Info about Fishing Planet:

Official game description:
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Explore **Skårland Fjord**, Norway - a cold-water destination packed with depth and challenge. Discover **25 brand-new species**, from Norwegian Atlantic Salmon, Herring, and multiple Cod species to apex predators like the European Angler. Face true giants including **Atlantic Halibut, Porbeagle Shark, European Sea Sturgeon, and the legendary Greenland Shark**.
With **79 fish variations** in total, Skårland Fjord is one of the most diverse waterways in the game. To support deep and heavy catches, the update introduces **two new equipment categories**: _Electric Saltwater Bottom Casting Rods_ and _Electric Saltwater Casting Reels_.  
Also includes several quality-of-life improvements such as **Inventory Sorting**, easier repairs with **Repair Kits**, and a new **heavy-fish crane** for enhanced Photomode shots.
About the Game
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Fishing Planet® is a highly realistic **first-person online multiplayer** fishing simulator. Developed by avid fishing enthusiasts to bring you the full thrill of actual angling on your PC.
**Free-to-Play** on all platforms and just a download away!
**Fishing Together with other players on the same boat**. Our ocean fishing yachts can accommodate 2-5 friends simultaneously.
Compete online with other players in **events and competitions** with personal scores, achievements, leader boards and top-players lists.
**Highly realistic world of fishing on your screen:**
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*   200+ species of fish with complex AI driven behavior depending on seasons, climate, time of day, water current, bottom type, water and air temperature, wind and more.  
*   27 scenic waterways with photorealistic graphics from all around the world with their own climate conditions, landscapes, bottom topography and vegetation. All waterways are based on real locations.
*   Freshwater and saltwater fishing with their own features for realistic and immersive experience.  
*   Four types of fishing - float, spinning, bottom and saltwater trolling.  
*   Thousands of tackles and lure combinations with unique physical and hydrodynamic properties provide realistic biting. Each fish species attacks and fights based on real-life behavior.
*   Dynamic weather – day/night alternation, change of seasons, different weather conditions (rain, fog, bright sunshine), storms on the ocean.  
*   Dynamic water graphics that change depending on wind, current and depth. Splashes, waves and ripples on the water create a fully realistic fishing experience. Immersive environment sounds that enhance players' experience.  
*   Rideable kayaks and 3 types of motor boats, each with unique speed, durability and other parameters and features.
*   Ocean fishing yachts come equipped with rod holders for trolling and fish storage for massive ocean catches. These yachts feature unique Fish Finder 360 technology to help locate fish in the vast ocean.  
    Join the ultimate fishing adventure with Fishing Planet® and experience the most realistic and immersive fishing simulator available!

Release date: Aug 28, 2017

Categories: Fishing Simulation, First-Person Perspective, Multiplayer, Realistic Simulation, Equipment Customization, Dynamic Weather, Progression System, Relaxing Gameplay

Feature scans:
- MTX: score 95; verdict: Predatory Monetization; summary: The game is heavily criticized for its aggressive monetization strategies, including pay-to-win mechanics, overpriced DLCs, and a design that pushes players towards spending real money to progress. The grind is excessive, and many features are locked behind paywalls, making the game feel unfair and exploitative. Additionally, there are issues with false advertising and misleading content updates that disadvantage paying players.
- Wiki: score 10; verdict: Needs Improvement; summary: The primary issues identified from user feedback revolve around the lack of in-game guidance, outdated or insufficient external guides, and technical issues. Users frequently mention the need to rely on external resources like Google and YouTube to understand basic gameplay mechanics and to troubleshoot problems, which significantly impacts their gaming experience.
- Steam Deck: score 100; verdict: Broken; summary: The game suffers from significant issues related to the Denuvo Anti-Cheat system, which causes performance problems, frequent crashes, and account bans. The user interface and monetization practices are also criticized, impacting the overall user experience negatively.

