Anyone else ridiculously emotionally attached to this game?

[FRANS_PLAYER]

It's really funny how obsessed I am... please, someone validate that they're experiencing this themselves! Having a villager moves out feels like I'm losing a piece of my soul, every little meaningless bit of dialogue is precious to me, and I always act so overdramatic about the tiniest of things in the game!! I need help...

 

[NatsumiSummer]

yeah i also feel that way. I haven't let a villager move out in a while, and I have over 1,500 hours of playtime with the game.

 

[Jhine7]

Perhaps not emotionally attached, but I do see where you're coming from! I find myself still playing every day with no intentions of stopping. Even if I don't make much changes to my island day to day, the online trading part of the game for me is fun enough to give me a reason to continue.

 

[Shellzilla_515]

Yes, I'm guilty of this. I just really like my villagers on my island and treasure them like family. It started way back in New Leaf when I was first introduced to the series so it's been going on for a long time now. Heck, they even played a part in getting me to start drawing stuff (and I'm glad because at least I have something to do during quarantine)! They may only be fictional characters, but what's wrong having feelings for them? Some of us here watch cartoons and other forms of media and we have feelings for some of the fictional characters. But I try my best to keep my emotions in healthy levels so I don't look like a crazy person.

 

[Snek]

Not really. If a villager wants to move out they can as long as theyre not a permanent stay and there are exceptions (good design, losing only personality, need their photo, etc). The ones I want to keep permanently will never move out so my attachment is less than NL.

 

[dragonair]

When I reset my first island I literally cried and seeing any reminders of it still make my heart hurt soooo.....maybe. = v =

 

[Your Local Wild Child]

While I don’t find myself super attached to my island, I do love it and want to make it as good as I can!

 

[xTech]

Honestly not really. I play more for the raw experience of games and, while I do like achievement hunting sometimes, I don't really care too much about the end result of my island/showing it off to others. I don't even talk to my villagers either, or give them gifts, so I don't really roleplay as a character. Sure, if my island somehow got corrupt and I lost it all I would be a bit sad, but honestly I wouldn't really be too bothered, and would be fine just starting again/not playing it for a while. If anything, i'm way more attached to this forum now, and all of the the amazing friends that i've made through the game. That's not to say it's not a good game though, and I do still find myself coming back to it whenever I get the desire to decorate.

 

[marea]

Is this your first AC game? i was like this with new leaf. Dont get me wrong, i still feel this way with nh but playing and experiencing ac for the first time feels a little deffirent. I was attached to my favorite villagers and when they invited me over to their houses i would set an alarm in my phone as a reminder and would be kinda worried not to forget. I had sooo many screen shots because i took pics of lots of dialogue and other things. Ahh! I miss the newness of it all! Exploring the series for the first time felt super wondrous!

 

[DragonLatios]

I am Into this game as me and my mom got into together. Sadly My mom only help me and tell me what she think and help me collect stuff by checking The playerguide checklist and checking it off for me with the pen. But she Help me get a Switch Lite and so on. But She pass away in her sleep before the New Horzons Came out on the switch. So Yes i am Attach to the AC games. we can bonded over on the Villagers she and i Like. She did not play but her input and help take me to bestbuy and MD to collect the DLC items over wifi before she got sick. But she still help from her bed makeing sure i got every bug and stuff and still fight the sickness for years till this year.

 

[Aurita]

I was devastated in New Leaf when Tia moved out unexpectedly and I’m so glad villagers won’t do that in New Horizons!! I’m super attached to my current villagers and the progress I made on my island. I have so many screenshots and videos and just being on my island brings me joy my best friend and I were obsessing over the fireworks this weekend and even though these are just lines of code, I treasure all the little things this game has to offer

 

[spawnpoint]

Yep. Its ridiculous. When O'Hare moved out of my nl town I cried so hard despite the fact I have him in my nh island already. It's so silly :v

 

[TheSillyPuppy]

I wouldn't describe myself as emotionally attached to the game (or at least not yet), but it does bring me a lot of joy between meeting and befriending different villagers, making my island my little safe haven, collecting all the things, experiencing the seasons, and just being a nice form of entertainment that I can unwind with after a workday.

 

[Bcat]

I would describe myself as “attached” to it, no. It’s a fun game and a fun hobby, but it’s only one of many things I enjoy in life.

That said, if I ever lost my island I’d be absolutely devastated and probably couldn’t leave bed for a few days lol. But with the new backup feature in place I worry a lot less about that now. I have peace of mind that my island will be ok.