I wonder if the people who programmed this game know how much it SUCKS!!!

Nice try...

But the controls and the store need to be fixed...

10 thumbs down

This game was a little difficult when I first started, since I didn't know all the fishing terms when I read the FAQ. But after about an hour of tinkering with the program I ended up liking it.

Breaking lines was frustrating, and only being able to modify one thing, when visiting the store was found to be very annoying. However, the graphics are nice, and the music is relaxing.

I suggest there should be a breakdown of the all the types of fish to be expected in each of the 24 levels, which you get after reaching 6,000 point. I think a breakdown of all items from the shop would be helpful as well because there are so many bobs, bait spoons, bait, etc. that you can choose from.

A picture of a mouse or the keyboard, with the functions would also be nice.

Overall, I give the program a 8 out of 10, with most of the work needed in the instruction manual

Liked the graphics and the idea, took a while to figure out how to cast and reel in... but always break the line. I'm heavy dominant right hand, and finding it very difficult to run the left right keys with left hand while running the mouse with my right hand?? or maybe I'm missing something in the directions. After 30 minutes, I gave up. Game has a lot of potential, but need to be able to hook at least a few fish without going nuts in the beginning while learning how the program works..also tedious to buy things in the store.

black box and 100% cpu---exit game, retart. Repeat several times and it will come up working!!! Takes a few times to find all of it's parts I guess.

I can't get this one to work. All I get is a black box.
Pity. :(

I'm another person for whom the game wouldn't work right. Too bad, I've enjoyed all the Merscom games I've downloaded so far.

Seems like an interesting game. controls take some getting used to but that is how it is with any new game. I think my husband and son will really enjoy it. Thanks GGAOTD.

What a pain! 9 point + click to rebait line. Line constantly breaks, can see no way to ease line tension. Would not purchase. If the "okay" button was larger, it would be easier to click, hundreds of times over and over.

game seemed ok for the 2 min i got to play it. It dont work too well on windows vista maybe i'll keep it and try to get it to work

Hi all, just a tidbit. Everyone seems to be interested in Merscom's "Glyph" game...so I thought I'd go give the trial version a try. Then I tried to download it from the Merscom site....I got an "adware" virus threat notification from my NOD32 Anti-virus program. That's rather odd, since I have downloaded another game sometime last year from them, and no problem. Perhaps someone else might give it a try. Could be a false positive I guess, but I'm not willing to ignore unless someone else does give the trial version a try with no problems. Thanks.....Sandy, aka jennybenny ;)

Game will not run with an Nvidia 6800 w/ 512MB in windows XP. All I get is a black screen that sames loading, then nothing. 0 out of 10.

I like this game but just the way it plays.

I caught a fish after using my broken english to Anerican dictionary.

Is it so impossible to find someone who speaks English to put the information up?

Here is how to play:
Aim the pole with the mouse, click and hold the line cast icon (far right of the screen) let go when the distance line is at it's longest.

Press your left mouse button to reel in (either to possition your bate or bring in a fish).

When you get a fish on the line hold your left mouse button (let up on the left mouse button when the tension gets about the middle of the green area).

Oh and while they are looking for that English speaker FIND ONE THAT HAS ACTUALLY GONE FISHING!

Why is this game called "Masterpiece Fishing 2" when it is version 3?
That other guy is right. On my Dell I can't go into "office mode"

I installed the game, but all I see is the loadingscreen and then....a big black square. I thought for a second, where are the fish I am supposed to catch, but then it got to me...the game doesn't work ( I'm blond so it takes a little while to figure that out,lol)
So , anyone any idea what the problem can be?

greetings from the netherlands where we love free games;-)

would not recomend as i waz opening u the file it came up as a threat dected box from my avg free edition hope this becomes known.

The game loads for like one second for me,and theres a pretty nice help page when I click help too. I'll give it a 6 ,since I'm not that big of a fan of fishing.

