fishing: improvement, difficulty

[magdalena]

Bonjour j'ai une question au sujet de la pêche, j'ai une canne à pêche améliorée, mais j'ai vraiment du mal à pêcher, ça me prend parfois une bonne partie de ma barre d'énergie, y aura t-il un niveau 3 ou 4 de la canne à pêche? j'ai un handicap au niveau de mes doigts, et ça me fait mal à force de taper sur ma souris pour faire venir le poisson.
Je vous en remercie.

Hello I have a question about fishing, I have an improved fishing rod, but I really have a hard time fishing, sometimes it takes a good chunk of my energy bar, will there be a level 3 or 4 of the fishing rod? I have a handicap in my fingers, and it hurts from tapping my mouse to bring the fish.
Thank you.

[roka_flonja]

Hi magdalena,

By decorating the shacks, in that case the one of Fritz you will unlock useful perks that will help you also with fishing.

The difficult once are the tentacles.

Cheers,
Flo from rokaplay

[magdalena]

thank you

[Lisa Mockingbird]

I have Fritz upgraded and have his fishing pole but cannot catch red snapper or tentacles ever - I end up using all my energy just trying 1 or 2 times even with level 6-7 fishing buff :( I have carpel tunnel and also cannot click very precisely. Would like to see this more doable - one time I actually got 3 - 3 star pulls in a row on a tentacle and it still got away and left me unconscious. I've never even seen a red snapper and officially I finished the story.

[roka_flonja]

Hey Lisa,

I will forwar this I know it can be really difficult to catch them.

How did you like i so far? Please leave us a review with your thoughts :)

Cheers,
Flo from rokaplay

[magdalena]

moi j'aime pêcher mais il est vrai que c'est plus difficile et comme vous lisa, je suis tombée inconsciente.
par contre j'adore la cuisine dans ce jeu, j'aimerais ne pas avoir de limite pour se nourir, je vois que certaines places vont se lébéré dans l'inventaire, mais ce sera toujours limité à une certaines quantité, car parfois il faut donner à manger aux singes que l'on rencontre....et quand il faut explorer les îles , pour le moment j'en suis a 4 plats préparé pour moi partir.
Autres question y aura t-il des animaux à s'occuper ? des vaches? poules? moutons? chevaux?
Désolée pour mon anglais je vous écris avec un traducteur de langues.
Merci.


I like to fish but it is true that it is more difficult and as you read, I fell unconscious.
on the other hand I love cooking in this game, I would like not to have any limit for food, I see that some places will be left in the inventory, but it will always be limited to a certain quantity, because sometimes it is necessary feed the monkeys that you meet .... and when you have to explore the islands, for the moment I have 4 dishes prepared for me to leave.
Other questions Will there be animals to look after? cows? hens? sheep? horses?
Sorry for my English, I am writing to you with a language translator.
Thank you.

[roka_flonja]

Hey magdalena,

You will care late rin the game more food with you and by unlocking more recipes you will have the chance to cook meals with a higher level, which means you´ll gain more energy back. Some of them will also have different buffs to help manage your energy.

Until now farm animals are not planed, I am sorry for that but I will forward your idea :)


Cheers,
Flo

[Lisa Mockingbird]

Catching tentacles is impossible for me went through all fishing buff foods (have max foods unlocked) and passed out did not get one tentacle even when I managed several 3 star pulls. I give up - the pc fishing control is not that precise on top of my carpel tunnel.

[magdalena]

ah how bad it is for the animals, and for tentacle fishing I also dropped, also impossible with the keyboard ...

[magdalena]

.... fed up .... I just lost all my energy once again while fishing, even when the fish are sleeping .... I think I will no longer fish ...

[roka_flonja]

Hey magdalena,

you´ll have the chance to get fish on another way. Just have a look into in our sneak peek. The tentacles can be catched but you need to do 3 stars pulls only :)

Cheers,
Flo

[magdalena]

I dropped fishing for big fish, my fingers hurt too much, thank you. ^^

[Psyringe]

Originally posted by roka_flonja:

The tentacles can be catched but you need to do 3 stars pulls only :)

I've played the game to the end of the story, and I'm currently hunting for collectibles and achievements before I'll wrap it up. After that, I'll write a review. I'm not sure yet whether it'll be a positive or a negative one, but the tentacles are pushing it very close to the latter.

This has been an extremely easy and forgiving game in every other respect. It's impossible to get stuck, you don't get punished for passing out, you don't get punished for trying to make incorrect gifts, your crew happiness will progress even if you serve pure corn stew forever (it just goes slower), and the fights against the pirate ghosts can be won without any buffs by just running in circles and timing your strikes right. Nothing in this game provides any sort of challenge, not even a mild one - the entire game presents itself as a beautiful world built to relax in, not to challenge the player. In fact, the very first line in the game's store text advertises it as a _casual_ adventure.

And then there's the _ridiculous_ difficulty spike that the tentacles pose. While everything else can be done without any buffs, the tentacles seem impossible even with the strongest fishing buffs available. And the developer doesn't seem to understand the problem with this massive imbalance, and tells his players (smiling) that the tentacles _can_ be caught ... the players _just_ need to pull off a feat (several consecutive perfect pulls) that is impossible for many. Great.

I don't think you're actually trying to lampoon your players (although your response could definitely be read that way) and are just severely out of touch with the players' experience. But unfortunately that's not much better, as it doesn't sound likely that the issue will actually be addressed.

It's a shame. This has been such a beautiful, relaxing, upbeat game until I ran into this massive difficulty spike. And actually I'm usually fine with not being able to do everything in other games - but in this case I do find it aggravating, because the game consistently (for 20+ hours) presented itself as one to relax in, before then breaking its own design philosophy.

[roka_flonja]

Hi Psyringe,

I can understand the frustation about catching the tentacles and I´ll forward it to the devs! I am very sorry that it feels so unbalanced and we are always trying to implement as much feedback as possible into our game.

Thank you for this feedback!

Cheers,
Flo from rokaplay

[Psyringe]

Originally posted by roka_flonja:

I can understand the frustation about catching the tentacles and I´ll forward it to the devs! I am very sorry that it feels so unbalanced and we are always trying to implement as much feedback as possible into our game.

Thanks for your reply. I have actually managed to catch the tentacles in the meantime, after stocking up on "level 6 Angler" food, maxing out the happiness of all crew members, wearing a farmer's outfit, and using the "Energized" bonus from eating stew. I'm not sure which of these actually contributed to making the tentacles easier, but the effect that sometimes restores energy instead of removing it proved very useful.

Additionally, I turned the sound off and focused solely on the ripples in the water. Turning the sound off actually helped because the "splash" sounds that followed my own clicks, as well as the "shrieks" that come together with the red exclamation mark, kept messing up my rhythm.

I _do_ still think that the difficulty of the tentacles is out of balance with the rest of the game and especially with it being advertised as a casual adventure, and I still think that changing this part would be an improvement to the game. But I'm less frustrated now. ;)

[pollyann2000]

Thank you Psyringe for your tips on how to finally catch the tentacles! Until there are changes to make the fishing better, I will take your advice.

I agree, fishing takes too much energy! Really, fishing is supposed to be a relaxing activity in the real world! So it seems strange that reeling in something costs so munch energy. Actually, the only time in the game where I pass out, EVER, is fishing.

Otherwise I like the game okay! Was glad to see improvement in the speed of walking.

Thank you Flo from rokaplay!