Crafting In Animal Crossing Was The Wrong Call
Animal Crossing: New Horizons introduced players to the wonderful world of DIY, allowing them to craft their own furniture more easily, and this was the wrong call by developers Nintendo. While this feature enables players to create hundreds of items for their homes and islands, the process can also be really tedious. Players spend a considerable amount of time crafting in New Horizons, and that is in part because the process just isn't streamlined.
Nintendo introduced the DIY crafting feature in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and allows players to create items using various materials found on their island. Players unlock this gameplay mechanic early in the game, and Animal Crossing regular villager-entrepreneur Tom Nook allows them to use his workbench in the Resident Services tent. Players progress through the game until they receive a letter from Nintendo with a simple workbench recipe attachment that allows them to craft their own.
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One of the main problems players have with crafting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is how slow it is. The entire process from start to finish slows down gameplay to a crawl, and although the game is meant to be relaxed, some Animal Crossing players find the DIY rules to be downright boring. The process soon becomes repetitive and stale as players collect materials, go to the workbench, open up
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