Captain your fishing trawler to explore a collection of remote isles, and their surrounding depths, to see what lies below. Sell your catch to the locals and complete quests to learn more about each area’s troubled past. Outfit your boat with better equipment to trawl deep-sea trenches and navigate to far-off lands, but keep an eye on the time. You might not like what finds you in the dark...
Explore the Islands & Discover their Secrets Starting from your new home in the remote archipelago, ‘The Marrows’, take to the water and scour the depths for curious collectibles and over 125 deep sea denizens. Explore each area while completing quests and visiting neighboring island regions – each with its own unique opportunities, inhabitants, and secrets.
Dredge the Depths Someone wants you to dig up the past, but can you trust them and will it ever be enough?
Beware the Fog The danger is everywhere, so watch for sharp rocks and shallow reefs, though the biggest threats of all lurk within the fog that cloaks the night-time seas...
Game Features:
Unravel a Mystery: Captain your fishing trawler across a collection of remote islands, each with its own inhabitants to meet, wildlife to discover, and stories to unearth.
Dredge the Depths: Scour the sea for hidden treasures and complete quests to gain access to strange new abilities
Study Your Craft: Research special equipment and upgrade your boat’s capabilities to gain access to rare fish and valuable deep-sea curios.
Fish to Survive: Sell your discoveries to the locals to learn more about each area, and upgrade your boat to reach even more secluded locations.
Fight the Unfathomable: Strengthen your mind and use your abilities to survive trips out on the water after dark.
Gaming as a family is a great way to bond and spend quality time together. It also gives parents a chance to enjoy game time with their children and make memories that will last a lifetime. Gaming can be a great way to teach kids about teamwork, problem-solving, and competition in a healthy and fun way. In addition to games relieving stress and delivering fun, there are some that provide other benefits that most movies & TV shows don't deliver.
In the case of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, your children also learn about money management, which is a great thing to instill in them at an early age. So, next time you're looking for a fun way to spend some quality family time, break out the controllers and give family gaming a try with Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Nintendo Switch.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons might come off to some as this single-player game where you interact with a bunch of NPC (non-playable characters), but... you'd be wrong. In addition to the online experience, you can also play with 4 people via the same system or up to 8 people via local wireless on individual Nintendo Switch systems.
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you start off on a deserted island with a little team making the experience as smooth as possible for you. You will have to explore, collect items, create tools, etc. Over time your island will go from being not so deserted to the island everyone's writing home about.
This game had to be added to this list, because other players not only have the ability to start a game on their own island, but they can also start on yours. While it's cool to visit other islands and see what's popping, it's really awesome to have that community experience where your family's on the same island working together. It introduces an interesting dynamic where you might find yourselves talking about new announcements and developments based on something one or all of you have accomplished.
It's good to have this one in your library because it's a shared experience, even though you have your individual accomplishment to tackle. So even if someone was unable to enjoy a multiplayer session (maybe they were sick and getting as much rest as possible), they're going to be able to see all the updates. Even if you aren't under the weather, and it's just one of those games family members play here and there when you aren't indulging in family fun gaming, It's a cool experience worth sharing as a family. One thing that I've done with this game is talking to my daughter even more regarding money management.
In the game, you will have a home loan that you need to pay off, and I explained to her how it's similar to real life. Even in terms of just saving bells and not spending them all, it puts you in a better position to get other in-game items that you may really like. So if you come across something that you think would prove to be useful advice to your little gamer, this could be a great game to use as an example (bonding + teaching + gaming).
- Build your community from scratch on a deserted island brimming with possibility
- Create your personal getaway and customize your character, home, decorations, and even the landscape itself
- Collect materials to construct everything from furniture to tools! Then, use what you create to give your island a personal touch
- Watch as the time of day and seasons match real life- even your hemisphere! Each day holds the potential for surprises and discoveries
- Get to know the island residents, garden, fish, decorate, hunt for fossils, and more!
- Show off your paradise- play on the same system with a total of 4 people, or play together online or over local wireless for fun with up to 8 players
I wanted to include the things this game offers because it's not an action game or anything of the sort (unless you're chasing sea creatures down), but it's gameplay that my family loves.
Ocean simulation “Volumetric Water” to make some waves in the newest part of the Fishing simulation brand
Moenchengladbach/Germany, August 30, 2019 -The success story continues: With Fishing: North Atlantic, astragon Entertainment and developer Misc Games will release a successor to the simulation hit Fishing: Barents Sea in 2020. Lots of new features, fish species, fishing methods and, of course, ships are set to delight fishery fans around the globe. As the game’s title already suggests, players will also be able to discover a brand-new setting: The Canadian province of Nova Scotia and the North Atlantic Ocean will be offering an exciting backdrop for even more extensive fishing expeditions. Another interesting news for players is the cooperation of Misc Games with the UK software studio Simul Software. Misc Games will use the already well-known weather renderer true SKY from Simul for Fishing: North Atlantic, but also their realistic ocean renderer Volumetric Water, which is currently still in development.
Watch the teaser trailer of Fishing: North Atlantic
While the open source ocean simulation Ocean Project used in Fishing: Barents Sea reproduced the waves of the Barents Sea only as adjustable sine curves, Volumetric Water will be able to calculate the waves by taking the in-game wind direction and intensity into account, which will result in a more realistic water behaviour including wave breaking. Moreover, the new water shader provides natural transparency and light reflections on the water surface.
Additionally, Misc Games plans to develop a completely new buoyancy algorithm for Fishing: North Atlantic to ensure realistic buoyancy for every ship in the game. Fans can also look forward to seeing and steering lots of new ships and boats which will come in a varied mix of different sizes, shapes and functions.
Detailed particle effects will display water displacement, water turbulences as well as wake and therefore ensure that Fishing: North Atlantic will provide an immersive fishing simulation experience.
