Bit-Cremental: Fishistry

I have a love-hate relationship with idle games. In many ways, it's difficult to call them games at all. Often they're more like interactive screensavers. I would say Bit-cremental Fishistry (BCF) certainly falls under this category. Of course, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Idle games fill that niche where you find yourself too busy or preoccupied to actively engage in an experience but still yearn for that lizard-brain dopamine hit of "making progress". Having said that, I don't think BCF truly scratches that itch for me. It's a bit too superficial, a bit too repetitive, and a bit too simple. It felt like a developer's first game. Which surprised me further, when I realized that Inner Realm Studios has been making games for over 5+ years. In such a scenario, it may as well have been a free experience. The moment you introduce pricing is the moment that this game now opens itself up to parallel comparisons with other idle games in a similar range. For instance, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3454590/Cornerpond/]Cornerpond[/url], developed by foolsroom, is also priced the same as BCF. In fact, it also shares the same fishing theme. But the detail and features are worlds apart. [spoiler]For instance, the fish are actually visually distinguishable in Cornerpond.[/spoiler] To be fair, even at a Free to Play price point, there is already plenty of polished and expansive games competing for your limited time as a consumer. As such, I can't in good conscience recommend BCF.