Animal Crossing 3DS / Tobidase! Doubutsu no Mori review - SPOILERS ALERT

[rmoxon]

Here's a brief summary of things you can do in AC. Spoilered as there might be surprises:

->Open Spoiler<-

catch fish, bugs
Dig up fossils, presents, shells
Enter competitions to see who can catch the biggest fish / best bug, get a prize if you win
Trade turnips on the stock market
Decorate your house. Dress yourself, have a new haricut
change the town theme tune / flag
send and receive gifts from your friends on here
plant trees, pick fruit.
talk to other people in the town
visit other people's towns
take a boat trip to an island
see special events at certain times of the year
build snowmen in winter
and other crap like the above. There is no more to it than that. That's the game. No boss battles, no end game
Make your town and house and yourself look cool. That's it.

If none of that appeals to you you shouldn't have bought the game :-)

well what's with all the reviews that say the game has loads of content then?

[Lebowski]

Because once you get into it there is always something to do wether it be hunting bugs trying to catch rare fish joing in tournaments or discovering new events and people, just keeping your village a happy tidy place takes a lot of time and effort.

If you can't see the point of it I doubt you ever will, lol

I'm not that far into it but previous games let you decide where certain new village features go, and now your mayor I bet there will be a lot more village shaping In this one.

[gordon]

Changed my rating from a 9 to a 10. Just because.

[Brad]

well what's with all the reviews that say the game has loads of content then?

Hmmm. Define content I guess.
There are lots of different fish to catch. Lots of different furniture items. That's loads of content. As others have said, there does always seem to be plenty to do once things get started properly. People visiting town selling things etc.

[rmoxon]

I guess I will give it more time.

I just wish somthing would happen in it. The reviews make it sound like you live in a massive town where loads of stuff is always happening. But I seem to be living in a small down where people do nothing but collect bugs all day long and repeatedly tell me that I can save if I press start, which incidentally I managed to figure out all on my own. But then maybe Im just a genius.

[Brad]

If you're expecting something magical to happen then stop play right now. It's mostly more of the same. I love it but it's not everyone's cup of tea

[rmoxon]

But surely the scores at the top of this very page indicate that magical things happen in the game? Otherwise why give it high scores if nothing happens in it? and more to the point why even bother with it?

[Brad]

Because people like it. It's as simple as that. I like catching fish, and bugs and digging up fossils and decorating my house. I really enjoy that experience and constantly want to get more types of fruit and try to catch bigger butterflies than everyone else on here. My point it, if this is the sort of game for you then you should already be getting something out of it. It's not going to suddunly 'click. but, just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not worthy of the score others bestow on it. I haven't scored it yet myself but it'll be at least an 8 I'm sure.

[rmoxon]

I get that people like it, but my point is that this game, in fact this series, gets brilliant scores across the board with every version that's released. Yet if you were to break it down, there's nothing to the game, if you were to review it properly, regardless of how much you might personally enjoy it, then surely you can't give it a high score as its just lacking in many areas.

[kryss]

Here's an app that lets you post your pics without quiting the 3DS ,taken from CVG, http://www.computerandvideogames.com...-sharing-site/

You can upload them to imageshack almost the same way AND view them in 3D.

[Rep]

Isabelle loves the D.

Really need a watering can, do the Nooklin' ever sell them?

[Brad]

I get that people like it, but my point is that this game, in fact this series, gets brilliant scores across the board with every version that's released. Yet if you were to break it down, there's nothing to the game, if you were to review it properly, regardless of how much you might personally enjoy it, then surely you can't give it a high score as its just lacking in many areas.

I wouldn't break a game down to review it. I'd never give anything more than a 3.

[Dogg Thang]

Trips to the tropical island in my town from tomorrow! Come one, come all*

*All may not fit. Limited to four persons, including me so really limited to three. Terms & Conditions apply.

[Daragon]

Isabelle loves the D.

Really need a watering can, do the Nooklin' ever sell them?

I'm sure isabelle give you one. Did you complete her pre mayoral tasks? Think it was isabelle at least. But yeah, the nooks sell them.

[MisterBubbles]

I'm not sure you get the core ideas Rmoxon. It's about doing nothing but doing everything, theres so many ways to show creativity, like designing t-shirts, or making new town tunes, then you have the whole collecting and decorating your house. Love just visiting other towns seeing what people collect and display, it's a simple game, maybe im simple. Plus the characters in your town make it fun. If you don't like it, then fine, don't play it, just let us enjoy our fun.