Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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  1. Kituco
    Apr 23, 2020
    0
    This is the easiest review I'm gonna make in my life, what game is so amazing that it can be sold for 680 dollars?
    This is how much I need to spend in Brazil to purchase a switch and a copy of animal crossing.
    If I want to have me, my son and my wife to play the game as I usually do to any game I buy, I have to spend 2.040 dollars, what game in the world is worth that much for family    This is the easiest review I'm gonna make in my life, what game is so amazing that it can be sold for 680 dollars?
    This is how much I need to spend in Brazil to purchase a switch and a copy of animal crossing.
    If I want to have me, my son and my wife to play the game as I usually do to any game I buy, I have to spend 2.040 dollars, what game in the world is worth that much for family fun?
    Easy answer, easy review, there are way better games out there that will make you enjoy your time playing while you comfortably wait for the release of Hokko Life, that is going to be launched this year and is a similar game to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and for PC, without the console bound restriction (means you can buy many copies of the game without needing extra PCs to play).    … Expand
  2. Tmac718
    May 24, 2020
    3
    Playing 2nd fiddle to my 8 Year old daughter is a bit insane. Its not even the one island problem. Its not a complete game. I turned on the game appeared at an airport and am dropped off with almost no tutorials or quests. It is an incomplete experience for anyone that is not the first person to play the game. Thank God I don't have other children. They should do something about this. IPlaying 2nd fiddle to my 8 Year old daughter is a bit insane. Its not even the one island problem. Its not a complete game. I turned on the game appeared at an airport and am dropped off with almost no tutorials or quests. It is an incomplete experience for anyone that is not the first person to play the game. Thank God I don't have other children. They should do something about this. I mean even purchasing a second copy of the game will not work around this. A simple DLC should be able to fix this broken concept For players who have their own switch and are not in families will definitely have better reviews though. Its hard not to give it a zero unless you are the island creator… Expand
  3. Nate3nate
    Apr 29, 2020
    2
    Unfortunately this game (like most Nintendo games) falls under the umbrella of extreme Nintendo fanboydom and as such is subject to insanely high biased reviews (not including the negative multiplayer ones).

    Basically if you've ever played a game outside of the Nintendo lineup say like... Minecraft, Terraria, Rimworld, Stardew Valley, Subnautica, Starbound, Kenshi, etc etc etc. you    Unfortunately this game (like most Nintendo games) falls under the umbrella of extreme Nintendo fanboydom and as such is subject to insanely high biased reviews (not including the negative multiplayer ones).

    Basically if you've ever played a game outside of the Nintendo lineup say like...

    Minecraft, Terraria, Rimworld, Stardew Valley, Subnautica, Starbound, Kenshi, etc etc etc. you quickly realize that there is almost nothing to Animal Crossing and certainly nothing making it worth paying full price for.

    The world is extremely tiny, it's based on real time (which is cool on paper but terrible in practice), it's got 0 challenge, and it plays like a mobile game (in fact it looks just like it's mobile version Pocket Camp). You can run the entire starting area in about a minute, there are woefully limited resources across the entire island and woefully limited events or things to do across the entire game.

    It is quite "chill" which can be a nice change of pace for about 10 to 20 minutes, but once you get past the bubbly exterior you quickly notice that there are no brains on the inside to keep you engaged and entertained.    … Expand
  4. Jherad
    Apr 14, 2020
    1
    Both my wife and I wanted to play this game on our switch. Apparently that isn't possible. For shame.
  5. FullyAlive24
    May 18, 2020
    10
    The thing I find most annoying about New Horizons, is the strange and often terrible design decisions that have players jumping through hugely inconvenient and annoying hoops just to get back to the fun.

    However, once I get over that, this game is astronomically divine. It's calming and rewarding in a way that other games can't be. It has charm that can never be shaken. It has    The thing I find most annoying about New Horizons, is the strange and often terrible design decisions that have players jumping through hugely inconvenient and annoying hoops just to get back to the fun.

    However, once I get over that, this game is astronomically divine. It's calming and rewarding in a way that other games can't be. It has charm that can never be shaken. It has characters that you will adore and build long-lasting attachments to. It has the nerve to make chores desirable, and it has the special sauce that we all needed during this quarantine.

    This is a game that was created with the highest amount of polish possible in this industry, but most importantly, it was made with an absolutely overwhelming amount of love & care, and it shows through and through    … Expand
  6. not-john-locke
    Apr 29, 2020
    10
    Simply the best Animal Crossing to date. All the best features from the past Animal Crossings on Nintendo's best console in decades. Been playing it since day one and I'm still finding fun things to do. Nintendo just keeps hitting it out of the park. My girlfriend loves it too. A must buy!
  7. tacsman
    Jul 26, 2020
    9
    Endless fun! I've put in over 300 hours since launch and don't see any end in sight.
  8. OneMariachi
    Apr 12, 2020
    6
    There's a lot of negative reviews complaining about the lack of ability to create your own unique island. Now whilst this is an incredibly valid issue with this game. I realise it may not apply to a large subset of players. On the other side there is a lot of very high marks from people that don't care about that.

    I felt I wanted to give a more full summary and review of this game, to    There's a lot of negative reviews complaining about the lack of ability to create your own unique island. Now whilst this is an incredibly valid issue with this game. I realise it may not apply to a large subset of players. On the other side there is a lot of very high marks from people that don't care about that.

    I felt I wanted to give a more full summary and review of this game, to give those that probably sit in the middle of not being a long time fan, and having played this game for the first time, like me. I've put in roughly 50 hours into this game. With only 2 days of time travel done at the beginning to speed up the nothing you can do in the first 2-3 days of owning this game.

    Effectively, the good parts. Nintendo, as always are very good at creating charming worlds. Filled with lovely character, and look really nice. The graphics are wonderful to behold. One fo the best aspects of this game in my particular view is the designing as pects. There is a lot of items and a lot of ways they can be utilised to make unique little biomes for yourself to enjoy and feel creative. I had a lot of fun organising my house.

    Beyond that though. There really is not a whole lot to do. Once you've built the shop/museum and got a few rooms of your house. This game gets insanely repetitive. The game becomes, pick fruit. fish a little, dig your 4 fossills(which, you run out of unique ones super quick). Hit some rocks, and buy some of the new clothes. Slowly making money to add a new room to your house. It's rinse and repeat of that, for about an hour every day as once you've completed that routine, there is nothing else to do.

    The big thing is that i was doing all of that, to get the terraforming. I spent an hour a day doing this repetitive nonsense so I could terraform and really make the island my own. when I finally got terraforming. I finally had to go, yep that's enough for me.

    See here is the big major issue with this game. The repetitive stuff, lots of people can look past. they find it relaxing and stress free, a nice mindless task to focus on and remove the pressures of life from. Me, I don't really get it, I like being creative, so that's why I stuck to it. The thing is though, that Nintendo seem to be stuck in the early 90's when it comes to game mechanics. There are so many barriers in the way of you trying to enjoy this game to the best of its ability. The constant repetition of dialogue, the inability to organise your inventory properly, the inability to build more than one item at a time, or buy more than one item at a time- which is annoying in the Nook atm machine- but ten thousand times worse when at the Abel sisters house and you have to keep walking in and out of the dressing room if you want more than 1 shirt at a time. The seemingly no reason for why trees wont grow. The multiplayer is gimped hard too, Nintendo and internet simply do not work. You want a friend to come over. Cool, go to the airport and open your gates, hidden behind 10 mintues worth of dialogue. Jesus Christ Nintendo, allow me to have my gates open at all times, or at least allow my friends to request to come over through the use of the Nook phone. A quick invite and join system through the phone. But no, it's a whole infuriating process- even after they've visited the first time and become a "best friend". Either Nintendo are incredibly incompetent at game QOL, or they know how to fix these things and don't in order to artificially increase game time, because they know how little actual game-play there is in this game.

