I like fishing in video games. I already went over this final week with Out Fishingso I will not repeat myself rather more. However I do desperately must inform you about FISH³, or FISH³: FISHTASTIC FISHING FISHSCAPES, a really unconventional fishing sport that is additionally an arcade time trial racerthe place the fish you catch are additionally your boat’s engine, and you’ll fish when you’re racing? If, like me, that whole description has you considering “come once more”, then learn on.
So, here is the way it works. Ranges begin off with you catching a fish, which entails transferring your analogue sticks (controller solely it appears, sorry mouse and keyboard diehards) into specific spots and hitting L2 and R2 to construct up some meter to catch it. The racing half itself is akin to one thing like Wave Race 64, with ramps and nets to offer you boosts and get in your method alongside the course.
What actually makes the entire expertise unusual is that when you attempt to navigate a course, you may as well catch extra fish, since you even have two fishing rods. This then presents a single analogue stick model of the identical minigame, although this one requires extra particular timing as you need to hit R2 concurrently an arrow that is spinning round in a circle.
Now, to be clear: FISH³, in its present state, is jank as hell. I had a go on the demo and it’s a sensory overload to begin off with. And but, I am additionally extremely fascinated by it. Like many arcade racers, you’ve got goal occasions and scores to beat, the previous doubtlessly hindered by you taking too lengthy to reel in additional fish (and different issues), the latter bolstered by catching a lot of fish (and different issues).
There’s completely the muse of a particular, however very odd, arcade sport in there, one which I can see the most important of sickos determining strats most of us will solely be capable of take pleasure in by clips on TikTok. I am fairly wanting ahead to seeing the way it shapes up, and in case you are too, then you’ll be able to wishlist it on Steam right here.
