Ridiculous Fishing EX

Ridiculous Fishing EX

released on Jul 14, 2023

Ridiculous Fishing EX

released on Jul 14, 2023

A remake of Ridiculous Fishing

An updated, handcrafted game about fishing with guns, chainsaws & toasters. Follow Billy as he tries to find redemption from his uncertain past. Chase your destiny on the high seas and embark on a heroic quest for gills and glory. An all-new 3D Ridiculous Fishing built from the ground up by the original award-winning team, with new features:


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Delightful little game. Literally laughed out loud when I rediscovered the core mechanic. Couldn’t really put it down once I started. Tilt and tap controls on iOS feel great. Would play more fishing games if they included guns!

The platonic ideal of phone games, now even better! Some grinding feels unnecessary, but otherwise it’s nearly perfect.

I’ve started a few NG+ by now and am enjoying the loop. Progress will be slow as I pick up the game again here and there and I’ve feel I’ve had my fun with it. Tilt controls felt sublime at the start and it sadly got worse the longer I played. Maybe that’s due to how the game asks more of you the more you play.

This game is decent. The gameplay loop of trying to get as deep as possible in the sea, try to capture as many fish as you can on the way back and then shoot them while they’re floating in the air is genius. It might sound ridiculous but it totally works. I also like all the options around the game like a shop, kind of a tik tok and a fish bestiary.

The negatives were unfortunately enough to stop playing for the time being at least. I have 2 main issues, the progression system and the lack of certain control options. The game is quite a big grind in different ways. I’m fine with having to discover x amount of fish before going to new fishing spots but I’m not a fan of how the upgrades in the shop have been handled. You can’t fish fully deep unless you buy upgrades for every limit and some of all the upgrade types are too expensive. I hate reaching my upper limit and then having to give up because I don’t have an upgrade that lets me go further. As for the controls, you’re not allowed to use the touchscreen for the first 2 steps of the fishing process. You have to move your iPad/iPhone physically left or right. You can only use the touch screen when shooting or using the menu. It’s more annoying on an iPad. I combined my controller with the touch screen to get around this issue but it shouldn’t be like this. It would have been a far better experience if full touch screen was allowed.

This is a good game that will most likely appeal to the ones who want to play it in short sessions for a long period of time. It could have been much better though.