    Terraforming, is without a doubt one of the most poorly implemented mechanics I've seen Nintendo create, and I genuinely don't know if this game was actually tested properly. Because it is a joke. There is no marker for where you are creating, and it will constantly, and randomly, without any logic choose a different square to work on, regardless of if you do the same action. On top of that, you will either fill land in, or remove land, with the exact same button- use the rest of the buttons Nintendo. One for filling one for removing land. How insanely hard is that to think of. Forcing you to work several times on the same squares because of the lack of any guidance and logic to the system. This game reeks if eitehr laziness or incompetence. I don't know which, and I don't much care. But this game is not even close to being perfect, and has a lot of work needing to be done on it to make it beyond a 6/10.

    TLDR; Had some fun with creating, but there are way too many terrible UI/Game mechanics, and repetitive annoying dialogue to allow me to think it is a good game.    … Expand
  9. LunarD3ATH
    Jun 19, 2020
    9
    This is a fantastic game. Let's get that nailed in right out of the gate, because while I agree with the complaints about Nintendo's handling of cloud saves, individual islands and so on, I don't think that reflects so poorly on the game that it deserves to be review-bombed. Though I do believe review-bombing has its place and if it helps, then so be it, I won't object.

    This is the BEST    This is a fantastic game. Let's get that nailed in right out of the gate, because while I agree with the complaints about Nintendo's handling of cloud saves, individual islands and so on, I don't think that reflects so poorly on the game that it deserves to be review-bombed. Though I do believe review-bombing has its place and if it helps, then so be it, I won't object.

    This is the BEST Animal Crossing game. Period. It's not only visually stunning, it has tons of improvements large and small that have made this a joy to continue to play. Usually I'm done with Animal Crossing by now. I buy a copy, I play it for a month or two, then I drop it and rarely ever come back unless really bored and only for a few minutes, even for holiday events.

    But with the wide depth of customization options for your villager, your home and your island, this really is the most control we've ever had in an Animal Crossing game.

    To counter the negativity, let's point out some of the pros:

    First, you can customize your character right from the start, rather than getting random hair and face options. You have limited options at the start, but you can unlock more later and it's as simple as checking your face in a mirror to change literally any aspect of your little avatar's personal appearance.

    Storage items are linked to your house storage. Namely your clothing. So basically not only will your wardrobe serve as a wardrobe (even if placed outdoors), but so will your fridge, your cooler, your safe, etc. It's a little silly, but honestly it's a nice way of having a way of changing your outfit wherever you go while blending the furniture in. Don't want a wardrobe outside just to change? Put a fishing cooler by the shore or something. It's great.

    Second, you can place furniture items outside. This, combined with the much-touted island designer tool (place paths, pools or rivers of water and cliffs), allows you to make your town look the way you want it like New Leaf could only DREAM of achieving. Gone are the public works projects for a bench that take a whole day and a ludicrous amount of funding (and weird celebrations about a piece of furniture being delivered). Gone are the days of feeling like your town would take YEARS to look the way you want it to, with cheap paths that hitting the wrong button over would get rid of (though that feature is still there for custom design paths and I HATE IT; fix this, Nintendo).

    Now if you want to have a bench outside Able Sisters for your villagers to rest their buns, you just find a bench (or build one yourself with the handy new crafting system) and place it. That's it. You can even move it around like it was inside of your house.

    Third, as mentioned, CRAFTING. Many people were worried about this when it was introduced and there are valid complaints about it that even I have, but this is 100% a change for the better, it really is. Yes, your tools now break. And that sucks. Especially since all tools break now and you can't even check durability, but making them is easy enough and that's only a small part of what this system offers. There are tons of basic, unique and holiday-oriented craftable items that you can make over and over if you're dedicated enough to find the recipes, the materials and make them. And since getting recipes is a daily affair (every day there will be a bottle on the beach with a random, hopefully new, recipe in it), you're going to discover tons of cool new stuff every week, as long as you keep turning Animal Crossing on and messing about.

    Fourth, Nook Miles. I don't think I've heard anyone complain about this. And no one should. It's nothing but a good thing to give you incentives to do stuff like fish, catch bugs, hunt fossils, talk to villagers, etc. It's encouragement in the form of "miles" to get you to play the game, where you can then redeem those miles for special recipes and items for yourself and your town. Custom phone case, fence recipes (fences are great for customization and another perk of the new game), furniture items, nook miles tickets to go to a randomized island and hunt collectible fish/bugs and resources.

    You'll first start off with static, one-time-only rewards like a couple hundred miles for catching 10 bugs, then a thousand or so for 100, then catch 200+ and you get 2,000 miles (along with titles for your villager's passport, if that at all interests you, which you also get miles for editing once). Then after paying off your vacation package with those earned miles, you can build a house and start earning miles in the form of daily, renewable objectives (shoot a balloon down for some miles or assess x number of fossils) so you never run out of things to keep working towards if you want to keep yourself busy. It's great motivation to keep playing, though eventually it does become a bit bland, I won't lie. Still, I like having it.

    I've run out of characters, sadly. It's a fun game.    … Expand
  10. anarcheril
    Apr 16, 2020
    2
    I thought I hadn't played this game, but it turns out I've been the 9th player the whole time missing out on little more than player 2-8, in fact I'd say I'm much more satisfied at my rating.
  11. sludacris
    Apr 12, 2020
    9
    This game is delightful.

    I'm writing this review to counteract the people giving it a ZERO because they don't like the one-island setup. Yeah, you don't like it, I get it. People are getting hundreds of hours of entertainment from a $60 game. There is literally nothing else in life that gives that much money-to-entertainment ratio. Even the cost of another Switch factored in (plus    This game is delightful.

    I'm writing this review to counteract the people giving it a ZERO because they don't like the one-island setup. Yeah, you don't like it, I get it. People are getting hundreds of hours of entertainment from a $60 game. There is literally nothing else in life that gives that much money-to-entertainment ratio. Even the cost of another Switch factored in (plus all the other games you'd play on it and be entertained by), it is still a great deal. The single island thing is definitely a cash grab move, but is still better than most companies doing the micro-transaction thing. The hours of entertainment involved with modern systems/games far outweigh the cost involved (when compared to other types of entertainment, such as movie theaters or dinner or theme parks, etc etc).

    Actual criticism about the game itself:

    I don't like that when you BUY stuff you get a chance to buy something else without restarting the conversation, but when you SELL stuff, you can sell that one thing and then have to start the conversation over. Only a minor annoyance, though.

    I wish that in the out-of-doors, you could get an idea of where you're about to set an item down (and how big of a space it needs). You spend a lot of time guessing and then getting an alert that there isn't space there. In time, you get a better idea. Again, just a minor annoyance.    … Expand
  12. Dsros96
    Dec 28, 2020
    9
    The best Animal Crossing game ever made. But there are some things that should get an update. There are certain objects that should be mass-crafted, not just one by one. Every tool is too easy to break, specially the upgraded ones. Also I feel like the island lacks more buildings.
  13. Viciousblue
    Apr 13, 2020
    9
    Uno de los videojuegos mas adictivos y divertidos que he jugado durante los últimos años. De los pocos que me hacen ponerme a jugar todos los días de la semana, y desear despertarme cada día para poder encender la consola y hacer las tareas nuevas que tengo ese día.

