River King: A Wonderful Journey

 PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: Natsume
  • Release Date: Mar 28, 2006
Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 3 out of 7
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  1. Digital Entertainment News
    44
    While River King: A Wonderful Journey has acceptable graphics and a wealth of locations and varieties of fish to catch, the main problem is that the game just lacks challenge and any feeling that much effort was put into the RPG aspect of the game.
  2. VGPub
    40
    We’re given a lame cooking ability for the fish you’ve caught which isn’t necessary at all.
  3. GamesRadar+
    30
    Unacceptable graphics, a chillingly dull fishing system and a cast of characters who lack any combine to make this a horrible excuse for a journey.

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  1. ZanathKariashi
    Sep 30, 2014
    5
    Fairly Average overall. Sadly even the Gameboy/GBC versions have more depth. The controls are lackluster and leave several buttons unused,Fairly Average overall. Sadly even the Gameboy/GBC versions have more depth. The controls are lackluster and leave several buttons unused, forcing you to go into a menu to do repetitive actions, and while the ability to replenish your bait with a single button press while fishing was a nice change, it won't let you re-position with your pole out like you could in the older games.

    The social and RPG aspects are very lackluster and there's very little feedback on what you're doing (the character choice is also largely cosmetic, though the father's specialty rod makes an already easy game even more mindnumbingly boring). Not to mention the fishing system manages to be even more dumbed down then in the original version games for the Gameboy/GBC.

    This being fairly sad since again, this ISN'T the first game in the series, and with Natsume's experience with Harvest Moon, you'd think they'd have taken a few good ideas from that series to improve on what the original River King games did. Instead you get essentially the same game as for the gameboy, but with even less challenge and false depth through a leveling system that has basically no benefit and several largely meaningless mini-games, very poorly done side-quests, and bad controls.    … Full Review »
  2. Luci
    Jul 21, 2006
    9
    This game is very peaceful. It feel like living on a fishing village with the beautiful sound of the water. Finding a new type of fish is one This game is very peaceful. It feel like living on a fishing village with the beautiful sound of the water. Finding a new type of fish is one of the happy moments. There is also fishing competition with the other villager and there is even a cooking competition. This is the peaceful game I need.… Full Review »