Hooked Inc: Fishing Games

I think this game is a blast and I’ve really enjoyed playing it along with enjoying myself during the events. This game is really fleshed out with a lot to do and a fun progression system and a lot of unlockables. However, this game also needs some improvements. For anyone who is just starting out, be warned there are ads. They weren’t really apparent but one day I was playing and all of a sudden anytime I opened a package, or a gem chest, I was forced to watch an ad. It had never happened before but it became very frustrating very fast so I gave up and begrudgingly paid for no ads. The only current prominent problem I’ve been running into since is constant freezing when I start up the game, it hasn’t been much of an issue besides being a minor inconvenience to close out the app and then reopen it. However I’ve recently come to realize that it has been robbing me of certain achievement rewards for the event due to freezing right after I claimed them, which has left me quite disheartened as there’s no way to reclaim those lost rewards. I write this review because I wish for the team behind the game to please fix this issue, as I wish to continue playing this game yet these freezing issues are making me feel less and less motivated to play knowing that all my effort might again end in vain.

This game is great for people who like calming, simple games, that are straight to the point. The whole objective of the game is to catch fish, upgrade your boat, and get to new locations. The new locations don’t give you new challenges or anything, they just give you new fish to catch. I find this extremely convenient and fun because also when you get a school of fish it’s just so satisfying to see hundreds of fish go into your boat all at once. And when you get some of those tool upgrades, it’s so nice to see how much more efficient your boat gets. If this game were to be described in one word, it would be Satisfying. Not just in how you catch and upgrade everything, but the convenience and simplicity of the menus and everything. And almost never get any ads either. That is what always makes me delete games: the incredible amount of ads. But when you do watch ads, it’s worth it because of the amount of gems you can get, and the boosters from the wheel. Thanks to the devs for making this game just so perfect. This is a definite 10/10 for me.

Many apps have a ad cool down, where once I’ve watched an ad willingly to get a reward, the normal actions that trigger ads won’t trigger. Idle world, for example, has this feature. This game… does not. If I watch an ad to double my reward on a crate, when the ad ends and I can hit claim, another ad plays. These ads are the type where “30 seconds maximum” is very loose, where after the 30 seconds, another 15 second clip plays, then you have to find the tiny x button while the information for the ad keeps popping up. And then there’s another one. These triggered ads don’t have a small timer before you can x out alike most unwanted ads; you have to watch the entire 45+ seconds to claim your reward. The crates come pretty frequently, too, so this happens many, many times. Oh, and if you exit out of the app and come back in to trick the system into thinking you’ve already watched the ad, at any point? You get no reward and all the crates you’ve stacked up have $0 in them now. And airplane mode doesn’t work. It’s so simple to just disable the ad that pops up when I hut claim immediately after I’ve already watched an entire ad. The game layout is great. The simple art is lovely. The mechanics are simple and easy to understand. Even the pacing of the game makes sense. Truly, a 5 star game. But the ads annoy me so, so much that I’m on the verge of deleting the game altogether.