Pro Fishing Challenge

 Xbox
Metascore
62

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11
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  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. 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.
  3. 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.
  5. TeamXbox
    71
    PFC’s generous amount of online text and training will make you proficient at landing big fish, but you have to want to sit down and get into a simulation of this nature.
  6. Xbox Evolved
    71
    Pro Fishing Challenge's best feature is that it offers an online experience. Playing online will give you a much better outlook on the game as you can chat away with friends and compare your fish.
  7. 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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  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Cheat Code Central
    50
    I could see lots of anglers trying their hand at this game if it were installed in the local bait & tackle store but I can't see many gamers getting much replay value out of it at home.
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  11. Game Informer
    43
    A foul dead fish aroma surrounds every gameplay aspect. The techniqes of casting, jigging, setting the hook, and landing the fish are miserably executed. [Sept 2004, p.115]
  12. 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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Awards & Rankings

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

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User Score
8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12
  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. BlueFalcon
    Dec 1, 2004
    3
    I didn't find much redeeming about this one.
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