animal crossing: new horizons - 5/10
rock it til the edges are sanded off
a canadian friend of mine shipped me his old switch so that i could play the game. i waited for it for weeks. days turned into weeks which unfortunately then turned into close to two months, only to be told that i had to pay $100 in customs money. a paternal figure took this as an opportunity to pay it off but then not buy me anything for christmas that year (this was in july). within i want to say a month, my cat knocked an air freshener into the top fans on the switch. miraculously it not only survived, but is still alive to this day and has now been passed down to one of my partners, it just smells a little flowery whenever it gets hot. anyway that story is more interesting than anything that ever happens in this sanded-down personality-free hollow shell of an animal crossing game.
none of the bite of gamecube ac with somehow less to do at launch than new leaf and arguably even city folk and wild world. truly staggering that instead of creating actually meaningful content the call was to implement a crafting system and durability.
this game wants to thank its stars that amiibo festival exists otherwise it would easily be the worst game in the series hands-down. mind, that does still make it the worst of diamonds; its worst crime is having little to do and what little there is being mediocre and nowhere near as in-depth as prior games across the board.
maybe i might give it another go when the switch 2 update drops next year. otherwise im fine going back and doing another world on 3ds or gamecube frankly
