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[Zia]

"A handcrafted game about fishing with guns, chainsaws & toasters."

Developer: Vlambeer (Super Crate Box), Zach Gage (SpellTower) and Greg Wohlwend (Hundreds)
Music: Eirik Suhrke (Hotline Miami, Spelunky, Super Crate Box)
Platform: iOS
Genre: Arcade
Price: $2.99 (App Store)
Release Date: March 14, 2013

Features:

• Hours of gameplay across the continents including a never-ending Infinite arcade world.

• Dozens of unlockables, weapons and items including popular fishing gear like the Most Expensive Hairdryer In The World and A Bowling Ball.

• Fish that become hats.

• No IAP - buy the game, play the game. No additional costs, no hidden fees. Even the hats are IAP-free.

• Fish that become hats.

Videos:

Ridiculous Fishing: A Tale of Redemption - Announce Micro-Trailer
Ridiculous Fishing: A Tale of Redemption - Release Trailer

Reviews:

Edge

Vlambeer’s game is, as its title suggests, ridiculous. In its simple, gleeful rhythms of play, it’s sublime, too.

Eurogamer

And the moral of the story? A great game design can always be ripped off, sadly, but talent will out in the end. You can't cut-and-paste the artistry and attitude that Vlambeer has brought to this extravagant bit of disposable nonsense. You can't copy a true original - even before it's out.

IGN

Ridiculous Fishing puts a smile on my face every single time I reach the climactic moment my gigantic haul of fish are flung into the air and the cartoony slaughter begins. Plenty of secrets, extras and upgrades provide several hours of ridiculous fun. Still, the game is still ultimately a polished arcade time-killer – don’t look at its gorgeous artwork and listen to the wonderful soundtrack and expect something more.

Joystiq

The existence of a clone clearly gave Vlambeer and company something to prove. In the end, it's to the benefit of the game that this happened. Not only is Ridiculous Fishing better than it probably would have been without such motivation, it has a built-in counterpoint to contrast against. It illustrates that there's no better way to see how original a game is than to look at its copy.

Pocket Gamer

I've come to think of Ridiculous Fishing as the unofficial game of Wes Anderson's movie The Life Aquatic. It's similarly colourful, bizarre, imaginative, and willing to venture into deeper emotional waters from time to time. More importantly, it demonstrates that indie games aren't just for indie gamers - anybody who gives Ridiculous Fishing a try will be hooked.

 

[Wario64]

Should be out in 3 more hours. Vlambeer is streaming some of their games until it comes out http://www.twitch.tv/vlambeer/new

 

[Salsa]

game is awesome, shout out to pietpiet!

but now give me luftrausers

 

[brinstar]

I think that micro trailer sold me on it

 

[Alcotholic]

The game looks crazy ridiculous. And fun.

 

[antitrop]

I thought this was a thread about Justin McElroy's Nier review.

 

[lingiii]

get hype

I have probably played about 1000000 hours of Super Crate Box on the can by now.

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

Christ. Been waiting for this game for YEARS

 

[dream]

I know Ninja Fishing basically wholesale jacked this concept, but is Ridiculous Fishing actually any better of a game?

 

[GWX]

This is going to be mine. Just bought Super Crate Box for absolute no reason (played it a lot on PC, where it's free), and it feels good!

 

[Wario64]

Soundtrack http://phlogiston.bandcamp.com/album/ridiculous-fishing

 

[Wario64]

Apparently it's going up in 7 minutes

Ok well now it's processing, any time now

 

[Father_Brain]

First Muffin Knight, now Ninja Fishing. Maybe someday, Vlambeer will find better things to do with their talent than produce shameless knockoffs of what truly creative iOS devs are doing.

 

[cj_iwakura]

I thought this would be a thread about Let's Fish: Hooked On.

 

[Wario64]

It's out

 

[dream]

I need a url, Wario.

 

[Goli]

Launch trailer:
http://youtu.be/d27JTsAGks4
(a lot longer than the micro trailer)

I'm not sure whether to purchase this or not but I almost want to just because it's IAP free.

I need a url, Wario.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ridiculous-fishing-tale-redemption/id601831815?mt=8

EDIT: Bought.

 

[Wario64]

I need a url, Wario.

Not reading the OP is a bannable offense


Also, check the website for the trailer. Neat trick, heh
http://ridiculousfishing.com/

 

[dream]

Okay, so it's basically Ninja Fishing without the douchey IAP unlocks. Good enough for me.

