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It speaks for the activity’s fun when a person is glad that the video game is almost nothing like it and that’s what Flick Fishing for the iPhone makes one think. It distills all the tangled lines and worms and the like and leaves you with the heart of the fishing experience – the line, the reel and the beauty of nation. If you want some fishing on the road, you may want to take a glance at Flick Fishing.

Considering it is a simulator of sorts, one would first take a look at the controls. The controls make or break any kind of simulation as it can make a good game into a great game. Flick Fishing does not disappoint in this department – the controls are intuitive and easy to learn. Flicking the iPhone forward, well, casts the line forward. Clockwise when the fish bit reels it in. It’s straightforward, simple and as always, relatively difficult to truly master.

There’s more to getting the fish into your lap than tracing circles on your screen – as with real fishing, you need to carefully control the way you reel in the fish. If you force the issue and the fish is actually too strong, the tension on your line will cause it to snap, costing you both your line and your catch. Your job is to tire out the fish, keeping it in control while giving it enough room to thrash and when it’s tired of fighting, you can rescue it from its misery.

Unlike the real thing, you don’t run the risk of sitting around, staring at your iPhone for hours, waiting for Mother Nature to throw you a bone. It never takes long for something to take interest in your line and there’re a lot of things out there for your line to tempt, from red snapper to swordfish. You can change lures and bait to attract a specific kind of fish but no matter what you go with, you’ll always have something going for it.

Flick Fishing isn’t about working your way into the best fishing spots – when you turn on the game, they’re there already. It toddles along at a leisurely pace as you can fish anywhere you want. The game keeps records of your best catches at each area. If anything, that is the flaw of Flick Fishing – there’s no real sense of achievement. Whatever you get, you don’t get anything new. There are, however, multiplayer tournaments and location based tournaments that can spice up the action and put something on the line.

Top notch graphics and sounds make Flick Fishing an easily immersive experience. There’re a wide range of places to fish with a fine attention to detail that you’ll appreciate as you play through the game. If you want some fishing fun for a cheap price, Flick Fishing is what you should look for.