    Ya quisieran los usuarios de otras plataformas tener algo parecido a esto en sus consolas. Juegazo.
  14. thecasualgaymer
    Feb 16, 2021
    4
    Animal Crossing is addicting and well made, but I am firmly of the belief that it is not "good". Lacking elements of both previous games and even the mobile game, this Animal crossing has placed all of its eggs into the crafting and island decorating basket.

    It does a very good job and is very fun when you are crafting and decorating your island, but comes up tragically short everywhere    Animal Crossing is addicting and well made, but I am firmly of the belief that it is not "good". Lacking elements of both previous games and even the mobile game, this Animal crossing has placed all of its eggs into the crafting and island decorating basket.

    It does a very good job and is very fun when you are crafting and decorating your island, but comes up tragically short everywhere else, feeling more like an addictive chore than any of its predecessors.    … Expand
  15. JayLando22
    Jul 2, 2020
    9
    I will probably keep coming back to this from time to time, but I am going to "call it" now because I went from playing EVERY day since it came out to not touching it in over a week and no real plans to return to it.

    Still, I got a LOT of great slice-of-life gameplay. I had good times with friends online. I made my island exactly how I wanted it. (Though I only got 3 stars) The    I will probably keep coming back to this from time to time, but I am going to "call it" now because I went from playing EVERY day since it came out to not touching it in over a week and no real plans to return to it.

    Still, I got a LOT of great slice-of-life gameplay. I had good times with friends online. I made my island exactly how I wanted it. (Though I only got 3 stars)

    The annoying bits (the time to "travel", text repetition, DIY-ing multiple copies, limited storage space, etc.) are very annoying but the charms of the animals, the addiction of collecting, the beauty of the game and its buildings and biomes are all wonderful and I appreciate my time with it.    … Expand
  16. LucaCritics
    Jul 11, 2020
    5
    Animal Crossing New Horizons Review: 5/10
    Although it can be fun at times, the game limits the player from playing the way they want.
  17. tomoefuchs
    Apr 11, 2020
    10
    My first AC and I have an amazing time playing it! I can understand the bad mood about the island limitation, though.
  18. ChefNicco
    May 21, 2020
    3
    Very fun game until I realized the glaring issue, one island per Switch. I have two small kids who also play on it, and they're upset they dont get their own space to play. What a rip off. Regretting my purchase. Please fix this Animal Crossing devs.
  19. Luahanseng
    Aug 12, 2020
    5
    Great graphics, great concept, tons of random items you can acquire and addictive specially the creativity part. The negatives though, i hate that they limit bunch of things, they basically limit the capability of the switch,
  20. The-Pad
    Jun 2, 2020
    9
    Fantastic game. A lot of stuff to do, nice graphics, tons of customization. The island limit is stupid, but the game is wonderful.
  21. Farkus
    Apr 3, 2020
    9
    I haven't played since Animal Crossing for the Gamecube so I am not certain, how much of this content is new to this game, but I am thoroughly enjoying this game. There is a lot to do, and the gameplay loop is quite satisfying. There is one major issue I have with this game though that prevents it from getting a perfect score, and that is equipment breaking. Its really annoying and evenI haven't played since Animal Crossing for the Gamecube so I am not certain, how much of this content is new to this game, but I am thoroughly enjoying this game. There is a lot to do, and the gameplay loop is quite satisfying. There is one major issue I have with this game though that prevents it from getting a perfect score, and that is equipment breaking. Its really annoying and even the golden tools can break. That turns what was the ultimate reward in AC for the Gamecube, to a waste of resources in ACNH, and its a real bummer. Additionally, multiplayer feels restrictive, why cant best friends place and move furniture when playing online? I trust them, that's why they are best friends.… Expand
  22. MrMarvell
    Jul 19, 2020
    10
    I have played this game every single day since launch and every day it feels me with joy, I have never time travelled and I believe that's the best way to play, although each to their own. I have slowly but surely built my island from the ground up and it's so satisfying when good ideas come to the fore once you get certain tools and items. Honestly, I cant reccomend this game highlyI have played this game every single day since launch and every day it feels me with joy, I have never time travelled and I believe that's the best way to play, although each to their own. I have slowly but surely built my island from the ground up and it's so satisfying when good ideas come to the fore once you get certain tools and items. Honestly, I cant reccomend this game highly enough, especially with what's been going on in the world, it's really helped me out. I have some amazing villagers at the moment like Sherb, Marina, Beau, Aurora, Marshal and Stitches and their personalities and traits are a pleasure to be around.
    I never thought I'd play any game every single day, but here I am and I think I'll be playing this game every single day until the n4xt game comes out it is incredible.
    Man, what a game, it shows you not all games have to be cinematic, stunning and brave, story driven and all that stuff, buy Animal Crossing New Horizons, you will not regret it, it's a real charmer!    … Expand
  23. Saikokkidz
    Apr 12, 2020
    10
    The ps4 fanboys who have never played a video game in their life, hopefully Fifa.

    Ps4 Fanboys toxic! 10/10
  24. Carny
    Apr 1, 2020
    9
    Its Animal crossing but the multiplayer isn't good. Other than that it's great.
  25. xxx___xxx
    May 29, 2020
    10
    A relaxing game about life full of charm at every corner, it's easy to play ACNH for a few hours each day.
  26. Squishydew
    Apr 28, 2020
    6
    A great game ruined by nintendos lack of polish.

    Online is incredibly cumbersome, there is no way to back up saves, you can only have 1 island per switch screwing other people in your household, and crafting was very poorly done, requiring you to craft one thing at a time with no way to improve that.

    Tool durability is also just completely anti-fun.
  27. Kabegami
    Jun 28, 2020
    5
    Game was pretty fun at first, it however quickly becomes boring due to lack of content. Fans say its to span out recurring players by adding back ditched content later, but I was bored after the first month anyway so that didn't turn out well for them, the updates are way too small and far in between and I can't rate this game based on what it will become, that's Bethesda territory.Game was pretty fun at first, it however quickly becomes boring due to lack of content. Fans say its to span out recurring players by adding back ditched content later, but I was bored after the first month anyway so that didn't turn out well for them, the updates are way too small and far in between and I can't rate this game based on what it will become, that's Bethesda territory. Previous games supposedly had plenty of stuff like Nintendo themed furniture and exploring islands with friends, but here there's none of that and I don't care if they add it later, its not the game you get on cartridge. You should however keep all the content, and add on top of it. Not remove them and add them later like they're doing here.

    Everything takes forever, building new bridges and relocating a house takes a day and you can't do more than one, all this to just drag your time without a good reason, which is why people time travel, if you want to discourage time travelling by removing content, how about not making things take so long to do and putting up so many roadblocks?

