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[lemoncrossing]

I totally agree that the game can get stale once you’ve completed all the main objectives. I’ve done about all there is to do as well, but since I still really love the game, I’ve been trying to create some new content on my own— I play hide & seek on my island with my friends, I create new player profiles to decorate extra houses, and I tear down parts of my island to create fun new areas. I don’t like to ever consider my island “complete” because that suggests there’s an end to what you can do... instead, I like to have my island constantly evolving and changing.

I also never force myself to play. Taking breaks for months at a time is totally valid. Doing ANYTHING on the daily, no matter how fun it is, is bound to get stale quick.

On the topic of people in the AC fandom... I think it definitely had a warmer, kinder community before the game went mainstream. Back when the community was infinitely smaller, it really was a sweet and kind group. But when the game blew up, this invited a lot of not-as-nice people to the community. That happens with every group, I think— you’ve just gotta find your people and block out the people who might make you feel negatively.

 

[DragonLatios]

i do not time Travel and i maybe got half of the nook mile achievements done and i going to look it up to see what it need to be done. i got the other stuff like Island and Musuon done. But trying to do everything burn me out trying to be 100% and get my money out of it.

 

[Tiffkaboo]

I felt burnout when I finally unlocked terraforming and started to work on my island, as I didn't have any idea what I wanted to do with it. I took days, even weeks off from playing to do other things, hoping that I'd get inspiration or just the want to play again. It eventually happened, but I felt bad that I had left my villagers for so long.

Recently I did "finish" my island and uploaded its dream address, something that I wanted to do since starting. I haven't turned the game on since. I feel bad, but there isn't much for me to do besides try to finish catching things for the museum and getting pictures from villagers. I honestly don't feel "inclined" to finish Nook Miles achievements as I always thought those were optional and I'd eventually finish those whether I was trying to or not.

I haven't met anyone negative from the Animal Crossing community, but then again, I don't usually converse/trade all that much. But I do agree with what lemoncrossing said in which you should block out people that make you feel negatively. It's totally not worth it, and I'm trying to do it in real life with my job, but unfortunately that's not as easy as with people online. Either way, I do feel that this community is one of the nicest one's I've ever conversed with.

 

[Fruitcup]

I feel like its hard to tell because i havent completed everything, im missing the achievements. I also thought i was done designing/decorating my island but i keep finding little things to tweak.
Personally even if i finish everything in the game i dont think id necessarily be burnt out, id probably play less on my island and spend more time dreaming of other towns which is one of my favorite things to do and there is never a deficit of islands to visit so ill end up still playing.

 

[DragonLatios]

I felt burnout when I finally unlocked terraforming and started to work on my island, as I didn't have any idea what I wanted to do with it. I took days, even weeks off from playing to do other things, hoping that I'd get inspiration or just the want to play again. It eventually happened, but I felt bad that I had left my villagers for so long.

Recently I did "finish" my island and uploaded its dream address, something that I wanted to do since starting. I haven't turned the game on since. I feel bad, but there isn't much for me to do besides try to finish catching things for the museum and getting pictures from villagers. I honestly don't feel "inclined" to finish Nook Miles achievements as I always thought those were optional and I'd eventually finish those whether I was trying to or not.

I haven't met anyone negative from the Animal Crossing community, but then again, I don't usually converse/trade all that much. But I do agree with what lemoncrossing said in which you should block out people that make you feel negatively. It's totally not worth it, and I'm trying to do it in real life with my job, but unfortunately that's not as easy as with people online. Either way, I do feel that this community is one of the nicest one's I've ever conversed with.

Any idea what you get if you beat all the Nook Miles achievements ?

 

[Mick]

Not really, no. I'm not entirely done with the achievements/museum/island but like 95% of the way there, but I wouldn't say I'm even close to burned out.

Now that the goals that are pre-defined by the game are slowly running out, I've found that my entertainment comes more from testing my own creativity or simply playing with friends.

That said, I've 'only' played the game for 1100 hours, and I think that if I had played this game three times as much like you did, I'd definitely be burned out and done with the game entirely (no offense intended there). Because everything gets old eventually. Sometimes it's just time to drop it and find something new.

 

[Starfish10]

After doing 1000, 2000, or 3000 or more hours of ANYTHING, it’s totally normal to feel burned out and tired of that thing! We can’t reasonably expect any video game or piece of media to entertain us that long, so the fact that so many people have been able to have fun with NH for literally thousands of hours really speaks to what a wonderful game it is, in my opinion. Feeling burned out after playing the game for so long isn’t a failure of the game, and it’s not some kind of personal failure. It’s literally just the expected and normal outcome of doing something that long.

I have about 425 hours into the game and I am not burned out. I just play casually every couple days or so, and I feel no pressure to force myself to play when I feel like taking a break. My achievements and museum are nowhere close to finished!

 

[Flicky]

I felt a bit of burnout early on with terraforming, when I realized that Resident Services being so large and stuck where it was, was actually ruining every major idea I had. In the end, I decided to just go with whatever happens on my island, and stuck to other games for building instead.

If I take out terraforming though, I don't feel so burned out.

