Sea Fantasy
- January 7, 2025
- METASLA
Get on Steam"Sea Fantasy" is a pixel open-world action RPG where you save the world by fishing. Catch marine creatures, called SeaAZ, by matching markers and reducing their health with precise timing. Explore islands and dungeons for treasures, create new fishing rods and hooks with materials from SeaAZ, and uncover an epic story of world salvation.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The fishing mechanics are engaging and provide a satisfying gameplay loop, allowing players to catch fish quickly and easily.
- The game features a charming pixel art style and a fun sense of humor, making it an enjoyable experience overall.
- There is a variety of unique boss battles and mechanics that keep the gameplay fresh and interesting.
- The English translation is poor, with awkward phrasing and grammatical errors that can detract from the experience.
- The game suffers from optimization issues, leading to high CPU usage and performance problems on some systems.
- The story and dialogue feel shallow and linear, with missed opportunities for deeper character development and side quests.
- story69 mentions
- 32 % positive mentions
- 64 % neutral mentions
- 4 % negative mentions
The story is generally considered simple and serviceable, with some players finding it enjoyable yet lacking depth and coherence. While it features cute moments and a charming old-school feel, the dialogue can be dry and linear, leading to missed opportunities for side quests and branching narratives. Overall, the narrative is not groundbreaking but complements the fun gameplay loop, though localization issues may detract from its impact.
“The story is serviceable but I can't say it's a bad story since it does have some localization issues in English which might be making it lose some of its weight.”
“You'll find tons of items, equipment, and fish to collect, a variety of objectives to complete, and a compelling storyline to keep you hooked.”
“This is a very enjoyable game with a fun and rewarding gameplay loop with an enjoyable yet simple story.”
“I've beaten the game, I've 95% completed basically everything there is to do, and I have no idea what happened in the story at all.”
“The story feels a bit shallow and the dialogue is lacking a lot.”
“That being said, the dialogue can feel very dry and linear, almost rail-roading you to your next point and you can't do certain things (i.e.; upgrade your boat) until well after it's mentioned and you've done several other things in the quest line.”
- gameplay65 mentions
- 48 % positive mentions
- 46 % neutral mentions
- 6 % negative mentions
The gameplay in "Sea Fantasy" is a blend of fishing mechanics and action RPG elements, offering a satisfying and fast-paced loop that keeps players engaged. While the fishing system is intuitive and rewarding, some players find it grindy due to its reliance on simple stats and repetitive tasks. The game features a variety of unique boss mechanics and mini-games, though some aspects, like certain mechanics and translations, have received mixed feedback.
“Sea Fantasy is a beautifully crafted fishing RPG that masterfully blends fishing mechanics with action RPG elements, making it much more than your typical fishing game.”
“The gameplay loop is so fast and satisfying that it's hard to put down.”
“The core controls, the added mechanics for boss fights, and the other mini-games introduced as you go through the game, all of it is a treat.”
“The fishing mechanics are fully dependent on simple stats, which results in extremely grindy gameplay of fishing for experience to level up, and eventually fishing to get specific fish in order to make a fishing rod with better stat modifiers.”
“Com tier Castle Crashers game, especially when the optimal strategy for every boss felt to just stand next to it and auto-attack spam it to death while ignoring every mechanic and just hitting a potion or two if you needed them.”
“The reviews about monotone gameplay are just dip and run; the game is not putting more time into playing.”
- optimization13 mentions
- 23 % positive mentions
- 54 % neutral mentions
- 23 % negative mentions
Overall, optimization for the game has received mixed feedback. While some players report minimal performance issues and find translation errors to be minor, others experience significant throttling and freezing, particularly on high-end systems. Continuous improvements have been noted with each patch, but many agree that further optimization is necessary for a smoother experience, especially during fast-paced quick time events.
“There are some rough edges, certainly, and performance has been improving at each patch, but the plot is coherent and the dialogue is easy to follow even when a word might not be quite right for a particular sentence.”
“Though it's a pixel game you'd think would run well, it doesn't seem to run smoothly, even on modern machines.”
“This also makes the timing for the particularly small and fast moving quick time events more difficult than it would normally be if you have access to a monitor that exceeds 60fps, although they will need to commit to some drastic optimization in order to achieve higher fps so priorities for now.”
“With that out of the way, it just isn't quite optimized enough to play for a consistent session without some kind of throttling issue on a 5900x/3090 system.”
“Speaking on the platforming, the game is poorly optimized; it froze on me several times in those areas.”
“This also makes the timing for the particularly small and fast-moving quick time events more difficult than it would normally be if you have access to a monitor that exceeds 60fps, although they will need to commit to some drastic optimization in order to achieve higher fps.”
- humor7 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game features a fun sense of humor, highlighted by unexpectedly funny dialogue and charming quirks in the translation that enhance its personality. Players appreciate the amusing moments throughout the story, making for an entertaining experience. Overall, the humor is a standout aspect that adds to the game's appeal.
“The translation has a few charming quirks that add to the game's personality, and I was definitely amused at some of the unexpectedly funny dialogue.”
“The translation is a bit weird in some places, but the story and dialogue have a lot of incredibly funny moments.”
“The translation has a few charming quirks, with some unexpectedly funny dialogue that had me smiling.”
- music7 mentions
- 57 % positive mentions
- 14 % neutral mentions
- 29 % negative mentions
The music in the game is generally described as decent, with some users noting it as "fine" or "nice," though there are mentions of repetitiveness and a lackluster quality. Overall, while it complements the gameplay and story, it does not stand out significantly.
“The music is fine, the gameplay feels good, and the story is good enough even if the English translation does feel a bit lackluster.”
“On the plus side, the character models look good and the music is nice.”
“The music is quite repetitive.”
“The music is just okay.”
- grinding6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game, particularly in fishing mechanics, to be excessively tedious, requiring significant time investment to level up and obtain specific items. While it may suit a younger audience, the grind can become frustrating, especially when facing challenging boss fights without adequate preparation from extensive farming.
“The fishing mechanics are fully dependent on simple stats, which results in extremely grindy gameplay of fishing for experience to level up, and eventually fishing to get specific fish in order to make a fishing rod with better stat modifiers.”
“I would say it's fine for a kid's fishing experience, but the difficulty on some of the boss fights is absurd if you're not willing to invest hours into the aforementioned grinding.”
“I actually hated farming crafting materials from that one.”
- graphics4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The graphics are described as fun and unique, contributing to an engaging storyline and concept. However, some users feel that the visuals do not strongly convey the game's fishing theme, suggesting it could easily be rebranded as a different genre, such as a flower collecting game.
“Boss battles have different obstacles, the graphics are fun and unique, the storyline and concept are very fun.”
“There's nothing about the game that makes it a fishing game aside from simple visuals; it could just as easily be a flower collecting game with a quick reskin.”
- stability4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Overall, "Sea Fantasy" demonstrates strong stability, with most users reporting smooth performance and no significant frame drops or high CPU usage, even on older hardware like a five-year-old laptop. Additionally, it runs well on the Steam Deck in both docked and undocked modes, although a few users have mentioned experiencing issues.
“As well as the fact it runs great for me, I saw one person saying they were having issues with it, but I didn't have any frame drops or high CPU usage from the game, and I'm just working with a 5-year-old laptop.”
“Sea Fantasy also runs great on the Steam Deck (docked and undocked), which is a nice bonus.”
