Customer Reviews

Reel Fishing: Angler's Dream

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

I just wanted to add to my review. I have now been able to play this game further and found it very entertaining. I have met all goals to proceed thru all the fishing areas and now yu need more stargety in finding and lauring the fish as you seek the "big ones" Granded the landing of the fish is a little anti-climatic but it does take skil and attention to land time since differnt fish have different movemnets and actions that you need to reach. I am quite please and find it is everything as advertized.


I have had the game for about a month and have had time to play. My initial reaction had to do with the fish master. In the initial visit he actually spoke until you where ask to enter your name. When you returned he no longer spoke and you need to read the screen thereafter. I contacted Natsume via e-mail and was pleasantly surprised at the fast response (within 2 hours) with a very precise answer. The reason is the game is limited to 50 lines of audio speech. Nothing is wrong with game this is working correctly. As you go along the Fish Master does periodically speak.

I had another issue that the program froze and since I did not save my progress this was lost. I again contacted Natsume again a very quick response with a reasonable answer. I want to take the time here to say that Natsume has been excellent in providing outstanding customer service. Turns out the problem was due to my remote have low power and about to shutdown. Has worked fine. However, I do recommend that you save often.

I have now met the goals ad progress from Lake (lure Fishing), Midstream (Fly Fishing), Rock Coast (Bait Fishing), and Back to Lake for Bait Fishing. Caught all species and size of fish. They all fight and act differently and keep your interest. I am now to Open Sea fishing where you have LARGE fish and they jump out if the water and dive as you reel them in.

You do not have a line stress meter (like real fishing); you need to get the feel of the fish and its actions to know how to land it. (Like Real fishing). You can go back to lodge gain knowledge where the fish are base don the season and weather conditions (like real fishing).

The graphics are very good and you get surface, about surface and underwater views depending on the type of fishing the lures and the action of the fish. I feel this game is addictive and very entertaining. I have rented some of the other fishing games and none provide the challenge that Reel fishing provides. Granted initially it is frustrating and you may not land fish (just like real fishing) once you master the art of casting, reeling and reading the fish it is great.

And for the price I recommend this game.

I have rated this 5 STARS FOR FUN but it is showing up.
Its true this game was frustrating at first until I learned the things that were going wrong (with the exception of it freezing up one time) stopped happening as I moved through the different fishing locations. I have now made it to the end and have found all the legendary fish I have completed all goals. After I really started to learn this game it became fun and addicting. I found out if you use different poles (as you earn them) the fish act differently when reeling them in. The casting can still be a little frustrating it seems it isn't consistent you can do the same thing twice and get different results. I was having problems with the line drawing back in some instances before a fish had bitten because I had the bait on the bottom and when I moved the lure up everything seemed to work as it should. This is more like a true experience once you learn the fish and how to fight them. Yes I agree with another reviewer the landing can be a little anticlimactic but the fight with the fish is fun and all are different. I wish they had made more room in the aquariums I had to let one legendary fish go to house another. I found information in the booklet that came with it very helpful when I was stuck.
If you are one of the people who also found this frustrating at first I would encourage you to try again it can be very fun. If you have problems I would say to you to email the manufacturer and maybe they can get some of the problems resolved for you. I have tried 4 different fishing games on the wii without a doubt this is the most fun of all I rate it number 1 for the wii.

I wouldn't say this game is terrible, as the 2 previous reviews stated. It has some addictive qualities to it. You get to unlock new lure sets and new locations. You also get badges for completing challenges and catching legendary fish. The graphics are decent, and the ambient music is very relaxing. The game does take a little bit of getting used to. There is no line tension gauge or line distance gauge either. You have to pay attention closely to the fish's movement to take the appropriate Wii motions. The game allows you to go through the motions of a fishing pole and cranking the nun-chuck, or you can unplug the nun-chuck and just use the A and B button to crank. A couple of drawbacks to the game would be the fact that your livewell can only hold 3 fish at a time and your aquariums will not allow you to hold one of every species of fish in the game. For [...], I am not disappointed in the game. If it was closer to [...], then perhaps I would be a little disappointed. One thing that was mentioned in a previous review was that there are not any underwater views, it depends on the lure type, if you fish with a topwater, it will be viewed from the top. If fishing with a lure that sinks or runs underwater, it takes a few seconds for the lure to submerge, causing the view to change to an underwater view.

This game has absolutely no merit, period. It is not user friendly, in plain english it SUCKS!!! It is possible it may be the fishing rod, I have not tried it with only the remote. Too much BS, not enough fishing. It is diffcult to change lures etc.

What a great game! So many levels, so many fishes, so much fun. The back grounds are mesmerizing and the fishing is relatively realistic and fun. The game does provide underwater views and the casting is not all that hard to learn. I can cast every time no problem. It can be a bit challenging, especially when tackling(ha!) the legends but that is part of the fun. Don't let the other reviewers get you down. Reel Fishing Angler's Dream is the best fishing in town. Like the box says its the #1 selling fishing franchise for a reason!

Not much freedom in the game. It has some good items and some poor items. Overall, it is entertaining. However, not the best fishing game I've played.

I bought this game thinking to give it as a present to my husband who's keen on fishing but haven't got many chances to do so here in France. He was happy to open up the present but when he played on it, disappointed with the non-reflexibility and limitations of the choice of the game. Furthermore, the instruction is not sufficient as we are not sure what, when, how we should do certain acts. And we don't know what's actually happening when we could wait long minutes and keep pulling the rod not knowing what's going on or we are doing it right.
In certain points, we think the game can get stucked sometimes, not sure how to explain that, you'll know when you actually play it. To re-play the game, you just always have to come back to the same repetitions which can be very time consuming and boring as there's no button to skip certain presentations. In all, we just don't like it at all and it's put at the corner of the shelf that we don't touch it since then. For people who has no patience (though fishing is a sport demanding lots of patience), this game is not for you.

Didn't realize how complicated the game would make it to fish the venue's you would like to go to. Voice of the old fishing master goes in and out, complicated use of the wii remote just to cast the line! arrrrgh.

By far- this is the most realistic fishing game on the wii. There are many different lures/hooks/baits and rods. An excellent array of fish each distinct to their enviornments. Just as a foot note- *THIS IS NOT THE WIIWARE VERSION OF THE GAME*. Each location is beautifully drawn and the fish are also like so. Casting is easy when you get the hang of it. What made me give it 4 stars instead of 5 stars though is the fact that you are locked onto a specific spot at a location - no exploration. Also, the water has a weird constant refresh rate. Besides this, at its $19.99 price, this is a definite buy for fishing lovers.

THIS GAME IS THE BEST FISHING GAME OUT THERE NOW.A+ FROM ME AND IM NOT A FISHERMEN.DIFFERENT LEVELS AND GREAT FISH TO FIND.