Do you play casually? Or are you hardcore about everything in the game?

[CrankyCupcake]

I am constantly amazed by the amount of energy and passion people playing the game put into it, especially when players reset hundreds of times, asked to be rated for their map/town/villagers, aim to max out their HHA scores or sell/auction/trade on a daily basis. I don't do any of those things, I think I'm pretty laidback about my game. The only thing I'm doing somewhat obsessively is keeping track of the villagers I meet, whether they move in and out of my towns, stop by the cafe for a coffee or spend a day at the campsite. I'm counting, and keeping a list.

What is your play style? Casual? Hardcore? Somewhere in between? Are you reliant on or influenced by what other players do in the community?

 

[Gizmodo]

Somewhere inbetween, tbh im playing casually with my villagers, i love all ten of my original ten residents, and none have left in the two weeks ive been playing my new file so far I have no desire to TT them out, and rush them out, for dreamies, im just relaxing

 

[MorsMortie]

I don't think I'm playing ACNL "hardcore", so that's an interesting take on it... xD

But I have:
- Reset my campsite in 2-3 hour bursts (with breaks) for the better part of a day just to get a single villager
- Rolled new characters over and over again to pick villager plots
- Created a text and image file ranking all of my preferred villagers to narrow down what my dreamies would ultimately be, and revised it endlessly
- TT'd extensively over the last week and a half moving out villagers for giveaways and trades
- Set up auctions for my more popular move-outs and kept tabs on them for several hours

And I will:
- Design paths for my entire town (already laying them out for a demo but I have 2 more dreamies to get so.. >_<)
- Participate in all kinds of threads about ACNL!

But these things I'm not really doing with any sense of competition or need-to-complete feeling, and it's never much stress or frustration, so it isn't "hardcore gaming" to me. To me, these are simply enjoyable aspects of the game. It's especially great for me and others in my boat who played the previous games where there was much, much less control over neighbor plotting - so this is pure 100% delight to me, as strange as that may sound to some of those who picked up ACNL as the first in the series and don't fully appreciate how great of an option it is that you can pretty much choose your neighbors!

Even with all of my neighbor shenanigans and pathing stuff, though, I'm not exactly a completionist, and I've avoided getting any holiday items in advance or getting my hands on any Gracie stuff out of season (...so far). I do want the game to unfold at its own pace - but only after I have my neighbors!

I think it may be easier for me to have a lot of fun doing all this stuff and finding it super casual because I live with my boyfriend who also plays ACNL, so we just lay around all day laughing about villager dialogue, discussing paths, taking cooking and walking and other video game breaks, stuff like that. So even though I do "hardcore" things, it all feels super casual and fun to me, and I've enjoyed every second of it, honestly (aside from, you know, those stressful seconds in the train station before you step out on a new character and reeeally want to know who's in the tent or who's set up a plot X_X)!

 

[Wondrous]

I'm actually casual with this game, as it's one of those games you can get away with being casual. Other games, yeah, lol, I'm hardcore. But, AC? No way. The one thing, though, that I've 'obsessed' about, is resetting. I have a problem with it. It has not been influenced by the community, or anyone, it's just me lol. I have mild OCD, and instead of doing things repeatedly in my real life, I tend to do it in Animal Crossing. I think it's my way of trying to control myself, but it's not. It's not even working. So if I get anxious or nervous or worried in real life, I instantly start to reset my games. It eases me for some reason. But now that I've found my like, 5th 'permanent' town, I realize it's a problem, and it's effecting my brother. He constantly wants to wifi with me and play ACNL together, but I'm always twelve paces behind, still on the friggin' train with my bud Rover. Honestly, it's just crazy and I've realized I need to stop. The first week or two is the hardest for me, but if I can make it through that without restarting, I should be okay. I'm trying hard to control my actions now lol.

As for asking others to rate my map.. No. I'd never do that. Because honestly, I just don't care what others think about it. It's everything I wanted and was looking for, so why would I need a second opinion on that?

I like to play ACNL verryyy slow.. Because I know how fast the experience can zip by when you do everything now and everything has to be done. So I'm always behind everyone because of that, haha. But like I said, it doesn't matter to me. As long as I'm happy with my game, that's all that matters.

