Essex: The Whale Hunter
Let’s embark on an adventure! Full speed ahead, it’s high time to go hunting! The goal? Glory and precious loot in the form of a multi-ton whale. The stake? Your and your people’s life.
Did I say “people”? Of course, after all, as it has been known for a long time, you must gather your party before venturing forth. Recruit adventurous madmen to become part of your crew.
But what’s a captain without a boat? Take the helm of Essex, the legendary whaling ship Captain George Pollard Jr. used to set out on the memorable voyage of 1819, which ended with the ship colliding with a giant sperm whale and sinking at the bottom of the sea. This event inspired Herman Melville to write the famous Moby Dick, the novel on which Essex: The Whale Hunter is based. Now it’s your turn to visit 19th century Nantucket.
Track down your own Moby Dick, grab your weapons and fight an unequal battle against the sea colossus. Once you win, harvest the raw materials from the whale – you’ll monetise them when paving legal trade routes and searching for luck on the black market. Only (or as many as) a couple of accurate harpoon throws stand before you and a great fortune.
And when the ocean turns against you, smashing your ship to smithereens and lunging you to the shore of a desert island, do your best to get out of there and return to where you belong – to the great seas.
Essex: The Whale Hunter is a 19th-century whaling simulator and a great opportunity to experience a truly Melvillian adventure, full of tension, grave dangers and whale trophies to win. Become a legend and find your Moby Dick!
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Fishing Sim World®: Pro Tour
This game has the potential to become an awesome game. In fact, its still good and enjoyable.
Lets start with some good things:
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Graphics! Water, fish, enviroment.
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Feeling of the rod and the fish. I have tried some other fishing games. And I couldnt make myself love them because I couldnt feel the mass of the fish, the resistance of the fish and the rod. In Eurofishing and in this game as well, I have the feeling that I am really fighting with the fish. May be its achieved by the vibration may be its just me, but i really enjoy the feeling when fighting with the huge carp or catfish. I still think you can tweak the resistance of the fish to make it a bit harder.
– Real player with 407.7 hrs in game
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I am a software engineer, have been working on triple A games as a UI developer and understand the constraints of game development. I am 50 and have been a gamer since I was 12. I love gaming and am especially very aware of what create a good immersion and what breaks it.
Coming from Ultimate Fishing Simulator I am enjoying Fishing Sim World, good graphics, atmospheric and the fish fighting/animations are much improved compared to euro fishing.
Good to see updates are coming at very regular intervals, here are a couple of improvements that I could suggest:
– Real player with 403.6 hrs in game
The Fisherman - Fishing Planet
I’ve played both Fishing Planet and The Fisherman: Fishing Planet, they are both great and have different issues. One reason I enjoy The Fisherman is that you don’t need to worry so much about making money in the game. You buy licenses one time, travel is cheaper, no cooldown on forwarding the time, and you make baitcoins by catching uniques (a few species gave credits on uniques). I got the game when it was on 60% discount, and I think it’s worth that but would probably think twice for paying full price for it (could be better to spend that money on the regular Fishing Planet instead).
– Real player with 373.3 hrs in game
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Gave this review after not playing the game enough: This is what Fishing Planet used to be before they decided to change everything. Catch rates are so so much better and it is very much less grindy and believe me I grinded my backside off in Fishing Planet. Still early days but would recommend it but not at £34.99 I shopped around and got it much much cheaper.
Edit 31/01/2020: There is still bugged fish in the game where no matter what you the fish either runs and runs or comes so far in and then runs again.
– Real player with 353.8 hrs in game
Ultimate Fishing Simulator VR
Ultimate Fishing Simulator is the first VR fishing game I have played, and I enjoy it very much. I picked it up after pondering if VR had any good fishing simulators, found this one. Early in my experience with the game, I had a few questions to look up, as an example, the game uses fishing licenses to gain access to new areas. I felt they were very costly as I was expecting to have to buy one every time I wanted to fish there. Every question I found in steam had a developer reply, seeming to want to help and take feedback even from people who didn’t own the game, but showed an interest.
– Real player with 45.3 hrs in game
UPDATE: YEAH!! NO CRASHES!! Dev has addressed the issue of constant crashes and the game is super fun again! This game is a keeper for those of us who appreciate fishing and actually catching something!
