Elina bought my a Nintendo Switch for Christmas and I’ve decided to write a few blog posts about the games I’ve tried. Number one being Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
In the game, you relocate to a small deserted island where you build a community. The game involves gathering resources, crafting furniture, and earning bells (the local currency) to pay off your home loans to the project leader, Tom Nook. It’s a very chill cozy game.
The game happens in real time, following the day and night cycle in your location. It is daylight during the day time and dark during the night. It also follows the seasons so you get snow in January and and different bugs and fish are only available to catch at certain times of the year. In that sense, it takes at least a year to complete because you need time to cycle through everything.
This does get in the way at times. As a parent, I typically get time to play before 8am and after 10pm. But the Nook Shop is only open 8am to 10pm and Able Sisters is only open 9am to 9pm. There is a night owl option that allows the shops to stay open an hour later. Venla has had the opposite issue: some of the fish only come out after her bedtime.
Overall though, it’s a 10/10 game. It’s the only game I got with my Switch and I played it every day for four months without ever wanting to try out another game.
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