Fishing Planet

 PlayStation 4
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6.4

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  1. SuperkenGaming
    Aug 30, 2017
    3
    Fishing Planet
    Game of the year contender
    Fishing planet is a fishing simulator and out of every fishing game I’ve played, this is easily the closest one to real fishing... in that it’s just as painfully boring surprise I was being sarcastic Fishing Planet is a free to play online fishing game where you can buy all of your fishing equipment, fishing license and then go out to the pond    Fishing Planet
    Game of the year contender
    Fishing planet is a fishing simulator and out of every fishing game I’ve played, this is easily the closest one to real fishing...
    in that it’s just as painfully boring
    surprise I was being sarcastic
    Fishing Planet is a free to play online fishing game where you can buy all of your fishing equipment, fishing license and then go out to the pond and catch some fish
    but the fishing here is in no way exciting or challenging whatsoever, and therefore not fun
    weather and specific spots at a pong or lake will determine the kind of fish you catch and you can alter the line length and even get caught on items and have to cut your line…
    but this is more of a fishing supply management simulator than it is actually fishing..
    All you do is cast out, wait for a bite and reel in...
    That’s it that is the game...
    there is no struggles…
    you’re honestly better off just buying final fantasy 15 for its fishing if nothing else
    then again this is free..
    I had the most fun being annoyingly romantic with other fishers
    getting my rod all up in their face while they’re just trying to level up to unlock new areas to fish it…
    watching them dance around trying to lose me made me laugh..
    So there is at least that…
    This game is just boring, everything about it is a snooze fest
    I give fishing planet
    a 2.5/10    … Expand
  2. Kainius
    Mar 30, 2020
    0
    Tried playing the game on PS4. Got to the tutorial and the game glitched so no fish would bite...which was what that section of the tutorial was trying to teach. So I restarted....had to recreate my character (which is no big deal since the game only provides you with 12-16 different options for customization), this time the tutorial went on without hitch. It was when I needed to changedTried playing the game on PS4. Got to the tutorial and the game glitched so no fish would bite...which was what that section of the tutorial was trying to teach. So I restarted....had to recreate my character (which is no big deal since the game only provides you with 12-16 different options for customization), this time the tutorial went on without hitch. It was when I needed to changed gameplay settings that I quit and deleted. Nothing I did would allow me to enter the settings to change from imperial measurements, change music volume ect ect. Not X, not O, not Triangle....nada. Pure waste of precious minutes of my life.… Expand
  3. R7critical
    May 22, 2021
    0
    I tried this out in May of 2021, well after it came out by several years, in my book that's PLENTY of time for them to iron out any bugs and polish up all the annoyances...

    Sadly they seem to have done absolutely nothing in that amount of time except release more cashgrab DLC. Graphically the game suffers from screen tearing if you turn too fast, repetitive textures on plants, and    I tried this out in May of 2021, well after it came out by several years, in my book that's PLENTY of time for them to iron out any bugs and polish up all the annoyances...

    Sadly they seem to have done absolutely nothing in that amount of time except release more cashgrab DLC.

    Graphically the game suffers from screen tearing if you turn too fast, repetitive textures on plants, and overall just looks like someone bought all the assets from the cheap premade section of the game dev resources store.

    Controls are limited and clunky, your movespeed is a snail's crawl unless you sprint, casting your line isn't explained in the tutorial and you have to figure out how to do more than dangle the line into the water yourself, and the ingame menus are absolutely atrocious: using both the L and R sticks as well as the D pad for completely different sections of menus that are absurdly un-optimized for console.

    Sound wise the game's design is virtually non-existent, I had to check if my TV was muted more than once out of concern that I couldn't hear any splashing or really anything. Even after turning the game's internal volume settings to maximum the game still sounded too quiet, and there wasn't much to listen to anyway.

    There are plenty of pesky bugs in this game, as well. I experienced frequent hang-ups that made me think the game had frozen, both in menus and during fishing, which is pretty absurd when almost nothing is happening on screen, there's no real excuse for this either since they've apparently known about these problems for years.

    Catching fish in "Fishing Planet" is a boring repetitive chore, and many games where fishing is NOT EVEN THE MAIN FOCUS do it leaps and bounds better. you'd be FAR better off playing that Final Fantasy fishing mini-game or the VR game than this.    … Expand
  4. Can_Burnaz
    Apr 27, 2023
    2
    This game is so realistic but so difficult. If you want to be cancer, play This game.

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  1. Destructoid
    Sep 3, 2017
    70
    Fishing Planet is a solid fishing simulator with plenty of depth and variety to its gameplay and mechanics that still make me want to come back for more. But the horrendous menu and UI on console, lackluster presentation, and occasional bugs and hiccups bog down the experience.
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