Legend of the Skyfish

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In "Legend of the Skyfish" , embark on a beautiful action-adventure puzzle journey with Little Red Hook and the Moonwhale, using a fishing pole as a weapon or grappling hook. Explore 45 handcrafted levels, solve puzzles, defeat giant bosses, and enjoy the original music score. With gorgeous hand-painted environments, this game is suitable for all ages and offers MFi Controller Support and Game Center achievements.

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

+10

66%

Audience ScoreBased on 28 reviews

gameplay5 positive mentions

grinding2 negative mentions

The game features beautiful graphics and charming art design, making it visually appealing.
It offers a casual and relaxing gameplay experience, suitable for younger players or those looking for a light puzzle game.
The mechanics involving the fishing rod provide a unique twist to the gameplay, allowing for creative interactions with the environment.

The puzzles are overly simplistic and repetitive, lacking the challenge expected from a puzzle game.
Boss fights can be frustrating due to unresponsive controls, leading to a disjointed difficulty curve.
The game feels dragged out with limited variety in levels and mechanics, making it boring over time.

gameplay
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
31%
50%
19%
The gameplay is primarily designed for younger players, featuring simple puzzles and mechanics that lack challenge, making it easy to progress through levels. While the game offers a relaxing experience with fun and satisfying moments, it suffers from a lack of variety and depth, resulting in a short overall playtime. Despite its simplicity, the introduction of engaging mechanics and responsive controls provides a solid foundation for enjoyment, particularly for its target audience.
- “Excellent puzzle mechanics with responsive controls.”
- “The gameplay is a mixture of adventure and light puzzle solving to get through each level without dying.”
- “Overall it's very fun and satisfying when you make the 'ah ha' moment and learn the mechanics of new obstacles and enemies.”
- “I wish there were either some more diversity of mechanics or puzzles were at least a bit challenging.”
- “Very dragged out for its gameplay, not a lot of variety.”
- “But then the gameplay is... well, practically only for younger players as it's way too easy to get through the islands until you get to the boss level which raises the difficulty rather abruptly.”
graphics
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
29%
50%
21%
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some users praising the excellent art design, vibrant color palette, and charming visuals that evoke a sense of nostalgia, while others criticize the simplistic graphics and fixed resolution that fall below standard expectations for PC games. Overall, the artwork and animation are highlighted as standout features, making the game visually appealing, especially for a younger audience.
- “The graphic design is excellent; the person responsible for the drawings has great skill.”
- “The characters, graphics, animation, and art are all very beautiful and well done.”
- “It features a simply gorgeous and vibrant color palette and an art style that reminds me of Zelda: Wind Waker.”
- “Simple graphics, fixed resolution, fixed controls; the game falls far beneath minimum standards for any PC game.”
- “Graphics: onboard graphics card.”
- “By now it's gotten to the point where I know that I'm going to play a game or not based on the art style.”
story
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
50%
25%
The game's story is simple and primarily conveyed through a brief cutscene at the beginning and end, leaving players wanting more narrative depth. While it features an intriguing premise involving a girl separated from her brother due to a conflict with skyfish, the overall storytelling is considered lackluster and overshadowed by repetitive gameplay and easy puzzles. Despite its shortcomings, the story is deemed suitable for a casual audience, particularly children.
- “It has cute graphics, some challenging (but not impossible) puzzles, and a nice story.”
- “Story-wise, you play as a girl who gets separated from her little brother when the skyfish declares war on humanity.”
- “The story is simple but intriguing and helps build up the world you play in.”
- “The story is basically covered by a one-minute cutscene, which wouldn't be a problem if not for the repetitive and boring level designs.”
- “It's also not outstanding; the puzzles get a bit same-y, the boss fights aren't that interesting, the environments and music don't change much, and the story is told almost entirely through two cutscenes at the beginning and end.”
- “Or more story elements; basically, it's only the opening and end sequence that have any storyline.”
music
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
50%
13%
The music in the game is generally well-received for its light-hearted and adventurous tones, effectively complementing the gameplay. However, it tends to be repetitive due to its short-looped nature and limited variation, leading some players to desire more diversity. Fortunately, options to adjust or mute the music are available for those who find it monotonous.
- “The music, although mainly one song, blends light-hearted, relaxing, and adventure tones really well.”
- “It's the kind of music that fits the mood of the gameplay so well that you won’t mind (and actually appreciate) that it's the same song throughout most of your gameplay.”
- “The theme, graphics, music, and the sound design (sound design being the weakest of the four) is awesome.”
- “Would like to see more variation with tilesets earlier, and while reasonable, the music became a little repetitive. Sliders were available to adjust or mute.”
grinding
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the grinding aspect of Skyfish to be more tedious than challenging, with puzzles that lack complexity. While the game offers some curiosity to motivate players, the overall experience can feel repetitive and uninspired.
- “Skyfish is cute but feels more tedious than hard, and the puzzles are as challenging as putting a square peg into a square slot instead of a circle one.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is perceived as effective and fitting within its overall aesthetics, though some may consider it simplistic or cheap.
- “It may sound cheap to some, but I found it funny and it matched the game's overall aesthetics.”