Run a successful fish store by breeding new and valuable fish!

wow, Oct 23, 2011

by Christina Holcomb ( wolf) (United States)

fish tycoon is a simulation game in which you find the seven magic fish to win the game. You sell fish to fund your search, and you breed fish to do your search and all so have a supply of fish to sell. You don’t know what you have till there grown, you can bye another tank, and various items to keep your fish happy and heathy. You also can by more fish eggs, and do research to keep fish fed and up your levels in both keeping your fish and adds. This is so you can raise heathy rare fish. You can’t breed fish till there fully grown and you can’t sell them either. As time goes on you discover some really cool fish and up your levels to keep your fish alive.

  The really cool thing about this game is that its simple doesn’t need to much thought on how to do anything, and is very fun to play. The tank fish grow on real time so this makes it fun when you come back from doing what ever and find new surprises in your tank.  New grown fish, or dead ones which you can through away. The fish get sick with two kinds of illness, if you don’t have the right level your rare fish will die on there own accord . They will also die if you don’t feed them, or treat them when they get sick. You can sell them, and decorate there tank. This allows you to do some things while you wait for fish to grow up, it also keeps it interesting. They don’t use real life types of fish but they are really similar, depending on the fish type determines if it looks 100% real or only 50% because of the fins. They swim around in your tank and you can sit and watch them do this for hours.

  To win the game you must find the seven magical fish, each fish does a different thing. This ups what I call the cool factor. Specific fish breed with other fish make the Seven magical ones you just have to experiment to find the right ones. How ever this brings up the strategy. Everyone has there own take on the two that I have found work. One is to find fish that are level one difficulty and breed with there one kind, as long as the fish looks alike ( doesn’t matter about fin color) the baby fish will live to adult hood and thus you can sell them.  There are more people at the store if you wait to sell your fish in groups more than five, one or two fish will only get you the least. If you raise the price on your fish, the wait is longer. How ever this takes time and effort to go up the levels one by one breeding fish you know will live. The other way is to do it in such a way that the rare fish mature fast so you can hurry breed them then sale them for money to up your levels faster, this is tricky since you only get so much of your growth serum and only so much heath potion. Also the mystery stuff is really expensive. Another way the game can be played is just to play it with out thought and or reason restarting the game when you hit the wall, this I recommend doing at first to get the hang of the game before developing your own way of one of the above tatics. If you play the game once you will play if again. And again.

  Ok here comes the things that I felt should be better. This is why it got a three out of five.
The fish swim back and forth up and down, and thats it the tank doesn’t interact with the fish and the fish don’t interact with the tank, giving it the look that the fish aren’t really part of the fish tank.  The items in the store are priced really high and it takes for ever to get the money to get your first environment research level. This you need more than anything else if you want to win the game. The people in the store I felt they could have spent more time on them, they look like they were stolen from a really old game of Mario, it takes for ever to sell the fish also and there is nothing you can do when selling fish other than stare at the people who look like old game of Mario walk around in a store that doesn’t go with the people. The fish die really easily, and when there unknown fish, you can’t really tell what there sick with. The two things your fish can get sick with is ick and fungus, green or white on your fish, half the time you figure the fish is sick because you clicked on it. I feel this is all right, but the fact that you have to figure out what they are sick with I feel should be changed. Instead of just saying sick it should say sick with ick or fungus or just fungus or ick.  The game goes really slow even on fast, which for people who do not have a lot of time isn’t very good. The game doesn’t have to many flaws, but the flaws do take away from the game, the high prices and the fact your not really started out with much and your fish take a lot of time to do anything with, are major flaws, I think that if they go back and readjust things the game would be thee perfect game.

  To some everything up, its very fun and addicting to play even with its flaws. However, in its simplicity and flaws, what not, I do not feel it is worth the money for the full version, all though the people do get the small upgrade and you get to read there little talk bubbles while waiting. Its fun for all ages, I would still get the game, but only if it was on sale for more than half of the price they want for it. Yes its easy to install and what not, but its just not worth the price, or keeping it out of the play with out adds free download full version game no strings attached circle.

