Fishing Barents Sea

Fishing Barents Sea

Take the helm of your very own fishing boat in Fishing: Barents Sea and explore the vastness of the Norwegian sea in search for the best fishing zones. Start with the little boat inherited from your grandfather, catch fish and earn money for upgrades as well as bigger and better boats. Enjoy the beautiful Barents Sea and make your fishing industry dreams come true.

Learn how to catch different kinds of fish with various fishing equipment on several different boats. Every method is easy to learn, but hard to master – time to show what you are made of!

Use officially licensed Scanmar equipment like door sensors and the TrawlEye to have complete control over your trawl. Upgrade it to make sure you get the biggest catch! But be sure to stay under your yearly fishing quotas, every step and every fishing run needs to be planned. 20 years of weather data recreate a realistic environment for the schools of fish in the Barents Sea, which move according to season and water temperature. It’s up to you to keep track of everything.

Visit the harbor pub to hire crew members or accept missions. At the port you are also able to repair or upgrade your ships, get a loan from the bank or buy supplies and bait at the shop.

Freely explore an open world environment which recreates the stunning landscapes of northern Norway. Look for the best fishing zones with the help of your sonar, radar and GPS and catch yourself the biggest profit.

Features:

  • Unreal™ 4 Engine for a beautiful open world environment
  • A huge map based on real landscapes in Norway
  • Dynamic day, night and moon cycles
  • Seasonal time effects and shifting weather
  • Seven playable ships
  • Semi-realistic fishing methods – easy to learn, hard to master
  • Advanced fish AI that influences your prey’s behavior
  • Includes licensed Catch Control Systems by Scanmar and officially licensed Hermes trawler
  • Inventory system to store knives, hooks and binoculars
  • Beautiful and lively environment with AI ships and fishing boats

Fishing Barents Sea Review

I wanted a fishing/crabbing game to fill the void of Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm for a long time. I was one of the few people that really enjoyed that game. Fishing: Barents Sea did a very good job of filling that void.

Fishing: Barents Sea is a commercial fisher based on longline, net, and trawling both Pelagic and Bottom. It does have a Crabbing DLC but with no additional achievements I doubt I’ll buy.

Good array of boats, starting from a little handed down single crew fishing boat up to giant multi crew trawlers. The first person mode and being able to walk around your ship is great. However I wish you could interact more with the ship in this mode.

Relaxing gameplay and nice suitable music.

The graphics are nice and the water effects are very good with nice swells in stormy weather etc. The longline/net catching and gutting mechanics are quite refreshing and different

The only real issue I have is game longevity and ease. Everything was over so quick, as a bit of an achievement hunter I do like a long term achievement, I’m not one of this instant gratification types who play Zup! to get 1000 achievements in 10 minutes but I do like the harder time consuming achievement as a target to grind towards. The catch 1000 tonnes of Mackerel sounds intimidating but I achieved that in 3 Trawler runs and 100 percented the game in 26 hours. I am aware the game does not really end and you can play for the leader boards in sandbox.

I wish the achievements were harder and took more time to achieve and I wish there was more elements of danger and random events, like Alaskan Storm.

I think this is a good game made by a small studio and they deserve props for it. I look forward to what they do in the future!

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Summary
A good solid fishing sim. More casual and than hardcore sim wise, but realistic enough to be enjoyable. It could use some polish but in its current state it provides a fun and enjoyable experience and a good value for the $20 price. I am enjoying it and highly recommed. If they add more in the future, great! If not, it's still a good solid game worth playing.
Good
  • Great end of the day chill game
  • Actually teaches you a bit about commercial ocean fishing
  • Easy mechanics to learn
8
Great
Gameplay - 8
Graphics - 8.1
Audio - 8
Longevity - 8

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