"Sea Fishing Simulator"
Reviewed by: Carless Yen
Publisher: DDI Games
Developer: Dangerous Derk Interactive
Price 9.99
Platform: XBOX One X
I always love seeing a fishing game pop up in our email to review. It's hard to forget the fun I had with Dovetail Carp Fishing and Fishing Planet. Spent hours and hours playing and streaming those. So I was equally excited to see we would be"Sea Fishing Simulator"
Reviewed by: Carless Yen
Publisher: DDI Games
Developer: Dangerous Derk Interactive
Price 9.99
Platform: XBOX One X
I always love seeing a fishing game pop up in our email to review. It's hard to forget the fun I had with Dovetail Carp Fishing and Fishing Planet. Spent hours and hours playing and streaming those. So I was equally excited to see we would be reviewing this. It didn't take long for me to be annoyed. Right off the bat you get the permission needed pop up. I hate when they do this. Just put the game on platforms with "fishing" for my information. Like what I did there? that usually means it's some ported from mobile game with no Achievements. Achievements would have helped this title sell more. People will spend 4 or 5 dollars for a bad game if it will pad their gamer score. This offers "ZERO" achievements. You know what else it offers "ZERO" of? Fun. There is no fight at all when you catch a fish. People play fishing games for the fight, not to just hold the reel in button in for the 30 secs or so it takes the fish to get to the boat. There is no fight at all, No setting the hook. No directing the fish with the pole. It's just hold the button in until you get the fish. Even then you don't actually see a fish, you see a photo shopping of a dirty fish laying in sand. Zero excitement.
You also see photo shopping of the bait, but your choices are so limited. Most the fish you catch are so tiny. Most people like to fish in the ocean to catch really big fish. Not pull out one pound fish. You can do that in any pond or creek. Sea fishing Simulator just really doesn't do anything to make you feel comfortable dropping 10 dollars on it. If it had achievements, I could see someone spending maybe 5 dollars for it, but at 10 dollars with nothing to really experience from it I'd try something else. Highly recommend Fishing Planet free title with way more options and better development. Sea Fishing Sim works don't get me wrong, but it takes far more than that to make a good fishing game. I hate to be negative I rarely give a bad score or review. I like to see the bright points in other's art. Sea Fishing Sim makes that really hard. It looks good I guess, when you are out on the Pier and Water. I didn't experience any glitches or issues. I liked seeing the seagulls fly over and the beautiful waves. There just isn't any life to it, when it comes to the actual fishing mechanics. I hope maybe they can improve this with updates? I hope this review helps in some way even though it isn't great, and I feel bad about that. I have to be honest though. It needs a lot of changes to really be worth the 10 dollars they are asking for it. 1.99 on app stores I think that would be a better price point on consoles as well, for what it offers. I think a few fishing mechanics could be improved on that would help a lot, and adding some simple achievements. Then I think people would be a lot more interested.
Pros:
Beautiful Ocean
It Works
Cons:
Fishing mechanics are weak
Bad idea with the photo shopped fish
Over priced
No Achievements
App Permission always a bad idea
Just needs a lot of improvement
Overall 4.0
Sea Fishing Simulator works no question. I was able to fish for a couple hours with no issues at all, but it was probably the most lifeless and boring couple hours I ever experienced with a fishing title. The ideas are there, it could be a nice experience but there must be a lot of improving to the fishing mechanics and just overall experience as a whole. I'll check back on this title at a later date, and hope to see they made some changes.… Expand
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