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Do you still play Animal Crossing?
- Thread starter eKongDiddy
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I did about 50 hours first month, 35 since then. My wife and friends are still above 160+ hours but idk. I check in most days, collect fruit and money but after getting most of the end game stuff, aside from unlocking new item recipes, I'm kinda burnt out. I guess I should try random islands more for rare finds, I swear I had no success most of the time .
I love the game, but im playing it much less than New Leaf, could just be me changing since 2013 tho. I put 200 hours into NL
I love the game, but im playing it much less than New Leaf, could just be me changing since 2013 tho. I put 200 hours into NL
I played pretty regularly, dropped the game for about a month and then once K.K. came to my island I dropped it completely.
I'd say 50+ hours was definitely worth it.
I'd say 50+ hours was definitely worth it.
I've stopped a bit ago. Now I'm just waiting for new events and season.
Wife and I put in over 400 hours
Wife and I put in over 400 hours
It's not what I intended but I stopped around early may and haven't had any desire to go back. It's not the first time I've done this with ac and likely won't be the last, the changes they've made between games haven't been of any real interest to me and overall I lack things to do.
My project that kept me going was obtaining all the flower colours by my self and I fell one short by the time I stopped as it hit me that I would eventually obtain it and then have nothing to do so why bother playing it in the first place?
My project that kept me going was obtaining all the flower colours by my self and I fell one short by the time I stopped as it hit me that I would eventually obtain it and then have nothing to do so why bother playing it in the first place?
Pretty much what happened with me. Maybe I'll get back into it whenever the next big update happens.
I think I've played each successive Animal Crossing game less than the last. I played NH pretty consistently for two months or so.
I kind of feel like the series loses some of its magic in the age of social media. In 2002, I discovered nearly everything myself and had no expectations for the right or wrong way to do things. In 2020, it's impossible to avoid pictures from people's homes/islands with things you didn't know were in the game, or that even discourage you because your island looks like crap comparatively.
If gyroids get added, I will definitely come back at least for a while.
I kind of feel like the series loses some of its magic in the age of social media. In 2002, I discovered nearly everything myself and had no expectations for the right or wrong way to do things. In 2020, it's impossible to avoid pictures from people's homes/islands with things you didn't know were in the game, or that even discourage you because your island looks like crap comparatively.
If gyroids get added, I will definitely come back at least for a while.
I still log in every day and clear some quests and talk to villagers. Just gotta find your pace of play and go with it.
I'm hosting an online session right now, it's fun!
I bought the game a month after launch, and I'd say I'm a week away from completing my island and maybe another week from my house.
I'm going to host a treasure hunt if enough people here are interested, then I'll probably stop playing for a while.
Definitely worth the $60 though, quarantine would've been even worse without it.
I bought the game a month after launch, and I'd say I'm a week away from completing my island and maybe another week from my house.
I'm going to host a treasure hunt if enough people here are interested, then I'll probably stop playing for a while.
Definitely worth the $60 though, quarantine would've been even worse without it.
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Now that you mention it, I can see how that can be annoying, haha. If a mod sees, can you change it to "Do you still play Animal Crossing?"
Yep, almost entirely. Got burned out after playing so much on launch and getting my island 5 stars.
I just look at my island and feel that 'work done' feeling lol
I just look at my island and feel that 'work done' feeling lol
I dropped it after a month. It just didn't hook me in the same way that New Leaf did. Something was off.
Daily!! Though, I am no longer stressing out with checking my turnip prices twice a day, and have mostly reduced my time to some comfort food gaming to do a little routine.
I still have a lot that I want to do with my town, design-wise. My nooklings need to get the furniture in that I want, as that would make the amount of trades I need to do via Nookazon far less. The Roost cannot come quickly enough, and there's a laundry list of QoL features needed and criticisms of how many things were handled, but I've still got plenty of room for it in my life and try not to worry about getting absolutely everything done as quickly as possible. Heck, I took my time getting to 3 stars and pay off my last loan because I didn't see the point in rushing to get those boxes checked.
I still have a lot that I want to do with my town, design-wise. My nooklings need to get the furniture in that I want, as that would make the amount of trades I need to do via Nookazon far less. The Roost cannot come quickly enough, and there's a laundry list of QoL features needed and criticisms of how many things were handled, but I've still got plenty of room for it in my life and try not to worry about getting absolutely everything done as quickly as possible. Heck, I took my time getting to 3 stars and pay off my last loan because I didn't see the point in rushing to get those boxes checked.
this comic gets infinitely more sad when you realize that those letters very well could've been from the in-game mom instead
I haven't really been playing as often since I got 10 villagers. Every few days I might check in to buy some clothes and see if any villagers want to move out. There are still some villagers who I want and 5 who I want to move out.
I wish they focused more on the villager interactions, and making each villager as unique as possible, than all the crafting/terraforming stuff which I don't really care about.
I wish they focused more on the villager interactions, and making each villager as unique as possible, than all the crafting/terraforming stuff which I don't really care about.
