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Fishing games don’t come much cuter than the Animal Crossing style island of WebfishingFrom scritches to riches
From scritches to riches
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / lamedeveloper
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / lamedeveloper
What is the cutest type of eyeball? This question has plagued the games industry since Nintendo first allowed millions of unsupervised children to play god with Mii avatars and their customisable peepers. In low-stakes fishing gameWebfishing, you can give your fuzzy avatar one of 33 styles of eye (I counted). This is the mark of a solidAnimal Crossing-like. There’s a lot of other character creation bits and bobs, of course, but you’ll have to catch a bunch of bass and sell the haul to unlock every boopable nose and bleppy smile.
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There’s a quest board with lists of fish types to catch, rewarding you with cash and clothes. You can buy a “fishing buddy” who will auto-catch fish for you in your downtime. And in keeping with fishing game tradition, you will not only catch sturgeon, pike, octopus, and salmon, but also plastic trash, snails, useless tiddlers, and the occasional old boot. You can buy a six-pack of beer and a fistful of scratchcards down in the dodgy dock shop, then spend all your time frivolously scratching away your earnings. The annoyed look your avatar gets when they lose is adorable.
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / lamedeveloper
It’s been quite a good month for Animal Crossing style relax-o-zones.Kind Words 2offers a small diorama town to explore whilesending and receiving letters of sympathyfrom other players.Amber Isleis a crafting-heavy and kids-friendly Animal Crossing with dinosaurs. And now this lets you enjoy the peaceful life of reeling in fresh bluefish while a pink Shiba Inu next to you tries to remember theStardew Valleytheme on their guitar. I am not accounting for the griefers who will inevitably play Wonderwall.
Webfishing first appeared a couple of years agoon Itch. But it’s been remadefor Steamand the lapsed servers have been revived this week. It’s also invitingly cheap, at less than £5. For the chance to fill up another video game aquarium with rare monsters, that’s not bad. Just don’t forget to invest in a good pair of eyes.