    I do check back into it every few days but I'm never hyped to play more or partake in any tiny events Nintendo adds, they're completely deaf to fan feedback, like that infamous egg festival and the randomness of item recipes and such can lead to lack of tables to put stuff on, making you have to use cardboard boxes or place everything on the floor. Its also lacking the simple ability many life sims have...Craft. In. Bulk.    … Expand
  28. Bashbach1
    Aug 11, 2020
    4
    Only buy this if you are willing to put at least 5 to 10 hours into LEARNING how to do anything in the game. This is not a game for everyone and it gets really old after doing the same thing for weeks on end. I would suggest borrowing a copy form a friend after they get bored.
  29. pedroxmodeZ
    Apr 7, 2020
    9
    O jogo é absolutamente tudo que um fã de Animal Crossing poderia querer, quase 30 horas de jogo e sinto que minha ilha tá apenas 10% do que eu queria e ainda há coisas a serem desbloqueadas, problema de 1 ilha por console é o que afasta o jogo da perfeição
  30. jz_paris
    Apr 24, 2020
    0
    In an animal-subjected game, when almost everyone had asked how to remove animals on my island, the game must be a failure.
  31. Kacak321
    Apr 14, 2020
    10
    ..... Mm mmm.. W tej ankiecie brało udział 12 osób 6 i w ogóle to Cappy w dniu
  32. Cross2killer
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    It is just another animal crossing game. It's long and kinda boring most of the time but partly by design. I do fell like like they have stripped away a lot of the NPCs personally.
  33. Zaneder
    Feb 18, 2021
    1
    I bought this game so my girlfriend and I could enjoy some quality, relaxing time under the covers together and play some video games. The idea of creating our own island sounded amazing! But the way couch coop is implemented is utterly terrible.
  34. AuthorityBottle
    Aug 21, 2020
    5
    i honestly don't like graphics. whenever i see realistic or modern graphics the game will be mediocre and thats what i feel about this game. there isn't much to do. And no i don't think adding more fish or more items will make this game any better. i was hoping for more things to do with construction tool but nope there is limit to it and there isn't any activities like hopping for morei honestly don't like graphics. whenever i see realistic or modern graphics the game will be mediocre and thats what i feel about this game. there isn't much to do. And no i don't think adding more fish or more items will make this game any better. i was hoping for more things to do with construction tool but nope there is limit to it and there isn't any activities like hopping for more like when i had wash cars in the old animal crossing not just holidays. i hope to travel somewhere interesting place like, city or just small house. Just some thing interesting not just island and islands and animals to bring. i also don't want put every retail i meet in my island.And you can't kick villager which is annoying, and there villagers don't have any personality , no dislikes, no unique dialog , and no unique rooms. except the five special characters and people are wondering why people wanted that cat so much because he hes unique… Expand
  35. Maxington
    Jul 25, 2020
    9
    The game is pretty amazing for a while. I played nothing but this game for a while after I bought it. But after about 70 hours (which I realize is a lot) I started to become bored. I'm currently taking a break and it should be better after the break. And yes, you can only have one island per SYSTEM. I'm sure that Nintendo did this so that more people would buy consoles. But that's justThe game is pretty amazing for a while. I played nothing but this game for a while after I bought it. But after about 70 hours (which I realize is a lot) I started to become bored. I'm currently taking a break and it should be better after the break. And yes, you can only have one island per SYSTEM. I'm sure that Nintendo did this so that more people would buy consoles. But that's just stupid. This my first Animal Crossing game and it's a blessing that I got it during quarantine. It has made my life better. Overall, if you've liked AC games in the past, like games like this, or think it looks fun, you should absolutely get it. It's worth the money… Expand
  36. DarkFireUmad
    Apr 7, 2020
    8
    Mi problema con este nuevo juego es que son muy interesante las cosas nuevas que meten como el crafteo y que sea una isla desierta y tengas que ir poblándola y tal, pero tal vez me hubiese gustado más un juego como los anteriores.
  37. Seina
    Mar 26, 2020
    0
    I’ve never played Animal Crossing before, sooo my bad, I should have researched the game first (didn’t think I had to, ya know?). So yeah, I spent hours figuring out why I can’t do **** this led me to look online to find some tutorials or tips, but learned that the first person to play the game is the only one to make major decisions or progress the game (I was the second player,I’ve never played Animal Crossing before, sooo my bad, I should have researched the game first (didn’t think I had to, ya know?). So yeah, I spent hours figuring out why I can’t do **** this led me to look online to find some tutorials or tips, but learned that the first person to play the game is the only one to make major decisions or progress the game (I was the second player, obviously). Seriously?! That’s utterly garbage. I’ve never been so disappointed in a game before that I’d make an account on metacritic just to post this review. Again, my bad, I should have looked into the game and read the reviews first before wasting my money.

    It’s a cute game and the one island/primary player might work for some couples/families, but if you are completely new to Animal Crossing then know what you are getting into before buying.    … Expand
  38. Cecchi
    Apr 28, 2020
    6
    You can't build two different island on the same console also with two different account and this is very bad. Just 6 for this game
  39. Roserra
    Mar 31, 2020
    8
    I have almost no issue with this game only the fact that the crafting system could have been better, Like using your storage when you craft in the house and multi crafting but other wise i fully enjoy it. While the one island thing does not affect me i can see the issues with it i do hope Nintendo also patches it so the islands feel more sharable for a family or couple.
  40. Growlith
    Mar 31, 2020
    8
    I feel this game is a little underwhelming for my taste. I love the characters and the noises, but the story is a little boring, but I like more action based games then pulling weeds and fishing, so who am I too say. It’s just my opinion! I would still get!
  41. NotALarry
    Mar 31, 2020
    8
    This game is really awesome! Everyday is a n event! The game are working at real time, and it make just better. But I can have only one island. And multiplayer is terrible.
  42. Glossyhin
    Apr 1, 2020
    8
    While being a first time I played this series while enjoying it I can say that this was a good game to start with, but the 1 island a switch thing throws many people off so I’m not giving it a10/10 but this is still a good game.
  43. sevenseven
    Apr 3, 2020
    9
    Would be 10/10, but they don't let you have multiple islands. If you buy another game on a separate profile you should be able to have a second island. So, instead you have to buy another switch to have more than one island which is stupid.
    (I am the only one playing this game in my family) Game play has been great. Typical animal crossing do nothing all day in real life while doing a lot    Would be 10/10, but they don't let you have multiple islands. If you buy another game on a separate profile you should be able to have a second island. So, instead you have to buy another switch to have more than one island which is stupid.
    (I am the only one playing this game in my family) Game play has been great. Typical animal crossing do nothing all day in real life while doing a lot in game. Enjoying the new egg hunt too.    … Expand
  44. jake17
    Nov 8, 2020
    8
    everything is pretty good but it feels some things are missing that were in the original. the biggest issue for me is the lack of things to do, while yes you can fish I feel it would be fun to have un-lockable items that add mini games or nes games like in the OG. I also don't care for the villagers attitudes because they have little to none. you only care about looks because in the OGeverything is pretty good but it feels some things are missing that were in the original. the biggest issue for me is the lack of things to do, while yes you can fish I feel it would be fun to have un-lockable items that add mini games or nes games like in the OG. I also don't care for the villagers attitudes because they have little to none. you only care about looks because in the OG many had attitude and sas but all the villagers here have about 5 lines of dialogue and that's it. finally I don't care about the updates because it feels like they were all ripped strait from new leaf. But besides those minor complaints the game is extremely fun to play with friends and family so overall it is a good game small issues.… Expand
  45. CosmicSurfer616
    Apr 6, 2020
    9
    Tons to do compared to the original and WW which were the last two in the series I played. So I'll just keep this simple and list the Pros and Cons.
    PROS: Tons to do around the island and always having an objective to work towards even if it is at your own pace it's nice to have something to work toward.
    The island is always growing and gives you a real sense of progression. It really    Tons to do compared to the original and WW which were the last two in the series I played. So I'll just keep this simple and list the Pros and Cons.
    PROS: Tons to do around the island and always having an objective to work towards even if it is at your own pace it's nice to have something to work toward.
    The island is always growing and gives you a real sense of progression. It really feels like you're building something great.
    Many more residents per island then in the past and more variety when it comes to resident personality.
    Over all graphics and visual presentation is great as well as sound design.
    The ability to have local co-op is amazing and something I could've only dreamed of as a kid who I played the original with my brother on GameCube.
    CONS: One Island per console I know this has been stated to death but it is ridiculous that in this day and age that it's not technically plausible.
    The restrictions on co-op are a bit frustrating as I stated I'm stoked that they added local co-op but it just sucks they had to make it so stripped..If only they could've added a few more things, I mean simple things like both users being able to manage their menu instead of only the leader that's really all I wish they would've done honestly.. I wouldn't even ask for split screens or anything just the ability for both players to be able to pick up and sell items would've been amazing but instead it just feels like a half measure, it always ends up being a game of watching the leader do things or changing frequently so the other player can get stuff done. Frustrating because it could've been something so great.
    Animal Crossing is what amounts to be an amazing game, it just struggles on the multiplayer side of things which has never been Nintendo's strong suit except when it comes to local play so how did they mess it up so bad? It's unfortunate because that is what keeps this from being a full 10 in my eyes. It just feels like maybe the local play was a last minute thing they threw in and didn't get the TLC it deserved. And it just pains me to think of what could've been.    … Expand
  46. Kathrinkent
    Apr 7, 2020
    8
    Some things that would improve the game 1) having your home inventory connected to all the work benches on your island or at least the one in your home
    2) have the golden tools be unbreakable its sooo annoying to have to keep remaking things
    3) have nooo pay you for your wook
  47. EeveeAfterDark
    Apr 7, 2020
    8
    Animal Crossing New Horizons is absolutely gorgeous and relaxing switch game with some minor flaws that hold it back just a bit. The game starts you off from scratch as you have you have to build your own island basically all by yourself with only Tom Nook's small residential services tent in place to get you started. Not only do you have to pick a spot to put your tent to live but youAnimal Crossing New Horizons is absolutely gorgeous and relaxing switch game with some minor flaws that hold it back just a bit. The game starts you off from scratch as you have you have to build your own island basically all by yourself with only Tom Nook's small residential services tent in place to get you started. Not only do you have to pick a spot to put your tent to live but you also pick the locations of your first 2 villagers as well as future 8 other villagers as in order to keep with the starting from scratch theme you have to find most of your villagers yourself. Personally, I really like the idea of starting from scratch as it really feels like i have full control over my island and that everything on it has made because of me.

