I think the game is still good for newcomers. I see these hardcore players now speedrunning their islands, but for me the joy of animal crossing was slowly starting to beautify small parts of my island with the few items I could collect.

@echothefreak9396

Жыл бұрын

Yes!! I always found it weird that youtubers would talk about taking the game slow and enjoying it and immediately proceeding to make it hardcore. It’s animal crossing.

@MarissaK319

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@DMP64

Жыл бұрын

This comment makes me a bit sad, for me in previous entries was to experience everyday and the new things that it brough but new horizons just doesnt feel the same, is a decoration simulator.

If the villagers were better, it would be a 10/10 game

@Mit2u.

Жыл бұрын

And if there were literally any other hourly music

@missmoshirosey

Жыл бұрын

Omg…the golden age of passive, aggressive villagers Now if they brought that back I would straight go back into AC 😂😆

@CapnNapalm

Жыл бұрын

I agree that the villagers being better would help, but new horizons problems are a lot deeper I think. I’m a veteran animal crossing fan (since GameCube) and there’s an overall lack of things I can do immediately in the game on any given day. Pretty much everything outside of the DLC is something you have to wait for, and it makes the game feel a lot more like chores than the previous ones. Some minigames would really help too imo

@heidimiller5570

Жыл бұрын

Ya I don’t really like the villagers as animals I know it is called animal crossing but ye

@theblackcat7205

Жыл бұрын

That and more of the old features

This game kept so many of us sane and busy during a wild time. I remember my GameStop let buy the game a day earlier since things were starting to shut down. We were all so unsure during those crazy times. Animal Crossing is so nostalgic for me ive played since GameCube I was probably 7/8 years old, I’m 30 now and will continue to play every game they release.❤

@ThePlayaJohn

Жыл бұрын

that’s cool normally game shops are so strict on breaking street dates on games and selling them early

@Angygz

Жыл бұрын

Hi you are still playing this game?

I think the biggest problem is once you finish your island, there is nothing to do, decreasing replayability

@Twinklethefox9022

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I can see that. I'm not done with my Island. I'm not 100% satisfied with how it looks. And I still need to complete the art museum, fish area and bug area.

@derek-64

Жыл бұрын

I wish there were more interactions with villagers like playing random mini games or having them comment on certain design elements of the island. When i go to a villager's house there isn't much to do except talk to them, take a look at their stuff, and leave. Maybe watch tv together. Maybe with the arcade machines you could play mini games. How cool would it be to play pool with your favorite villager? Maybe shoot some hoops. Sure i get that Nintendo want people to primarily focus on designing the island but how about other things aside from that such as more interactions with villagers? They should also bring back the collectable mini consoles. I remember playing the original, finding an Nes, and being able to play Donkey Kong or even Mario Bros. And even if you can't play them it would still be cool to collect random consoles from Nintendo's history to display in my home. I could totally decorate my arcade room with random mini consoles. These things would add a lot more replay value.

@MattieIris

Жыл бұрын

​@@derek-64 maybe when a New Nintendo Switch upgrade comes. Like a Nintendo Switch 2, you know?

@astreanekoo6843

Ай бұрын

You can reset island theme ❤ and villagers

I JUST got the game for Christmas with a Switch Lite, and I've been enjoying myself perfectly fine, not even time travelling, just slowly but surely perfecting it over time and inviting more villagers that I like. (I got Sylvana and Marshal too!)

I feel like such an alien when I hear people talk about how acnh is just about decorating your island. I have an embarrassing number of hours in that game but I've never paid a ton of attention to the decorations. I never did much terraforming, i might have decorated smaller areas here and there with a theme, but not with an overall island theme. There's actually so much you can do that isn't decorating.

@susanlisson7066

Жыл бұрын

Same, I log in & do the daily nook mile tasks. 😊

@testerwulf3357

Жыл бұрын

Yea! You can do all the collections..like animal catching, fishing, or complete your catalog having one of each item at some point; you can even do the dailys.

