

#The sims 1 gamecube full#
“I hadn’t even paid off my house in full nor did I feel super satisfied with how my island looked.” Boling had been a fan of the series since 2005’s Wild World, but never felt engaged by New Horizons. “I think it just got a bit repetitive to me,” player Estey Boling said over email, explaining why they stopped playing after a few months. While New Horizons was initially released in 2020 to overwhelmingly positive reviews, some longtime fans of the series felt the game lacked a certain quirky charm and replayability, largely caused by the absence of these fan-favorite characters. It even brought back older fans of the Animal Crossing franchise who initially hadn’t enjoyed New Horizons. But for longtime players who have grown up alongside Animal Crossing, reuniting with their old favorite characters has been the best part of this update.

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Dropping alongside the Happy Home Paradise DLC, the update introduced gyroids, an expansion of the game’s previously pumpkin-exclusive farming and cooking system, and hundreds of new furniture items. While New Horizons’ initial updates added mechanics like diving and art collecting, the game was notoriously lacking some of Animal Crossing’s core features - until the developers finally filled in (most of) the blanks with the 2.0 update. Image: Nintendo EPD/Nintendo via Amelia Zollner