I REALLY like this game! Got it in a pkg deal to check out thief simulator and wound up liking this one WAY better. Its immersive enough to really feel like fishing but game enough for me to actually catch fish! BIG fish! Cause I can stand between two people catching fish and not catch anything, true story! There’s really no “GRIND” to the game, you catch five or six starter fish and sell them, buy bigger hooks and stronger line to catch bigger fish and sell them too! You get EXP. when you sell the fish so nothing is lost and you gain loot to buy better equipment. WHY buy better? because big fish will break your line or you will run out of line. So you need bigger/better equipment to catch them. I was just having fun fishing and before I knew it had close to a thousand bucks! Upgraded everything and was catching 2 and 3 hundred buck fish in NO time! Its pretty satisfying seeing a 47lbs rainbow trout in your hands.
– Real player with 29.1 hrs in game
Bassmaster® Fishing 2022
02/12/2022 Game Updates - Update 3 has been released! https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1449500/view/3123806106491165146
I’ve played all the DTG Fishing Simulators and have over 1000 hours on Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour. Here’s my review on the latest in the series. Bassmaster Fishing 2022. This review includes both a thumbs up and thumbs down section at the end. These reflect my overall view of the game. I will edit/update this review as new content/patches are rolled out.
Having read some of the reviews already posted about this game, I would like to address a couple of things. At the time of writing this review I can confirm the Deluxe Edition items on the Steam version are now working. DTG Fishing released a patch a day or so ago so this issue has been resolved. You may need to restart the game and the Steam Client in order for these items to appear in game.
– Real player with 176.9 hrs in game
A bit harsh some of these reviews are!
Well enjoy mine all rewards thankfully received.
61 hours of in game play at time of review.
Welcome to the competitive world of bass fishing in Bassmaster Fishing 2022
From career mode to leisure fishing and online fishing in bassmaster royal mode featuring cross platform play there is fishing to suit every players style be it competitive play to chilling on the lakes enjoying a days fishing or taking on career mode where you compete as or challenge pro anglers from the elite tour of the worlds bass fishing anglers to try to be the champion bass player.
– Real player with 96.2 hrs in game
Fishing Planet
Installed this game about a month ago because a friend reccomended it.
It took a few minutes to understand the game without looking at the tutorials or help pages.
So having a little over 95 hours in game as of this review, this is what I have to say…
Leveling up is fast at the beginning but gets progressively slower the higher level you are.
XP slowly drops on fish once you have leveled up a bit and caught a certian number of that species.
The challenges are fun and offer some equipment that you can’t get in game, even with DLC.
– Real player with 2456.9 hrs in game
I deleted now 4 reviews I wrote because they got longer and longer.
I really wanted to mention everything what is going on with that game to give people a fair chance to turn their back towards it.
But I will only say:
I have 4 chars 3 of them max level, together a playtime of over 2.5k hours.
I played that game from day one on, the best time was about 1 year ago, since then it is going continously downhill.
The playerbase was number wise fine and had also a really solid core of daily players. Those bought plenty of DLC´s more than they even needed, just to support the game and the devs, because back then they did an awesome job, they did actually care at that time. In the end we had after 1 1/2 years a early access game with more DLC´s than actually new content, still it was all fine. It was work in progress and everyone understood.
– Real player with 768.7 hrs in game
Fishing: Barents Sea
Fishing: Barents Sea is destined to become a classic among those of us who have taken the plunge. This is what I refer to as a “Zen” game, akin to titles such as Euro Truck Simulator 2. I have 51 hours of play time as of this writing, and I have no doubt that I’ll be piling up far more hours very quickly.
This is a relaxing, but highly enjoyable title. When you have tired of fast paced games that require your undivided attention, this is a game that will keep you engaged, but also allow you to sit back in your chair and even converse with others as you play. But it is certainly not boring. There are a multitude of things to do, from various types of fishing, to upgrading your gear and boats, to simply taking a boat and heading out to sea to explore, which pays off in that you’ll discover new fishing and crabbing hot spots. And of course, you’ll need to name each of your boats, and decide what color you’d like to use in displaying the vessel’s name.
– Real player with 192.8 hrs in game
I’m loving this game so far, once I was able to buy my first boat the game changed for me. I felt so much excitment from getting a nice boat and switching from longline to using nets, also having a crew member on board to help out. You can fast travel but I like to travel in real time, also when you fast travel you do not get the miles you need to buy a new boat (each boat requires you to have traveled a certain amount of Km before you can purchase, which I don’t really like but understand.).
