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Animal Crossing: Why people play a game about "mindless tasks"
It shot straight to The Top of the, when he was released and if, like us, You have fellow gamers say, it's probably get hard, they are silent about it.
We talk a game about Animal Crossing : New Horizons - Nintendo-switch -, where a very cute little version of them is left on a deserted island And Then get on with living a fairly simple life. It was released four days before the UK went into lockdown because of the Corona Virus outbreak.
fishing Want to go? Fine. You take some fruit? Sure. You can help your animal neighbors with a few menial tasks? You got it.
OK, so it's not really a storyline, especially a point - But in these confusing times, something about it is the imagination of the gaming world.
'I morning tasks,'Get Up ,"I struggle with anxiety and depression and I think the current state of The State of The World , where it beat Bad News 24/7, there isn't really a way to escape everything that is going on," Akemi says Radio 1 News.
she was at the games in the Animal Crossing franchise since she was Nine and Even took the Time away from work, when New Horizons was released in March .
Akemi says that she is trying to make its virtual world as 'green' as possible"Even if it's just a digital virtual world, and I take it, nothing You do really makes a difference, with a bit of space, where there is not a global pandemic and everything is pretty OK, a really nice escape. "
In Animal Crossing , You are doing to earn money, to build and to buy what You want. Very much like in Real Life .
It works in Real Time , so that when You log on to midnight, it is midnight in The Game .
Not sure if this player quite mastered has>a telescopic"I Feel mentally better, if I'm in a routine," the 23-year-old explained, "so I have it a part of my routine to have The Game early and make a day a couple of tasks And Then I just continue my day as normal.
"And Then in the evenings I home, and only with something that makes me Feel like I'm doing something productive, Even if it is plants, the watering of plants or trees, very therapeutic.
"I think it helps that it is these meaningless tasks that don't really make a difference, But You are special. "
The Game rewards players to perform tasks to others and socialize, your virtual neighborsYou Go online and players can visit the Islands of other players, maybe Your Friends from The Real world and leave them gifts and messages.
"come to It at exactly The Right Time for all of us," Hannah , who is 22 and from Warwick, told us.
she played Animal play Crossing, because "she was Old Enough to know what they were" - and loves, how nostalgic You make her Feel .
Hannah says that there is a nostalgia to Animal Crossing"The fact You can visit people, really nice and it created a great community, because obviously the people have less work to do in The Moment ," says Hannah .
"There's always somebody, if You want to play on the online mode, You just Go On Twitter and have a look, if anyone wants to swap friend codes. "
'escapism and Comfort ,'And The Game has been welcomed by more hardcore gamers who are already immersed in The World of Animal Crossing , as well as more casual gamers.
"I thought no one would like to in my community, because the vast majority of them are in old-school games such as Runescape," professional Twitch streamer Knightenator told us.
"So many people have. me connected in The Game and we had to clean the parties around My Island , because everyone is looking for escapism and Comfort "
Knightenator has said tens of thousands of followers on the streaming Website TwitchKnightenator that while the coronavirus lockdown, gaming, proves to be a popular retreat for what is happening in The News .
"I think that so many more people are turning to gaming - Even my mother was considering for me on Animal Crossing , because it is simply a whole New World ," she says.
And it's not just Animal Crossing , which brings together gamers.
Jess, who is studying game design at University and streams, under the name of Yelanis says, You believe more and more people decide to spend their lockdown games, instead of via Social Media .
Jess thinks that people are in search of something, anything "a bit better""About Social Media , You will be judged, and everything You post is something that people have to have an opinion," she says.
"whereas in the play You can go and do what You want, for as long as You want, and sell it.
"When times are So Dark , people are Just Looking for something that doesn't necessarily solve everything, But only things are a bit better, temporarily. "
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