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Below are summaries of things people say about the game per category.
Each point is assigned a weight that represents how often it is mentioned across all reviews.
What players like:
- Highly praised fishing gameplay (weight 0.97): The game is widely regarded as the best in its category, offering an immersive and enjoyable fishing experience. Players appreciate the realistic mechanics, variety of fish, and detailed equipment.
- Relaxing and enjoyable atmosphere (weight 0.72): The game provides a relaxing and calming experience, ideal for players seeking a peaceful and immersive environment. The sound design and graphics contribute to this atmosphere.
- Positive community and multiplayer (weight 0.71): The game has a strong and positive community, with enjoyable multiplayer experiences and regular tournaments. Players can compete with friends and participate in various events.
- Enjoyable and addictive gameplay (weight 0.64): The game is described as enjoyable and addictive, with a good balance of challenge and reward. Players find the gameplay satisfying and engaging, with a variety of missions and activities.
- Variety of content and customization (weight 0.49): Players appreciate the wide variety of fish, maps, equipment, and customization options. The game offers a rich and diverse experience with numerous combinations of gear and locations.
- Free-to-play friendly (weight 0.46): The game is praised for its free-to-play model, offering plenty of content without paywalls. Players can enjoy the game without spending real money, making it accessible to a wide audience.
- Regular updates and active developers (weight 0.45): The developers are active and continuously update the game, adding new content and fixing issues. This ongoing support enhances the game's longevity and player satisfaction.
- Realistic and detailed mechanics (weight 0.34): The game features deep and realistic fishing mechanics, including accurate fish behavior, detailed equipment, and lifelike graphics. This realism enhances the overall gaming experience.
- Strategic and patient gameplay (weight 0.04): The game encourages strategic thinking and patience, with a slow progression that is enjoyable. Players appreciate the challenge and the need for careful planning.
- DLCs enhance the experience (weight 0.04): The game offers DLCs that can enhance the overall experience, providing additional content and progression opportunities. Players appreciate the value added by these DLCs.
- Adrenaline and competition (weight 0.04): The game offers exciting multiplayer competitions and leaderboards, providing an adrenaline rush for competitive players. The atmosphere balances calm and concentration with competitive excitement.
- Environmental factors and dynamic weather (weight 0.04): The game includes dynamic weather conditions and environmental factors that affect fishing. This adds a layer of realism and strategy to the gameplay.
- Peaceful and captivating grind (weight 0.03): The game offers a peaceful and captivating grind, with plenty of content to keep players engaged. The progression system is designed to be enjoyable and rewarding.
- Multiple rods and kayaks (weight 0.03): Players can use multiple rods simultaneously and enjoy the use of kayaks, which are relatively inexpensive. This feature adds variety and fun to the fishing experience.

