Are you still playing ACNH?

[TN4U]

I've had periods of me getting burned out, but even with the amount of hours I've put in, I can't seem to stay away from this game for more than a week. I no longer collect anything, but I still play the game for long periods when I'm decorating Parkwood.

For Wahu, since it's been my main island since day two of the game's release, I'm taking an extended leave from it until I finish decorating Parkwood. If and when I finish every Nook Mile achievement on Wahu, I may stop playing the game overall for a longer period of time. I'm trying harder and harder to maintain my interest, but it's slowly fading away.

I'll say that the novelty of playing the game for the first time was so enjoyable for me, and I'll definitely get hyped up again once the next installment gets announced, main or console spinoff. A few weeks after 2.0 came out, my crazy hype for the game just died off, but I continue to have an interest in it because of how much I've played it. This is my most-played video game by far, and I don't think another game (except maybe all versions of Minecraft combined) will be able to match it as easily.

I really wish, however, that I knew more people in real life that played the game. That would have made me enjoy it far more, and would have helped me make new friends along the way. Alas, real life crap got in the way during the game's popularity peak, so I couldn't really take advantage of it anyways.

 

[sleepydreepy]

hell yeah brother im still plowing away trying to 100% complete my island like i did in New Leaf. I'm pretty much satisfied with my outdoor island layout but im working on my second character home and villager houses at the moment, while also trying to unlock new items in HHD DLC. eventually I also want to try my best at completing all of the nook mile stamps/challenges also. I play a couple times a week or month or whenever inspiration strikes me

 

[amemome]

I put sporadically but I only play for TBT events. i played every day for a year so I feel like I did everything I wanted to do, so any additional play was just to collect new items and do DLC stuff.

 

[Alliecakes]

I was a bit late boarding the Animal Crossing hype train. My journey has just barely begun! I can certainly see why certain aspects of the game can become tedious, though. But like OP, I care about my villagers and cleaning up weeds on the island, and I’d be worried if I didn’t take care of them.

 

[eggie_]

i play the game pretty much daily. a few times a week. have been since launch and have really enjoyed taking the game slowly and building my island slowly.... but reaching the point now where its pretty much complete, so have been doing happy home designer stuff. i also feel ready for the next game. i think part of it is that i have my loans paid off and pretty much all of the bugs/fish/art. would be happy even if they made an update with new things to collect (i have most of the gyroids too) and new stuff to pay off/unlock. like if i could do a loan to make a little stage for KK in the cafe. or a nooks or ables upgrade so label can be a permanent NPC in the clothes shop... maybe add some new clothes too. idk. but yeah i am very ready for another animal crossing game TBH but considering how long new horizons took to come out, lol, i think ill be waiting for a while

 

[QueenCobra]

I play about once a week or once every two weeks. Sometimes I'll check in on my villagers and/or clean up the island, buy art, but the K.K. album of the day, explore other islands, etc., and sometimes I'll just make a vacation home. The variety is what keeps it fun-- especially if you have Happy Home Paradise.

 

[ConfusedDad]

i play acnh as often as i can, as i am close to finishing my island

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

I mostly boot up the game once a day to check in and get my daily Nook Miles. Sometimes I play a bit longer and do a few activities. I will play during the Tourneys for items and stamps.

 

[VanitasFan26]

Daily for like 30 minutes and then log off.

 

[S.J.]

I've been feeling the urge to play some HHP and decorate some villager vacation homes, but I haven't had the time! Hopefully tonight or this weekend. Also feeling the urge to check up on my island, see how everyone is doing, have them guilt me for being away too long.

 

[machina]

I take long breaks, but I always come back to it eventually Currently I'm starting a new island but not doing any time travel which is forcing me to slow down and have more fun playing the game the way it was intended, lol.

 

[Hypno KK]

How often I play kind of depends but yes, I'm still playing! Sometimes I take breaks due to real life but I still try to play when I can and feel like it.

 

[Soigne]

my life's kinda gotten busy, but i've gotten back into the game lately (the past 4-5 months i guess?) so i try to play every other day. i don't let myself play for hours and hours because i think that's why i got burnt out so much last year.

