Lessons for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Scott’s Thoughts

1. If I earn something, just give it to me. Don’t tell me I earned it, then explain how I have to tap through menus to retrieve my reward. Just give it to me.

2. Crafting is not the best thing since sliced bread. Just because Minecraft was super popular doesn’t mean everything needs to be crafted from now on.

3. Simplify the exchange rates. I don’t want to pay real money for leaf tickets to buy a mining pass to collect gold in order to exchange that for bells so that I can use the bells to purchase digital furniture. The expression is “cut out the middleman,” not “let’s create an army of middlemen.”

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Scott is an author and a lifelong fan of video games. Conqueror of punishing platformers such as Celeste, Super Meat Boy, N+, The Impossible Game, and Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels. You can find him constantly changing his main character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, stuck inside a VR headset, or helplessly addicted to Fortnite.

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18 comments on “Lessons for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Scott’s Thoughts

  1. I think the crafting thing with all the different resources to collect is confusing, but I don’t mind a lot of the other stuff. For being a free to play mobile game, and I am used to waiting for things when playing the core games on console, I have really enjoyed it. My camp looks great, if I do say so myself!

    Also, I do have to say that, in my opinion, I think they have kept the microtransactions to a minimum – or at least they aren’t all in your face abouyt constantly like in many other games. The game is actually quite liberal in giving bells and tickets for free through normal gameplay.

  2. I haven’t downloaded the app yet. Don’t know if I will – it looks like an extremely bare-bones substitute for a proper AC experience.

    • It is, there’s not much substance there. The game play is very limited. After that initial play, the maintenance aspect can get really repetitive and tedious.

      • Yeah that’s what I thought… I got better stuff to spend my time on. :p

        • I’m not saying you shouldn’t play it, just download it, play it for a few hours and you’ve pretty much got the full experience ;)

          • I know, but, I don’t have enough time to play everything I’d like to anyway, so I’d better not. :p

          • I’m not saying this will happen but you know that Scott will think less of you if you don’t… even if he says he won’t, you just KNOW that secretly he will. ;)

          • Well Simeon already hates me with a burning passion, so it probably won’t matter too much if Scott thinks a bit less of me in the process, as well… I guess. :p

          • Even more reason not to disappoint Scott ;) They’re like the yin and yang, best not to ruffle both at the same time.

          • certainly not at all.. you’re free to do whatever you want ;)

            although… you’re kinda letting Scott and the rest of the Nintendo fandom down if you don’t download and play it for at least a few hours… but it’s totally up to you of course ;)

          • What if I just say I downloaded and played it? No one will know of I did or not.

          • Ahem. Gee! I sure am enjoying this neat new Animal Cross Pocket Camp app game I’ve downloaded today, put sooo many hours into it already! It’s swell.

  3. It is a little bit strange that sometimes things are just giving to you when you get them, and others times you have to go your mailbox to get that same thing. However, there is a limit on the things you can have in your various inventories so when you get something you have to much of in your mailbox you can keep it there until you free up some space.

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