Top Angler: Real Bass Fishing

by Xicat

Product Features

• 4 fishing modes including a tournament mode
• Real 3-D Modeling
• Realistic real-time scenery changes in time-day

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005V5N2
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 6, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,829 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #8 in Video Games > PlayStation 2 > Sports > Hunting & Fishing

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Top Angler: Real Bass Fishing features accurate and detailed fish models that bring largemouth bass, redeye, bluegills, and other species to vivid life. You will compete in campaign and arcade modes as you try to become the top angler. You'll be equipped with the most up-to-date lures, bait, fish finders, and boating equipment available. Armed with these advantages, your mission is to catch the most wily prey known to modern fisherman. You will prowl the best fishing lakes in the world on your hunt for a championship bass. The game features real-time 3-D modeling and realistic scenery that changes with the time of day. Top Angler supports the PlayStation fishing controller as well as the standard PlayStation controller.

Product Description

Fishing simulation from Xicat. Place your bait, set your hook and reel in the big one. According to the publisher, this is the quintessential Man versus Nature game. You are set up with the most up to date lures, bait, fish finders and boating equipment available. With these advantages your mission is to catch the most wily prey known to modern fisherman. You will prowl the best fishing lakes in the world on your hunt for a championship Bass. Top Angler features four different fishing modes, including a full-fledged tournament, realistically modeled fish and realistic, 3D scenery that changes to the time of the day.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Top Angler, April 9, 2002

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Jack Bandel (Atlanta GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Top Angler: Real Bass Fishing (Video Game)

I agree with previous.....way too limited. You cant even decide
what rod or line strenght you want. All u do is pick your lure,
cast and reel in. Very arcadish game. The graphics are very pretty though and the bass look sooo real! Definitely not a
serious fishing sim...ala Trophy Bass 4. I havent tried Bass Strike but from the reviews it sounds better.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent but Disappointing..., April 2, 2002

By 

Corey Lasley (Farmington Hills, Michigan USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Top Angler: Real Bass Fishing (Video Game)

I was really excited about this title, and ran out to buy it the day it came out in stores. I was expecting a great fishing game, based on previews I had read along with some nice looking screen shots. The game overall is very limited. One of the biggest problems I have with it, is the fact that you only have a handful of lakes to fish, and are forced to fish only a few hundred feet of the lake, under a preset view, and casting range. If this game had allowed the player to drive the boat anywhere on the lake, and fish at any point, most likely I would have given this game a 4 (giving this game more replay value). The graphics are not too bad, but not really up to par with the capabilities of PS2. The camera angles sometimes are very frustrating, however the fish look and move very realistically. The sound could have used some work... For one, You can't shut off that annoying background music, and there's no background sounds of nature (like birds, wind, etc.), which is something that I particularly enjoy and look forward too when I'm fishing for real. Game play is a little too easy and not very realistic. It seems all the fish so far go for all the lures, and almost every fish I reel my lure past, bites. All in all, its a halfway decent game to play, however it will get old quick, and after a few weeks, either end up sitting unplayed and collecting dust, or on your too-sell-on-ebay list. Rent this first before you buy!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!!!, January 26, 2004

By 

William T. Brown (Normal, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Top Angler: Real Bass Fishing (Video Game)

I've played this game more than my son! It is very realistic, and exciting. You have to know what you're doing to land a 16 pound Florida Largemouth!!!!! You have to compete well enough to advance to the next tournament(4)and to earn different lures. After advancing through the four tournaments,there is an invitational where you compete for all-tournament champion. You fish in different seasons as well as different bodies of water, from forest, parks, city, to to a place with aztec ruins. You will enjoy this game, if you enjoy fishing.