Climbing that ladder may take a little while, but the fun is in the fishing, so just keep casting and catching. Once you hit level 50, you’ll unlock the last location in England and have access to everywhere. The store doesn’t use real money, but instead uses in-game currency you’ll earn through catching fish and finishing missions.Īs you climb up the XP ladder, you’ll eventually unlock all 19 locations and these range from lake and river environments in the Florida Everglades to the banks of the Volga River in Russia. The catalog is massive and has over 1000 items you’ll need in order to catch fish around the world. It teaches you how to assemble your rod and reel, what bait to use, which hooks or lures to use, as well as how to navigate the huge selection of items in the online fishing catalog. The first location does spoil you a little bit, as it tells you exactly when to fish, and what to use to catch the specific fish you are hunting for. The tutorial does a very good job of taking someone who knows little about fishing, and preparing them for reeling in trophy size fish in no time. It’s the perfect little spot to run through most of the tutorials that will teach you the basics of fishing using both bait and lures. You’ll start out on a nice little lake in northeastern Texas, fishing in the relatively shallow waters for almost a dozen different species of fish. The game starts out with just a few locations unlocked and more locations become available as you raise your overall Fisherman Level. The Fisherman: Fishing Planet includes all content created to date for Fishing Planet, and is a stand alone title that is completely separate from the original, in that no progress carries over.

Buying different packs gave you specific gear for specific locations and species of fish, but those micro-transactions would add up over time. The base game was OK, but the reel fun came with the DLC you had to purchase. The original release of Fishing Planet saw a free-to-play title that ended up with a huge following, with over 7 million downloads. Is the game truly fintastic or is it just a pain in the bass?

Fishing Planet LLC’s and Big Ben Interactive’s upcoming fishing simulator The Fisherman: Fishing Planet is set to release as an Ultimate Edition in a few days, but we have been trotting the globe and wading in to the action for a week.

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