Critic Reviews
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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.
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| 72 |
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.
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| 72 |
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.
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| 71 |
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.
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| 71 |
TeamXbox
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.
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| 68 |
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]
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| 66 |
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.
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| 58 |
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.
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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.
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| 43 |
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]
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| 40 |
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]
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