Animal Crossing: New Horizons2020

I put a lot of time and heart into this game to build a beautiful island. The first year was super exciting and fun to experience all the seasonal events for the first time through all the months, but it became very repetitive afterwards. While earlier parts of the Animal Crossing series offered so much content that could captivate me in the long term, New Horizons unfortunately only had the (albeit very extensive) island building system, as well as the seasonal highlights, which are repeated every year exactly identical, which gives you the feeling of having seen everything after the first year. I was also very disappointed by the shops, as there were no 80% of the shops that were introduced and learned to love in New Leaf. The expansion possibilities were also virtually non-existent, which was a true downgrade to previous offshoots, where one could eventually create a huge Nook department store. I also found it a pity that there were no extras like Törtel Island in New Leaf, which also made multiplayer much more attractive, as New Horizons offered little incentive to play with friends apart from barter deals. And those are just a few things that I would come up with right away. Although there were some cool updates here and there, as well as the DLC, which have upgraded the game again, but not enough to keep up with New Leaf, in my opinion the best Animal Crossing part. All in all, I have very mixed feelings about this game. I had almost 850 hours of fun with it (and one day I might have to fill the 1000 again), but that was mainly due to my artistic free spirit, who could let off steam on this island layout. A game like New Leaf, with which I spent even more hours, gave me a lot more incentive to play it through the design of my city, which only made me more aware of the charms New Horizons lacks. Therefore, it is nevertheless an incredibly great game, which offers endless possibilities to exploit his creativity, but in the context of the Animal Crossing series far below the peak.

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