ARGHH!! Damn to hell with this game. Even when the tension on the line is low, the hook and/or line still breaks. Is there any way to win this damn game.

At least the variety is good here on GGOTD...Thanks for this fresh game.

Kudos to offering something different, will pass tho since fishing on the pc is not my thing. Thx anyway.

im gonna pass, sounds like it was maybe a good idea, something different, but the game play sounds unreasonable. Have been enjoying merson, though they do need better instructions, and desktop shortcut. Yeah, I make one myself, but it should be provided, most people don't know how to do that.

Ok here are some tips:

1. If your line breaks you have to get new line, new hook, new bait.
2. If you aren't catching anything make sure your store icon is GREEN. If not then go through step 1 to make sure you are all set.
3. Right Click reels in your line, LEFT CLICK LETS LINE OUT. It's the Left Click that will keep you from breaking your line.

I just spend the last 20 minutes figuring this out. If you keep breaking your line then give quick LEFT CLICKS to release line tension.

Enjoy,
Will the Computer Guy

I was a bit excited when I first saw this game offered. I have several friends that have paid for d/l of fishing games and they keep telling me to get one. I thought "Sweet! I can get one without paying the $20", but.. after reading all the reviews I was getting very leery of it.

Then I read VampireRat's review (#12). Thanks VampireRat! Your review was very straight forward and non-bias. After reading your review; I am back to wanting to give this one a chance. Worse case is I have to uninstall it.

#23; metalshop, you had me lol! Yet, wouldn't it be 'Brave Dwarves Gem Fishing Frenzy July Summer 2007 Adventure Pack'? *chuckle*

thanks for the laughs and reviews all!
ibwebb

I'll also add that the manual is rubbish and pretty hard to understand. And it's stupid you don't get points for putting fish back, fish should always be returned unless a game species like Trout or Salmon. And on what planet do they call a float a "bob"?
I've played it a bit though and it's not bad. But serious fishers should checkout Fishsim 2.

For anyone interested:

This game appears to have a website which I found by "googling" for it. Saw screenshots and manual there before downloading.

7.8.2007

Finally a game I can enjoy with my boyfriend that he will actually play. Thanks Ruthie

I don't even catch a fish anyway. The graphics and sounds are relaxing. It's more attractive as a kind of screensaver, for nothing happens. So in a scale from 0-10 I give the program 2 points.

I am having the same trouble as Jennifer (comment # 20).
nvidia 512 meg video card with updated drivers. any solutions?

Not sure if I have read all reviews correct but am wondering if there is an "uninstall"? I have D.N.A. and cannot uninstall it cause it is not even in my Add/Remove folder....grrrrrrr....sux to find that part out after u install something. But glad this is not one of the Dwarf games again..lol..any comment on other ways to "uninstall" something would be appreciated...thanks GGAOTD for your site...makes us learn a lot..good, bad or indifferent. At least these are free.

I am totally bummed out...I love this kind of game and am pretty good at it...but I'm running vista and it doesnt say that it is compatible with vista...comeone guys..it's been out for half a year already...lets get on the ball and update the programs....

Wont' run on my XP system...hmmm...

I can't get this game to work

I installed this, all went well, it activated, etc., but when I clicked on the .exe file all I had was a big black box pop up that first said 'loading', and then nothing. Had to hit alt/control/delete to turn it off. It never started??? Any ideas on this? Can't comment on it if it wouldn't work. Running WinXP, have LOTS of memory, etc.

#12 -- excellent information! That has to be one of the most informative reviews I've read here. I'll definitely download this on my husband's computer.

nice game i would like some more 1st or 3rd person shoting games though

and plz no more of the brave dwaf games

I was SO excited when I saw it was a fishing game. I usually love them, but this game is crap from the get-go.
Wouldn't install right, finally after three tries it installed. Like the comments above and below, the instructions are ???? Hard to maneuver the rod, impossible to reel your fish in without breaking the line.
I hit the uninstall button PDQ on this piece of crap. What a disappointment.

one of biggest pet peaves is programs that do not have an uninstall feature i give this game on a scale of 0-10 a total of 0 this game should not have even been put up. thanx any way GGAOTD it isn't the fault of this website but the fault of the games author.