 

[GWX]

Bought

Edit: daaamn, this is so much fun! Tilt was weird at first, but it feels very natural minutes later. Buy this, guys!

 

[Zia]

So, I just sent out gifts of Ridiculous Fishing. I couldn't figure out why nobody had received one, so I checked and they say, "Sent March 14, 2013." Wha-? I want them to get there now.

 

[cohrs]

it is times like this that I regret getting a windows phone. Yes, it was free, but the lack of Windows apps make me sad...

 

[Buttonbasher]

So looking forward to this.

 

[DeceitDecide]

I tend to dislike tilt control games. Is this game going to be annoying and flighty to me or should I jump in anyway?

 

[MThanded]

its out

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id601831815?mt=8

 

[Jarsonot]

I like it - a fun little time waster.

Does anyone know how I can change maps, or check my fish collection? Sometimes I get the option and sometimes I don't. Don't see anything in the pause menu, and usually after fishing I get the option to either fish again or shop, nothing else.

After shopping it's straight back to fishing... So how dya check your collection!?

 

[Wario64]

I like it - a fun little time waster.

Does anyone know how I can change maps, or check my fish collection? Sometimes I get the option and sometimes I don't. Don't see anything in the pause menu, and usually after fishing I get the option to either fish again or shop, nothing else.

After shopping it's straight back to fishing... So how dya check your collection!?

Click on the phone, it's the thought bubble before you go fishing

 

[Community Forum]

This looks amazing. Instabuy.

 

[injurai]

looks redic

 

[Jarsonot]

Click on the phone, it's the thought bubble before you go fishing

Aaaah... Thanks! Only other way I figured out was to spend my way to not being able to afford anything. Gave me phone option instead of store. =)

Edit: I thought the phone was a fish finder =) thought it was "ringing" when there were a lot of fish underneath, and if you tapped during the ring you'd get a denser population. =)

 

[PFD]

Is this tilt-only? If that's the case i'll probably pass, as I don't wanna be tilting my giant ipad 4.

 

[CorySchmitz]

I love the ending of this game.

 

[CorySchmitz]

Probably my favorite iOS game since Sworcery.

 

[Wario64]

They just read this thread on the livestream, lol

Pretty much perfect reviews everywhere so far

 

[Dash Kappei]

Wait a second, the game is tilt controlled? :/
Looks very cool

 

[Wario64]

Wait a second, the game is tilt controlled? :/
Looks very cool

Tilt and touch. Seems fine to me, tilt never really bothered me though

 

[Jarsonot]

They just read this thread on the livestream, lol

Pretty much perfect reviews everywhere so far

Aw man. They probably think I'm an idiot for not figuring out to tap the phone! =)

 

[Wario64]

Aw man. They probably think I'm an idiot for not figuring out to tap the phone! =)

They were laughing at Father_Brain's post, lol

 

[GDJustin]

I did a short Let's Play video that goes over all the key points of what makes Ridiculous Fishing so... ridiculous, if anyone is interested:

http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/03/12/lets-play-ridiculous-fishing

 

[Wario64]

I did a short Let's Play video that goes over all the key points of what makes Ridiculous Fishing so... ridiculous, if anyone is interested:

http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/03/12/lets-play-ridiculous-fishing

They just watched your video on the stream. They said it was amazing

 

[Deleted member 8095]

Rip off or not, Ninja Fishing looks like a better game. What makes this version better?

 

[chris121580]

This is so damn good. Best iOS purchase I've made in a long time

 

[Father_Brain]

Wow, this is fun. Not sure why it doesn't run at 60fps on the 4S, though. :/

 

[Flunkie]

First Muffin Knight, now Ninja Fishing. Maybe someday, Vlambeer will find better things to do with their talent than produce shameless knockoffs of what truly creative iOS devs are doing.

Nice. :lol

 

[GDJustin]

They just watched your video on the stream. They said it was amazing

Oh - cool. Can I scrub back in these vids? Would like to see.

 

[Wario64]

Oh - cool. Can I scrub back in these vids? Would like to see.

I think Vlambeer twitch channel has archives disabled

 

[Wunder]

Looks really good - makes me want to get my credit card working again for iTunes so I can buy this.

 

[Flunkie]

I think Vlambeer twitch channel has archives disabled

Probably for the best since he had his email up on there at one point lol.

 

[DrFunk]

Omg @ the music

 

[Heel]

Enjoying it so far.

Playing on iPad and no problems. The tilt controls are very subtle so it's not like you're flopping the iPad all around.