I Am Fish

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  • Summary: I Am Fish is a charming, physics-based adventure starring four intrepid fish friends, forcibly separated from their home in a pet shop fish tank. Over the course of the game you join them as they swim, fly, roll and chomp their way to the open ocean from the far-flung corners of BarnardshireI Am Fish is a charming, physics-based adventure starring four intrepid fish friends, forcibly separated from their home in a pet shop fish tank. Over the course of the game you join them as they swim, fly, roll and chomp their way to the open ocean from the far-flung corners of Barnardshire (the smallest county in England) in their bid for freedom and to re-unite once again. FINTASTIC FRIENDS
    Meet our heroes! Goldfish - cheerful, brave, and adventurous, a natural born swimmer! Pufferfish – a little slow but kind-hearted who can also puff up into a ball and roll across land. Piranha - wild, chaotic, loud, unpredictable, and loves to bite - obviously. Flying Fish – a little aloof at times but a real softy at heart, with the ability to glide through the air! These plucky heroes will leave no bowl unturned, putting their heart and shoal into the mission to re-unite!

    NO NEED TO BE A BRAIN STURGEON
    Swim, roll, glide, chomp, flip flop, inflate, fly and bite your way through enthralling challenges. A simple, intuitive control scheme leaves no excuses should your fish perish leaving you feeling very gill-ty.
    THINK OUTSIDE THE BOWL
    With its idyllic coastline and quaint villages Barnardshire might seem like a perfect slice of quintessential tranquility, but to our aquatic adventurers it’s alive with the very real threats presented by crossing roads, traversing rooftops, dodging deep fat fryers, avoiding wildlife including the cantankerous locals, not to mention fragile fishbowls and the very real problem that fish can’t breathe out of water.
    LEAVE NO FISH BEHIND
    We won’t dwell on grizzly fish death, but should your fish fall too far in whatever make-shift fishbowl it finds itself in, run out of air or generally flounder you will be popped back to the most recent checkpoint to refine your approach.
    SWIM TO FREEDOM
    Our four fin-tastic friends will be hitching rides in all manner of ad hoc water carriers including jars, mop buckets on wheels and the occasional pint glass. Cheers! Navigating in each make-shift aquatic vehicle poses its own unique challenge, but don’t worry, the relative freedom of open water is never too far away with inviting fountains, swimming pools and err, sewers full of hazardous materials to splash around in, before reaching the final goal – the shimmering, open ocean.     … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. PC Invasion
    Sep 15, 2021
    85
    Gorgeous, creative, and ever so compelling, I Am Fish is a bold step forward for Bossa Studios, despite some agrravations.
  2. Vandal
    Sep 19, 2021
    78
    I am Fish is a surprisingly fun game, with great ideas and a solid execution. A bit limited, but original and enjoyable.
  3. Shacknews
    Sep 19, 2021
    70
    I Am Fish can be a delightful and imaginative romp, especially when Bossa Studios gets creative with its level design and world building. Whether players experience that whole world will depend on how much of a tolerance they have for the game's painfully strict physics, which can become enraging, especially when combined with the game's camera. But, even with its issues, Bossa Studios deserves credit for putting something whimsically different together while also combining it with a heartwarming story about fish friendship.
  4. New Game Network
    Oct 6, 2021
    43
    As one of the most frustrating games ever made, I Am Fish is a special kind of awful. With horrible traversal, unforgiving physics, inconsistent challenge, and terrible stealth sections, it is about as fun as getting your head stuck in a fishbowl.
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  1. Rock, Paper, Shotgun
    Sep 15, 2021
    What Bossa Studios have done here, then, is make a game that's immediately fun and frustrating and fishy. Its fish are cute as heck, its levels are clever, and most importantly it's one of those games that anyone can play. You could show this to your gran and she'd be like, "Yes my child, I understand. The fish, they must be saved". And I think that's neat, you know? Even though it's a single player game, it'll make those around you just as invested in the fish as you are. I mean, you'd be a monster to leave them alone in their bowls.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. The_D4RknesS
    Dec 29, 2022
    10
    simple game but very fun with cool graphics and an addictive game physics hjk
  2. Tonetoelewa
    Aug 4, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Historia graciosa y habilidades únicas por parte de cada uno de los pescados.… Expand
  4. KaBob
    Nov 16, 2022
    9
    I never really got into Surgeon Simulator or I am Bread but the second I saw someone playing this game on YouTube I knew I had to buy it. It'sI never really got into Surgeon Simulator or I am Bread but the second I saw someone playing this game on YouTube I knew I had to buy it. It's probably best going into the game knowing what to expect: difficult controls. But it's the point of the game and for the most part it's great. Some fish are more fun than others and I wish they'd do a dlc level or two but overall it was very satisfying to bring those 4 fish back together and I can only hope that someday there is a sequel.… Expand
  5. SuperkenGaming
    Sep 25, 2021
    7
    I am Fish
    Too much fishycs HA
    I am fish is a 6 hour long physics based 3D fish platformer Here you play as 4 differen fish.. youre best buds    I am Fish
    Too much fishycs HA
    I am fish is a 6 hour long physics based 3D fish platformer Here you play as 4 differen fish.. youre best buds enjoying your life in a fish tank and then bam, youre separated… so you ggo on a journey to get to the ocean in hopes that your friends are waiting for oyu there and will fin your way.. luckily that’s up to you.. the player.. as you get to play as all 4 unique fish friends.. and the unique part is as good as it is bad..
