Why you keep playing?

I keep playing because it's unlike any other game I've played before. As a kid I liked to play The Sims 1-3,, but once they started adding all the expansion packs and stuff it lagged so much and completely lost my interest for it. This game not only fulfills my "need" to decorate houses, but it also has other elements for when I don't feel like decorating. Like the Sims had work and other stuff but I felt like I had to deal so much with them going to the bathroom, sleeping, eating etc instead of actually playing. Thankfully they don't make us worry about that stuff in this game! Haha. I love catching bugs, landscaping, breeding flowers, and making friends with my villagers. It just has something for every mood I'm in and I just love it!

The game helps me de-stress a lot! Talking to cute villagers, fishing, catching bugs, designing my house, and landscaping make me feel so relaxed. Also, it's kind of lame but I treat my villagers as actual friends; I see them everyday and talk to them everyday it wouldn't be kind of me to ignore them. Like what the others said, I'm pretty determined to finish my town (I started it like 2 years ago and it's still a WIP)

I don't play as much as I used to I only play once or twice a week mainly to design qrs.

I stopped playing for a while but I keep coming back because it gives me a sense of familiarity and stability. No matter what's going in my life, I can always go back and see my neighbors. For a while, I had pretty much completed everything I wanted to finish in the game. My town was exactly how I wanted it and my homes were also nice but with the release of the new items, it gives me a reason to start collecting and redecorating again.

I keep playing because it's a huge stress reliever after a day at the office. And I like to breed hybrids in my town.

I suffer from depression and anxiety, so Animal Crossing is a great distraction from it all. Not to mention that it always me to have control and organization over something in my life. Plus the cute and happy villagers I have always bring me up when I am down, especially when they randomly send letters.