Common complaints:
- Aggressive monetization and pay-to-win mechanics (weight 0.93): The game is criticized for its aggressive monetization strategies, including expensive DLCs, microtransactions, and a pay-to-win model. Players feel forced to spend real money to progress or enjoy the game fully.
- Excessive grinding and slow progression (weight 0.75): Players frequently mention that the game requires excessive grinding for minimal rewards, making the progression system feel slow and tedious. This is particularly noted in higher levels where the experience needed to level up increases significantly.
- Poor game mechanics and bugs (weight 0.73): Many players report issues with game mechanics, particularly related to fishing, which feel unrealistic or poorly implemented. Additionally, the game is plagued with bugs and glitches that disrupt gameplay.
- Lack of tutorials and guidance (weight 0.67): New players find the game difficult to understand due to a lack of tutorials and in-game assistance. The steep learning curve and lack of detailed instructions make it hard for beginners to get started.
- Poor customer support (weight 0.62): The customer support team is often described as ineffective and unresponsive. Players feel ignored and report abusive or incompetent support staff.
- Unrealistic fish behavior (weight 0.62): The fish mechanics are criticized for being unrealistic and poorly implemented. Players report that fish fights feel scripted and lack depth, making the fishing experience less enjoyable.
- Unappealing graphics and animations (weight 0.6): The game's graphics and character animations are criticized for being unappealing and lacking detail. Players feel that the visual aspects of the game could be significantly improved.
- High difficulty for new players (weight 0.35): New players find the game overwhelming and difficult to get into. The lack of tutorials and the game's complexity make it hard for beginners to enjoy the game.
- Financial and time investment (weight 0.34): The game requires a significant financial and time investment to progress. Players feel that the game is designed to extract money from them, making it difficult to enjoy without spending.
- Frustrating and confusing UI (weight 0.21): The user interface is criticized for being cluttered and confusing. Players also report issues with menu navigation and a lack of necessary commands in the options menu.
- Constant ads and pop-ups (weight 0.18): Players are frustrated with the constant ads and pop-ups promoting premium accounts and DLCs. These interruptions are seen as obnoxious and disruptive to gameplay.
- Issues with updates and DLCs (weight 0.15): Recent updates and DLCs are criticized for not providing good value for money. Players report that new maps and content often feel like a letdown and do not improve the gaming experience.
- Server and connection issues (weight 0.15): Players experience frequent server crashes, connection issues, and VPN problems. The game's reliance on a single global server leads to downtime and access issues.
- Banning and anti-cheat issues (weight 0.04): Players report issues with the anti-cheat system, including being banned without valid explanations. Cheaters are also seen as a problem, winning tournaments unfairly.
- Lack of warnings and item management (weight 0.03): Players report a lack of warnings for losing items permanently and difficulties in managing in-game items. This can lead to wasting in-game money and frustration.

Gameplay feedback:
- Multiplayer and social features (weight 0.72): Players can enjoy multiplayer modes, including cooperative and competitive fishing with friends and other players. The game offers club formation, tournaments, and leaderboards for a social and engaging experience.
- Realistic fishing mechanics (weight 0.57): The game offers a highly realistic fishing experience with detailed fish behavior affected by various environmental factors such as weather, time of day, and water depth. Players can use a variety of fishing techniques and equipment to catch different species of fish.
- Equipment and customization (weight 0.55): The game provides a variety of fishing equipment and customization options. Players can choose and optimize their gear based on specific attributes, durability, and effectiveness for different fishing conditions.
- Variety of locations and fish (weight 0.54): The game features a wide range of fishing locations, including lakes, rivers, and oceans, each with unique fish species and environmental conditions. Players can travel to different maps and explore diverse waterways.
- Dynamic weather and environmental effects (weight 0.48): Weather conditions and environmental factors play a significant role in the game, affecting fish behavior and gameplay mechanics. Players need to adapt their strategies based on changing weather and time of day.
- Grindy progression system (weight 0.38): The game includes a progression system that requires grinding to level up and unlock new gear, locations, and fish species. Some players find the grinding necessary but challenging, while others criticize it as excessive.
- Missions and events (weight 0.32): The game includes various missions, events, and tournaments that provide rewards and challenges. Players can participate in daily and weekly missions, as well as community competitions and leaderboards.
- In-game economy and monetization (weight 0.18): The game features an in-game economy with travel costs, licensing systems, and monetization elements. Players can purchase gear, boats, and licenses using in-game currency, but some find the costs high and the monetization intrusive.

Performance notes:
- Frequent technical issues (weight 0.12): Players report a wide range of technical problems including glitches, connection issues, server access problems, frequent crashes, and buggy gameplay. These issues persist even after reinstalling the game and clearing cache and cookies.
- Optimization and performance (weight 0.05): The game has optimization issues with textures and poly count, and requires a high-end PC for smooth 60fps gameplay. However, it runs fairly smoothly on low-end hardware and is optimized for different graphics cards.
- Server and network problems (weight 0.04): Players experience server downtime, desyncs in Co-Op mode, and network issues causing high ping. These problems disrupt the gameplay experience significantly.
- Hardware corruption (weight 0.01): Some players report that the game has caused corruption of external SSDs, which is a severe issue affecting hardware.
- High-speed internet report (weight 0.01): A player reports having a high-speed internet connection of 900 mb/s, which may be relevant for context but does not indicate a specific issue.