The easter thing was really terrible with the eggs getting in the way of fish and valuable materials. There was no way to avoid the grind. I stopped playing after that and have moved on to games I can actually finish. My wife and I had fun for those first few weeks though.
I played a fuckton for like 1.5 months after launch. Like ungodly amounts. Now I log on every day for about 20-45 mins.
I unfortunately got sick of it within a couple of days. The excessive/slow dialogue and loading screens made the game feel so cumbersome.
My wife is enjoying it. Though she plays 2-3 times a week now, and just checks turnips prices on days in between.
My wife is enjoying it. Though she plays 2-3 times a week now, and just checks turnips prices on days in between.
I've slowed down considerably. I've done a bit of terraforming and messed around with customization but I'm not that big into it.
The thing that's keeping me away is the lack of content. My villagers aren't interesting and it feels like a chore to make any big changes. Getting a new villager to show up and move to town takes forever and just isn't worth the time and effort wasted on the stupid card game. Also anything else is 20 screens of dialogue to achieve any outcome even if I've done it hundreds of times before.
I was logging on daily for a few minutes to check out what the shop offered but now I've been skipping days. I do plan to check out some events and holidays from time to time but I don't have big plans to sink a ton of hours like I did upon first release.
The thing that's keeping me away is the lack of content. My villagers aren't interesting and it feels like a chore to make any big changes. Getting a new villager to show up and move to town takes forever and just isn't worth the time and effort wasted on the stupid card game. Also anything else is 20 screens of dialogue to achieve any outcome even if I've done it hundreds of times before.
I was logging on daily for a few minutes to check out what the shop offered but now I've been skipping days. I do plan to check out some events and holidays from time to time but I don't have big plans to sink a ton of hours like I did upon first release.
OP describes my feelings exactly.
More specifically, I don't play it anymore — I don't have an interest in terraforming and the craze around it made me feel like I was "playing wrong," which was previously totally antithetical to the nature of these games. Silly maybe, but it is what it is.
I bet I will dip back into it eventually, though.
More specifically, I don't play it anymore — I don't have an interest in terraforming and the craze around it made me feel like I was "playing wrong," which was previously totally antithetical to the nature of these games. Silly maybe, but it is what it is.
I bet I will dip back into it eventually, though.
My day is currently arranged around my two year old's extreme joy that "the sharks wake up at 4 PM." It has made it difficult to complete monthly objectives, but he was pleased at the toilet wedding we threw for Reece and Cyrus.
He can also name almost all the fish and insects, which is genuinely impressive.
He can also name almost all the fish and insects, which is genuinely impressive.
Yeah, still play for up to an hour daily doing daily tasks like flowering, checking shops, checking with NPCs I have, etc. There are are days where I'm not in the mood to play anything else, but I'm always in the mood to play AC. Finally got all of my fossils last week.
I've got no incentive to keep on going after reaching the credits and getting to be a millionare by playing the stalk market. The island doesn't really feel alive, as the villagers themselves feel like they only have a handful of lines to spout and with barely any interactions between them. So, spending my bells on items to hang out with wooden characters feels pointless.
Not sure if there's any other "endgame" than decorating your island as much as you can, but yeah, it's not fulfilling or interesting in any way to me.
Not sure if there's any other "endgame" than decorating your island as much as you can, but yeah, it's not fulfilling or interesting in any way to me.
I play as often as ever. Though I found my white whale villager today so the fact that I won't be grinding some Nook Miles every day will probably slow me down a bit.
I made my island my home, curated my neighbors, and continue to slowly renovate areas and bedrooms as I get new stuff. So I log on, do my rounds, talk to my adorable little friends, ponder my next project, and see what tomorrow brings.
Real 180 from my attitude towards New Leaf. Was so easy for me to not care in that game. Need bells? Grind island beetles for more than I'll ever use. Talk to villagers? Don't care to hear about how I can stack fruit or quick swap tools for the umpteenth time; besides, dislike half of the randos that moved in, and the ones I liked just up and left. So water an obscene amount of flowers, pull up a spreadsheet for the coffee orders, and log off. Logged less hours in it across the years than I have in a few months of NH. The daily visitors, the campsite being actually useful, the Nook Miles to grab, and the greatly expanded design capabilities spurring me to find just the right items all motivate me to keep playing every day instead of just checking in once or twice a week.
I made my island my home, curated my neighbors, and continue to slowly renovate areas and bedrooms as I get new stuff. So I log on, do my rounds, talk to my adorable little friends, ponder my next project, and see what tomorrow brings.
Real 180 from my attitude towards New Leaf. Was so easy for me to not care in that game. Need bells? Grind island beetles for more than I'll ever use. Talk to villagers? Don't care to hear about how I can stack fruit or quick swap tools for the umpteenth time; besides, dislike half of the randos that moved in, and the ones I liked just up and left. So water an obscene amount of flowers, pull up a spreadsheet for the coffee orders, and log off. Logged less hours in it across the years than I have in a few months of NH. The daily visitors, the campsite being actually useful, the Nook Miles to grab, and the greatly expanded design capabilities spurring me to find just the right items all motivate me to keep playing every day instead of just checking in once or twice a week.
