Animal Crossing: New Horizons was already pretty great game for what it is, but it got sometimes a little bit dull especially when playing a lot. That's why I was very interested when Nintendo announced 2.0. Update and new paid DLC for the game, both with many new features. Would these be enough to refresh Animal Crossing experience or are they just more of the same? Well, I think both answers are right.
2.0. Update
This big update came with a long changelog of stuff that's been added. For me the most interesting thing was the café, The Rooster, that was added to museum, but after about two weeks of playing it has been kinda disappointing place. Yeah, you can drink coffee, but I was waiting for more. I know that you can get villagers to visit you with Amiibo cards, but unfortunately I don't have any (yet), so I'm just sitting there, all alone, sipping my pigeon milk coffee...
Kapp'n boat tours on the other hand are a very cool addition. The islands where Kapp'n takes you are interesting, and you can find some cool stuff there. Gyroids for example are very cute and now I'm filling little forest on my island with them! It brings some liveness to the place, which I always thought that ACNH is somehow missing. I don't really know how to explain that, but sometimes it feels that you are just stuck in a loop in that game... And somehow little dancing things help.
New home decorating options are welcomed, though I haven't yet had time to mess with them more (except on the DLC, but more about that later). Vegetables and food is fine, I guess, but I don't really want to spend my time making food in a game where it's not needed. This is not Fallout 76 where you must eat all of the time.
Harv's Island also got a lot going on now, which is probably one of the best parts of this update. Possibility have centered hub for all the shopping and other stuff is something I've been missing since I started playing this game, as Redd for example didn't seem to visit my island ever! I just want all that yummy, I mean beautiful art! (I guess I've been spending too much time with Cube cause now I want to taste everything. I mean everything.)
But the best part of this update is easily group stretching. End of discussion.
Happy Home Planning
I wasn't expecting ACNH getting any major DLC's but thankfully Nintendo proved me wrong. Happy Home Planning is probably best thing that could be added to this game because it fits the theme of faraway island life so well. I haven't yet learned or tried all the things on this DLC as I'm playing it very slowly, doing a vacation home or two in a day, but so far it has opened so much new ways to play this game. It gives you freedom to do almost anything you want without messing your own island too much - if you find out something you really like in Happy Home Planning you can recreate it on your own island without the hassle of that fear of not getting it right. This DLC is perfect dollhouse.
But it's not just a dollhouse. There's new interesting characters (I love Wardell the Walrus) and the chance to meet villagers that are not living on your island is exciting and makes the game more living experience in my opinion. Even though building up the vacation homes is the main focus, I really enjoy just running around the Paradise Planning island and see what villagers are doing. Building up cafes and restaurants are something that I missed in the main game so this addition is very welcoming.
And that's my two cents on the new ACNH content. Overall 2.0. update and DLC are great, though there are still some quality of life stuff that Nintendo should add, like a way to skip dialogs that you must repeat over and over again for just buying few things, but then again would Animal Crossing be what it is without those, however irritating they would be. I don't know, I'm just babbling.
I've been a little bit lazy with blogs lately. but there's many interesting texts waiting... I just need to finish them!
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