{"id":23325,"date":"2023-09-06T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T00:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=23325"},"modified":"2023-07-16T11:47:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T11:47:41","slug":"isle-of-jura-fishing-trip-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/06\/isle-of-jura-fishing-trip-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Isle of Jura: Fishing Trip (Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>You are Alex, a university student working on a school project where you need animal samples for research.\u00a0 Your mom suggests visiting your grandfather on a small island for a fishing trip.\u00a0 This game allows you to explore a little island where you can fish in ponds, streams, and the ocean, earning money to buy better gear so you can catch more fish.\u00a0 Isle of Jura: Fishing Trip is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

When you start, you can first pick your gender but change it at any time at the title screen.\u00a0 Upon arriving on the island, your first task is to meet your grandfather and get a fishing net.\u00a0 This island is very small and only has a few houses.\u00a0 Your grandfather\u2019s is one and you\u2019ll visit him to buy more gear and get fishing tips.\u00a0 Another house holds a small collection of artifacts and when you catch something that isn\u2019t a fish, donate it here to add to the collection.\u00a0 Finally is a restaurant where you can sell fish to earn money to buy more gear.<\/p>\n

Now armed with a net, you can explore the little 3D island and catch creatures in shallow water with your net.\u00a0 While in shallow water, press the R button to get in a catching stance, then wait until you see something to catch.\u00a0 When you do, a mini-game will play where you must press the R button again when it\u2019s over a green bar.\u00a0 Do this successfully to catch something.\u00a0 As soon as you earn enough money doing this, you can buy a regular fishing rod for angling in the ocean and ponds.\u00a0 For this rod, you must press the R button to cast and hold to cast further.\u00a0 When you hear water sounds gurgling, keep an eye on your bobber and when it sinks, press the R button again.\u00a0 Now you must hold the R button but release it when a meter gets too high and press again when it gets low so you don\u2019t break your line or let the fish escape.<\/p>\n

After that you can buy a fly fishing rod for the streams.\u00a0 Here you\u2019ll hold onto the R button to slowly reel in, and when the bobber sinks, you\u2019ll play a different mini-game where you must press L and R to keep a line inside a constantly moving green bar.\u00a0 After that you can buy weights for deeper ocean fishing, but I didn\u2019t notice any difference with those.\u00a0 Finally you can always buy a one time use magnet for catching artifacts.<\/p>\n

My first problem with the game is when you get the fly fishing rod, as the mini-game you play for it is nigh impossible.\u00a0 I hit a roadblock there and stopping playing shortly after that.\u00a0 Also the graphics could\u2019ve been better.\u00a0 Looks like something you would\u2019ve seen on the PSOne or N64.\u00a0 I wish you could change the camera angles around and the island is just so small.\u00a0 I like the idea of a game where you do nothing but fish on an island, as that\u2019s one of my favorite things to do in Animal Crossing.\u00a0 But this game could\u2019ve used a lot more polish in that regard.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Isle of Jura: Fishing Trip is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Alcohol Reference.\u00a0 I really don\u2019t remember anything, but they probably just mention it in the text only very sparingly.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the text, and younger players may get frustrated at the difficulty of the later half of the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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