It’s like The Godfather with Furies!

I am going to warn you all now, there are going to be lots of bad and possibly off-color jokes in this review. With a game like this I just cannot help it. For the sake of simplicity I am going to stick with just a horny little male character (because your character is forced to wear a hat with Viking horns on it at all times).

STORY: 7-10. I have to admit there is very little story to this game. You are a young person of indiscriminate age who has left home for reasons I do not recall being explained and are attempting to make your way in the world. On your way to your destination you meet the recruiter for the local mafia on the train. He uses his contacts to set you up with a place to stay and a job and you start off on your great adventure in debt to the Furry Mafia. From there it goes down hill. Shortly after you graduate from your position as an errand boy for the local boss named Tom Nook he will decide that you would make a better middle manager so he turns you loose to extort your kind furry neighbors. With a house to pay for and an exorbant and ever-growing amount of debt to pay off you begin your life exploiting the furies and just managing to stay one step ahead of doing a disappearing act. Periodically your worried mother and father will write you and try to send something to help you out but it is too little too late.

CONTROLS: 8-10. I really have few complaints about the controls of this game. There are a few parts I where they are a hindrance, such as behind buildings or typing but that is it. Overall they are great.

SOUND: 10-10. The sound in this game is perfect. All of the insect, animals and just everything other little thing in the game has its own sound. The music is exceptional and there is so much you can choose from it is insane. Literally hundreds of little sounds are programmed in that set this game apart from all others.

GRAPHICS: 8-10. The graphics are not cutting edge, but they are more than adequate. They definitely show their roots from the early days when this was supposed to be a N64 game, however everything has been up too speed so beyond just the most basic shapes it really is an overall awesome presentation that fits the overall mood of the game perfectly.

GAME PLAY: 10-10. Really the game play in this game is near perfect. You are basically plopped down into a real-time Disneyfied world in which you can do almost anything you want too. This is literally a 24/7/365 mirror image of the real world, just without anything above a PG-13 rating (there are even filters in place to keep it that way, trust me I know). You can design your home, clothes, even the landscape of the town into anything you so desire. You get to interact with well over a different villager furies each with a distinct personality. You can fish, catch bugs, hunt fossils and much more. There are even over two-dozen NES games hidden throughout Animal Crossing that once unlocked you can play at any time for as long as you want.

Really there are no problems with this game; it is almost obscenely perfect at what it does.

REPLAY FACTOR: There is an unlimited replay factor with this game. Trust me when I say that for the first two to three months this game is going to own you. After that you swill still come back at least once every four to six months just to play it for a few days. That is just the game itself, when you factor in all the classic NES games and items you can hunt down this is a game that you can literally spend years playing. I know because that is what is happening to me.

PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS: The only thing I can think to add here is that this is by far one of my most favorite games of all time. I have owned it since launch and I have enjoyed every minute of it. Even on actual holidays, I always boot up Animal Crossing to experience their version of the same day. I have personally enjoyed this game far beyond any ability I have to describe with mere words. Trust me, you have to own this game.

Oh and one final thing, women seem to love Animal Crossing as well. So if you are trying to get that special someone into gaming this just might be the way to do it.

Now go out and buy this game before someone has an accident or Tom Nook has to give you an offer you can’t refuse.

OVERALL: 10-10.