I like animal crossing because you choose what you do. You get money, but you can choose how. Find sea shells? Pick fruit? Catch fish? Catch bugs? Dig up treasures? Then, once you have some money you get more options. Pay of your house to make it bigger? Decorate your house? Get a new look for your character? Help pay to make the town look better? Go to a tropical island? These arn’t even all of the options. You can also make friends with the animals in your town, but I personally gave up on this because they are constantly giving me furniture i don’t need/ want and crowding up my storage space. Though for some being friends with the animals would be something they like doing, because they randomly pick from over 100 animals that could be in your village, and if your village gets popular enough new people will come, though some animals might leave, and its very sad when they do, especially when you have been trying to bond and get to know them. You can have a relationship with these animals. Mostly one sided, because they say the same things to you no matter how much you talk to them, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t great the way they are.