The Big Catch: Tacklebox

The Big Catch: Tacklebox

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Filet Group · Adventure · Jun 7, 2024

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

91%
Very Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 3k player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
88% of themes are praise12% are divided0% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Visuals are beautiful (especially the day / night cycle)
45 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Big Catch: Tacklebox does not hold your hand after the very short tutorial area, though, so expect to spend a good chunk of time pondering routes and doing some good old fashion trial and error gameplay to execute them.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The sound effects are super memorable, and the music... omg the soundtrack is addicting.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I love the characters, the fun voice that the other bird lady had, and the music.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Spinning should be bound to one of the many many free buttons on the controller rather than spinning the stick.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
When you start looking around you'll eventually stumble on a door with a number, and your coin total will appear on the hud, easily letting you know that you need to get that amount of coins.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Graphics45 reviews
Gameplay32 reviews
Audio31 reviews
Story and characters24 reviews
Controls13 reviews
Interface8 reviews
Crashes6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty36 reviews
75%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
91%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
1
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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