This game versus Animal Crossing

[Slashimus]

As the title says...is Animal Crossing just way overrated or am I missing something?

[Kargor]

I don't know Animal Crossing (it's not on PC, as far as I can tell), but what little I know suggests that it's a rather grindy game.

Portia doesn't really do that, if you ask me. Sure, you might get stuck in a ruin for a week to get the most out of our weeklong ticket, or you might try to push relationships a bit, but all in all progress just happens all the time.

[Slashimus]

Originally posted by Kargor:

I don't know Animal Crossing (it's not on PC, as far as I can tell), but what little I know suggests that it's a rather grindy game.

Portia doesn't really do that, if you ask me. Sure, you might get stuck in a ruin for a week to get the most out of our weeklong ticket, or you might try to push relationships a bit, but all in all progress just happens all the time.

Well its a Wii game I believe. The thing is that I have a friend who was always talking about it and it sounded similar to My time at Portia except with way less to it so I was wondering what all the fuss was about with it.

[SivartStoneheart]

Animal Crossing doesn't have any combat and very little stats from what I have seen. Animal Crossing has more dress up and role play I guess.

I don't think I could get into Animal Crossing if it was on any of the systems I bought.

[Cappy]

One notable difference that bothers me is Animal Crossing basically takes place in "real time", where you can only do so much in an actual day and you have to come back day, after day, after day to progress and get things done. Unless you "time travel" where you change the system time of your Nintendo device. It's designed to keep you coming back and waste your life away.

This doesn't. You can play at your own pace, and you don't have to worry about booting up the next day to harvest a crop so they won't die.

[Slashimus]

Animal Crossing actually sounds like something I would go out of my way to avoid playing. Why is it so popular then? People just like grinding?

[Cappy]

Originally posted by Slashimus:

Animal Crossing actually sounds like something I would go out of my way to avoid playing. Why is it so popular then? People just like grinding?

To it's credit it is a very adorable, charming, and chill game. I think some people just like having something constant to occupy some of their time. Which is one of the reasons why it exploded in popularity with the pandemic and many people stuck at home looking for things to do. The fact that it's very chill and happy undoubtedly helped too.

[Slashimus]

Well My Time at Portia is very chill and happy...

[omnidextrious]

Animal Crossing and My Time in Portia have a few similarities.

Animal Crossing (AC) is more focused on collecting (furniture, fish/bugs, fossils, etc). It has no combat focus, and villager personalities/interactions are more generalised based off of some set personality traits. It runs on real time mechanics, so the time of day will be reflected in the game world (so long as the time on your device is synced to your actual local time). This also affects the game, as certain items or creatures can only be found at certain times of the day. The player may also alter the environment as they see fit, including the terrain of the town. There is virtually no story to the game. AC has no time management stress, as things may all be done completely at your leisure without repercussions (save for a few specific tasks that you can opt to do for the animal villagers). Because of this, AC is one of the most stress and worry free games out there, and because its content is tailored to be acceptable by all ages, it's very easy to pick up and get into for all kinds of people. AC is also a much more polished game, and features the ability to play with other people. This can be nice when you want to show a friend what you've managed to create in your town and/or house. AC is, however, limited to Nintendo consoles, so if you want the latest title, you'll also need the latest system.

My Time in Portia (MTiP) is more focused on character development, story, and resource gathering for crafting. MTiP has combat and much more in-depth relationship building with its characters, including optional romancing. It has its own time system with quick days, and time sensitive objectives, which gives the game a sense of urgency when it comes to meeting deadlines, albeit mild in comparison to other games. There is much more to manage and think about in MTiP, such as farming, optimising stats, setting goals to accomplish within a day's time period, and managing relationships with the villagers. Honestly, the quality and polish in MTiP are lacking, and this really shows during cut scenes, where voices are sometimes quite poorly acted, and the sound editing is hilariously poor to the point where it made me question why they even bothered to include such scenes. As far as I know, there is no multiplayer aspect to MTiP.

Both titles have goals to aspire to that help give the player a guide to what to do next in order to advance. AChas a far simpler design than MTiP in this regard.

I hope this has helped you weigh the differences in both games. if you need/want more info on either title, let me know and I'll do my best to answer.

[Dyne]

Animal Crossing is very casual (I'm not using that as the toxic "YOU CASUAL!" way but that it's something you can just relax and play) whereas Portia has quests, progression, and an end game. I'd liken it more to Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley than Animal Crossing.

[ツkulik1[⇌]📲✅]

Dont get AC if you want action and combat, thats the first mistake. Also AC is more about social the game itself gets really fast boring when you get all the bells with turnips and done all your terraforming. Still 450+ hours and some people cry how its boring. I would say 450+ hours for 60$ is worth it. I do not reccomend for people who are not creative and dont like designing