{"id":17191,"date":"2017-12-06T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T00:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=17191"},"modified":"2017-11-12T06:30:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T06:30:28","slug":"rapala-fishing-pro-series-ps4-xbox-one-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/06\/rapala-fishing-pro-series-ps4-xbox-one-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapala Fishing Pro Series (PS4, Xbox One, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Surprisingly, I\u2019ve found many fishing video games to be quite fun.\u00a0 And the newest is Rapala Fishing Pro Series for PS4, Xbox One, and PC (PS4 version reviewed here).\u00a0 So is this game a keeper or one you\u2019ll want to throw back?\u00a0 Read on and find out!<\/p>\n

Play control is the same in all modes, and is pretty easy to learn. First you drive your boat around a lake with the L pad and R2 shoulder button.\u00a0 When you see fish on the radar, you can stop and cast.\u00a0 Casting has a meter similar to golf games.\u00a0 It\u2019s hard to get your timing just right, but it doesn\u2019t seem to matter in the game too much.\u00a0 Once you have your lure in the water, you can reel it in with the R2 button.\u00a0 Each lure will attract different kinds of fish, and you can equip them in the boat by pressing the triangle button.\u00a0 Also, you can wiggle the lures while in the water to tempt the fish, and each lure has a different button press code to wiggle, but it\u2019s pretty easy to learn since the game shows you which are the correct directions to press.\u00a0 Once a fish bites, set the hook by pressing up and reel it in with R2.\u00a0 Use the L stick to pull left and right, and if you can keep the fish in a center square long enough, you can press R3 to get a reel in bonus and pull the fish in faster.\u00a0 The game does a good job teaching you the basics in the beginning, and you can always replay the tutorial if you need a refresher.<\/p>\n

There are three modes of play.\u00a0 In Solo Mode, you can pick any lake you want to start in, and they\u2019re all based on real life lakes.\u00a0 They even have Lake Guntersville in Alabama!\u00a0 Yay! (I have many relatives that live near that lake, and I\u2019ve been on it several times, myself)\u00a0 As you fish, you\u2019ll get certain goals to reach, like catch a certain number of fish, catch a fish higher than a certain weight, etc.\u00a0 When you complete a goal, you\u2019ll earn cash money.\u00a0 Use the money in the shop to buy more lures, better rods, and improved fish finders and radar, as well as gear for your fisher avatar.\u00a0 You\u2019ll also need a little bit of money to compete in the other modes as well.<\/p>\n

Such is the case with Tournament Mode.\u00a0 Here you compete with other computer anglers and if you rank high enough, you can earn cash, too.\u00a0 There are several different events that you compete in and they last around 15 or so minutes each.\u00a0 Only problem is they\u2019re not so clear on the rules.\u00a0 You\u2019ll know what kinds of fish you need to catch, but it\u2019s not told if you need to catch a certain number or a certain weight.\u00a0 Also, they don\u2019t tell you that the time limit includes your trip back to the pier, so you might get penalized if you don\u2019t get back in time and aren\u2019t familiar with how these tournaments work<\/p>\n

The last mode is the Daily Challenges.\u00a0 They change every day, and you can choose from several tasks, like catching a certain number of fish or getting the biggest fish.\u00a0 You can even upload your scores to a leaderboard, and you don\u2019t even need a PS Plus account to do so.\u00a0 If you rank high enough, you can earn money this way, too, but it\u2019s really hard to do!<\/p>\n

Aside from the unclear rules in the tournaments, I couldn\u2019t find many other major faults.\u00a0 Although it does seem like one big commercial for Rapala\u2019s lures and other fishing gear.\u00a0 It\u2019s not very realistic, as fish just seem to line up to bite your line, but I didn\u2019t mind that as it means you\u2019re always doing something.\u00a0 The graphics aren\u2019t that great, but they\u2019re at least serviceable.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a good way to describe the whole game, really.\u00a0 Serviceable.\u00a0 Not great, but not bad either.\u00a0 I got some mild fun out of it at least, anyway.<\/p>\n

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Nothing violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text.\u00a0 The game might be considered somewhat educational as it shows all kinds of fish.\u00a0 Rapala Fishing Pro Series is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Surprisingly, I\u2019ve found many fishing video games to be quite fun.\u00a0 And the newest is Rapala Fishing Pro Series for PS4, Xbox One, and PC (PS4 version reviewed here).\u00a0 So is this game a keeper or one you\u2019ll want to throw back?\u00a0 Read on and find out! Play control is the same in all modes, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17193,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17191\/revisions\/17193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}