...the smurf is going on? I'm hijacked as soon as walk into town, steal everyone's fruits and berries, started fishing and already put a down payment on a house before I even know what's really going on?

Am I to expect a similar level of "What's going on, oh god I've lost 6 hours to this game today. I'm late for work" situations going forward? It's pretty fun so far, but I don't know why...

For a bit of discussion too, how often do you boot up animal crossing, and what do you do when playing it?