![]() On the other hand, the sound effects in this game are spot on! For example, the sound of the lure rattling can be loud enough to fool the fish and the water splashes when the lure or the fish makes contact with the water. Obviously, the most notorious voice that can be heard in and throughout this game is the captain's thick "Engrish" voice when you hook and catch a fish it can either induce laughter or annoy you. The sunlight also adds a nice touch when the fish you're battling against jump out of the water. On the bright side however, the fish look and animates realistically. At some point, some objects seems to penetrate other objects like it is nothing (e.g the Dogtooth Tuna and Amberjack swimming through the rocks in The Offing stage). The graphics are decent, but there are some obvious low-res textures found in the game, especially in the stages. So far the gameplay is as good, if not better, than SBF. There's a hidden stage in the original mode with all the 3 extra species that can be acquired by completing the Arcade Mode. There are 4 stages in the arcade mode, each requires 3000 points to earn to finish the stage. Unlike Sega Bass Fishing, most of these fish are a lot bigger and more powerful than the Bass in SBF. There are 18 species of fish in this game (with 3 extra species: Bluefin Tuna, Coelacanth, and Hammerhead Shark) and they all can be found in reality. ![]() ![]() It is better to follow the advice while fighting the fish (e.g. When you successfully hook a fish, you will see a tension but you got to be careful as the fish will spit the hook (no tension) or break the line (full tension). When the fish finally takes your bait, there's a sign that said " HOOK UP", which tells you to hook the fish strong enough until it gets full and the announcer will say "HIT". When a fish goes after your bait, the camera homes at the fish to let the player know that it is going after the bait. After you cast your bait, you have to twitch it in order to make it alive and enticing the fish to bite, like in real fishing when using artificial (fake) baits. However, you should change your bait if you want to go after a different species of fish, as some baits do not work for others. There are a wide variety of baits, mostly large topwater baits and metal jigs, to catch different species of fish. Unlike Sega Bass Fishing, you can cast directly anywhere in this game as you can move your casting spot up and down this is a plus as you can get to the exact area where you miss the fish you're going after. Like Sega Bass Fishing, you go left and right to change to the location you want to fish. Despite having no story, the theme of this game is really interesting as it is about saltwater fishing, which nicely contrasts the bass fishing theme in Sega Bass Fishing. Well, there is really no story behind this game, besides catching fish of course. This is by far one of my favorite, games on Sega Dreamcast I spent several hours playing this game with the Dreamcast fishing controller. The version that I'm reviewing is the US version of this game for Dreamcast. Well fellas, this is my first game review here. ![]()
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