This took a bit to get its teeth into me, but once I (somewhat ironically) got past the point where I needed to be actively fishing, it really grew on me. Once money came from crab pots and nets, and I was able to focus on the mood of the different areas of the game and on doing the various quests I found it got a bit more fun. The standard video game loop of upgrading the ship in order to be more powerful and be able to accomplish things that you couldn't previously have done was very well done here and quite satisfying.

I did find the "find me this fish" "now find me this fish" style of quests to be a bit repetitive and less fun, but there wasn't really much padding here. The game got in and got out, did what it wanted to do, and did it well.