Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 5
Pros:
All those armchair anglers out there looking for a down-to-the-details realistic fishing sim will drool all over Bass Landing, with its multitude of rods, reels and lures to choose from.
Cons:
Graphically, Bass Landing looks like it's about 4 years old. All the fishing takes place above the water (like in real life), so you'll spend your virtual fishing trip staring over the shoulder of a man on a boat, slowly (and choppily) bouncing up and down with the motion of the ocean. You can view replays of your most spectacular catches, but they're hardly worth the load time.
Sound mostly consists of a casting sound, a reeling sound and a repeating ambient muzak score. The muzak is at least mellow and calming, but you'll want to turn it down once you've spent a few hours of listening to it. When you hook a fish, the music speeds up and an announcer (D-Pad calls him "Daddy") pipes in to tell you which way to turn your rod and when to tighten and loosen your line. What this game really needs is a brass horn every few minutes just to keep you awake.
Bass Landing comes with Agetech's Playstation fishing controller, so you won't have that excuse. How far your cast goes depends on how hard you cast; you'll throw your arm out in no time casting like a madman. While the casting and reeling is fun enough, you will have precious little time with a fish on your line. Just like in real life, the greatest majority of fish in Bass Landing are "ones that got away."