    The game goes by real time and every single day you have something new to do such as picking fruit from your trees, hitting rocks to get materials such as iron nuggets and filling up your town museum with bugs, fish, and fossils you find. But in order to get buildings such as the museum to access more things you do, Tom Nook gives you tasks every day to help gain the access to new buildings and functions. The game is very relaxing to me as I can just go day by day slowly building up my town but not having to do everything all at once. It gives me a reason to come back every day.

    The game heavily features a brand new crafting system that use to create almost everything on the island including your own tools. This is where my first small issue is, while the crafting is fantastic and adds to the experience, the tools that you use everyday can break unlike previous Animal Crossing games and it happens enough to be tedious to have to get the supplies and then re-craft them. Also kind of sucks is accounts on the same system all have to share an island instead of getting to create their own. Online multiplayer is a bit annoying as it has a very sluggish start as you always wait a few minutes for a cut scene to play as a new person arrives and even when they are there functions are limited on the island.

    Though while these issues are certainly a pain in the butt at times it still isn't enough to deter from the lovely relaxing life simulation game that is Animal Crossing New Horizons. If you want something to just relax and play its definitely worth your time
    8/10    … Expand
  48. CultCoop
    Apr 8, 2020
    9
    Great game overall, almost a 10, but bogged down slightly by the “1 island per switch” problem, though not directly affecting me, I know that the issue has worsened the experience for others.
  49. Goomba-Boomba
    Apr 9, 2020
    8
    Great time waster. There are some annoying stuff though like the online restricts certain tasks and animations taking too long. Just some quality of life things are missing, but overall, a good game
  50. Arkania
    Apr 10, 2020
    8
    The game is good, but not the better animal crossing ever made, have a lot of hours of fun and it’s very good
  51. Staminchi
    Apr 10, 2020
    9
    Simply incredible, i love this game, in my opinioni Is the MOST complete totale ever of the brand
  52. ian1234567
    Apr 11, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Oh fun game where only one person can do any of the basic things for the game. I can't just make my own save file? Fine but at least let me do basic stuff like crafting an axe. I can't make anything besides a net and a fishing pole. I bought this game for my girlfriend and now I'm being punished for letting her play. It's the first video game she's enjoyed but now I can't even really play with her, without buying a second switch and second copy for her.… Expand
  53. Luzbel
    Apr 12, 2020
    10
    Este juego es la hostia ni caso a los que ponen 0...
    La mantecaAaaaaaaaaaaaa
  54. eldehule
    Apr 12, 2020
    10
    Gran juego, excelente comunidad. Lo que más me gusta del juego es la interacción que puedo tener con todos los otros usuarios, ojalá mi isla crezca rápido!
  55. Sealthiel
    Apr 12, 2020
    8
    not the type of game to play for long hours, enjoyed playing with my wife since it allows multiplayer using the same switch
  56. Richyrik
    Apr 13, 2020
    9
    Juego divertido, largo y profundo. Muchisimas opciones y tareas que hacer a lo largo de los dias. Se nota el mimo con que Nintendo trata la saga
  57. KelseyBkah
    Apr 13, 2020
    1
    Just bought this game with my sister. I am now a proud second-class citizen of the island of Toaster, unable to progress the story of a game I paid full price for...
  58. Cojax
    Apr 13, 2020
    3
    The game is very lacking in content. Once you get the kk slider concert that is effectively the end of the game as far as building goes. There is nothing left to do but collect stuff. There is a huge amount of content loss between this and new leaf, with the addition of Terra forming and crafting, and the crafting system just feels like busy work so that you take a few weeks to realize howThe game is very lacking in content. Once you get the kk slider concert that is effectively the end of the game as far as building goes. There is nothing left to do but collect stuff. There is a huge amount of content loss between this and new leaf, with the addition of Terra forming and crafting, and the crafting system just feels like busy work so that you take a few weeks to realize how much else is missing compared to previous entries. Nintendo released an unfinished game, if they try to sell back the missing content it is scummy.… Expand
  59. Mushmoose
    Apr 14, 2020
    10
    It’s purely amazing I don’t know what beech flooded the user reviews but this is the best game in the series by FAR
  60. jabgreenwood
    Apr 14, 2020
    3
    I would give this game a solid 8. The relaxing gameplay is good and the game is gorgeous. But on the execution side, that would be a generous 2! The game feels unfinished. I was hoping for way better gameplay quality from Nintendo. The main one being the multiplayer mode as many people said. I'm even more frustrated because this is a issue that designers couldn't not see. I triedI would give this game a solid 8. The relaxing gameplay is good and the game is gorgeous. But on the execution side, that would be a generous 2! The game feels unfinished. I was hoping for way better gameplay quality from Nintendo. The main one being the multiplayer mode as many people said. I'm even more frustrated because this is a issue that designers couldn't not see. I tried mutiplayer with my girlfriend, but the feeling was really bad. And with the annoying animation each time you harvest as a companion makes you don't want to harvest anymore. On solo mode, if I harvest too much, My girlfriend will be mad because she has nothing to do and will be stuck. There are also other beginner issues. When you talk to sell or buy something, you are kicked out of the interraction and you have to retalk to the character again. Even Pokemon Red had this sort out! The wheel of tool control is bad. Aiming at fish is a pain in the ass. interractions are too long, even for a relaxing game. Finally, a little related to the multiplayer issue, the save fil management was the cue that told me that the game is unfinished. The issue is even address in the game with a animation!… Expand
  61. Cyathus
    Apr 15, 2020
    1
    One island per console. Why? No other game works like this. Greedy raccoon devs are greedy. Shame on Nintendo for allowing this. I have been looking forward to starting an island for weeks while my wife played - now I never will. What folks criticizing the criticisms should recognize is that our experience of the game IS a 0 - we quite literally can't experience it as you were able to.One island per console. Why? No other game works like this. Greedy raccoon devs are greedy. Shame on Nintendo for allowing this. I have been looking forward to starting an island for weeks while my wife played - now I never will. What folks criticizing the criticisms should recognize is that our experience of the game IS a 0 - we quite literally can't experience it as you were able to.