Recommendations:
- Recommended for fishing enthusiasts (weight 0.3): The game is highly recommended for players who enjoy fishing, particularly those who appreciate detailed and realistic fishing simulations. It offers a relaxing yet rewarding experience, making it ideal for fishing enthusiasts and those seeking a calming gameplay.
- Tips for better gameplay (weight 0.07): Several tips are provided to improve gameplay, including using specific rods for bigger fish, adjusting time for peak fishing periods, and exploring each location thoroughly. These tips help players maximize their enjoyment and success in the game.
- Suggestions for game improvements (weight 0.06): Players have suggested various improvements such as adding more aesthetic choices, dynamic weather, skill trees, and interactive shops. These suggestions aim to enhance the overall gaming experience and provide more depth and variety.
- Financial advice for players (weight 0.05): Players are advised to be cautious with in-game purchases, such as avoiding early spending on repairs and DLCs, and saving gold coins for unique items. This financial advice helps players manage their resources more effectively.
- Premium purchases for faster progression (weight 0.04): Players suggest buying premium accounts or daily passes for faster leveling and additional benefits. These optional purchases can enhance the gaming experience for those willing to invest.
- Regional and language-specific suggestions (weight 0.02): Players have suggested adding more regional content, such as Ukrainian rivers, and providing guides in different languages. These suggestions aim to make the game more inclusive and accessible to a wider audience.
- Gameplay flexibility and options (weight 0.02): The game offers flexible objectives and gameplay styles, catering to both social and solo players. This flexibility allows players to choose how they want to enjoy the game.
- Specific equipment and strategies (weight 0.02): Recommendations include using specific rods for different types of fish and adjusting strategies based on time and location. These tips help players optimize their fishing experience.
- Authentic and immersive experience (weight 0.02): The game is praised for its authentic and immersive experience, offering great depth and a sense of progression. This makes it a worthwhile choice for players seeking a realistic fishing simulation.

Other player notes:
- Community seeks FP Collective (weight 0.01): Players are actively searching for a community site called FP Collective.
- Need for beginner tutorial (weight 0.01): There is a mention of a tutorial video aimed at beginners, indicating a demand for learning resources.

