Pro Fishing Challenge

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8.1

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  • Summary: Cast your line, set your hook, and prepare for a realistic fishing simulation for the Xbox. Pro Fishing Challenge re-creates all the excitement and tension of fishing with four expansive lakes, simulated fish ecology, and variable environmental effects. Participate in a variety of TournamentCast your line, set your hook, and prepare for a realistic fishing simulation for the Xbox. Pro Fishing Challenge re-creates all the excitement and tension of fishing with four expansive lakes, simulated fish ecology, and variable environmental effects. Participate in a variety of Tournament modes and earn money to buy the latest tackle and equipment, including rods, lines, reels, and lures. With Xbox Live, you can challenge the best anglers around the world over the Internet.… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11
  1. GameZone
    80
    Having a game that is so close to the real thing is a unique treat-- if you appreciate that fishing is NOT easy and something only for drunken rednecks to waste their days doing. It is challenging, unpredictable and requires strategy.
  2. XboxAddict
    72
    It is much more of a simulation than any of the other fishing games out there. There are not crazy camera angles or strange arcade play modes.
  3. IGN
    72
    PFC is almost daunting in its information and stress on realism. I dig it, but outside of gameplay, there's nothing that hasn't been done before and better.
  4. Official Xbox Magazine
    68
    Casting and reeling are both saddled with overly sensitive controls and there's little instruction as to how to work each lure type. With an unimpresive graphics engine, this one is a candidate to be tossed back. [Oct 2004, p.74]
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  5. GameSpot
    66
    The game's methodical pacing and occasional assumption that you already know everything about fishing can make it rather inaccessible to the common player.
  6. Game Chronicles
    58
    The game’s new above-water struggle and online capabilities bring something new to the Xbox, but after that, we really have the same old fishing experience we had on the Dreamcast years ago.
  7. Xbox Nation Magazine
    40
    For casual players, Challenge provides all of the tedium of fishing with little of the pleasure, such as napping in the boat. Napping in front of the Xbox doesn't have the same appeal. [Oct 2004, p.95]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. Troy
    Jul 29, 2004
    10
    Finally a good fishing game!
  2. EdA.
    Jun 27, 2004
    10
    About time we got an online fishing game.
  4. meyerpark
    Jun 19, 2022
    10
    I played it on the original Xbox. Really great fishing game like sega bass fishing. Xbox games are so superb
  5. TomB.
    Sep 5, 2004
    10
    Absolutely fantastic game. There is not many better either single player and Live games. Very realistic, live is way too cool. Great Absolutely fantastic game. There is not many better either single player and Live games. Very realistic, live is way too cool. Great graphics, great realism. You MUST get this game... fantastic,... ignore the magazine reviews, they're anti-fishing.… Expand
  6. JohnM.
    Sep 22, 2004
    10
    No doubt this is a great game. Don't trust the reviews you have read, just look at the user reviews. If you like fishing games, this is No doubt this is a great game. Don't trust the reviews you have read, just look at the user reviews. If you like fishing games, this is the best one you will ever play. With over 20 types of freshwater fish, it will keep you playing for a while. Much more fun with the fishing controller (as all fishing games are).… Expand
  7. GregN.
    Jan 15, 2006
    10
    awesome game, alot of fun online. Need to come out with a new one that you can actually find in the store. No better fishing game out there yet.
  8. BlueFalcon
    Dec 1, 2004
    3
    I didn't find much redeeming about this one.

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Awards & Rankings

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#62 Most Discussed Xbox Game of 2004
33
#33 Most Shared Xbox Game of 2004