My review of Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2

[SpookyFairy]

I've played a bit more than 7 hours so far playing Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2. The more I played it and the more I discovered its features and its unique gameplay mechanics, the more I became addicted to the game.

I streamed it today and others helped me discover features and gameplay mechanics that I hadn't figured out myself. And from that point on, I just couldn't stop playing.

My video review of my experience so far: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE9c2v9m164

Things I loved the most:

-Beautiful water rendering, reflections and animations (seriously, superb work here!)
- Great gameplay mechanics that well implemented for real-time adjustment when in the process of capturing a fish
- Although not hyper-realistic,  still beautiful, detailed and immersive locations
- Great attention to sound effects (e.g. the tension of the cable, ambient sound, small water splashes and float when immersed into the water)
- Competitive aspect alongside relaxing experience 
- Lots of fishing accessories and fish to discover

Issues: just missions seemed to bugged on me today, couldn't progress them (it worked before though) , some flashing of the daily quest text. Hopefully will be patched or already fixed on release.

What started as what I thought would be an "OK experience", turned out to be one of the more fun and addicting ones I had this year. The last time I did some fishing activities was in Animal Crossing New Horizons and I did love that more than anything else in that particular game. Since then, it was empty space and I was more attracted to action RPGs and first-person shooters.

I didn't know that once I pick this game up, I would enjoy it that much.

So yeah, the game is fantastic. Even if you play on low settings, you have the option to turn the water look to be realistic. This is great, depends on your hardware, you can tone the other features down, but make the water appear realistic, which is the thing you'll be looking at most of the time.

Bottom line, I absolutely love the game and highly recommend it even for those who weren't into fishing simulation games before (like myself).

If I find more things that I missed, I'll share them on future videos. If you have more specific questions, I would be happy to answer either here on on YouTube. Enjoy the game!

Disclaimer: Played the early access version of the game. Key provided by the developer. Played a bit more than 7 hours in total as of the time of writing this.

[Admiral Ackbar]

Originally posted by *CBreeze*:

"Key provided by the developer"

That one statement that nullifies an entire review.

[Raintek]

Originally posted by probablyfishing:

Originally posted by *CBreeze*:

"Key provided by the developer"

That one statement that nullifies an entire review.

Originally posted by *CBreeze*:

"Key provided by the developer"

Every content creator receives a free code to test and review the game. That allows players to watch the game and know the pros and cons before it's out - so they can decide if such a game fits their style. That is a normal practice done by almost every developer or publisher - and such reviews are unable to be paid if you get a key from a platform like Keymailer.

[Admiral Ackbar]

Originally posted by Raintek:

Originally posted by probablyfishing:

That one statement that nullifies an entire review.

Originally posted by *CBreeze*:

"Key provided by the developer"

Every content creator receives a free code to test and review the game. That allows players to watch the game and know the pros and cons before it's out - so they can decide if such a game fits their style. That is a normal practice done by almost every developer or publisher - and such reviews are unable to be paid if you get a key from a platform like Keymailer.

We're well aware of how it works. I'm just saying that review no longer means anything to me and some other consumers after that statement is posted. Way too many scummy paid review bombs on steam.

[Raintek]

Originally posted by probablyfishing:

Originally posted by Raintek:

Every content creator receives a free code to test and review the game. That allows players to watch the game and know the pros and cons before it's out - so they can decide if such a game fits their style. That is a normal practice done by almost every developer or publisher - and such reviews are unable to be paid if you get a key from a platform like Keymailer.

We're well aware of how it works. I'm just saying that review no longer means anything to me and some other consumers after that statement is posted. Way too many scummy paid review bombs on steam.

Steam reviews on the product page (all reviews/recent reviews) are only calculated based on products BOUGHT via steam. Free keys (ex. marketing) don't count into the game score. Just FYI.

[Shev]

We get that; but it's been a known fact that when people receive something for free, they aren't likely to talk it down. The reviews tend to be very endearing and speak highly of the prooduct/good/service BECAUSE it was given for free; thus why most people take them with a grain of salt.

The only reviewer I've ever seen given a free key and still rip the game to shreds, is Mack from Worth a Buy on youtube; and he has a great deal of followers who love him for that very fact that he doesn't hold back. Maybe throw him a key, and then I'll take it more seriously; but it's extremely hard to take most any 'influencer' at their word because they're given stuff to INFLUENCE our purchases; Mack most of the time isn't even given keys for new releases, he has to buy them because no one wants to risk his honesty about their game.

I don't so much listen to what influencers say in their 'reviews', I mostly tune them out and just look at the game itself; the UI, the mechanics, the graphics, how the influencer is actually playing the game(are they terrible at it? Their skills as a gamer come into play, if they suck at the game or they're not picking up on how to play it, is it because they're just a horrible gamer or because the game devs have just made a horrible game, etc).

Then of course, the dreaded influencer who is given a game for a genre they tend to never play, and they have ZERO knowledge on how to play; yet they're giving it AMAZING praise as if it's the second coming.(i.e. they're not learning the game, they're floundering and missing all kinds of things; and yet still promoting the game as awesome, you gotta buy it, etc.) Raises some questions on whether they're being genuine, and this isn't directed at SpookyFairy; I think you did have fun playing this new game type that took you out of what you normally play(and you did say you enjoyed fishing as a past time in other games); from the videos I've seen you do, you've been rather thorough with graphic settings(and showing off all the different options so viewers can see the differences); your preview I can take seriously because you're taking the steps to show off what's important.

I appreciate keys being given out so we can see the game being played; but influencers are meant to do one thing, influence us into buying the product; and they very rarely go into great detail about the negatives(they'll gloss over them, or sweep them away by saying "The game has afew issues here and there, but I'm sure the devs will fix them right up in no time."

[BountyBoy]

For me a review is Gameplay i dont see any i dont see anything more then i allready knew from the demo and play test. i think this is BS and over the Top sorry but thats how i feel.
Feels more like someone is trying to sell your game

[SpookyFairy]

Streaming the game on Twitch..

https://www.twitch.tv/spookyfairy