Sega Bass Fishing 2
Hitting the lakes with Sega's latest fishing game.
When Sega Bass Fishing hit the Dreamcast in '99, the game became an unlikely hit for the system. Based on Wow Entertainment's arcade entry in the burgeoning fishing genre, the game mixed accessible gameplay with a few sim elements. The DC port featured clean graphics and gameplay that were faithful to those in the arcade version, an original mode specifically for the home version, and support for the Dreamcast's fishing controller. For its follow-up, Sega Bass Fishing 2, Wow will be offering a mix of old and new that should both please and challenge fans of the original.
Sega Bass Fishing 2 keeps the clean look of the original and refines it a bit. The game's graphics are still crisp and detailed but offer more diversity. You now have more lakes to choose from, with several areas in each to fish in. Each area showcases a good deal of variety in the graphics for the various environments above and below the water. You'll see boathouses, bridges, piers, forests, and cattails along the shore or over the water. After casting your line, a whole new world beneath the waves will come into view, and it's nearly as scenic. Rock formations, tires, and other debris (does Greenpeace know about this?) form a surreal obstacle course for the game's finned stars to roam through. The fish look especially fetching thanks to fluid animation and to smooth modeling, which cuts down on visible seams. While not quite as attractive as the fish, the fishermen are well detailed. Their main appeal lies in the fact that you can actually customize their look a bit, which keeps them visually interesting. You'll have several body types to choose from, both male and female, and you can change their clothing and accessories (sunglasses and hat) along with boat color.
The tweaks to the game's graphics are just a hint at the differences between Sega Bass Fishing 2 and the original. The meat of the changes and additions can be found when you start a game. You will now have a choice of free fishing and tournament modes to fish around in. Free fishing is essentially the equivalent of the original's arcade mode: You fish in any of the game's lakes for a set amount of time and net as many fish as you can. You'll be able to adjust a few options--such as season, time, and weather--before starting your free fishing game. Tournament offers four competitions--Amateur, Professional, Top Anglers, and World Championship--for you to claw your way to the top of. While Amateur is open to any player, to participate in subsequent competitions, you need to have ranked third or higher in the previous competition.
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