Authentic human emotions while playing ACNL

[AnimalCrossngAddict]

As a 45 year woman there have many days with sorrow when dealing with real life problems.

Death of a parent, death of a pet , death of a friend.

I never would have imagined I would have strong emotions over a a villager.

Am I crazy?

The answer is no. This is how the game is played. The developers want you to have patience and acceptance.

Yesterday I was watering and Bob wanted to talk and kept walking in front of me. I paused and spoke to him and tried to finish watering. I finally had to push him several times.

He started crying and asked "Why are you hurting me?" " I am hungry."

I completely lost it!!!! I felt horrible and actually started crying. I made him feel bad and now I felt HORRIBLE!!!!!!

Valuable lesson learned. Be patient.

He was going to eventually move but I was in a hurry to finish.

It is the same thing when I catch many sea bass in a row. I now realize within 2 or 3 minutes a prized catch will come my way.

This game is trying to teach all of us about patience and acceptance.

 

[jenikinz]

aww I would not be happy if my villager said that either! I tell myself it is just a game and they don't have feelings but it doesn't always work...I was the same with sims games too! I hated to see them cry or upset!

I am 41 so maybe it is an over 40 thing LOL

 

[ClefairyKid]

Sometimes I do push them around but I do have to admit if one cried I'd feel bad, and I always feel somewhat guilty when I encourage them to move away, but at least then I can imagine they are going somewhere nicer

 

[Lin]

I feel guilty but I never cried. xD I feel mostly bad when Lazy villagers complain for some reason, they always seem so heartbroken about it.

But yeah, glad moving seems 100% random so I don't have to harm them anymore. :3 Doesn't seem to do anything.

 

[Jizg]

I tell myself it is just a game and they don't have feelings but it doesn't always work

A big reason we like video game characters is because on some level we do see them as human. I think rationalizing that its just data with no real emotion sort of takes away from the experience, at least in the case of games like Animal Crossing.

 

[jenikinz]

A big reason we like video game characters is because on some level we do see them as human. I think rationalizing that its just data with no real emotion sort of takes away from the experience, at least in the case of games like Animal Crossing.

that makes sense! I do care about my villagers...even my least favorites...I felt bad when I told Scoot to have a nice life but I would eventually like to have all the villagers in my town at some point and they cannot all stay!

 

[faithiefaith]

As a 45 year woman there have many days with sorrow when dealing with real life problems.

Death of a parent, death of a pet , death of a friend.

I never would have imagined I would have strong emotions over a a villager.

Am I crazy?

The answer is no. This is how the game is played. The developers want you to have patience and acceptance.

Yesterday I was watering and Bob wanted to talk and kept walking in front of me. I paused and spoke to him and tried to finish watering. I finally had to push him several times.

He started crying and asked "Why are you hurting me?" " I am hungry."

I completely lost it!!!! I felt horrible and actually started crying. I made him feel bad and now I felt HORRIBLE!!!!!!

Valuable lesson learned. Be patient.

He was going to eventually move but I was in a hurry to finish.

It is the same thing when I catch many sea bass in a row. I now realize within 2 or 3 minutes a prized catch will come my way.

This game is trying to teach all of us about patience and acceptance.

Aw, poor Bob!! So like him to say he was hungry when upset though xD Luckily he'll forget all about it pretty quickly

 

[talisheo]

I feel so bad when a villager asks me to do something but I know I won't be able to fu fill their request, so I have to turn them down D :

 

[Lisha]

When I was younger, I cried when Peanut and Filbert moved away in WW. It was completely unexpected but I was still devastated. I cried when I got CF and had Peanut, Maple and Melba as my starter villagers as well.

I'm 19 but I'm a crybaby lol, so I'd probably cry too. I do feel incredibly guilty when I decline an item trade since they seem so disappointed. ;____;

 

[jakeypride]

As a 45 year woman there have many days with sorrow when dealing with real life problems.

Death of a parent, death of a pet , death of a friend.

I never would have imagined I would have strong emotions over a a villager.

Am I crazy?

The answer is no. This is how the game is played. The developers want you to have patience and acceptance.

Yesterday I was watering and Bob wanted to talk and kept walking in front of me. I paused and spoke to him and tried to finish watering. I finally had to push him several times.

He started crying and asked "Why are you hurting me?" " I am hungry."

I completely lost it!!!! I felt horrible and actually started crying. I made him feel bad and now I felt HORRIBLE!!!!!!

Valuable lesson learned. Be patient.

He was going to eventually move but I was in a hurry to finish.

It is the same thing when I catch many sea bass in a row. I now realize within 2 or 3 minutes a prized catch will come my way.

This game is trying to teach all of us about patience and acceptance.

I once pushed Kyle into a pitfall without trying, and he got mad... I kind of just sat there dissapointed in myself... lol.

 

[Kaneloe]

I always cry when they move, even if I didn't like them. When I make them upset, I feel really guilty.

 

[Isabella]

I kind of feel guilty/sad for sending mean letters to villagers i don't really like and ignoring them and yet they still talk to me like i'm the nicest person ever and i'm just like... ;-;
and i get really sad when a favorite villager moves randomly

 

[DJStarstryker]

I haven't actually cried as a result of a video game, and I've been gaming for over 25 years. There's certainly times I've felt things though. Maybe I felt sad or depressed when a character I liked died. Maybe I laughed when something funny happened. And, of course, there's the times when you forget to save and you get Game Over, losing hours of work that make you extremely frustrated.

Animal Crossing mostly makes me laugh, because I think my villagers are all a bit crazy to varying degrees.

 

[Kirito]

I feel a little sad sometimes when a villager I like wants to move.

The saddest video game experience I ever had was when I found out one of my guild members on an mmorpg I used to play lost her fight with cancer.

 

[Lurrdoc]

I never really tried having a villager move out before, but I tried it out on Molly. Let me tell you this. Being mean to a normal villager will make you feel like the biggest bully. Out of all the villager types, those are the ones you just feel bad for wailing on. I did it to Molly 'cuz she was boring and I wanted her out. I later found out that doing bad stuff doesn't really affect them moving. So once I started treating her right, she ended up moving. I'm so sorry, Molly. You weren't that bad. Boring is okay. ;______;

 

[burnside]

Lucy was one of my original villagers and she moved to my friend's town. When I visited my friend's town about a week later, I talked to her and she actually remembered me.

"It's me, Lucy! You do remember me, don't you?"
"Oh, I live here now. How is everyone doing back in Newtopia?"

Made me kinda sad. I never really cared about her that much, but... Ugh.

 

[........]

I felt genuinely sad for a little bit after Cherry moved away. But then Butch kind of filled that emptiness. other than that, I've only gotten ticked off.

 

[NinjanaMin]

I always remember doing a delivery for one of my other villagers to Lionel and before I could deliver it, Lionel had me about not talking to him and how it made him feel.... I felt so bad and now I feel really awkward when I see Lionel... he even invited me to his birthday....

 

[Feraligator]

I cried when Walker moved out in City Folk, when I was younger. You can get really attached to the villagers in Animal Crossing!

 

[Gizmodo]

I do feel guilty whenever i left a villager move, therefore in my new town, none will leave until i have their pictures, so ill always have something to remember them by