    The world needs better than this right now.    … Expand
  62. lestrangerface
    Apr 15, 2020
    5
    I love most of this game. I really do. I have had so much fun. Only allowing one island per console, though, is a bunch of sh*t. Also, I hate how the first player gets to make all the calls and make the changes. I would be fine if after we unlocked everything, the other players could go in and request new bridges or inclines, but we can't. if my wife stopped playing, I'd have to restartI love most of this game. I really do. I have had so much fun. Only allowing one island per console, though, is a bunch of sh*t. Also, I hate how the first player gets to make all the calls and make the changes. I would be fine if after we unlocked everything, the other players could go in and request new bridges or inclines, but we can't. if my wife stopped playing, I'd have to restart the f*cking game in order to do anything to the island. How stupid is that!!? I understand that they want to sell more consoles, but they could have just sold more games. We'd by 3-4 copies of the game so that we could swap out islands.… Expand
  63. Fonzyd
    Apr 16, 2020
    1
    I made this account solely to write commentary on this game. Which means Nintendo really screwed up. I don’t write reviews. Not yelp, not amazon, not here, not anywhere. The fact that Nintendo it deliberately restricting their fan base and clientele it atrocious. ONE island per console. Are you guys out of your mind??? Good job at showing gratitude to the people that support your companyI made this account solely to write commentary on this game. Which means Nintendo really screwed up. I don’t write reviews. Not yelp, not amazon, not here, not anywhere. The fact that Nintendo it deliberately restricting their fan base and clientele it atrocious. ONE island per console. Are you guys out of your mind??? Good job at showing gratitude to the people that support your company *sarcasm*. the fact that can’t even give an option to purchase access for additional islands per switch or allow more content access for a secondary player astounds me. Terrible job Nintendo. It’s a nice game, but you’ve seriously done yourself a disservice.… Expand
  64. Natgutierr
    Apr 16, 2020
    1
    My husband and I brought this to play together, he started to play first and now I can't do a lot if he doesn't play. Now I always play on his character because mine can't do a lot. As I read in a comment, there's a dictator and a slave and it's not fun.
    Love the game for one, but not good for more people.
  65. thatonehomie
    Apr 16, 2020
    4
    the only thing keeping me going is raymond the cat in a maid outfit pros: relaxing fun simulation. time traveling is not punishable. quirky characters. being able to build a town freely. doesn’t seem like many pros but this is the entire game and what makes it fun.

    cons: terraforming takes so much time and precision, there is not two specific buttons for building and destroying. the music    the only thing keeping me going is raymond the cat in a maid outfit pros: relaxing fun simulation. time traveling is not punishable. quirky characters. being able to build a town freely. doesn’t seem like many pros but this is the entire game and what makes it fun.

    cons: terraforming takes so much time and precision, there is not two specific buttons for building and destroying. the music is the same loop over and over. no multi-crafting = making 60 individual fishbaits. cannot buy multiple pieces of shirts or shoes at able shop. RIDICULOUS airline dialogue that takes more time to travel.whenever someone arrives on the island, shows stupid “how long it’ll take for them to get here” screen that interrupts EVERYBODYS gameplay. Nintendo has become greedy and requires you to have two consoles to have different islands, and rips the joy out of local play. there isn’t even a bar to show how close your tool is to breaking- come on! if we’re going to take inspiration from BOTW then at least implement game designs that make sense. the dialogue with the villagers feels so empty. half of the **** they do makes no sense- what about a real conversation? and for GODS sake can somebody help out with building ramps and bridges? the villagers donate three pennies to a project that costs 228,000$!!    … Expand
  66. Wierdchamp
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    This game is crap. No cloud saving. Weirdchamp. One island restriction. Weirdchamp. No true multiplayer. Weirdchamp. I can go on.
  67. GhostInAJar
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    I don't normally post reviews, much less ones that are so negative, but the fact that you can only have one island in this game is total bs. I got this game so my household could enjoy it separately, and be able to have their own saved islands on their profile, but apparently in order to do that they would all need their own switch as well, so this was a complete waste of 60$ to me.
  68. gtshields
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    This game is broken. It looks really fun, however I refuse to buy it based on the fact that it limits the experience to one user. Secondary users are faced with a minimal version of the game. Horrible proprietary business move Nintendo. I won't be buying this game until this is fixed.
  69. Jmcarlos
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    This game is almost unplayable as anyone other than the first person to start the game on your system. I'm sure it's fun for them but you can not progress the story or have any impact on the game otherwise.
  70. Terryd21
    Apr 17, 2020
    6
    I really wanted to like that game, but it was just plain boring. I never played AC, I used to love the sims and generally really like cute Nintendo games, but that one just did not click.

    I can see the appeal for some but I just didn’t get into it, worst thing is I mostly can play at night where I can’t do **** I spent 3 days in a row trying to save some money but the grinding it’s just    I really wanted to like that game, but it was just plain boring. I never played AC, I used to love the sims and generally really like cute Nintendo games, but that one just did not click.

