Before the Anniversary Edition, players were forced to wade into the water and catch fish with their bare hands. Even the latest edition introduces the fishing game with its own mechanics. Fishing is very important for some players. It’s been examined, but there is no consensus on it. DISPLAY: Skyrim keeps winning because nothing else can do what Skyrim does. Our very own Andy Kelly couldn’t get enough of fishing. The author wrote in a feature that he called “a refreshingly peaceful, laid back way to connect to the beautiful, atmospheric world of Skyrim” “It forces you to take on the environment as a regular game doesn’t really ever happen. Just you, fisher, the water lapping and the swarm of freezing wind. I appreciate how the fishing points have all been done in particularly scenic areas of the map, which means you can always catch the good looking view. No one has the same enthusiasm for this feature, however. This article was written by Reddit user Lyons_Pride95 a short while ago. The feature was interpreted as one of the ‘big four’ features of the Anniversary Edition and was given to Reddit users a few months later. “You can’t fish anywhere you want, only at predetermined places,” they wrote. “We would like to get food from wild animals, even during Survival Mode.” In any river/lake, failure and punishment belies it. They talked about the lack of minigames, and how bad the mechanics were compared to the fact that you couldn’t move the camera. They began to write an even bigger post about how broken the fishing related quests are. Don’t forget to let that get involved in details about the quests so you can consider the spoilers. Strangely, Lyons_Pride95 and Andy spoke about the same points, but with opposite reactions. Even the Reddit thread was filled with replies that seem divided on whether fishing is real well.