@lpsbluecatprobackup5814

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad to hear there's more to do, I'm about to get the game for my birthday and hopefully the DLC! 🥳 I'm doing all of the research that I can. Most of these ACNH veterans sound so sad and bring the mood down.

@XxWhite_Fang45xX

Жыл бұрын

@@lpsbluecatprobackup5814 Nice, I definitely recommend the DLC. It’s one of the main things, making me play from time to time. Having a job in the game to make houses for villagers, you can really get creative. And you get paid to buy exclusive items.

After 3 years, my island is just coming unfold. Its a beautiful game that I played for hundreds of hours and I feel like i'm just getting started. Worth it, 100%.

I still play ACNH after 3 years. I suffer with chronic pain & I find it relaxing if I’m having a bad pain day because there’s no pressure to achieve or focus like there is in a battle/fighting style game. I log in and do the daily Nook Mile challenges mainly.

@reecebarker1943

Жыл бұрын

Hi Susan, please don't dismiss this comment. I just wanted you to know that there is actually, real healing in Jesus name. I will be praying for you.

@antikoerper256

Жыл бұрын

Prayers and well-wishes, peace and no pain!

I’m a collector by nature. This game has satisfied my need to collect in a lot of ways. Some people shop. I played and still play ACNH. I do wish the villagers were more observant and interactive. More than just “trophy wives”. I also wish there was more reason to play with others. There are very few reasons to play the game with friends even for the creative. I hope they fix this in the next one.

@chiaratronci3251

4 ай бұрын

😊

Totally agree with the 2.0 update point. Having EVERYTHING available from a three star island it's just soooo much. I restarted at the end of last year and put limits on myself. I'm NOT going to swim for the first few months, I'm NOT going to do DLC until I get at least my own house fully upgraded and designed inside and out and decide on my island's theme. But someone picking it up first time, it would be so overwhelming!

@kjrparker

Жыл бұрын

i got/started the game this month and i agree. granted i haven’t played animal crossing since the gamecube, but i feel like there is just so much to do! i haven’t even purchased the dlc yet because i think i want to focus on fully upgrading/paying my home loan, getting three stars, and getting the villagers i want. heck, i’m still trying to figure out what’s possible when it comes to creating my theme. it’s just so hard to comprehend just how many items are out there!! i’m not complaining because i love that animal crossing is a slow burn game. i don’t time travel or anything so i’m sure it will take me months if not a year to perfect my little island. i’m excited to play but it’s definitely a lot. i’m glad there are let’s plays and things out there to help guide me. it took me forever just to figure out where/how to get iron nuggets at the start of the game 😂

My gawd, time flies by so fast. I remember the time when I still used to play this game. This got me really interested into content creation and as fast that quickly came up, it went flat a few months after. I was even watching you on your daily videos and streams just before you went to work. Hope you're doing awesome. I'm still grinding rn, unfortunately, it isn't animal crossing, but a game I love nonetheless.

Yes, I play it because it’s so low key and it’s calming. Next time I reset, I’m keeping Blathers in his tent-no upgrade for the museum. 😊

You have to love the franchise and the characters to understand why people still play. I feel like a lot of people rode the wave that was the 2020 game release and expected it to be some great multiplayer game. Truthfully it’s more of a solitary game despite multiplayer being an option. I’d categorize it more as a sandbox game or a cozy game. I wouldn’t say it’s a life sim or rpg because ur role in the game isn’t that complicated. Animal Crossing was made to feel like a home away from home and I think that still resonates with some people in 2023

I've been feeling more bored than in the past the last few times playing ACNH. Mostly because my island is complete (decoration and villager lineup), I achieved my ultimate goal of getting all DIY recipes (including the cooking ones), and so I don't really have anything to do anymore (aside from saying hi to my villagers or farming Nook Miles). I'm currently playing other games, like New Leaf, Mario Kart 7 and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. When you really don't get as much fun as you had before when playing a certain game, you just need to take a break from it.