    I can see the appeal for some but I just didn’t get into it, worst thing is I mostly can play at night where I can’t do **** I spent 3 days in a row trying to save some money but the grinding it’s just so boring, as I was about to concede to just sell some ressource at night in the mailbox shop, once again my axe broke and I was so done with this game     … Expand
  71. supersonya22
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    I let my son play the game first I figured I could make another island... I got on and I couldn't but hey I could love his $$$$$$$$ island. I got to work paid off more than 200,000 of debt but still no other progress... I cant give bugs to tom nook... oh its because only the first person who logged on gets to play the game. On the website, you claim that up to 8 players can live and workI let my son play the game first I figured I could make another island... I got on and I couldn't but hey I could love his $$$$$$$$ island. I got to work paid off more than 200,000 of debt but still no other progress... I cant give bugs to tom nook... oh its because only the first person who logged on gets to play the game. On the website, you claim that up to 8 players can live and work on the island but that's a lie!! only one person can live and work on the island. they rest just live with no direction in life. NOT gonna pick up the game until u do something that allows me to take all my stuff and progress to another island. You have let me down Nintendo... if you don't make this better I don't think we can be friends...… Expand
  72. McTPA
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    I have 2 kids but only one can actually play the game. The other can just follow. There is only one island per console so only one kid’s story progresses. The other child can just follow and there are some tools they can’t even get because of no story progression. You basically need 1 console and 1 game per child. This seems like a way for Nintendo to force people into buying extraI have 2 kids but only one can actually play the game. The other can just follow. There is only one island per console so only one kid’s story progresses. The other child can just follow and there are some tools they can’t even get because of no story progression. You basically need 1 console and 1 game per child. This seems like a way for Nintendo to force people into buying extra systems and games while everyone is stuck at home due to pandemic. Shame on you Nintendo!!!… Expand
  73. Cupofjoe1
    Apr 17, 2020
    1
    I am long time player of animal crossing (I’ve played every version of the game), and this is the worst yet. The game mechanics themselves and the new features are wonderful, but Nintendo did a terrible job when it comes to multiplayer. The way it was setup only one island is available per switch system. Who decided that was a good idea??????? Why not one island per account?!?!?! OrI am long time player of animal crossing (I’ve played every version of the game), and this is the worst yet. The game mechanics themselves and the new features are wonderful, but Nintendo did a terrible job when it comes to multiplayer. The way it was setup only one island is available per switch system. Who decided that was a good idea??????? Why not one island per account?!?!?! Or something that makes sense for a console. They designed the game like it was for the ds. It made sense on the ds because normally that isn’t a shared console. BUT THE SWITCH IS MEANT TO BE SHARED!!!! SO WHY CAN ONLY ONE PERSON MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS?????????? A great game series with a horrible idea by Nintendo. I am very disappointed. IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED SO EVERYONE ACCOUNT HAS THEIR OWN ISLAND!!!! I WOULD GLADLY START OVER INSTEAD OF BEING UNDER THE DICTATORSHIP NINTENDO GIVES TO THE FIRST ACCOUNT THAT PLAYS THE GAME!!!!!!! FIX THIS!!!! It’s the only complaint people have, it should’ve been fixed by now.… Expand
  74. Feberhuber
    Apr 17, 2020
    1
    Despite a few glaring flaws, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a good game IF you have got it for yourself. As this is not the case for every human being on our planet, the story doesn't end here:

    The fact, that you cannot have more than one island per console is definetly a deal-breaker and rather despicable. Doing so was a conscious and calculated decicion by Nintendo, considering that    Despite a few glaring flaws, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a good game IF you have got it for yourself. As this is not the case for every human being on our planet, the story doesn't end here:

    The fact, that you cannot have more than one island per console is definetly a deal-breaker and rather despicable. Doing so was a conscious and calculated decicion by Nintendo, considering that having more islands was possible on previous versions. Charging 60 € or whatever currency you're using is far from okay and nothing but a shameless cash-grab. I do think that Nintendo deserves significant hate for their decicion and also think that my score is justified for this reason: A game, that forces family members to be some kind of slaves to whoever happened to start the game, does not deserve any rating above five and considering that there are many other things (visiting friends is difficult, villager dialogue is repetitive) I will not be ashamed of considering this to be a bad game overall.    … Expand
  75. Whitfieldgreg
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    If you have multiple people in your home, you'll need another console to have their own island. I didn't know Nintendo was turning into EA but this is bulls**t.
  76. BronzeMantis
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    Very sad to find out the second player is like a slave for the first player. I have to stop playing until this gets fixed. Really disappointed.
  77. ch4ndler
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    My brother and I were super excited for this game, until we bought it and found out we would not be able to have our own islands. You may say that we should’ve known this before purchasing, but the Switch has multiple profiles, therefore leading us to believe we could have multiple save files, just like every other Switch game. We now share a character in order for us to both shareMy brother and I were super excited for this game, until we bought it and found out we would not be able to have our own islands. You may say that we should’ve known this before purchasing, but the Switch has multiple profiles, therefore leading us to believe we could have multiple save files, just like every other Switch game. We now share a character in order for us to both share Resident Representative duties, but we would much rather have our own personal islands. We are very disappointed that Nintendo would do such a greedy thing in order to sell more consoles.… Expand
  78. Endlessninja
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    0 for forcing players to share an island for no other reason than to encourage multiple console purchases. games have had multiple save file slots for virtually all of gaming history. there is no explanation other than greed.
  79. DGmedic
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    There are 4 of us in our household. Only 1 can play the game. Absolute garbage.
  80. amphibianalien
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    Overall the game is fun and enjoyable. If you were to play the game for 20 minutes a day and didn't care about multiplayer features, local or online, then you could probably enjoy the game. However, the game is bogged down with hundreds of tiny flaws that combine to create an overall frustrating experience. With each new Switch game that releases it becomes increasingly more apparent thatOverall the game is fun and enjoyable. If you were to play the game for 20 minutes a day and didn't care about multiplayer features, local or online, then you could probably enjoy the game. However, the game is bogged down with hundreds of tiny flaws that combine to create an overall frustrating experience. With each new Switch game that releases it becomes increasingly more apparent that Nintendo simply doesn't understand how to design a game or what their players want. Nintendo is worse than EA because at least EA games aren't $60 seven years after release. Nintendo can't deliver what its players want in a game. They keep releasing titles with the philosophy of "we know best," and it doesn't lead to fun gameplay.… Expand
  81. rocoberry
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    Please fix the profile and save issues and i will immediately change this to a 10.
  82. Piesaresquared
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    Unable to visit other people’s islands. I get some kind of error it won’t let me visit friend’s islands and they can’t come to mine. This was marketed as a social experience and I can’t engage with the one feature I bought the game for. Nintendo won’t allow a refund, BUYER BEWARE!!!
  83. Silokkes
    Apr 17, 2020
    4
    One island, one switch... Fine. I guess me and my girlfriend can have a cute co-op experience. Oh what's that? I can't progress the game unless my girlfriend continues for me? Why?
  84. Scarletcord95
    Apr 18, 2020
    0
    Dude you can’t sell a game for $60 and lock the full experience to one player. Nintendo continues to be incompetent with every decision they make. Online for the Switch is still garbage, we have to download an app for voice chat, up until recently Nintendo would charge for you to use their content online (something other, smarter gaming companies see as essential to the community, as wellDude you can’t sell a game for $60 and lock the full experience to one player. Nintendo continues to be incompetent with every decision they make. Online for the Switch is still garbage, we have to download an app for voice chat, up until recently Nintendo would charge for you to use their content online (something other, smarter gaming companies see as essential to the community, as well as, ya know, free advertisement) and now one of their flagship games limits the user experience to one person. It’s 2020. It’s time to get with the times Nintendo. Stop limiting us..… Expand
  85. crismyc72
    Apr 18, 2020
    0
    If you are the first person is great, but if you want to share it with your family is awful. The main person gets all the missions and tools, but the others cannot help you with another account. Really bad!
  86. acnhorizonSUCKS
    Apr 18, 2020
    0
    Disgraceful that if you want a 2nd island for someone else to have their own save game you have to buy a 2nd console - this is EA levels of daylight robbery. Sort it out Nintendo!!!!!
  87. BlondeLovesLabs
    Apr 18, 2020
    0
    Don’t buy if you want to play with more than 1 person. Trash experience as second player
  88. DUHRIZEO
    Apr 18, 2020
    0
    When did Nintendo go from family friendly to mobile game devs level of scum? This game makes it so obvious that Nintendo is blatantly out to sell consoles. Every fan boy that falls for this is just making it the new standard. I'm sorry, but it's impossible to make such well put together, polished games, and have such thoughtless designs smack you at every turn without them being there onWhen did Nintendo go from family friendly to mobile game devs level of scum? This game makes it so obvious that Nintendo is blatantly out to sell consoles. Every fan boy that falls for this is just making it the new standard. I'm sorry, but it's impossible to make such well put together, polished games, and have such thoughtless designs smack you at every turn without them being there on purpose. Animal crossing is built specifically to be as frustrating and restricted as possible to waste your time all while holding a better way to play behind a second console. I will NEVER support this kind of BS but sadly there are more suckers that will so you can bet things will only get worse.… Expand
  89. Valens831
    Apr 18, 2020
    2
    My wife loves this game and I was super excited to find out that it had multiplayer so that my children could play together and my wife and I could. However, I downloaded the game today and my frustration has risen many times. First, only ONE island is allowed on the console. What the what?! I want to make my own design decisions and have my wife do hers and look at how things pan out.My wife loves this game and I was super excited to find out that it had multiplayer so that my children could play together and my wife and I could. However, I downloaded the game today and my frustration has risen many times. First, only ONE island is allowed on the console. What the what?! I want to make my own design decisions and have my wife do hers and look at how things pan out. NOPE. Second, the first person who plays gets to make ALL important decisions, where buildings go, the shape of the island, etc. Third, couch coop multiplayer forces only one person to be able to do worthwhile activity leaving the other players to weed and water. This could be looked over and wouldn't even be a complaint IF we could have our own islands. I would prefer this setup, IF we had our own islands.

