What do you guys think? ?

2 hours ago, Finessegenics said:

What do you guys think? ?

Something to keep an eye out on - if it's too expensive, I'll pass. I already play one that's pretty much free unless you want special items...and I haven't needed any of them and consistently place in the top 5 if I pound on it all day.

Maybe I will take up video games again when I am retired... So that'll be the 2070 version, lol

I think he also endorsed a fishing game for the PS4 that I've played. It was OK, but nothing great.

 

The problem with these fishing video games is that once you figure out the spawn points (where they code fish to show up) it becomes boring. You just keep bringing your boat to that same spot over and over and land lunkers all day.

 

The spawn points need to be variable based upon seasonality, weather, etc. and even then more randomization needs to be calculated. And huge fish need to be rare, just as in real life. There's no way you fish a tournament and end up with a 65+ pound bag.

I know what Santa is going to bring my son, secretly it’ll be for me. ?

To date, the best fishing game of all time is Red Dead Redemption 2.

If I can do up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start to unlock all the trophy bass then I might play. LOL

10 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

If I can do up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start to unlock all the trophy bass then I might play. LOL

Konami code! 

Finish him!

 

Seriously, my favorite was “the black bass” for NES and game boy. I’ve still got it on game boy, sold the NES and all the games to a Buddy a couple years ago 

They may not have spawn points like other games.

 

I started designing a fishing sim a few years ago and my fish behaved like fish. Hatched wherever the fish decided to spawn, etc. And they'd be frye anyways. I do doubt they'd go the extra mile and do that for this game though. That takes time and money and like I said, it's more than ever about profit over love of the game.

 

Dovetail Games does make sims though, so who knows.

 

I think the game will be like most modern games where you have to shell out real cash to have much fun, which to me is the opposite of fun.

 

I quit game design because more thought goes into how to get money from the players than goes into the actual game design.

 

Finally, if they want people to buy it, a lot of people, they will have to dumb it down for non-anglers. Kinda like fishing for numbers tournaments vs fishing for weight. In my opinion that was done for TV.

 

Maybe I will be wrong, I hope so.

40 minutes ago, schplurg said:

They may not have spawn points like other games.

 

I started designing a fishing sim a few years ago and my fish behaved like fish. Hatched wherever the fish decided to spawn, etc. And they'd be frye anyways. I do doubt they'd go the extra mile and do that for this game though. That takes time and money and like I said, it's more than ever about profit over love of the game.

 

Dovetail Games does make sims though, so who knows.

 

I think the game will be like most modern games where you have to shell out real cash to have much fun, which to me is the opposite of fun.

 

I quit game design because more thought goes into how to get money from the players than goes into the actual game design.

 

Finally, if they want people to buy it, a lot of people, they will have to dumb it down for non-anglers. Kinda like fishing for numbers tournaments vs fishing for weight. In my opinion that was done for TV.

 

Maybe I will be wrong, I hope so.

I remembered your post about designing a video game. I actually went back and read the thread again right after I posted this. I saw that the thread was closed so that’s a bummer.  How far along did you get with it? Any chance you continue the work on it just for the sake of it? 

On 4/7/2021 at 11:58 PM, jbsoonerfan said:

If I can do up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start to unlock all the trophy bass then I might play. LOL

Ahhh Contra....I loved that game. 

If they make a port for switch I would buy it

So I take it no one has tried RDR2. This is the best fishing game I’ve ever played. Even though fishing is just an aside in the game. You don’t get to really pick bait or spots (you can a little), but as far as video game fishing goes, it’s seriously the best video game fishing experience I know of. And no, I was never able to catch the legendary channel catfish.