The game was extremely slow to load... in the minimized state, the window was right in the middle of the screen and could not be moved. In an hours worth of "playing" the game, only hooked one fish and it broke the line.

I decided that the game was too slow and boring, so wanted to uninstall it, however there is no uninstall as part of the game, so forced to uninstall it manually.

This game had great potential... but failed miserably.

No vote up or down from me. I'm passing on this one. Good to see some variety...can't wait to see Brave Dwarves: Fishing Frenzy offered. Ha!

Have you guys ever seen real water?

I have no choices on bait, hooks etc, in the help section it shows choice arrows to change the bait etc, I have no such choices. Am I missing something to get these to be viewable?

This looked interesting enough, but I couldn't get it to work for me. It downloaded and installed fine, but when I open it up I just get a black screen in the middle of my monitor, and the sound of birds chirping. No idea what kind of graphics card I have, or how to find out, but I guess it's not sufficient for this game, since I do have all the other required specs. Ah well!

well it sounded interesting enough i d/l setup was fine activated ok. runs very slow on my system. casting took several seconds to hit the water, realing was very slow game just seemed to be very slow. not worth the 20 bucks. i have trophy bass 2007 i think i will just stick to that one it was well worth the money i paid for it.

It dosen't work with my Vista. The game is just loading, loading... loading :(

You know, I was going to download this, then I saw the horrendous screenshot at the link above and realized that the publisher apparently thinks so little of it that they don't even include it on the primary games section on their site. I think I'm going to pass. No info = no download.

This has got to be one of the best since I started watching over the past month or so. No probs running the program.
#11 Just right mouse when the tension is too low and left mouse if tension goes to red. You can also left or right arrow to ease tension.
#5 You have to right click the little pond icon that shows on the desktop to re-maximise.
I also find it a little frustrating having to go back three times to fix a line break but is quicker than the real thing. Is a good program to teach my 4 year old patience before he goes to the real thing.
Can't wait to build up points and qualify to get thicker line and stop breaking so often and try other locations
Thumbs up from me.
Thanks GGAOTD

If you look in the install folder (where you must go to find the application file) you will also find a "Manual english" file in html that explains the game.

Yet another game that doesn't work in Vista.
White screen and needing to be closed by Task Manager

This game stinks...there is almost no way to catch fish...the line or hook breaks every time. anyone figure this game out?

Fishing on a computer? Come ON, you say. But don't knock it until you have tried it. I grew up fishing - for real, but this still grabbed my attention and was just about as frustrating at times. It is good for something different.

I hope by now that Merscom knows that they must make their installs more professional so that they give you options to create a desktop icon and put the game on the Start menu if you want it. If you are new here, you should specify during installation where you want this program installed, and REMEMBER where it is. Then, you have to use Windows Explorer to find the program again, right-click on the game .EXE file, pull it out to the desktop, and select "Create a shortcut."

I have only played a little bit, but I have already lost 2 spoons and a bobber to broken lines. If you have too much tension on your line, it WILL break. Different fish will like different bait. The ones in the first scene will hit the spoon, but ignore the grubs, for instance. Now I WANT one of those suckers.

I had to dig into the Help file to learn how to cast. This should have been right up top, instead of under the table of all the critters. Had to go back to it when my line promptly broke at first to find out what to do. This should be expected and also be near the top. Just move the fish table to the bottom, Merscom.

Think I may fish a little more tomorrow. Thanks again GAOTD and Merscom

This game is so damn frustrating. Not only is there no tutorial, but the manual totally sucks. It hardly explains what control to use.

I managed to catch one fish and that's it. The last twenty times, the hook or line kept on breaking. And I have no idea what to do about it because of the useless manual.