Big Bass World Championship
Game by Hot-B
Reviewed by Robby Cox
koi@magicnet.net
Save: Memory Card
Released: 1996
Works with: Memory Card
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Opening Snide Remarks: I love fishing games.  I used to go fishing quite a 
bit.  I was never all that great at it, but I had fun going.  Anyways, I 
found this game for $20 at Wal-Mart, so I bought it.    

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Gameplay Description: Big Bass World Chamionship is set up like your standard
fishing game.  It is basically a tournament bass game.  You fish in a series 
of one-day 7AM-4:30PM tournaments.  The winner is decided by the biggest 5-
bass limit.  Only black bass count, but yet there are spotted bass?!?  
Anyways, during the tournament you are in total control.  You control what 
lure you use, where you fish, how you fish, and you even get to drive your
bass boat around.  If you don't get back to the docks by weigh-in you will 
be penalized.  This is really cool.  Too bad that fighting the fish sucks.  
This is no fun.  The fish don't respond very reallistically and when you get
one on the hook, it looks like it is swimming away.  You will be reeling in 
the fish and it will look like it has gotten away, but it's still there.  
It's also way too easy to break you line by throwing your lure into brush.  
If you can win 3 tournaments, you get a chance to fish against fishing legend
Hank Parker.  That's cool, but the 3rd tourny is really hard.  You can also 
fish in a private lake to just have fun and relax.        
Liked: Great tournament aspects.
Hated: Fighting a fish sucks!

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Graphics Description: The graphics are not very good.  The landscapes are 
made up of polygons, but there are insane amounts of pop-up.  You will be 
driving your boat around and all of a sudden hit the shore.  The in-game fish 
graphics are horrible.  They are flat 2-D spirtes that just cirle around and 
sometimes it is extremely obvious that they are sprites.  The rest of the 
graphics are okay, but are far from impressive.  
Liked: Nothing.
Hated: Poor graphics.

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Sound/Music Description: The music is okay, but there's not much of it.  The
sound fx are pretty good.  There are lots of cool sound fx like birds and 
rushing water.
Liked: Great sound fx.
Hated: Nothing.

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Play Control/Game Design: The controls are okay, but they are a little 
confusing at first.  The game design is okay, but this game gets too hard too
fast. 
Liked: Okay controls.
Hated: Nothing.

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Improve: Less confusing controls, better graphics.

RIYL: Reel Fishing, Black Bass Lure Fishing, those Radica handheld fishing 
games like Bass Fishing and my personal favorite Lunker Bass Fishing.

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Final Words: Big Bass World Championship is only worth a purchase if you 
already own Reel Fishing.  Otherwise, but that game as it is much better than
this game and costs the same or less. 

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Score
Gameplay: **
Graphics: **
Sound/Music: ****
Play Control/Game Design: ***
Personal Opinion: **
Total: 13 out of 25
Final Score: 52 %

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Currently Known Codes: None.

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