 

[KayDee]

Only time I ever felt burned out was when I was doing the campsite trick to get a couple of my permanent villagers. Other than that, I’ve never felt I had to rush anything to complete the game. Even after a year with not much else to do now, I still check in daily probably because now I feel like my island is a place I can visit when I just want to feel relaxed. I know everyone in this forum loves Animal Crossing but at the end of the day, it’s still just a game. Nothing worth affecting your well-being over.

 

[wolfie1]

I find it pretty sad that you feel the need to preface your question with a disclaimer in which you state that you don't want to come across as a negative person. I've noticed you've started a lot of your messages like that and I don't think you should feel like you have to do that. It is your opinion and no one is entitled to berate you for it.

Having said that, I started feeling burnout around November-December, possibly earlier although it wasn't as bad, as I was still missing many seasonal recipes and holidays. By that time I had terraformed like 95% of my island and all I was missing was a spot which, at that time, was reserved for the alleged café. After the Festivale update I realized that café will never come (or I really don't care if it comes anymore, I'm done waiting) so I put together a little area with some furniture items. So now that I have all empty spaces filled, I don't have anything else to do. I really hate tearing everything down and redoing it. I didn't spend hours devising the area and what to put in each plot just to tear it down on a whim, especially when you can't undo it if you end up disliking the outcome.

 

[WaileaNoRei]

I have not felt burnt out, but sympathize with those who do. I think many people felt pressure to complete things like the museum and nook miles achievements and the amount of grinding required to do so is very intense.

though I have logged a lot of hours in the game (~1800) I think a lot of the time I log in and just do my do anything ‘productive’. I really just like talking to my villagers and cleaning up things like sticks and shells and fossils and running around my town aimlessly. So I think for me that balanced out when I was more intently trying to accomplish something like catching the barreleye (which never happened when I was really working for it at all of course) or decorating my island (and sometimes totally overwhelmed and not knowing how to translate the picture in my head to the game)

I have not completed my nook milestones (I am not currently doing more to work toward them than trying to remember to see kk, help wisp, and make my tools instead of buying if I am not feeling too lazy) and I have not completed the art section, though I have caught all the bugs and fish and found all the fossils.

to be honest, when I was first playing I was rushing more, because I was sure I would get bored/ burnt out sooner rather than later.

however, now that it has been a year I actually feel less pressure now, since apparently I am not getting tired of the game anytime soon. So I really just don’t mind still having art to find for my museum or milestones to complete as it gives me something to look forward too.

I don’t time travel very much (not because I think it is bad, but because it kind of stresses me out and I feel weirdly guilty not talking to my villagers while I mess with their space time continuum). And I don’t really use social media or anything which might make me feel like I should play a certain way. I don’t heavily terraform or go out of my way to avoid terraforming.

to be clear I do not think there is anything wrong with people who have a different play style than me, just basically musing on why I have not gotten burned out yet, and the truth is I really don’t know. I also have a fairly obsessive personality…which could play into it too.

I feel like those who are burned out should not feel ashamed or like they are doing something wrong. Everyone has different thresholds for things like this. There’s nothing wrong with putting aside a game that is not longer making you happy, or on taking breaks and coming back to it when it makes you happy to do so.

so although I am not burnt out and still fully enjoying the game, I don’t think that’s related to any value judgements on me, other players, or the quality of the game. It’s just the normal variability in a highly subjective experience. There’s no right way to experience it, and so for those who are burnt out don’t give yourselves a hard time! Even if you are taking a break from the game, you can still participate in the community, etc, it doesn’t make you suddenly not a fan or something.

I hope this comes across. I wanted to share my own experience, but I am not intending to hurt any feeling or make anyone feel bad for not having the same experience

 

[Dunquixote]

I have not felt burnt out, but sympathize with those who do. I think many people felt pressure to complete things like the museum and nook miles achievements and the amount of grinding required to do so is very intense.

though I have logged a lot of hours in the game (~1800) I think a lot of the time I log in and just do my do anything ‘productive’. I really just like talking to my villagers and cleaning up things like sticks and shells and fossils and running around my town aimlessly. So I think for me that balanced out when I was more intently trying to accomplish something like catching the barreleye (which never happened when I was really working for it at all of course) or decorating my island (and sometimes totally overwhelmed and not knowing how to translate the picture in my head to the game)

I have not completed my nook milestones (I am not currently doing more to work toward them than trying to remember to see kk, help wisp, and make my tools instead of buying if I am not feeling too lazy) and I have not completed the art section, though I have caught all the bugs and fish and found all the fossils.

to be honest, when I was first playing I was rushing more, because I was sure I would get bored/ burnt out sooner rather than later.

however, now that it has been a year I actually feel less pressure now, since apparently I am not getting tired of the game anytime soon. So I really just don’t mind still having art to find for my museum or milestones to complete as it gives me something to look forward too.

I don’t time travel very much (not because I think it is bad, but because it kind of stresses me out and I feel weirdly guilty not talking to my villagers while I mess with their space time continuum). And I don’t really use social media or anything which might make me feel like I should play a certain way. I don’t heavily terraform or go out of my way to avoid terraforming.

to be clear I do not think there is anything wrong with people who have a different play style than me, just basically musing on why I have not gotten burned out yet, and the truth is I really don’t know. I also have a fairly obsessive personality…which could play into it too.

