It just seems impossible to get further. I get money but then i got to spend it on a new rod so I’m back down to 100 coins. It’s 1 step forward 2 steps back every time. I just can’t get anywhere in this game. I really like it too. But i can’t just can’t seem to get more than 2000 coins. Ridiculous. And there’s no in game shop to buy coins with real money. No bonus trailers to add more coins. I just can’t figure out how the heck to get money when i have to keep spending it on new rods cos they just keep breaking. Oh and the in game real time too. That’s ridiculous. I’m stuck on catching the second monster cos i need to get up early in the morning in real time in order to catch it cos that’s when it shows up. And the window is short. Not only that the monster bait is expensive and you need a good rod. Which comes back to making money in this game. 1 step forward 2 steps back. And why do i have to go to my island every time i got to sell stuff? Why can’t there be a guy in the fishing areas i can sell too. I can buy from him. But his prices are 2x more than on my island. So stupid. I really want to like this game. I hero playing it. But i feel like I’m getting no where with all these restrictions. There’s more too. But this review is long enough i think. I really really want to like this game. I’m hoping the steam version when it releases, will be better. Like able to progress in it for one.

I see quite a few reviews saying other players have had issues with the game, I’ve honestly not had one single issue with it myself. The one person saying they have struggled and been stuck on the first map clearly just don’t know how to play a game. It’s really not that hard. The only thing that is hard sometimes is catching the big fish like the monster fish. But it’s still definitely do able if you have the right equipment. That monster fish are not time specific, for the one saying it is. You’re not gonna instantly progress and get far in ANY game! It takes time. You have to do the missions and quests if you want to level up and progress, which makes sense and that’s how ANY game works. That’s just common sense. Anyways, I haven’t had any issues with this game and I love it! It’s really fun and definitely time passing! I would recommend to anyone who actually knows how to play a game and knows how a game works!

I want to like this game. The fish collecting hunt, which should be the core of the game is really fun. However it quickly turns into a gold grinding slog. I'm playing the Arcade version and it feels like a P2W game that had a cash shop removed with no rebalancing. Basic QoL features like navigation, item storage, rods and bait to catch rare fish, and even area maps (!!!) all cost gold. My 10 slot fish bag, which is all I can afford, means my game is reduced to constant trips to town to sell anything I catch just to stay ahead of basic consumables. Throwing away even one thing feels terrible, plus there is a karma system so I'm penalized for throwing out unavoidable junk that doesn't sell for much gold. Key resources like driftwood take up precious bag slots, nothing stacks, and catching junk puts wear and tear on the consumable rod. Inventory space is also level gated but XP also quickly turns into a slog. I'd love to do my dailies, but I've only unlocked two areas. Both are night time fish and I refuse to be pushed into playing when I don't want to. Why isn't the day/night cycle faster??? One of the quests in town is for a warehouse that doesn't even exist for me. Hopefully the devs will put more consideration into the pacing of the Arcade version but until then my recommendation is just lukewarm.

I tried to give each game I play ample time before I write a negative review, so I invested three days of playtime into this game before writing this. There is zero challenge in this game. There is zero thought that you have to put into the game. The challenges have zero challenge. For example, in one challenge, you buy two of a specific item, drop it, leave it for 48 real time hours, and then you can use it in the recipe it’s called for. That’s it. Seriously. Buy an item, drop it, forget about it for two full days, oh look, you completed a challenge. The fact that this game is played in real time makes it that much worse. If you’re like me and you go to bed early, then you can never advance in this game. The third challenge that you have to pass in order to advance to the next area requires you to catch a creature at night time. Real life nighttime, after 8 PM. A lot of people have to go to bed early because of their life requirements, so this game is dependent on people being able to disrupt their lives in order to play it. Pointless, meaningless, without any challenge, and expects you to jump through hoops for it. That’s not playing a game.