I enjoyed Animal Crossing Bells NH a whole lot, but my curiosity actually fell off once I got my island to 5 stars. I'd created all of these spaces filled with stuff no one can interact with and a island full of villagers giving me exactly the same dialogue. The game gets to a point where stuff is decorated, the museum is complete, and re-terraforming is just dull, and it loses its charm and becomes a weed pulling simulator.

I got 100 hours from it and I do not regret it, but I just feel like there's something more to be obtained from the match that the devs have not enabled me to encounter.

I had been worried about just how much emphasis there appeared to be on crafting coming into ACNH, since I really don't enjoy crafting in games, and so much my concerns were warranted. I played with daily until a couple of weeks back and there is just no forward thrust to the match which makes me need to log in and progress. I played with New Leaf for years and never tired of itand today I can't be fussed to even log in more than once a week. Also, COVID made me play a whole lot more in the beginning, but not having an away-from-home lunch break has truly made me play much less; it was an hour every day was developed in only for AC, and today it is not.

Frankly the biggest disappointment for me personally is the way hollow all the villagers are. Landscaping and decorating got a nice boost this time, I'd rather they concentrate on fleshing out our interactions with our villagers about the next iteration.

I agree, it feels like villagers have only become place dressing at this point. They exist solely to accommodate the player rather than feeling like real characters who mostly need to do their own thing. There is also just eight villager personalities so you are certain to get duplicates in your town.

For buy bells animal crossing new horizons me, it's how nice I could make everything look, and then it's completely meaningless.