@omeletufomash

Жыл бұрын

First world problems hahahha

@zozosfamilyadventures6702

Жыл бұрын

You can go to new Island and restart

I love everything about this game aside from the sort of staleness of the villagers. I’d love to see more variation (and even more rude villager)

I'll always be an AC fan no matter what ❤️ But the fixation on island designing took away a large portion of the mindful element that I used to so enjoy about games such as Wild World. The culture of island comparison / pressure to have a nice island never really went away, which led me to pick up the game less and less.

@YaOnlyLIV

Жыл бұрын

Same for me it‘s so sad because I love the game but I‘m not that creativ to make my Island like some design pro and that stays in my mind every time I start the game.. sometimes I have an great Idea but then I‘m unmotivated to bring it to life because it‘s not as good as others.. hate this aspect of the game

I just started playing over the summer in 2022 and I don't really have an Island theme. Probably because it is my first year playing and I am enjoying just redecorating my island for each season. I think if I started over at some point I would try choosing something in particular for the next island.

I just got the game a month ago and I’m addicted! I’m always a little late to the party 😂

@harana-

9 ай бұрын

I’m thinking of getting this game hence the reason why I’m here watching lol

@jejie.m

8 ай бұрын

I got nintendo for years and just thought of buying this game eventhough this game made me buy nintendo. That is kind of funny.

I'm buying cause I'm bored and have birthday money and my Zelda chat said go for it lol

Let's not forget this game came out in quarantine but even with that limitation I still had a hell of a lot of fun

Wow this video was good timing, I played acnh in 2020 got burnt out and picked it up like 2 weeks ago for nostalgia

For me, yes. I like the design, and for an hour or so every day, I have chill. I've never found another game of this type as good, even before 2.0. I tried a few, but came back to ACNH. It's polished, it's as big as it can be given the limitations of the Switch, and in its own world, it works. The villagers have a lot more dialog added since 2.0. There'll be a new game out soon to go with the new console, and Nintendo has said that it is making the new console backward compatible, so maybe they'll add a bit to ACNH, or just start a brand new game.

I love animal crossing, i have 400 something hours on it, a while back i got so bored of it i had done everything! so sold it i was thinking about getting it again but this time ima start with a new island wish me luck and thanks for the video.

@parkerstone6330

Жыл бұрын

i did the same thing LMAO and i’m so upset because after i sold it i looked it up and apparently you can just delete ur save file and start ur island over again!!

This video perfectly explains what happend to me, I got so caught up in other islands and themes that I got burned out and ended up switching to PlayStation all together

I still play this game to this day. But I probably won't be redoing the events for the 3rd time in a row since I unlocked everything I could from it. Toy day and my birthday is an exception. Also I still have missing diys, and my museum isn't complete.

heya i have a suggestion for your land bridges - if you don't need it just ignore it and let my comment feed the algorithm 👀 but basically, you have side A and side B of the land and the bridge between them, and the wood plank design is only on the bridge part which makes it look a little bit cut off, or almost squeezed in between two land masses - if you were to add planks on the land part on either side of the bridge it'd make it look more sturdy, like it sits on top of the land. it could be the same full square design if you wanna save custom slots or like additional half-square wide planks just as finishing pieces. there, just wanted to throw an idea 👀👌🏻

My only major gripe to New Horizons which might bother some newer players is how online play works if nobody ever made minigame Islands or stuff and villagers themselves. Other than fun dream island minigames, the online play sucks and although I never went online much in New Leaf, reading what you can do, it shines better only if the community isn't active. New Leaf was my first animal crossing and I found both New Horizons and New Leaf have suffered from terrible villagers. In my 3 months of playing New leaf non-stop I always had the same 6 - 10 dialogue boxes for villagers asking for food all the time or give a present which started becoming a chore rather than something enjoyable. I only had the hide-and-seek prompt, twice. It was fun although too cheesy with the camera vanishing hiding spots. With New Horizons, I liked that there was much more varied dialogue (as of 1.11 which nobody really noticed) but there's almost no interactions with the player. I almost never get villagers to ask me to do something for them or play some fun games other than the treasure hunt. If I had to choose a set of villagers, I would choose New Horizons in this aspect. Other than these two problems, I personally think New Horizons is better than New Leaf which makes it still worth it to new players from my perspective. Sure you can argue that there were so much QoL problems which bothered everyone but this didn't bother me. Its not rare for players to say New Leaf is far superior than New Horizons but I dont think its fair to ditch New Horizons just because it's not the new New Leaf. My general pros and cons from NL to NH: New Horizons Pros: -Island creation is much greater than any other animal crossing game -Graphics and sound design (not soundtrack) are amazing -The core animal crossing features like fishing, catching bugs, and getting fossils is better than the other animal crossing games New Horizons Cons: -Villagers don't really bother you for anything -Online play isn't that good -Designing your island will take time New Leaf Pros: -Minigame island as you progress later -Villagers have more activities you can do -Shops are much better New Leaf cons: -Villagers are bland as crap outside of the tasks they can give you -Limited customization -Online is dying

