Game Reviews

• GameDaily“Although our time with Bass Pro Shops: The Strike was brief, it just might be the most fun we've had with a fishing game ever.” “Casting the pole feels natural and the internal motion sensors translate your lure out into the on-screen water. While you're reeling in, the LED lights indicate the tension of the line while the force feedback makes the reel harder to turn. Bigger fish aren't easy to just reel in as players must adapt to battle and tire the fish until finally pulling it up onto the boat.” “Casting the pole feels natural and the internal motion sensors translate your lure out into the on-screen water. While you're reeling in, the LED lights indicate the tension of the line while the force feedback makes the reel harder to turn. Bigger fish aren't easy to just reel in as players must adapt to battle and tire the fish until finally pulling it up onto the boat.”read full review »
• ArsTechnica “The game itself is rather enjoyable for a fishing game, but the controller was the star of the show; it reacted to my movements quickly and naturally, and it also felt like a real fishing rod thanks to the weight and balance.” read full review »
• Frictionless Insight “...might result in the best fishing game yet released”
  
  “I got to try out both the Xbox 360 controller and the Wii controller, and while the Wii controller cleverly engulfs the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to create a usable fishing rod, it's the Xbox 360 controller that is the must-have peripheral for console-bound freshwater anglers.”
  
  “The Accelerometer makes it so that the console recognizes casting and jerking the rod to set the hook, while the force feedback lets you feel the fish both through the rod and the reel. What all other fishing games have lacked is that feel of really reeling in a fish – they've ultimately been about casting, and not landing fish.”
  
  “...the controller felt right and was intuitive to use.”
  
  “Even amateur anglers know that a fisherman with poor gear is more likely to go home empty handed, and that's where The Strike heads right for the land of brand building. Everything you can use in the game, including lines, rods, reels and lures all are bought in an in-game version of the Bass Pro Shops, and are all products that can be purchased in real life.” read full review »
• Gaming Angels “The controllers are amazing. It’s a close to a fishing rod that you can get without actually using a full rod.”
  
  “The view switches to an underwater view so that you can see the lure in action - whether it sinks to the bottom or floats at the surface the lure looks as real as I could ever imagine.”
  
  “The game promises a realistic fishing experience and I think that one will be able to take some of the techniques they learn in the game and apply them to real fishing. I was pretty impressed with the controller and since the Wii has come out I have actually been on the lookout for a good fishing game and I think I may have found one!” read full review »
• Team Xbox “The Strike offers virtual anglers the most realistic fishing game experience to-date.” read full review »
• Matt Cassamasina, IGN Nintendo Wii “The developer took the time to realistically recreate the shape and scope of the bodies so that if you want to zip your boat around them, you will find yourself plowing through waters for minutes on end as recognizable landmarks slide by in the distance.”
  
  “Based on the brief amount of time we spent with the game, the water looks good, dons reflections and transparencies, and animates believably.”
  
  “The pole's reel is actually moving the nunchuk's analog stick when you wind it, which is pretty clever.”
• Alex Ryan, Destructoid “The title even uses actual real-life lakes as the setting of the game, and in each one, the developer has used the actual topography of the lake, so people who are into competitive fishing will notice the recreation and hopefully appreciate it.”
  
  “…if you're the type of person that is into fishing games, The Strike may be the one to erase all the nightmares (OK, just my nightmares) of the fishing games that have come before.”
• Patrick Shaw, Gamepro “For a game to give me tingles after playing it for less than an hour, they're definitely doing something right.”
  
  “After years of wretched angling video games, The Strike seeks to shatter the trend of bad fishing games, and from what I've played of the Xbox 360 version of the game, it looks like it's achieving that very thing.”
  
  “Say goodbye to crappy fishing games! Find out why The Strike is everything a fishing game should be.”
  
  “I could tell that The Strike's dev team has really gone the extra mile in bringing the lake to the player, making them feel like they're in control of where they fish and what kind of luck they'll have reeling in some river monsters.”
  
  “The way you actually wrestle fish out of the lake, while similar in some ways to past fishing games, is immensely satisfying.”