 

[Feraligator]

I'm pretty laid back, too. I get inspired by other towns, but I really just play how I like to. I don't even have a gold badge yet...

 

[Shiny Star]

I'm in-between. I want a town that I'm proud of but at the same time, I want to be casual and enjoy the game.

 

[flyingpigs]

I'm not sure how people can be so "hard-core" about New Leaf. It's a casual game and when people spend hours and hours on end getting bells I'm sure it isn't very fun. My town probably looks like a "hard-core" player's town when they had only been playing for 3 or 4 weeks but I like it that way. I actually had a short break from the game as I was on holiday and I recommend taking a break donations who doesn't want to get bored!

 

[Volvagia]

I'm really casual about this game, actually. I just do the daily stuff and go beetle farming like once a week.

 

[Sheepish]

I'd consider myself to be somewhere in between, edging towards the casual side. While I do look out for my dream villagers, and I do soft reset to get their houses into decent places, I'm not really willing to put much more effort than that into my town.

 

[bittermeat]

casual, but im a bit anal-retentive to the point where i will do anything in order to get how i want my town to be (even if that includes restarting again and again and again...)

 

[MorsMortie]

I feel like there's some assumption in this thread that it's impossible to have fun just making bells or resetting, but you know, a lot of people really enjoy it.. xD It's like anything else, really! I mean, there are plenty of gamers who would think running errands for villagers is dumb or not any fun, but everyone more or less can enjoy that if they're playing ACNL, right? So why is it that things like making money and TTing villagers out or resetting for campers is looked on upon as something "hardcore" to do? Just because you may not enjoy it, doesn't mean someone else won't love it. O: I know there are people out there who DO farm for hours to get bells, and who DO find it a chore, but there are just as many who find it quite thrilling to see their ABD balance go up!

 

[Nineflower]

I will admit I've been more "hardcore" about the game than casual, being a die-hard fan and aiming for perfection. I've been quite serious about tracking my catalog, monitoring the stalk market, watching the forum, and keeping up with daily tasks. I also have a second game with it's purpose to support my main game and other players. It's time-consuming but I enjoy it, I'm just very determined to design a specific town, find villagers I adore and be thorough overall. It's an easy game to get sucked into.

 

[Solar]

I'm pretty passionate, but the community has something to do with it. When I see amazingly beautiful towns, I get fired up and really want to make my town even better.

 

[link2398]

in all honesty I'm pretty casual about new leaf, I might play tours or fish and bug hunt more on the weekends; but other then that I usually do the daily stuff, like fossils, watering and such.

 

[rupeedupe]

I think I'm pretty casual. I don't want to do too much too quickly.

But it depends on the day! Usually after I make a ton of bells on the Stalk Market I get really serious again, haha.

 

[Chris]

Casual. I didn't put any effort into my map, I don't care about DLC/maxing the catalogue, and if I don't feel like playing for a week then I simply won't play.

I reset 72 times for a particular villager (Lobo), but that's about as crazy as I've gotten.

 

[Zanessa]

I'm casual until I need money.

 

[jamesflin]

I'm normally pretty casual in my Animal Crossing games. I haven't tried getting any dream villagers, haven't reset for town layout/house placement, et cetera. I like to play Animal Crossing as if it were an extension of real life: no time travelling, no do-overs. I have, however, begun a quest to catalog every DLC in the game, and then move on to furniture series, and then maybe go about getting every furniture item. If that makes me a hardcore player, so be it; I've nothing wrong with that.

 

[TeddysMama711]

Maybe in between, I don't know. I am currently disabled and don't really go many places so I'm always playing, and tend to get pretty far along with my town every day. I like to sell/trade with people a lot but I've never reset or anything. I do time travel to get things I want (such as catalog items faster), but no gold badges or anything lol.

 

[moniquesx]

I'm very on & off about my town. Some days I'll put more effort in than I usually do. I usually have a schedule for my character & I play casually, but if I'm absolutely doing nothing I'll start to play hardcore. Pay off my loans, do errands, get PWPs, re organize certain areas of my town, & maybe even re path! If I don't touch my DS for a couple days, I guess that's when I'll really play it hardcore only to make up for the time I wasn't on.