90
Offering a refreshing, polished experience, Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise is an excellent DLC package to sit alongside the core Animal Crossing: New Horizons base game. Refined, flexible decorating options with a large catalogue of unlimited items mixes up the pace for creative freedom without the hording slog of the regular island. Happy Home Paradise is, quite simply, a playground of cosy fun.
80
Happy Home Paradise is the most ambitious and substantial expansion for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. While it's also the series' first paid expansion, its price is certainly worth it as it nearly adds a whole new game to the original with what feels like a part time job from the game's location. Happy Home Paradise is without any doubt a major contribution towards making New Horizons the most complete and varied game in the Animal Crossing series so far.
80
If you really liked Happy Home Designer, you'll be very happy with how Happy Home Paradise improves on its formula, especially after you've worked your way up the ranks. If you're not interested in interior decorating, the only things you'll be missing out on of any note would be the ability to craft room dividers and redecorating your neighbors' homes. [Issue #57 – January/February 2022, p. 27]
8
Bon DLC pour prolonger son aventure dans New Horizons. Le gameplay d'aménagement de maisons est très sympa peu être un peu répétitif mais très cool. Si vous avez aimez le jeu de base jouez-y !
8
You take a game as good as ACNH a game that already has tons of replayability, but at a point ends, and add onto that replayability making it even better. This adds so much to the game, and is 100% worth picking up if you enjoy Animal Crossing. I'd say my only criticism is I wish there were a few more buildings on the archipelago, and some requests are so weirdly bizarre that I don't know why you would ever pick them.
9
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise
Released On:
Nov 5, 2021
Metascore
Generally Favorable
82
User score
Generally Favorable
7.8
My Score
Drag or tap to give a rating
Hover and click to give a rating
All Platforms
Metascore
Generally Favorable
90% Positive
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
10% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Jan 12, 2022
100
Animal Crossing Happy Home Paradise takes all that was innovative, fun, and satisfying from the original Happy Home Designer, fixes what made the game complete, and expands on the original game altogether creating a DLC expansion that, despite a few set backs, is well worth it for any owner of Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Nov 26, 2021
90
Happy Home Paradise gave me a lot of freedom to make choices then act on them without too many repercussions. Ultimately, I could do what I wanted and when I wanted (within reason). I like New Horizons, it’s a good game, but there is a limit on what I can do without needing to spend a lot of Bells or spend hours grinding for one simple change which could end up being a mistake. In contrast, The DLC thrives by offering players total control over their designs, and by setting the stakes low. From designing an entirely pink house for a fabulous Flamingo to remodelling the Cafe into a 50’s style Diner, there were few limits on my designs or on the potential to have fun.
User score
Generally Favorable
76% Positive
47 Ratings
47 Ratings
16% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
8% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
Nov 24, 2021
10
This is just... Great. It is amazing. I, like many other people, hadn't picked up animal crossing for a while, and then the 2.0 update came out, which by itself is...good I guess? But.. Happy Home Paradise is just a beautiful, perfectly balanced DLC, from the quiet Wardell, to the adorable Niko, and then to the overworked Lottie, the characters are all just amazing. Look.. The price is quite steep, 25 dollars for DLC. But the DLC is a game in itself, and when you consider that, it's relatively reasonable. And while what tour paying for IS a game in itself, there still are many features that can hook into your main island, like the ability to invite your villagers to the archipelago, the ability to use your skills on your island, and even a Poki ABD to convert your Poki to Bells. There is so much here, and so much progression, which is something the base game lacks. Overall, there is so much to love about this DLC, so if your on the edge about it, I'd recommend just going and buying it. 10 out of 10, I love it!
Nov 13, 2021
10
yo, this new mode is awesome. i found some of the villagers i had in the wii game, and now tanks has a casino. it's frickin awesome.
Aug 24, 2022
80
Happy Home Paradise is the most ambitious and substantial expansion for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. While it's also the series' first paid expansion, its price is certainly worth it as it nearly adds a whole new game to the original with what feels like a part time job from the game's location. Happy Home Paradise is without any doubt a major contribution towards making New Horizons the most complete and varied game in the Animal Crossing series so far.
Nov 15, 2021
80
There is nothing I like more in Animal Crossing than fidgeting around my house and changing the layout on a whim. That’s all you’re going to do in Happy Home Paradise, and for me, that’s more than enough to keep me logging in every single day.
Nov 9, 2021
80
Animal Crossing New Horizons: Happy Home Paradise allows players to get creative, adding new furniture and design choices at every turn.
Nov 20, 2021
75
Happy Home Paradise is a delightful DLC package that allows you to express your creativity without putting any pressure on you.
Nov 11, 2021
70
Happy Home Paradise gives you the easiest job in the world. Creating holiday homes for various Animal Crossing characters is about as pressure-free as it gets when you're given a clear direction, a curated set of furniture to choose from, and the knowledge that the customer will love whatever it is that you do. There's no risk of a Changing Rooms disaster here. It's another avenue to express yourself in New Horizons, just don't expect much challenge, critique or need to think too far out of the box.
Nov 8, 2021
10
Both the 2.0 update and DLC added tons of new content to get players playing again. Happy Home Paradise is pretty much just an enhanced version of Happy Home Designer on the 3DS, which was already a pretty fun game. If you've played that you get the basic idea of the game. There's been a lot of improvements to the formula this time around. Firstly, building houses is quicker and more satisfying, which makes unlocking new stuff faster. You can invite villagers from your island, and there are a lot more customization options for houses that you can even take with you to your island. The gameplay is generally better overall, and I'd say it's worth the $25 price tag. One thing Happy Home Designer does better is the facilities. In that game you could do them whenever you wanted and they were huge, leaving tons of room for creativity. In this game, you are forced to complete them at certain points, and you can't leave until you finish. That would be okay if it gave you the option instead of just throwing you into it without warning. Also they are way smaller this time. I only did the first two facilities, so maybe it allows more freedom later on, but those first two facilities felt very restrictive. They were still fun overall, and I'm really enjoying the DLC so far. Probably the best part is that it technically allows you to have all 400+ villagers in the game. I wish the update allowed more villagers on the island, but this DLC fixes it in a way. The 2.0 update has fixed nearly every problem with the game, and now I am addicted to New Horizons once again. Please send help. Actually don't, this is the best addiction I could ask for.
Dec 3, 2024
7
Good game but in an overall talking is about a function that is included on the New Leaf which is decorating
Nov 16, 2021
0
Me ha gustado mucho la nueva actualizacion junto con el Happy Home Paradise, hay mucho mas que hacer y es muy entretenido.
SummaryExpand your horizons with DLC and help create vacation homes for clients on resort islands. Clients with different dream vacation requests will visit a new resort area located in an archipelago, made up of several different islands, where the Paradise Planning team is located. You can talk to a client and find out the details of their re... Read More
