Animal Crossing: City Folk

"Same, but still good"

The over all game is great

Story 8/10
Your a small child thrust out into a big world and your gonna get rich from it. Admittedly its got its flaws but its kind of funny and its satisfying.

Entertainment 10/10
You can do hundreds of things in the game, including fishing, building snowmen, playing hide and seek, doing jobs for neighbors, and so on. You can go on line and the fun expands even more. You can fish with other people, sell things, or just hang out. The only undesirable thing here is that it is much like the other two games although there are additions in characters, fish, furniture, bugs, and many more things.

Graphics 6/10
The graphics are one of the only major issues with the game. The graphics are not too great and the camera angle is a bit weird but in a way that is good. This game would not be as good without mildly cartoon graphics and the frame rate is good

Music 10/10
The music is light and not to confusing which is the perfect match for the personality of this game. You can tell it is a holiday by the music and every hour it changes.

Easter eggs 10/10
So many fun things you can do online. There are many secrets that you can learn online or by doing random things in the game. When you play with friends there are plenty of fun things to do with a laggy connection.

Online 5/10
The one thing that Nintendo epically fails at is not quite as bad in this game. The whole friend code thing is a bit annoying and it could be better but it is kind of necessary. It is also annoying if someone online comes to your town and completely ruins it and then leaves (so it saves). Also online hackers have ruined the economy so badly that almost anyone can go online and get a few million bells whenever they want. This is looked down upon by many but it still happens. It is fun to sell things online though and hang out with the nice people. That is where the friend roster helps. You can keep the nice people on your friend roster and kick of the mean ones. An improvement would be to allow you to have a lot more people on your roster though.

Replay 10/10
The replay is excellent. There is no way to completely beat the game and if you restart it is guaranteed to be a completely different "adventure" because fish, bugs, characters and the town layout are completely randomized. You can play it over and over and it is fun too watch siblings start a new account and epically fail at the simple things

Others
Credits 10/10
quick and you get free music
customization 10/10
everything is customizable, from your neighbors to your town layout
Luck 10/10
Everyone likes when it is their lucky day and there are enough new events that you will anticipate yours and it won't come to late.
Frustration 10/10
There is nothing you can't beat and after a tiny bit so much more happens that you forget about it
Day to day experience 9/10
Every day something new happens but sometimes you are required to play every day for a while to get a prize

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 01/14/09

Game Release: Animal Crossing: City Folk (US, 11/16/08)