Instead of sticking to the series’ roots as a set-in-stone simulation game, Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis more akin to The Sims : A completely mutable world where players can make their experience exactly what they want it to be.īack in the days of Animal Crossing: New Leaf, fans would use hacks and mods to decorate their islands beyond the bounds of what the game allowed. Most of the changes are geared toward helping players who love to design and customize their towns to the nth degree. All of my friends and coworkers are excitedly talking about their favorite returning characters and all of the changes they plan to make to their island.Īfter trying the update - which dropped a day early - I quickly found myself very underwhelmed. By all metrics, Nintendo has succeeded: The game hasn’t seen these levels of popularity since it launched. Instead, it’s made up of small but meaningful updates designed specifically to assuage existing player base’s complaints over the past year and a half. It’s not intended to get new players to buy the game. The goal of the New Horizons‘ 2.0 update, which is the last major free content update for the game, is to get players back into their towns.
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