I played a lot of this game, but I don't recommend it. First 5-10 hours were fun, getting into the loops and finding new fish and places to explore. After that it gets kinda tedious and they throw way too much disparate stuff at the wall.
Why is a whole part of the seapeople story just bad balatro?
The shoehorned in content with mxmtoon didn't add anything to the game, comes out of nowhere and doesn't make sense.
Later game boss battles get extremely difficult, but don't add new fun mechanics or challenges. They just make the enemies faster and have more health. The shark you have to battle for the old lady during the storm is my best example. They make the large animal able to change directions faster than you, rotate, swim up and down, etc. AND have seemingly endless health. They are just long slogs of slowly chipping down at their nebulous health without much feedback.
The game just overstays its welcome. The franchise element is added too late. Patrons leave too quickly when there are dirty plates at a spot they sit in; it would make sense if you could eventually upgrade your own walk speed or employee training was more transparent/cheaper.
Maxed out harpoon gun is still way too weak. You end up shooting larger fish over and over and over. Powerful guns reduce the quality of meat, but sharks and large creatures will burst right out of the cable nets that get picked up by the little submarine. You can get crazy too much health, and massive carrying capacity but the harpoon gun doesn't keep up.
There needs to be better automation options at the farm/fish farm. It's boring and Sammy is crazy expensive until late game when you're making so much money it doesn't matter anyway.
Some really clunky translation and localization work. Especially later in the game. Really stilted dialogue that doesn't flow or feel natural, or feel like what the characters are trying to portray. As the game got further, you get less invested
You eventually get the underwater fish guide but I don't see a great way to highlight undiscovered fish. This seems like it could be a collectathon/achievement chase perfection, instead you just swim around endlessly through the same places. Then you do it again at night. And again the next day in all the same locations with the same animals. Once you max out depth the story doesn't do enough to keep you invested.