  What I hope and expect in the future is fish tycoon two, with more of the flaws fixed, and a bit more than just finding the seven magical fish, which you would expect with a game.
 
  So this is my review, go play one of those limited free full version trails, try the game for yourself and See for your self, how ever this is not a run to the store and bye it game, but rather a walk don’t run and proceed in a orderly fashion game with some excitement.

Hope this helped.
    Wolf

Ugggh...., Nov 01, 2010

by Julia

I really throughly enjoy playing this game. Whether I am alone or with siblings i always find fish tycoon to be a fun and entertaining game with something for everybody. I especially enjoy the potions and conctions you can buy. I hope everybody enjoys this game as much as my family and i.

better graphics, Aug 29, 2010

by jay (USA)

Yes I Have tried the game before i can tell you it is awsome. the only thing it needs is better graphics in my opinion.

Fish Tycoon, Jun 21, 2010

by Kristine

First of all, this game is extremely cheap. I would recommend this game to everyone who likes these kind of games.

Second, it’s a time management game so it’s educational - you know how to take care of fish, you get to know how to get money, not just spend it.. You can use your strategy to invest money in better purchases, valuable upgrades.

Third, the fish are very lifelike so you know how they actually look!

Fourth, this game is appropriate for people of any age. Fish Tycoon is a fun game for all animal lovers.

Actually, I’d give this game a big 5, even though I’m aware of some graphic, erm.. problems? No, that’s not it. I think they should upgrade the game, the shop is old-fashioned.. But that’s not an issue for me, I think this is one of the best games ever made. Thumbs up!

I LOVE THIS GAME!, Jun 15, 2010

by Kaitlin Myers

I have known about fish tycoon for about a year and i love this game. Its so addicting and i invited all my friends and they love it too.even though i havent gotten that far into the game…its amazing.

fish tycoon is the best game i ever played, Jun 03, 2010

by henna (mauritius)

i think that is really a great game. it is so much fun both for adults and children. you ought to try it guys. and it is not expensive at all for its prices. i wanted to buy. however, since am still a minor i can not :P but one i’ll surely buy it..

Unbelievable Game!!, Mar 14, 2010

by Meenakshi Agarwal

Wonderful is the word that describes the game. The experience is great and has a lot of creativity involved. Shall keep you busy in the worst of times!!!

Best game ever!!!!, Sep 01, 2009

by Sally (Eldorado, Il usa)

I have to say I love this game a lot. My children also enjoy it too. We would love to buy it just can’t afford to spend a penny on anything other than our bills. The game is great I didn’t really find anything I disliked about it. It is a great game for young children to keep them occupied, I have 3 small children who loved to play this game. We will most likely purchase it once we get on our feet a little. Finding out my boyfriend of 10 years and the father of my children now has cancer we are just pinching all we can to get by now. But when I come across, if I come across, a little extra money I will be back to purchase this great game…BEST GAME EVER!!!!...Thank you so much for sharing a free download trial with us.

awesome, Sep 20, 2008

by ian (NH,USA)

this game is amazingly amazing! I love it because you get to breed fish and make many crossbreads. This game is great for ecoists and many enthusiastic gamers. this game is also good for work because you can let the game play at real time!!! I personally loved it and will keep spreading the word.

A Well thought out but yet simple game, Aug 10, 2008

by MyRrabnda (NE USA)

This game is highly addictive. Once you start u cant stop. the real time idea is amazing so no matter what your fish are consistently growing. It’s fairly simple which is great for younger players but once you rlly got into it it takes a lot of thought and skill to acive all the fish.The time it takes to win is just enough to engage your mind. You have to be able to manage your money wich will help you in the real business world. i loved this game and i really hope you try and enjoy it

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