas de juegos como Harvest Moon, Stardew Valley etc historia poco trabajada y practicamente inexistente
  21. Rosenzweig
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Best game for those who likes to sit back and enjoy their game. Also for those who wants to test their creativity!
  22. Myles345
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    I see alot of hate on this game for only having one main player and to that I say does it really deserve a 0?
  23. Jessicaw
    Jun 22, 2020
    7
    I can definitely agree that the one island per console is a poor decision. My five year old loves this game and that can make sharing an island difficult, but not completely awful (though I'd still prefer we each had our own island). The real time pacing also sets this game back. Not everyone wants to wait 24 real hours to construct a tiny piece of your island or move one building andI can definitely agree that the one island per console is a poor decision. My five year old loves this game and that can make sharing an island difficult, but not completely awful (though I'd still prefer we each had our own island). The real time pacing also sets this game back. Not everyone wants to wait 24 real hours to construct a tiny piece of your island or move one building and other assorted tiny bits of progress. Otherwise this is still a pretty fun game.… Expand
  24. timothy17
    Jun 22, 2020
    9
    This game is far from perfect, but it doesn't deserved the zeros. It's a great game to pass time especially in a time like this. Thanks for this game for giving us a sense of escapism
  25. settonstar
    Jun 22, 2020
    9
    Best community game. I mean this game make me so happy that play with my friends.
  26. Summer65535
    Jun 21, 2020
    9
    I love the 3DS version, I played it over 300 hours. The new horizons version is even greater.
  27. AXlxD
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Me encanto el juevo voy dias jugandolo y se ve que tiene para rato vale la pena comprarlo te dara dias y meses de diversion… Expand
  28. Yosoyjimena
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This Game it's amazing.
    It's a verte addictive game. The graphics look really good. I love the Game    … Expand
  29. Suria89
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    i try to play this game, but i really don't like it. It's really boring e i really sad about that
  30. zeroryoko1974
    Jun 21, 2020
    8
    Great game, play it so much. It does have some problems like having to have a separate switch to have separate islands, and lack of bulk crafting.
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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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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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