Emotions:
- Frustration (weight 0.42): Players are frustrated primarily due to the game's aggressive monetization practices, including excessive advertisements, pay-to-win mechanics, and high costs for progression and items. The grind required to level up and the slow progression system, coupled with frequent bugs, server issues, and a lack of guidance, further exacerbate this frustration. Additionally, the game's difficulty and punishing mechanics, such as fish escaping after long fights and the need to manage equipment and travel costs, contribute to a stressful and unsatisfying experience.
- Satisfaction (weight 0.18): Players find satisfaction in the game's realistic and immersive fishing experience, which includes detailed equipment choices, a variety of fish species, and challenging yet rewarding gameplay. The game's high-quality graphics, enjoyable mechanics, and the sense of achievement from mastering the game and catching big fish contribute to this satisfaction. Additionally, the game's respect for the player and the ability to play with friends enhance the overall positive experience.
- Enjoyment (weight 0.13): Players enjoy the game for its realistic and engaging fishing mechanics, which provide a fun and challenging experience. The variety of equipment, beautiful graphics, and the ability to play with friends contribute to the overall enjoyment. The game's depth and complexity, along with its relaxing and immersive atmosphere, make it appealing to both casual and dedicated players.
- Joy (weight 0.1): Players experience joy from the game's high level of realism, immersive gameplay, and beautiful graphics. The enjoyable and calming nature of the fishing experience, coupled with the variety of features and the sense of achievement from catching big fish, contribute to this joy. The positive community and the game's detailed and lifelike graphics further enhance the overall enjoyable experience.
- Disappointment (weight 0.06): Players feel disappointed due to the lack of certain features like fly fishing and the perceived poor value in DLCs, which are seen as tedious and not enjoyable. The high difficulty level, ineffective customer support, and the game's grind-heavy progression system also contribute to this disappointment. Additionally, the lack of language support and detailed instructions, as well as the absence of certain fish species, further detract from the overall experience.
- Anger (weight 0.05): Players are angered by the game's predatory monetization practices, including the need to spend money on premium time and DLC packs to progress. The game's broken content, wasted money on DLCs, and the inability to earn points without purchasing premium subscriptions contribute to this anger. Additionally, the game's persistent bugs, poor customer support, and hostile pricing models further exacerbate the frustration and anger.
- Excitement (weight 0.04): Players are excited by the game's realistic fishing mechanics, which include immersive gameplay and the thrill of catching large fish. The introduction of monster fish, fast-paced gameplay at higher levels, and the multiplayer fishing experience contribute to this excitement. The game's potential and the fun combat mechanics also add to the overall excitement.
- Relaxation (weight 0.02): Players find the game relaxing due to its peaceful environments, which include the sounds of water, birds, and nature. The game's relaxing nature and ideal settings for destressing contribute to this sense of relaxation. The peaceful and enjoyable environments make it a great way for players to unwind.
- Surprise (weight 0.01): Players are surprised by the game's high level of detail and realism, which exceeds their expectations. The reviewer specifically mentions being surprised by the game's realism, indicating that the game's attention to detail and lifelike graphics are noteworthy and unexpected.
- Happiness (weight 0.01): Players are happy with the game's realism and its positive impact on their real-life fishing skills. The therapeutic nature of the game and its multiplayer aspects contribute to this happiness. The game's ability to provide a relaxing and enjoyable experience further enhances the overall sense of happiness.
- Nostalgia (weight 0.01): Players feel nostalgic as the game brings back memories of fishing as a kid or with family. The game's ability to evoke these pleasant memories contributes to a sense of nostalgia, making the experience more personal and emotionally resonant.
- Enthusiasm (weight 0.01): Players are enthusiastic about the game's mechanics and design, which provide a rewarding and engaging experience. The benefits of completing missions and collecting species contribute to this enthusiasm, making the game more enjoyable and motivating.
- Patience (weight 0): Players appreciate that the game stimulates patience, requiring thoughtful choices and patience to achieve rewarding catches. This aspect of the game encourages players to take their time and enjoy the process, contributing to a more relaxed and satisfying experience.
- Empathy (weight 0): Players feel empathy as the game teaches them about the harsh life of a fisherman. This emotional connection to the character's struggles adds depth to the gameplay experience, making it more meaningful and relatable.
- Hope (weight 0): Players have hope for the game's potential, believing that it can improve and offer a better experience in the future. This sense of hope is driven by the game's promising features and the possibility of future updates and enhancements.
- Regret (weight 0): Players feel regret due to wasting in-game money, which can be frustrating and disappointing. This regret is often tied to the game's monetization practices and the feeling of not getting value for the money spent.
- Excited (weight 0): Players are excited about the game's saltwater locations, which have brought them back to the game and provided a blast of enjoyable gameplay. The introduction of new and engaging content contributes to this excitement, making the game more appealing and fun.
- Confused (weight 0): Players are confused about being banned with less than 1 hour of gameplay, which is unexpected and unclear. This confusion is tied to the game's customer support and moderation practices, which can be frustrating and difficult to understand.
- Annoyed (weight 0): Players are annoyed by the excessive ads in the game, which can be intrusive and disruptive to the gameplay experience. The frequency and persistence of these ads contribute to this annoyance, detracting from the overall enjoyment of the game.}