 

[pawpatrolbab]

A couple times a month. Sometimes I go on to decorate a little and that's it

 

[Disneyfangirl23]

I always play Acnh

 

[Olimar]

All the time! This is my favorite AC game and the best one in my opinion. There's so much to do that I enjoy, and with HHP I can never get bored of this game. I just made a new island, so we will see how much more that makes me play. Something about summertime and playing late at night is so relaxing, probably because it reminds me of being a kid (even though I never played WW or CF, which would have been the games out at the time for me to spend all summer playing).

I mostly focus on decorating, whether that is the HHP homes or my island. I've never been able to "finish" an island, or even get close to a point where I'm happy with all of it. I'm hoping that having almost 3.5 years of experience between other islands will help me have a better eye for this new one. I'm not gonna rush the beginning parts of the game (namely, having villagers move in). I want to get a sense of my island's full potential and where things can be set up before any potential terraforming or building moves. I know I could put everything on the beaches, but I just never liked that. It feels so cramped and sad. Who knows, I might get impatient after a while without being able to do too much, haha.

I'll be playing this until the next one comes out, and my biggest hope is that it's something that can still communicate with NH and allow people to visit between the islands and whatever the next setting is.

 

[-Raven-]

I’ve had bursts of motivation for a few months at a time, every few months but I’m not really feeling like it’s going to come back as hard this time. Don’t get me wrong, I love the game from a distance but to be honest I wish I could restart without losing everything :/ It feels like my island is at a point of being plotted out enough that the rest would be busywork, while still having enough issues/things to redesign that I want to tear up some parts. The game is still pretty clunky and with irl obligations piling up that isn’t great. I feel like I might go back to one of the old games. Probably New Leaf. There was a time I wanted to really go back to WW but I’m not as sure now. Still NH has some special memories for me and my boyfriend but it’s at a point in its life cycle where the hype is over, and I genuinely am nostalgic for NL, I’d love to get back on that game and make friends through it before the online is totally gone or something. If my boyfriend also still had a 3DS we would probably be playing NL

 

[LateGamer]

I really wish, however, that I knew more people in real life that played the game. That would have made me enjoy it far more, and would have helped me make new friends along the way. Alas, real life crap got in the way during the game's popularity peak, so I couldn't really take advantage of it anyways.

I have not been playing the game for long…I just started this year. And I feel the same way. For me starting the game after it’s peak has been frustrating. I would have loved to have friends and visit each other’s islands. I was surprised to see in this thread that 27% still play daily. Surely we can find 1 or two friends we can hang out with on occasion. Although I am going to assume that most people are pretty far along with their Islands and don’t feel the need to go to one another’s islands,

 

[TN4U]

I have not been playing the game for long…I just started this year. And I feel the same way. For me starting the game after it’s peak has been frustrating. I would have loved to have friends and visit each other’s islands. I was surprised to see in this thread that 27% still play daily. Surely we can find 1 or two friends we can hang out with on occasion. Although I am going to assume that most people are pretty far along with their Islands and don’t feel the need to go to one another’s islands,

Heck, I only started playing New Leaf around the time New Horizons was first announced. After City Folk, I took a long break from the series as I just completely lost interest in it. It wasn't until I watched a playthrough of New Leaf Welcome Amiibo by Vinny from Vinesauce that really piqued by interest in the series once again, so much so that I bought a New 3DS XL solely to play New Leaf. For some reason, I became addicted, and my hype for New Horizons only grew larger the more gameplay of it I saw. I even started collecting the amiibo cards before the functionality was announced since I had a feeling that the game would support it, and that turned out well as I have now fully completed series 1-4 WITH the rare collector's binders that were released in Europe only. The RV cards are about halfway complete, and series 5 is close to being complete as well. I would be lying if I said that I didn't buy a Switch just for Animal Crossing. Yes, I have other games for it, but I've barely touched them as New Horizons is still my go-to.

The next game, spinoff or not, is gonna get me excited once it gets announced. I honestly think Nintendo is doing a good thing by waiting several years before announcing the next game since New Horizons sold so well. The more I wait, the bigger the hype will be for me...

...and I can't wait to show off my nerd skills to the next person that talks about the series in real life.

 

[Yoshi155]

I stopped playing for a really long time but I’m going to get back into the game now that I’m getting pro controllers and it’ll be actually playable!