Animal Crossing: 10 Wonderful Tiny Details You've Probably Missed

10. Different Surfaces, Different Sounds

It's fairly common knowledge by now that your player's footsteps will sound different based upon what surface they are stepping on. Stepping on bricks, for example, is going to make a lot more of a pronounced sound than stepping on the grass would. However, the developers of Animal Crossing: New Horizons took this detail even further by having the sound depend upon your footwear as well.

If your character is wearing boots, walking on bricks will produce a heavy stepping sound when running. But if you were to perform the same action while wearing sandals, it will produce a much quieter sound. There are even subtle sound differences among shoes in similar categories. The previously-mentioned sandals, for example, produce a rather light sound, while flip flops are a little louder because of the clapping sound that they make against your feet.

This exceptional level of detail in their sound design is part of what earns this game the critical acclaim that it has received.