Here are some of the features in this game: You can mess with some of the items in the cabin like the light switches, the phone to change your crew members job, the comms to call for rescue and the GPS/Sonar. Your crew members can perform certain jobs such as cooking, cleaning the fish, hauling in the line, repair as well as rest as they will get tired after a while. You need to perform certain mini game tasks for either bringing in the longline or the net as well as gutting the fish which I’m not really a fan of as they can be tedious. The seasons in the game change as well and when they do so do the fish you can catch. There are some bugs in the game but at least for me nothing game breaking.
– Real player with 126.7 hrs in game
Fishing Adventure
Bought this on sale (AUD$0.75) and for that price it’s a steal!
I love fishing games and this one is very intuitive and simple… In saying that it is VERY simple… Controls are basic and easy to use, but graphics are also quite simple. I have yet to figure out how to move both oars in a boat at the same time, rather than going in circles or zigzagging..
I’m yet to unlock much of the gear and am still fine tuning controls, but I’m loving it.
7/10 Dragons - Just for the fun.
– Real player with 25.9 hrs in game
Was pleasantly surprised. A full fishing game for the price of UFS dlc, you can’t go wrong especially if you previously owned Pro Fishing as I got it for 80p!! Even at full price it’s worth it, and if you’re a glass half full sort of a person you’ll get a lot of fun and relaxation out of this game. The graphics are sharp and there is a workable clutch system that does the job. The fish look the part and splash and jump out of the water. The sound is nice. Yes it’s a mobile port (what do you expect for the price?), but it’s a successful port imo.
– Real player with 5.4 hrs in game
Magnet Fishing Simulator
Take a special neodymium magnet, tie a rope to it and throw it in water like lakes, canals, rivers, creeks or oceans. Then you pull it back out of the water and hopefully acquired a lot of hidden treasures. You never know what your magnet end up with.
Magnet fishing is a combination of environmentalism and treasure hunting. The magnets used are strong enough to remove large debris such as rusty bicycles, guns, safes, bombs, and more from bodies of water.
Restore found treasures in your own garage using professional tools and chemicals.
You can keep them or sell to buy more or less useful things.
Enjoy nature, explore beautiful environment, but be aware that magnet fishing can be dangerous. There are a lot of hazardous things hidden under water…
Key features:
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Detailed magnet fishing simulation
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Detailed restoration system
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Shopping system
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Driving system with many vehicles
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Living ecosystem
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Dynamic weather system with day/night cycle
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Beautiful open world
And much more!
Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2
https://store.steampowered.com/app/613100/House_Flipper/
RELAX IN FRONT OF COMPUTER
Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2 is a continuation of the hit game released in 2017. Over the past few years, we have collected a lot of feedback from you, which pushed us to create the second part of the game in which you will be able to fully devote yourself to entertainment!
The new visual setting, new physics systems, new places, new functions - all this and more, will provide you with great relaxation and incredible fun.
REALISTIC MAPS
In Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2, each map is different! You will have the opportunity to fish in summer and winter maps! Ice-covered lakes, shallow trout rivers or rough autumn seas. It’s all waiting for you!
REALISTIC FISH MODELS
We make all models of fish with great care. We try to reproduce every detail so that it looks as good as possible! On each map in the game, you will find different species of fish, thanks to which the game offers huge biodiversity.
DIVERSITY OF FISHING TECHNIQUES
Do you dream of trying your hand at ice fishing and live in a country where it is warm all the time? Do not worry! In Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2, you can fish in any way you can! Spinning, float, ground, fly fishing, sea fishing, ice fishing or beach fishing.
UNIQUE AI FISH SYSTEM
In our game, the fish are always in the water! They don’t generate when you drop a hook - they are just in the water and waiting for you to catch them.
Each species of fish may behave differently! Some will prefer swimming near reeds or fallen branches, others will hide between stones at the bottom.
UNDERWATER CAMERA 2.0
The underwater camera is back in a newer and better version! The ability to rotate the camera, move the camera away from the lure or track the lure while casting!
PLAY WITHOUT INTERNET ACCESS
Download the game and don’t worry about internet access! Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2 can always be started!
FRIENDLY GAME FOR NEW PLAYERS
You’re impatient? It does not matter! Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2 offers two game modes, for new players and experienced virtual fishermen.