10th January, 2010

GameSpot Review Whether you love real fishing or not, you’ll probably hate Reel Fishing. No matter how patient you are, the sheer shallowness of this game will probably lull you into a catatonic state. Primarily FMV-driven, with otherwise stupid, deficient graphics, and perhaps the most repetitive gameplay to ever retard the potential of the PlayStation, [...]

GameSpot Review

Whether you love real fishing or not, you’ll probably hate Reel Fishing. No matter how patient you are, the sheer shallowness of this game will probably lull you into a catatonic state. Primarily FMV-driven, with otherwise stupid, deficient graphics, and perhaps the most repetitive gameplay to ever retard the potential of the PlayStation, Reel Fishing is really a dog. For the most part, play involves two different screens, the first of which treats potential fishmasters to video of a real-life fishing hole, complete with unmoving camera, incessant nature sounds, and plodding new age music! Superimposed over this are little, solid, black squiggles (the lurking fish) and a very low-res vertical yellow line (the pole). This is honestly one of the silliest-looking interfaces on the PlayStation. There’s just something inherently cheap and embarrassing about mixing graphical media. Once you cast your line and wait for a bite, you switch to screen two, which is (more…)

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