Animal Crossing: New Horizons

I can’t go outside this is the new outside. If Covid19 wasn’t a thing take 45 points off this.

I love the Animal Crossing series even though I don't usually play games like this anymore. Just charming, lots to do, does a good job of pushing you along and providing surprises. It's very routine but at the same time there's constantly new things happening. Above all else, I care so much for my villagers that I don't want to leave them. I will, of course, but then I won't go back because I just won't be able to face them.

I played this game for several hours a day for over a month when it came out. Got over 300 hours in all. One day I went to visit my parents and didn't play it that entire time. Haven't picked it up once since. But those 300 hours were great!

I recently moved which meant a lot of stress plus no internet for a week. I played a lot of this. It has two things I normally don't like, crafting and grinding. But I don't mind them as much in this game. What I don't like: games without endings are unsatisfying.

really fun to talk to your villagers and roam free on you little island

The worst game I've ever owned.

I like a lot of the new additions to this version, but the characters don't have as much personality as they did in previous games. It's harder for me to latch onto the setting since I don't feel attached to the villagers. This one is great if you really like the decorating aspects of AC, but I found myself going back to New Leaf pretty much every time I picked this one up.