Runs in real time! (Fish Tycoon)

Member Name: evetortoise

Product:	Fish Tycoon
Date:	25/01/09 (21 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great way to pass time

Disadvantages: might take forever to complete the game

This game really tested my patience! I would say that there is quite a bit of brain work needed in raising fish. The aim of this game is to obtain the 7 magic fishes via selective breeding. As in real life, it is hard to raise fishes because you have to maintain their environment and ensure that you continuously research on their environment.

Initially, you are given a tank where you can keep 20 fish. There are eggs that allow you to obtain new fishes (hence new gene pool). Some hybrids are more fragile than others and so you need better environment of which you have to pay money for it. To get money, you have to breed fishes and sell them off. In the process of breeding, you have make sure that somehow, the magic fishes are bred.

The game runs in real time so it is possible to leave the game alone while you go about your daily activities. However, leaving it overnight could mean hungry fishes if you haven't fed them before you sleep. They do fall sick and you would have to spend some time ensuring that you check in on them every hour.

It is also important to keep track of the species of fishes and which fish has mated with which. That's where the brain works come in as this helps to prevent unnecessary death and at least you will know what is profitable to breed.

After a while, I got pretty bored as I am not very patient. I think I must have killed quite a bit of fishes in my ignorance about researching the environment. I would say that it was great fun initially while I was all excited but later on, as I was getting nowhere, I chose to gave up instead. Great way to pass time though

Summary: This game really tested my patience! I would say that there is quite a bit of brain work needed in r