App Store Editors’ Notes

Still Playable!

This app needs an update for sure, but you can progress through the game. I am running an iPhone XS and have gotten far in this game. Issues: - Scaling: fish and fisherman are small - Backgrounds for phone / Fishopedia / Byrdr are unscaled (text is more readable in some of the locales than others depending on the different sky colors) - Money and gas meter are very small - Money meter is in the top middle of the screen instead of the far right - Shop screen is correct scale but the “buy/equip” button is invisible (you can still touch the area under the shop items, about 1/3 from the right, to buy things) - Store prices are partially obstructed by store items. (You can drag the first and second item columns down to better see the price) The game mechanics still work! With a little poking around on the store screen, you can buy things that you can afford and make progress. I am nearly finished with the game, in the endgame (5/6 achievements) and working on getting the expensive store items. Good luck, and I hope Vlambeer updates this great, CLASSIC iOS game!

Best Fishing Game on the App Store

I have spent over $1,000 in games for iOS, and I can say with confidence that I regret 99% of my purchases. This game, however, from the moment I bought it and up to today, has always been worth it. It combines a unique approach to iOS games that rely on movement of your phone with a story that will make you laugh and cry. The story is emotional and well told, but also completely unessential to the gameplay. If you just want that high score, you don’t have to pay attention to the story, because it doesn’t matter! If you want it though, the story is there for you, with it’s loving message about family and redemption. I wouldn’t recommend this game to anyone who wants to play a realistic fishing game, but I would recommend it to anyone who wants to play a fun game that combines the most essential parts of life: fishing, hunting, and family. P.S. There are many clones of this game, please don’t buy them. Ridiculous Fishing was made by the original developers of Radical Fishing, the first game that combined fishing with throwing fish in the air and shooting them. This is the original game, don’t pay for clones!

More needed 2020 and still waiting. 2023. Please!! More. 2024! I believe.

A truly great game. One word: More. 7 years and counting. Still waiting. You gots this. Give it to us! Update: still no more. Need more. Look at "plague inc." you could be millionaires with a cult following for years. We will pay for more!! Update May 2018: I still look all the time for more. Or a sequel. I am begging you. All of us are begging you. Where can I send the cash? Seriously. Update Oct 2018: Please? I am tossing money to worthless games. I want to give it to you. Update Dec 2019, with sugar on top? Just tell me where to donate. I’m begging you. Where can I send money? Still the best. 2020 Update July 2020. Virtual fishing. Perfect for a pandemic. Pleeease! More. I will keep begging. Update May 2023. My life cannot be complete without more. You complete me one might say. If one wanted a copyright infringement lawsuit. Please. More? Update February 2024: I believe. I still believe.

The BEST

I got this app years ago and played it once. So, the other day, I’m on hour 4 of a 6 hour plane ride, and I’ve listened to all the music and audiobooks I can tolerate. I’m scrolling through my phone looking for something new and I find this preposterous thing! Two hours later, my wife has to nudge me to say the plane has landed and I have to get off. She thought I’d lost my mind, all the more so when I tried to explain the premise of the game. The thing is, there is no barrier to entry. Any idiot can play instantly. But there’s a lot to learn - rolled out at just the right pace. And no jamming you up for money. What a breath of fresh air! And the humor in the game is just the greatest - no small part of its appeal. This is just perfect for withdrawing from the world yet retaining the ability to rejoin, reluctantly, if needed. The best!!!

Quite a Remarkable Game, but..

I love this game, i’ve played this game for years and i’ve wanted to play it again recently, but as soon as I downloaded it, I saw that the UI and interface are all messed up, the visuals are not how they’re supposed to be, and I wish that could be fixed so we could all enjoy the game again. I use an Iphone 8 plus and i’ve also heard this “bug” affects IPhone X’s, and it’d just be a dream come true if we got an update for this. I wouldn’t even want them to add anything to the game, just to make it playable. Because to me it’s already perfect as it is, it’s just this minor inconvenience that really doesn’t allow anyone to play or get the full experience.

Plz update this game!!!

I Love the idea of a good grinding game and this is the one for me, but sadly I notice that the game is having a lot of problems: 1. When you start the game the menu and everything is too small to see what you are doing, 2. The store function works ok, however I cannot tell of if I bought something or not and that’s one of many other problems with this game. I hope that the developers have the time to fix these issues as soon as possible. I still think that this game deserves to have a good 5/5 star rating if these issues were fixed then maybe many people would have a better experience with this the same as I do.

Once a grand game, languishing for want of an update…

Ridiculously funny game with a good sense of humor. Sadly, the last update “for newer devices” isn’t current, and a lot of screens (like even the 8 plus I’m still using) leave basic UI elements misplaced. Notably, the “buy” element in the store, critical for advancing the storyline at all, isn’t usable. If you have an old, old device — yeah, older than mine, go for it. Billy’s journey is memorable, and finding the deepest fish to blow sky high is as ridiculous as it gets. But until this is updated, if you’ve a modern device, you’ll be stuck like me in the shallow end of the pond. Can’t even buy the fishing cap!

Game is absolutely broken. Do not buy.

All banners are too small for a modern phone screen. The visual elements are all completely broken, either the wrong size or just disappearing. The store is completely broken, it’s impossible to purchase anything due to the broken visual effects. This means that any gameplay past the first 25 seconds is completely blocked off. This is easily the second worst $3 I have ever spent, right after paying 3 hobos to kick me in the rear end as hard as they can. The worst part is that once you spend your hard earned money, it is impossible to go to iTunes and get a refund. Vlambeer, if you’re reading this, I highly recommend you remove this app from the app store. While this is not quite theft, it is extraordinarily scummy to leave a broken game on the app store while still collecting payment for said game.