Call Of The Wild The Angler Japan Fishing Reserve Review (Steam)

Rating: 8.2
Author: Jim Smale

by Jim Smale · November 19, 2024

Call Of The Wild The Angler Japan Fishing Reserve Review, Welcome to Kamuibetsu National Park in Japan, a true angler’s paradise! Find the perfect spot to reel in unique new species like the Sakhalin Taimen and Chum Salmon, explore the beautiful, untouched landscapes in Hokkaido, and tackle new story missions and challenges.

Call Of The Wild The Angler Japan Fishing Reserve Review Pros:

Beautiful graphics.
34.81GB Download size. (Includes the base game download size)
Additional Steam achievements.
Full controller support.
Apex Connect integration. (optional)
Graphics settings – monitor, resolution, window mode, v-sync, graphics preset, resolution scale, motion blur, anti-aliasing, anisotropic texture filtering, SSAO, texture detail, shadow quality, geometric detail, vegetation detail, global illumination, volumetric fog, depth of field, screen-space reflections, and water detail.
Multiplayer settings – on/off, cross-platform, player names, activity reports, player join/leave messages, and fish caught messages.
Accessibility options – brightness, accessible cast (one button casting), reeling input type, rod tracking strength, strike sfx, strike indicator, vibration, trigger effects, boat assist, camera shake, field of view slider, crouch toggle, unit system, and subtitles.
Controller and keyboard settings – Invert the axis and sensitivity sliders, and you can rebind the controls for both.
Fishing gameplay.
Plays in first person.
The new reserve is called Kamuibetsu.
Awesome opening flyover of the new reserve complete with a brief narration.
23 DLC missions.
You get to drive a jeep and boat each with three driving views that you can swap between.
Many many Collectibles from lore to flowers, trees, and Big Foot sightings. It’s weird but it makes sense.. Ish.
19 fish species and they all have rarity assigned by size and type.
Earn EXP for catching fish and getting the Collectibles, discovering new areas, surveying the land, etc.
Watch towers have a survey spot that triggers a flyover and fills in the map with question marks for key locations.
Fast travel points throughout the map.
Day and night cycle.
You can now set the time of day when launching a reserve including this DLC.
Multiplayer is when you join a server and then you can see and interact with other players, Get notifications on what they are doing, etc.
Two new characters to meet – Hiroshi Takamashi who works at the Post Office, and Mrs Sachiko Ito who works at the shop and Post Office.
Daily and weekly missions.
Rod rests and holders are in the game and you can put your rod down and then interact when you get a bite.
Beautiful looking reserve.
You can place your own waypoints and markers.
All fish are returned to the water.
Over time you can have waters fill in with fish details on the map.
Rod creator where you can choose the rod, the type (spinner/float), reel, reel wire, and any bait.
When catching a fish you earn exp for every piece of the rod you are using.
Catching a fish will bring up a pic of your smug-looking avatar holding his fish and on the side, it says all the details like fish caught, rarity, size, weight, and what equipment you used.
Full stats menu.
Your handbook fills in with fish caught, and all Collectibles are split up into categories.
The journal houses all collected missions and events, you can track/u track them at will.
The jobs board shows all available missions and events.
You can freely walk and run around the reserve or use the vehicles.
Easy to read Hud.
Reeling in a fish requires balancing out line tension, adjusting the drag, etc.
Float fishing has a focus button so you can zoom in and even see the fish.
You can adjust and set so much of your casting based on how high the hook sits or the size of the hook.
If you so wish you can just go out and fish and still get leveled up and buy new gear.
Play how you want.
You can photo-bomb player’s pictures.
Three types of fishing – float, lure spinning, and jighead spinning.
So relaxing and fun to play.
You can collect items when in a vehicle.
No fall damage.
Your fish are your fish, other players cannot scare or take your fish.
Handy online or offline option when launching a session.

Call Of The Wild The Angler Review Japan Fishing Reserve Cons:

The friends’ integration is nothing but being in the same instance, with no events or warping with each other.
Cannot skip the survey flyovers.
For some reason, the DLC reset my graphics settings and it happened a few times.
Doesn’t offer multiple rods deployed which would be awesome.
You cannot move once you have cast.
Fish information is only available on some of the water spots.
Doesn’t offer weather types.
The driving is horrendous and with no 3rd person view it is very much a vomit comet.
The mouse cursor stays on the screen even when using the controller.