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In the early days of the game I would say I spent 3-5ish hours every time. I felt like I played a lot but I did stop earlier so I could write about my day, something that I gave up on earlier than I hoped hahah. And then later when I unlocked terraforming there were definitely one or two weekends where I played pretty much all day, only to take breaks to eat or go to the bathroom This was all early on when my country had lock downs too so I didn't have much else to do.
When the game first came out it aligned exactly with quarantine / stay at home where I'm at. I definitely did some 10 hour days during the release week.
definitely have spent around 5 hours in one sitting when the game was new & it was quarantine. did a lot of terraforming & friend visit generally took like an hour.
when the game was new and quarantine was still in full swing, i spent 6-8+ hours each day playing the game, especially since there was still so much to do and unlock. now, i maybe play 2-4 hours when i actually decide to pick up the game, but the first week following it’s release was definitely my peak gaming time aha
off the top of my head i can't really think but I'm sure there have been days when I've played for 5+ hours, especially near the beginning when I was trying to terraform and decorate everything!
I usually play for about 4 and a bit hours only cause I won’t play for a day or two due to work then when I do get the time to play I take my time and do my daily tasks and so on
Is it bad I was surprised the poll only went to 8 hours?
i tend to get super fixated on games when I really enjoy them and ‘break’ is not a word in my vocabulary lol. Because of this I could honestly spend 12+ on a game with only food and bathroom breaks. It’s not like hyperfixation or anything I’m just terrible at paving lmao
10 hours from 10 am to 8 pm, and that's when i did Terraforming for the first time. because of that, I forgot that one of my college assignments was due lol. My average play time for one sitting is around 2 hours
When I first got it I was like pulling 12 hours a day but I found I burnt out really quickly so now I can only do a couple of hours before I have to put it down
back in the beginning i used to just play acnh for hours lk i would do nothing else just acnh. now i just play for maybe 1-2 hours max maybe 3 depending on what im doing. thats mostly bc theres less things to do since i already terraformed and decorated
I’ve definitely put in some long hours, usually when focusing on trading or terraforming. Tends to be much less now though as I’ve run out of a lot of stuff to do sadly
I actually haven't played longer than 2 hours in one sitting! I've always preferred to play Animal Crossing a little bit each day rather than for hours and hours. I get tired quickly of doing the same thing for hours, plus nowadays with my work schedule I wouldn't have time for that anyways.
My time playing is never uninterrupted, but I have definitely played all day before. I have to take breaks for family stuff etc, but...I think the day I went to 80 islands was the most I ever played in a day. Tiring, yet I still wanted to play the next day. I’ve never gotten bored/ sick of the game yet!