Fun for a few minutes (Bass Fishing (DC))

Member Name: shaneo632

Product:	Bass Fishing (DC)
Date:	03/09/09 (1 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Crazy idea

Disadvantages: Very rudimentary

The Nintendo Wii probably owes a lot to games like Sega Bass Fishing, which tested the waters with the rather goofy interactive game genre, which Nintendo then perfected with their hugely successful console (and as a result released the game on their console also!). Whilst the idea of a fishing sim is hardly the most invigorating idea out there, and I certainly wasn't one who parted with £40 for this game back on release, but I did catch it second hand a few years later for about £10, and loving the sheer absurdity of its concept, decided to give it a go.

The premise is of course, very simple - with the use of a fishing rod remote, you cast out your hook and attempt to catch a fish, and then reel it in. The fun of the game comes with seeing if you can reel them in before they wriggle free from your hook. Whilst by now not so revolutionary, at the time it was a mix of crazy technology, and the fact that the visuals, although focusing purely beneath the sea, showcased the graphical capabilities of next generation gaming, with the water effects and fish physics both being extremely impressive.

Sadly, though, there isn't really much to the game overall, and it is difficult to recommend as a game that you'll keep going back to. It's fun for a little bit, but has no depth, unsurprisingly, and probably won't be a game that's in your Dreamcast a lot. That said, for a look at a primitive version of the Wii-sort of game, it's worth a go if a mate of yours has a copy, and a rod, lying around. A very strange experience indeed, that's fun for a while, but doesn't really have any staying power at all.

Summary: Not enthralling but interesting