I feel like those who are burned out should not feel ashamed or like they are doing something wrong. Everyone has different thresholds for things like this. There’s nothing wrong with putting aside a game that is not longer making you happy, or on taking breaks and coming back to it when it makes you happy to do so.

so although I am not burnt out and still fully enjoying the game, I don’t think that’s related to any value judgements on me, other players, or the quality of the game. It’s just the normal variability in a highly subjective experience. There’s no right way to experience it, and so for those who are burnt out don’t give yourselves a hard time! Even if you are taking a break from the game, you can still participate in the community, etc, it doesn’t make you suddenly not a fan or something.

I hope this comes across. I wanted to share my own experience, but I am not intending to hurt any feeling or make anyone feel bad for not having the same experience

I agree with this and can relate. Don’t worry; I know you’re just sharing your experience . You’re always very nice and respectful in your posts, so no need to worry (i know easier said than done ).

I used to tt but now have been avoiding it since it kinda stressed me out and i have been feeling lazy. i haven’t been talking to all of my villagers either lately or actively doing my nook mile tasks. I have just limited my time to doing what I find the most enjoyment doing which is decorating (not saying I don’t like my villagers, just tired of searching the whole island and restarting to find everyone) and getting pictures from the two villagers I don’t have pics from yet. I did need to take a couple months break over the winter. I don’t think I was burnt out since I have not completed my achievements, museum or anything really. I just felt uninspired by the current selection of furniture. Still am, tbh but I am enjoying trying to make do with what we have and coming up with mini projects at harv’s studio, island projects, outfits.

 

[peachycrossing9]

I'm feeling quite burnt out now that I have finished my island finally. It took me over a year, but I have now actually fully decorated my island and my house, so that feels good but now I'm bored and not really feeling motivated to play the game at the moment.

I haven't actually completed my museum or all my nook mile achievements, but those things don't really bother me or interest me, so I'm kinda just taking a small break from the game.
At some point, I do want to flatten my island and do a different theme. But I want to enjoy having a completed island for a bit first, so I think I will just be logging on every now and then to check on my villagers.

I have over 1,000 hours in the game at this point, so I'm kinda surprised I didn't start to feel burnt out sooner. It's totally normal to feel like this. It happens with any game, and nobody should be feeling ashamed or be bullied or talked down on for feeling like this. It really sucks that you had to put a disclaimer at the start of your post to make sure you don't get yelled out. That shouldn't be what this community is about. D:

 

[King koopa]

Pretty much. I completed my museum in July, nook miles in September and island in October. I don't really feel burnt-out because I know Nintendo may add new things to do one day. But yeah, I do take breaks though, only coming back 3 times a week for my shops.

I can feel people who do feel like taking breaks though. And it doesn't help that sometimes the game can be a pain in the butt. Like, the museum was probably the hardest, especially the bugs. I'm like not even thinking about these bugs, then woosh, 2 rainbow stags fly away. It took forever to catch one.
Though, even though, I practically beat the game (if animal crossing is a beatable game), I still play....only for my shops and checking on my villagers.

 

[VanitasFan26]

I find it pretty sad that you feel the need to preface your question with a disclaimer in which you state that you don't want to come across as a negative person. I've noticed you've started a lot of your messages like that and I don't think you should feel like you have to do that. It is your opinion and no one is entitled to berate you for it.

I have to say it because some people on this site don't seem to understand the difference between having an actual valid opinion and then having to be attacked by others who simply don't agree with you. Its a hurtful feeling.

 

[Livia]

I’m not sure because I haven’t completed everything yet. I’m still missing several bugs and fish, and of course a lot of art. I also have a long ways to go on some nook miles achievements. I’m not actively trying to complete the nook miles stamps though because I don’t like grinding and I’ll complete them eventually through playing. I don't think I will feel burnt out though because I really love this game.

 

[Pyoopi]

I don't have burnout, though I have skipped a few days because I'm lazy at times. Personally, when a game starts feeling boring; I'm a big idea person and I just do things that amuse me. It can be like wearing a crazy outfit, making up a dumb story about a villager or corralling my friends into doing horrible things.

Like the current project on my island, I'm creating a structure out of the cutout standees. It's hard because I have to test it over and over, plus when you edit the design on the standee, it poofs. So I have place it out again and I'm kind of sick of it, lol. Hence why I haven't been playing the game.

 

[Bluebellie]

Not me, I am not playing the game to complete it. I decorate and change things all the time. I also catch critters here and there. I’m not actively trying to complete things so I might never grow tired. I play the game like a simulation, rather than trying to complete it.

 

[-Blue-]

I mean I haven't experienced burn-out because I don't actively try to complete any of the things OP mentioned. I've chipped away at the mile tasks over time by just playing the game. Same with the critter encyclopedia. I think I finished the bugs, but there's maybe 1 or two fish and a lot of diving creatures I still need. I managed to catch a new one the other night when I was looking for Gullivarr's phone.