I started animal crossing in 5.1.2021 and still today i love playing it :)

I find it so frustrating when my brother just looks stuff up for a game. Doesn’t even try first. I’m like that what makes a game a game, play it yourself. At that point you might as well pay someone to play the game for you. It irritates me more than it should. Mostly because I’m here playing the same game trying out new things and playing without any help, meanwhile he’s like “hey did you know you can find this here”. I’m like bro shut up, I’m trying enjoy a game

I'm 3 years late to the party😭

When I read the title, I immediately said out loud, "yes. heck yes"

My friend kept telling me to play this game since I got my switch late 2021 but I finally decided to get one last month during the holidays so I waited for a year 😂 but for me honestly since Im not a gamer, these informations about ACNH helps me a lot to play the game. I think for non gamers, having infos out is really beneficial.

I am returning to it now and started all over again. Time to find a way to get all the fruits again

The answer: 17:50

personally, hard to continue playing without quality of life updates. Theres a lot of processes in this game that have just gotten so old, time consuming, and inconvenient that it makes it difficult to be willing to put in the time

I've finally picked up the game again after 9 months, when hard mode became popular. And if you didn't know hard mode makes you take the game at way slower pace, and I've come to realize that if you time travel, you're kinda ruining the game for yourself. Your rushing through everything even know it's supposed to be tooken day by day.

Its 2023 and i love it still. It was what got me through working on covid wards.

I've restarted my island and I still haven't played it at all after getting the museum

I bought ACNH at the end of last year. Yeah it was worth it (The obsession didn't last as long and I already restarted my island but lmao I'm still playing it)

Because of the memories .. yes

3 years today!!

I got it a little less than a year ago and I have over 1000 hours.... so, uh, yeah I think you could say it's worth it. 😁 Very relaxing and super adorable game.

I still use ACNH as an escape from what is happening in my life now. I am playing hardcore and enjoying taking things at a slower pace. A lot of the HC players aren't speed-running things because if you stick to the rules laid out you really can't. Through this, I am now learning how to make designs that I am happy with instead of just getting things via downloading stuff. Feel sorry that Nintendo doesn't see this game as something to continue to support. There are some things that could be better and I also believe that they overdid what they gave us with the 2.0 update. A lot of that could have been released a lot slower as well. Also, some of the pre-2.0 stuff doesn't happen the way that it did previously.

I just got the new OLED switch in anticipation of Hogwarts Legacy. I picked up ACNH as my only game until then. No time travel, just normal play. I'm a junkie. Even we t on a hunt for the amiibo cards 😂. My island doesn't look great but it's only been a month. And Tom Nook keeps me broke upgrading my house 😂😂 so I'm more worried about grinding to make bells.

Also, I have celest and whisp on my island tonight

For someone who never played this, who I assume the video is meant for, going into what "blue flowers" once were collected and what "island core" people made etc. without explaining anything about the gameplay loop, whether it's single player or not, etc. did not help a lot.

@jonathandawson3091

Жыл бұрын

I mean it was full of jargons.

I much more prefer animal crossing new leaf, I'm not sure why it's just got better vibes. I did play animal crossing new horizon for about a year and a half and it's just..just not it, I'm not sure if it's the fact I don't enjoy crafting things but i just don't enjoy it anymore. Its so nice to see others still do though!

