Legend of the River King
Editorial Review
Most fishing sports meeting grant a detailed fishing simulation and not anything else, but Legend of the River King adds some role-playing elements to the mix that considerably freshen the gameplay. Apparently, you are searching for a legendary fish that can cure your sister’s illness. But this weak storyline really just provides an excuse to roam the world trying to catch every species of fish in the game.
Catching fish may not be as exciting as rounding up hundreds of different types of Pokémon, but it is surprisingly satisfying. As the game progresses, players gain access to different fishing poles, various types of bait, and other fishing accessories that let them land the larger and more exotic catches. The role-playing elements are honestly lightweight, so hardcore RPG fans will likely be more amused than challenged. Still, these elements do help break up the monotony of the fishing tasks. There’s even an entertaining virtual pet game that lets you hatch a fish and raise it. It thrives or dies depending on the amount and type of attention it gets, and even mutates into new species depending on the environment you establish for it. Legend of the River King is more relaxing than exciting, just as a excellent fishing game should be. –T. Byrl Baker
Pros:
- Nice graphics
- Role-playing elements are unique
- Relaxing gameplay
Cons:
- Requires more patience than skill
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I really wanted to like this game — it has a lot of creativity and is a cool premise, in both its halves. I’m not sure it’s a success, though. My 9-year-ancient got it for Christmas, and despite excellent eye-hand coordination, reasoning skills, AND reading the directions, neither of us can get it to work. There’s space to save 2 sports meeting so we’re both trying it, and neither of us can catch even one fish! Demoralizing. Plus, now my daughter’s run out of cash to buy bait, so she’s not sure she can continue. There seems to be some secret to reeling the fish in, but we haven’t caught on (no pun intended). The graphics are very excellent, and the tale seems to progress in a gifted way, but it can be a rough go at the start. With luck and perseverence, we may succeed, but it’s certainly more involved and not as rewarding initially than Pokemon. I wouldn’t recommend it for a outcome who’s not willing to work really hard — it’d be too simple to give up.
Rating: 3 / 5
This game is different from all other fishing sports meeting, here’s why: This is an RPG, not just a fishing game. You fight wild animals and catch fish. Sometimes wild animals will attack you to steal your fish. Other times you have to beat a certain animal to go on. But your main goal is fishing. Your sister is dying, and you need to catch a magical fish that can save her. As you progress you get new fishing equipment to play around with. This is the main mode, but if you get tired of fishing, why don’t you raise a fish? This is pretty cool, but gets ancient kinda quick. Thats why they (the makers) made it so the fish evolve and die depending on how you take care of them.
The Excellent: Gameplay, fishing tools, RPG stylishness fighting, fighting animals, fishing itself, sprites, raising a fish can be fun.
The Terrible: Graphics, weak storyline (excuse to catch all the fish!), losebait every time fish bite, some areas are pretty huge (hard to get to that sweet spot), raising fish gets dull honestly quickly.
This is a unique game that is brought to you by the makers of another unique game: Harvest Moon. Altough I recommend it to fishers and RPG fans everywhere, THIS GAME IS NOT FOR EVERYONE! But many do delight in it, as I do.
Rating: 4 / 5
This game is quite hard to start with. At the beginning you have a small amount of cash and you have to learn how to fish properly pretty quick. It took me a while to figure out how to catch the fish and I got a bit annoyed with it after half an hour of playing and still not catching any fish. The booklet helps you a bit but it doesn’t give you detailed instructions on how to fish properly. After you’ve learned how to fish, the game is very enjoyable and it isn’t that hard to follow. I really loved playing this, and even if you don’t really like fishing in real life, you should still give this game a try.
Rating: 4 / 5
I thought this game would be cool…like Zelda but with an angler angle. I expected it to be like fishing at the lake with Zelda in Ocarina (N64). OH, I was incorrect; this game is not so cool at all.
There are two modes to this game: Raise and Fish. The raise part is fascinating because you get to set up a fish tank, feed and care for your fish and watch him/her grow. As the fish grows it morphs into different types of fish. If you take excellent care of your fishy you get to watch it change and grow. Yippie (read: dull).
The “fish” mode is your typical adventure game; you have to catch certain types of fish and give them to chattering people who stand around the water’s edge. Fishing is HARD…but the booklet has some pointers (and a map that shows where the different kinds of fish hang out). When a fish circles around your line and you hear a sustained beep, then it’s time to reel him in. Push the A button and you’ll see an underwater view. Wait until the fish stops swimming away–agony tire pretty quickly–once he stops, push and hold A to reel him in. If he pulls back, then let go of A and let him run away for a small while. Once he tires again, do again the reeling process. Eventually you’ll catch one. If the fish steals the bait, then try a different size hook or a different type of rod. It took me ages to figure out how to catch the darn cutthroat trout!
You can also catch random fish and sell them in the shop to get gold. Then you can take your gold to the shop and buy supplies, bait & equipment. You’ll eventually get a raft so you can float and fish at the same time. Don’t bother paddling your raft because you’ll collapse and be sent to the hotel with only 1 shape point remaining.
Doesn’t that sound fun??
This game is a small too much like real fishing (without the beer and sunshine). You cast your line and wait…and wait…and wait. ARGH! Your patience will be drained quickly.
I like video sports meeting because my attention span is small and I need all the quick-action/reaction stuff. This game makes me YAWN (a cure for insomnia?). There are action-packed moments when you have to fight spiders, monkeys, bears, snakes and other foes; those fights are incredibly dull. The fight works like this: a small fist image floats around your foe and if you hit the A button when the fist is on the animal, you get a hit (a hit to the head defeats most foes quickly). You’ll get experience points by defeating foes, but I still haven’t figured out what experience points do for you.
If you like real fishing and you have reserves of patience, then you’d probably like this game. I don’t *despise* it, I just wish it was more exciting; maybe that’s why I don’t ever go fishing.
Rating: 2 / 5
This game is really fun. You have to catch fish and sell them to buy better fishing supplies, while looking for a magic fish. You can even take care of a pet fish. I played for 5 hrs. last night and now my daughter is playing. The more I played the game the more I liked it!
Rating: 5 / 5