Pros & Cons
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- Ridiculous.
- Fishing.
- Great visual and musical style.
- Great sense of humor.
- Lots of power-ups and unlockables.
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- Gyro controls a bit touchy.
"This is Billy," says Ridiculous Fishing, Vlambeer's iPhone re-imagining (App Store, $2.99) of their Flash game. "He fishes like a champ." And fish he does, in this amazing and truly ridiculous mobile game that will challenge you as often as it makes you laugh.
The Deadliest Catch
The game starts innocently enough. You toss your fish hook over the side of a small, retro-pixelated boat. As it descends, you avoid the passing fish because as soon as you snag one, your hook starts to ascend. On the way up, the game changes: now you have to hook as many fish as you can before you hit the water's surface. The deeper you go, the trickier it gets, until you hook the rare boss-type fish at the bottom of each area.
View All Then it gets ridiculous.
Once out of the water, the fish are flung into the air and you tap the screen furiously to shoot them with the firearm of your choice. Each blast drives them higher above the clouds, the moon, and eventually the stars. I prefer the mini-gun for this portion of the game, but I've yet to unlock all the firearms the game has to offer.
Final Thoughts
Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption (for iPhone)
Ridiculous Fishing lives up to its name providing hours of outrageous fun with the world's most dedicated sportsman.