After 28 days of playing, my island finally has a 5-star rating. And I am not even finished decorating. 😅

@evajaneryan3746

Жыл бұрын

Lucky you. It took me at least 1 year get a 5 star island

@Xokatiesinsane

7 ай бұрын

Same lol, I got a 5 star island without two weeks 🎉😂

i was expecting a mini retrospective video 😢

I wached this while I literally played since launch

2030 here Aaaaand guess what? still worth it!

i think its worth it. i'v been playing it since 2020 or 2021. i love animal crossing and im addicted. yes animal crossing may be 3 years old but i think its still fun. infinite/10.

You tell me, am playing Pocket Camp all day meanwhile New Horizon is stored just collecting dust 😅

Game was good because context of covid lockdowns. Game still good. I played the Division 2 during the lockdowns lol 😳

Ive got enough money to buy it but im still not sure. 😣

I'm playing it in 2024 and really enjoying it. I have 2 switches so I can have 2 islands.

I tried getting into animal crossing with new leaf, but man as much as I want to love this franchise it just isn't for me

So this was my first animal crossing. I then bought a 2dsXL since the eShop was closing and bought some games including new leaf and the amount of stuff this game is missing and refuses to add to the game is ridiculous. This was a cash grab and an empty shell of what animal crossing truly was hidden deep behind furniture and teraforming

Most boring thing i ever experienced. I mean i guess you just catch bugs and fish for like 1000 hours? Sounds fun. I played it for 3 days when it came out. That was quite enough.

I still like it, it has his lows, but everything has lows in this life. I just enjoy the game, what is literally the actual purpose of a game lol

Yes island design is a huge part of this game but to me there’s a lot you can do even without it. I don’t really focus on island design and I still pick up the game very often. I just love the cozyness of it and the relaxation it provides. Plus, if you are a collector or a completionist, there is plenty to do! I have never time travelled and never went to treasure islands and although I certainly have nothing against this (people should be free to play this game however they want), to me I feel like this is what has prevented me from getting burn out.

I just started playing it 😅

Didn't they have to add all the holiday events in freeDLC when normally that was just in the base game?

i came in 6 days before 2023, so i am technicaly an original

Hi, me and my kids have been play this game now.. But we didn't know how to invite other animal to come to our island.. it just like our island is isolated just for my kids. Lol Please anyone that want to come by to our island or maybe just for stay connected so we not getting bored.. we also trying to find out how to make a ladder but still can't find out.. help me go through this game.. thanks!

Is it pictures or is it glitching or is it on my end only?😂

Animal crossing went in a cool direction but kind of the wrong direction serious fans prolly would have wanted more in depth villager friendship stuff dialog options and such.

I just bought it

I've never played Animal Crossing... I'm considering getting it but reluctant to buy. Is it worth it, l need your help?

@milmal7336

Жыл бұрын

did u get it? I'm in the same boat. I really liked graveyard keeper and wanted another game similar

@belphiespillow591

11 ай бұрын

Same here. My friend really wants me to get it but the idea of crafting an island sounds exhausting to me. So I’m not completely sure either

I feel like you’ve made this video before.

Plus Animal crossing has been great but not for me I always been a pokemon fan at heart and I love Disney and since Dreamlight valley copy so much from Animal Crossing and made it better and I stop playing Animal Crossing for good.

You're so nice..

I've seen people saying that the game is unfinished and will never be finished . Those people don't think

So basically, if you play this game yourself you will love it. If you google every single thing you aren't sure of, you will rob yourself of the fun. Yea. Easy solution then.

Yappinton central

Well this is $60 but Minecraft $30 and better

Prefer Wild World and New Leaf. Horizon is nice, but it is just a terraforming Simulator :(

Did not make it past the intro where be begged for likes and to follow. Imagine going to see the next Marvel movie and before it starts tony stark comes out and begs for likes before you see it.

I love AC but the villagers suck lol

@evajaneryan3746

Жыл бұрын

The dialogues suck, not the villagers itself

I’m tired… yawn! I hate: Animal crossing new horizons… sad.

I can't get any friends!