    This is a physics based game.. which is fine for 2 out of the 4 fish.. so basically half of the game I loved, half of the game annoyed me.. first you play as the gold fish, the gold fish has no special abilities, youre rolling around in a fish bowl or glass container, hopping over obstacles… this was one of my favorite chapters, just simple monkey ball meets fish bowl, but again being physics based making it much more slow… you can feel the frustration start to kick in because of how slow and meticulous things are.. but its doable and you feel a sense of satisfaction each time you make it to a new checkpoint.. then I played probably my least favorite chapter.. the flying fish.. back to the too mych fishycs line… the emphasis on lets make a phyics games can be felt here… These 3 levels in this chapter were unplayably bad.. here its more puddle jumping, hop out of the water, glide to the next puddle, of course don’t be out of the water too long or youll die like every other chapter… and.. I absolutely hate the flying controls, I hate the jumping out of the water… none of it feels good or ntuitive, it will all make you want to rip your hair out.. thankfully this game does allow you to skip to the next checkpoint in any level… and im so happy this is the case cause I abused this function so much for the flying fish.. if the whole game was the flying fish I swear this game would be a 1/10, though you don’t get out completey unscaved, you still have to do the final checkpoint at least to unlock the next level.. next I played as the pirannah, this chapter is annoying with the physics emphasis, but so much more doable and manageable… the pirana’s section is more so about finding things to bite to flood your level and move on… its more hide and seeky, eye spy puzzle solving.. my only frustration again comes with the physics.. the jumping just feels awful here, and trying to move th camera and jump and bite at the same time.. ame with the flying mechanic.. is just a nightmare and I wish they got a tad more arcadey here with the jumping and again the flying, less frustrating physics.. and finally we get my absolute favorite chapter of the game, the puffer fish… This chapter is a blast.. I want a whole game as just the puffer fish.. please give me I am puffer fish.. your ability is turning into a ball, so you can hop out of water, roll down a hill, avoid obstacles, sink down to the bottom of the water, puff up for a jump boost.. it was so fun.. and really boosted my mood after the 2 fish before it..
    Overall I am Fish has its moments of pure fun, but im not gonna lie.. the frustration overshadowed the fun.. you know theres an issue when you have to allow player to skip checkpoints.. lets have an arcade difficulty selection next time or have one patched in..
    I give I am Fish
    a 6.5/10    … Expand
  6. Jeffinho51
    Apr 24, 2023
    7
    jogo com uma proposta diferente e interessante, porém, não sei se essa era a proposta do jogo mas ele se torna extremamente difícil por contajogo com uma proposta diferente e interessante, porém, não sei se essa era a proposta do jogo mas ele se torna extremamente difícil por conta dos seus controles e física… Expand
  7. grihajedy
    Jan 31, 2022
    7
    7,2/10
    A challenge game from the creators of the surgeon simulator where you have to get from point A to point B.
    There is no special story,    7,2/10
    A challenge game from the creators of the surgeon simulator where you have to get from point A to point B.
    There is no special story, people separated the fish friends, the fishes want to see each other again at sea . There are not so many different locations as it might seem at first glance, very often you will come across large deserted plain areas.
    After hour of playing, you come across a small flask, and the dynamics of game falls, you can get stuck in one location for half an hour, including due to fairly rare checkpoints.
    I would also like to note the moment when a second fish enters your aquarium, according to the authors’ idea, it should pull the aquarium to the other side, but personally I didn’t feel it at all and calmly also reached the point, maybe the gameplay was underpolished, or maybe I just got lucky.
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    Игра-челлендж от создателей симулятора Хирурга, где вам надо докатится из точки A в точку B.
    Сюжета особого нет, просто рыбок разлучили, рыбки хотят все встретиться в море. Локаций разнообразных не так много, как может показаться на первый взгляд, очень часто вам будут попадаться большие безлюдные однотонные площади.
    Ещё через час игры вам попадается небольшая колба, и динамика дико проседает, можно на пол часа застрять в одной локации, в том числе из-за достаточно редких чекпоинтов.
    Хочется ещё отметить момент, когда в твой аквариум попадает вторая рыбка, по задумке авторов она должна перетягивать аквариум в другую сторону, но лично я этого вообще не почувстовал и спокойно также докатился до точки, может геймплейно игру недополировали, а может просто мне повезло.    … Expand
  8. savvym
    Jul 7, 2023
    4
    The game has a terrible setting and story. The fish get special bread which probably gives them intelligence and they are separated. Our fishThe game has a terrible setting and story. The fish get special bread which probably gives them intelligence and they are separated. Our fish is overcoming obstacles in the clunkiest way possible in order to get into a larger area of water. There's a lot of barriers in levels and particularly one in the sewer was annoying. I was doing the right thing over and over because this game is linear and there's no way to get lost. The fish just didn't want to jump out of the water high enough.

    I finally had enough when I went through level 3 and I was stuck in a jar bottle which requires inverse rotating so I managed to get at the end of the platform near the checkpoint, parts of the platform fell apart and there was created a path of the edge, only it wasn't the way of my objective. This is a frustrating design.

    The game is more frustrating than fun and feels very little rewarding. Controlling fish in the objects is clunky, but there is simply no way around it. The camera also doesn't help well to see what's below, you have to go to the very edge.    … Expand

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