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(More customer reviews)Let me preface this review by saying that I am a huge fan of the Discovery Channel series....
After long-awaited anticipation, I can't even tell you how excited I was to pop this into my XBOX,however, I have been sorely disappointed and this game has not lived up to my expectations. Here are my thoughts:
- Unless you have a considerably large television, you will struggle to play this game. The text is impossibly small to read and even with a 40" HDTV, I sometimes have problems seeing what is going on. I originally tried playing this game on a much smaller screen and found that I had to be within inches of the surface to read both the menus or the tips that sometimes pop up.
- There is a very sharp learning curve... even after reading the manual and doing the tutorials (twice, I might add), I'm finding it difficult to negotiate the career mode. Luckily, there are many online gamer forums that I have been able to help me figure out the parts that I missed somehow... (thank you thank you!)
- Time... To be honest, the main reason that I've already lost interest in the game is the slow pace of play. When setting a string of pots there is no way to speed up time, so basically you putter along until the crew has prepared the next pot to be dropped... which takes almost a minute. If you're like me, and looking for a game that is going to capture your attention- this is not for you. I actually ended up doing dishes while setting a string of pots last night, hitting the drop the pot button in-between each plate because I could not bear to sit and just stare at the screen while the crew loaded the pot with bait...Luckily, there are parts where you can speed up time but not many as you cannot whenever there is a pot on deck (i.e. dropping or picking up pots).
- The software also does not seem to be that smart... there are sometimes where I try to set the boat on autopilot so I can speed up the game (or travel to a predetermined point) where it won't let me because the boat is "too close to land," forcing you to negotiate whatever chunk of land you're near, which may or may not be anywhere close to your final destination (again... forcing you to just sit there and kill time...).
I will say in the game's defense, the sea simulator is fantastic- the game mimics accurately the undulations of the ocean and during rough storms you can almost feel yourself rising and falling with each wave. As a huge fan of the series, it is also fun to see some of the series favorites as game characters.
Other than that... I'd say play this game if you're looking to kill a lot of time and have infinite amounts of patience.
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Battle 40-foot waves, storms, ice and a nearly 100-percent crewmember injury rate in the dangerous hunt for undersea riches on the Bering Sea with the new video game Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm.The game was inspired by Sig, Edgar and Norman Hansen - three brothers who have made their living crab fishing on the Bering Sea aboard their family's fishing vessel, the Northwestern.
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