I kept going but it was more of just a daily zen garden type of item

That said, I truly do think it's an wonderful game but I wouldn't have put so much time into Nook Miles Ticket it if I wasn't playing with family and friends. During the pandemic, we'd get on and enjoy each others company, Chat about what fish we obtained, any cool items we had in the shop, commerce and gift items to each other etc..

My friends dropped it and that I kept going but it was more of just a daily zen garden type of item. Go to my island. Checkout what is popped up. Now I was already a few hundred hrs in. Have not touched it in a while, but I understand I will jump back at any time.

I totally concur. I gave it a try, but the gameplay is way too slow for the rewards you get. You get an entire day to do things, but a lot of that is merely collecting materials and nothing happens before a full 24hrs later. The slow gameplay just does not appeal to me personally.

The only real way I could describe it's like the sims with critters. I meanI can see the allure of Animal Crossing Bells For Sale world building games for many people but there is just no overarching objective, no end, no overarching plot. It's just more of the same with no eventual payoff.