@mandy amour:
By definition it probably sounds boring, you're the only human in a village of animals and you just moved in, struck a loan deal with a racoon. Every time you pay it off, you get to upgrade your house, ending up with an even higher loan than before. So you're just running around scraping up bells (the currency) while also mingling with various animal NPC's, completing mini tasks for them or just saying howdy. Also hoarding everything you can get your hands on. Fish. Insects. Furniture/decor.
I think people love the game either for nostalgia, the cute aesthetics, collectathon concepts or for the amazingly adorable animal personalities and designs. <3