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Our next podcast recording (11.2.23) - 556: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Patreon)

Published:
2023-02-06 10:07:55
Imported:
2023-02

Content

Here's where you can contribute your thoughts and opinions for Animal Crossing: New Horizons for potential inclusion in the forthcoming podcast.A friendly reminder that where the feedback for the podcast is concerned, we love it - but keeping it brief is appreciated. We do want to include a breadth of opinions where appropriate, but no-one wants a discussion podcast that’s mostly reading out essays. Better to save yourself time and cut to the chase if you can.

Comments

Marie Bisbo

I jumped on the Covid Animal Crossing train along with millions of others and played throughout March and April 2020. New Horizons was my first foray into the franchise, and overall I really enjoyed it. Especially in a time when no-one could see each other, it was a great place to socialise with people if you were lucky enough to have friends who also played it. It was exactly what I needed at the time, but I have to say I haven't been back since. I don't feel like the £50 was wasted though, it brought me enough enjoyment at the time and I can now consider that chapter closed. The only frustration I had was that you could only have one island per copy of the game, and sharing an island is not necessarily the best experience.

Miri Starling

This was the game that made me realise other people could see how many hours I'd logged on my Switch, when I was deeply embarrassed by a colleague messaging me to say "oh my god you've spent a lot of time playing Animal Crossing New Horizons" (it was at least 300 plus hours, I think). If it's not clear from that, I really liked this game. And it crystalises memories of a very specific, weird time of my life with its release coinciding almost exactly with the beginning of lockdown.

Toph

Ultimately I don't know how I feel about New Horizons shift towards crafting, but I adore the game. I was initially disappointed when Nintendo delayed the release from September to March. I made peace with the fact that it would be a better game for it. March turned out to possibly be the most perfect release date for a game ever. ACNH will forever be tied to the pandemic in my memory... for keeping me sane while I was trapped inside.

KibbleDispensary

Similar to what others will likely say in their submissions, ACNH came at an ideal time. Not *just* because it was a tense, unsure and isolated time, but - for me personally - because it was a time that I had spare hours to burn on a game like this! It was an excellent way to fill in time during lockdowns. It kept me busy on 30 C days and -30 C days (thank you Atlantic Canadian weather), and was even the 'gateway game' that got my partner into gaming! But, looking back, I don't think much of that time was really me having fun. It was simply me doing something that was calming, familiar, etc., and doing it for A LOT of hours. I tend to be this way about similar games, but ACNH started feeling 'samey' faster than others, notably having a host of not-so-fun Nintendo gameplay quirks that contributed to this. It's the kind of game I picked up during those days and restarted once or twice because of pickiness. I won't be picking it up again any time soon, but I will always appreciate the company ACNH provided me in lonelier days.

James McCaul

I’ve spent over 850 hours playing this game. I love, love, love it.

Taylor Nodell

Animal Crossing New Horizons is a gorgeous game with beautiful music, and it arrived at an important time in many people’s lives when they needed an escape. I’m glad that my favourite video game series finally got a big mainstream hit. However, I personally pine for the days on the Gamecube when Animal Crossing was closer to a social simulator and less of a designathon. “Villagers were meaner” is the abbreviated idea, but interacting with villagers led to many more experiences than I felt in New Horizons. More emergent experiences like “Aziz said he wanted to help me out and then gave me a toliet” and less “Look at the ghibli-esque castle town that I made over 300 hours”. Simultaneously, the few quality of life improvements did little to quell the looming grind. By the time I had unlocked the ability to terraform my island I was burnt out, and the prospect of mining the world for resources was too daunting. Ironically, I think my younger self would prefer this incarnation of Animal Crossing, with it’s myriad of customisable items, and endless replay-ability. The peaceful, safe, cozy island game is one that I hold dear, but will likely not pick up again.

newdarkcloud

I think it's impossible to divorce New Horizons from the time it came out (ie: the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic). As things started to close down, and people were holding up in their homes as much as possible, this game was, at least for me and my friends, a great way to maintain some sense of normalcy as we logged in to do our little chores, decorate our islands, and play the Stalk Market in order to make bells. I've heard many say that it's far from the best AC game, and I trust those opinions since this was my first I don't have a frame of reference. That said, for me and my friends it was the only one that mattered.

Cane and Rinse

This is a really interesting post that would have made for a great jump-off point for discussion on the podcast. Sadly though it arrives several days after we have recorded the show...

Juli Reed

No worries whatsoever!