Anyyyway� back on topic, this is actually a pretty good game, but more for the player that likes replay value as opposed to a lot of action. What I mean is, this isn�t going to be a game you�ll beat in a week, it�s imposable. There are hundreds of things to do, but you can only do one or two a day. This is all thanks to the real time clock the game works on. If its Christmas in real life, it�ll be snowing in the game, and you�ll be able to buy stuff you can�t normally. But, although this can keep you from playing a lot, it�ll keep you going on every day to make sure you�re not missing some big event.
There really is a lot to do, though. You can fish, collect stuff for your house, pay off your house to Tom Nook (you have to do this for a LONG time, since he keeps making Add-on�s �
you have to pay him back like six times!), do favors for your annoying animal nabors, plant trees, chop down trees, and you can even play old NES games.
It can get quite addictive, just like other games in the same style, and you�ll never run out of errands to run or bug to catch, but the game isn�t for everyone. I know lots of people will hate the open-ended,
non-goal based world of Crossing, and a lot will stop playing before they even start because it has animals in it (damn �kiddy game� haters! I know where you live!)
But if anything in this game is truly bad, it�s the graphics. I don�t know why Nintendo decided to leave in the N64 graphics (the game was origonaly developed for N64), but it wasn�t one of their smarter moves. The game it's own style, sure, but it mostly just looks really dated.
Story � 2/10
Gameplay � 9/10
Graphics � 4/10
Sound � 7/10
Replay � 10/10
Overall � 8/10 (NOT AN AVERAGE!)
~Alex Brander (PhazonX, Venom Dream, Webmaster)