    If you plan on buying this game for multiple people to play, then please stop and consider these things. I may not have purchased this game if I had known this before hand. The video reviews I watched never brought this up. This could have easily been a 9 or 10 if they hadn't stupidly forced people into a single way of playing. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY! Okay, so, I'm obvioulsy frustrated, but I do hope this helps you understand what you might face if you buy this.    … Expand
  90. Tjdhdhdkdj
    Apr 18, 2020
    0
    This is essentially a one player game. Everyone else is just along for the ride as glorified visitors. Unacceptable
  91. SpceCowby
    Apr 18, 2020
    0
    Got this for my wife and I. I didn’t know that only one of us could make any decisions in the game so I guess it’s just for her now. Would be nice to play together but what’s the point when I can’t do anything interesting. Thanks Nintendo. I remember when you made good co-op games.
  92. Kyleday666
    Apr 18, 2020
    0
    I was under the assumption we could have multiple islands on one console, had somebody told me you COULDN'T we would NOT have bought it. If they update it to hold multiple islands id gladly change my review. 0/10
  93. Austenclyde
    Apr 18, 2020
    1
    The fact that they only allow one island per console is idiotic. I'm not going go buy a second switch and a second copy just so my wife and I can play on different islands. Sharing an island between multiple accounts is horrible for personal gameplay and extremely limiting to anyone who starts playing after the first account starts the island.
  94. DoubleDutch
    Apr 19, 2020
    0
    Thinking that given the fact that it is the year of our Lord 2020 and surely not even Nintendo can be so achaic that it will be like the Gamecube version and you can only have 1 island per CONSOLE? Thinking about having a personal experience when more then/than 1 person is going to play the game? Thinking no company could be so out of touch that the previous 2 statements could have anThinking that given the fact that it is the year of our Lord 2020 and surely not even Nintendo can be so achaic that it will be like the Gamecube version and you can only have 1 island per CONSOLE? Thinking about having a personal experience when more then/than 1 person is going to play the game? Thinking no company could be so out of touch that the previous 2 statements could have an answer that defies all logic? WRONG!!!

    It is in fact, just like the Gamecube version.    … Expand
  95. Ady95
    Apr 19, 2020
    0
    Les restrictions désespèrent tout le monde de jouer. Il faudrait créer un mode pour avoir plusieurs îles
  96. flickman42
    Apr 19, 2020
    1
    A game geared towards being family-friendly doesn't allow each family member to experience the intended fun of creating their own island. Very trashy of Nintendo to do something like this. Doesn't matter how cute and fun the game is, the foundation is flawed and ruins everything built on it.
  97. NotoriousRPG
    Apr 19, 2020
    6
    I’m beyond frustrated with this game, this is the first animal crossing I ever play, I know the new leaf players had it worst but this stressed me out.
    I bought this game because everyone was raving about how awesome and relaxing it is, knowing we were going to be on lockdown I thought this was the perfect game for this! I’ve clocked many hours on stardew valley so I thought this was right    I’m beyond frustrated with this game, this is the first animal crossing I ever play, I know the new leaf players had it worst but this stressed me out.
    I bought this game because everyone was raving about how awesome and relaxing it is, knowing we were going to be on lockdown I thought this was the perfect game for this! I’ve clocked many hours on stardew valley so I thought this was right up my alley, but it’s not.
    The first days were very entertaining, everything is new and you feel progress in the course of the initial settlement of your very own island where you are the representative! But slowly but surely you become what you are escaping from in reality, just an employee, in this case, an employee of Tom nook.

    You want a bridge? Pay up
    You want a ramp? Pay up
    You want to relocate a building? Pay up
    More storage? Pay up
    Another room? Pay up
    Travel to random islands? Pay up Furniture? Pay up
    Clothing? Pay up

    Even the things you do daily consist on a exchange of currency, if you want to relocate a tree, you have to consume fruit to be able to relocate it, your tools break so you have to constantly get materials to craft them again.

    And every time you move 1 ramp, one bridge or one building it takes 1 whole real life day, yeah, it won’t be finished until 5 am the next day, 1 ramp/bridge per day, if you want to destroy and build another bridge (you can’t relocate them, you have to pay again) you have to wait til the day after tomorrow! On the positive side the game looks gorgeous, there is an IMMENSE amount of items, furniture, clothing, wallpapers, floors etc The art of the game is impecable.

    But the problem is that this is a game of collecting items and decorating, it may not be for everyone, there’s not much to do story-wise after you finish paying the 5 rooms you can expand on your home and achieve a 3 rating star on your island , so you are left with decorating and collecting items, and that’s it, a beautiful shell of a game with no much gameplay but shake trees and mine ores.

    Also, you can’t build more than 8 ramps in your island, you can’t build ramps next to another, you can’t build a ramp that leads straight to your museum because they are made of 2 blocks and the museum is 5 blocks wide, the lack of symmetry on some parts makes me irrationally mad. The cherry on top is that you can only have 1 island per switch, the dialog is very unintuitive and the online functionality is ok but a pain if you have more than 2-3 visitors with unnecessary repetitive loading animations.    … Expand
  98. Winthorp
    Apr 19, 2020
    0
    The choice to make the island binded to the SWITCH instead of the profile is unaccettable. The players 2+ are simply guest, they can't do any decision on the island, can't build any new building and can't make decisions on new guests. It's a dull and boring gameplay that strike every family member that doesn't create the island! Really short sighted! Will change my vote if they will fix.The choice to make the island binded to the SWITCH instead of the profile is unaccettable. The players 2+ are simply guest, they can't do any decision on the island, can't build any new building and can't make decisions on new guests. It's a dull and boring gameplay that strike every family member that doesn't create the island! Really short sighted! Will change my vote if they will fix. Sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/nintendo-animal-crossing-new-horizons-shouldn-t-restrict-to-one-island-per-console… Expand
  99. Seleene
    Apr 19, 2020
    0
    Why is no one talking about how they only put it for Nintendo switch,I was so excited for the game to come but now I'm so sad because I can't buy a Nintendo switch, besides ac has always been for Nintendo 3DS,they could put it for both Nintendo's.
  100. RadioactiveAfro
    Apr 19, 2020
    0
    The game looks fun to play and I bought it for my gf. Now I want to join as well but learning that I cannot have my own island without getting a new switch is absolutely unacceptable. What an absolutely greed fueled money grab. Both parties involved should be ashamed of themselves
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Universal acclaim - based on 111 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  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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