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Pro Fishing Challenge
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 11 critic reviews
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Based on 8 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Atlus Software
Developer: Opus
Genre(s): Sports, Fishing
Players: 8
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: August 31, 2004
Summary
Explore 4 massive photorealistic lakes and customize your own fisherman in Atlus' Pro Fishing Challenge. This simulation of lake environments and fish ecology includes variable weather effects, water temperature and wind speed; and 100 pieces of tackle like rods, lines, reels and lures make this the ultimate in fishing simulations. Plus, Pro Fishing Challenge is the only fishing game with Online Multipayer, allowing you to challenge the best anglers from around the world!
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
GameZone
Having a game that is so close to the real thing is a unique treat-- if you appreciate that fishing is NOT easy and something only for drunken rednecks to waste their days doing. It is challenging, unpredictable and requires strategy.
Read Full Review >IGN
PFC is almost daunting in its information and stress on realism. I dig it, but outside of gameplay, there's nothing that hasn't been done before and better.
Read Full Review >XboxAddict
It is much more of a simulation than any of the other fishing games out there. There are not crazy camera angles or strange arcade play modes.
Read Full Review >Xbox Evolved
Pro Fishing Challenge's best feature is that it offers an online experience. Playing online will give you a much better outlook on the game as you can chat away with friends and compare your fish.
Read Full Review >Team Xbox
PFC’s generous amount of online text and training will make you proficient at landing big fish, but you have to want to sit down and get into a simulation of this nature.
Read Full Review >Official Xbox Magazine
Casting and reeling are both saddled with overly sensitive controls and there's little instruction as to how to work each lure type. With an unimpresive graphics engine, this one is a candidate to be tossed back. [Oct 2004, p.74]
GameSpot
The game's methodical pacing and occasional assumption that you already know everything about fishing can make it rather inaccessible to the common player.
Read Full Review >Game Chronicles
The game’s new above-water struggle and online capabilities bring something new to the Xbox, but after that, we really have the same old fishing experience we had on the Dreamcast years ago.
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
I could see lots of anglers trying their hand at this game if it were installed in the local bait & tackle store but I can't see many gamers getting much replay value out of it at home.
Game Informer
A foul dead fish aroma surrounds every gameplay aspect. The techniqes of casting, jigging, setting the hook, and landing the fish are miserably executed. [Sept 2004, p.115]
Read Full Review >Xbox Nation Magazine
For casual players, Challenge provides all of the tedium of fishing with little of the pleasure, such as napping in the boat. Napping in front of the Xbox doesn't have the same appeal. [Oct 2004, p.95]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Greg N. gave it a10:
awesome game, alot of fun online. Need to come out with a new one that you can actually find in the store. No better fishing game out there yet.
Blue Falcon gave it a 3:
I didn't find much redeeming about this one.
John M. gave it a 10:
No doubt this is a great game. Don't trust the reviews you have read, just look at the user reviews. If you like fishing games, this is the best one you will ever play. With over 20 types of freshwater fish, it will keep you playing for a while. Much more fun with the fishing controller (as all fishing games are).
JOHN C. gave it a 10:
This game is great and deserves the score I'm giving it. Graphics don't make the game, gameplay does .. just ask yourself, what were people doing years ago with GeForce cards? Were those games any less fun to play?
Tom B. gave it a 10:
Absolutely fantastic game. There is not many better either single player and Live games. Very realistic, live is way too cool. Great graphics, great realism. You MUST get this game... fantastic,... ignore the magazine reviews, they're anti-fishing.
Dave C gave it a 9:
This is WAAAAYYY better than Pro Cast Fishing. The water effects are cool. Tackle box could hold MORE than 30 lures. Should be called a Fishing Simulator because it is the most 'realistic" of the games out there.
Troy gave it a 10:
Finally a good fishing game!
