Aquarist Reviews

Yes

its good and theirs fish

Great aquarium simulator, only surpassed by megaquarium.

This game is fantastic. Took me a little bit of time to get into but I am glad I did. Once you get past the basement, the game really opens up.

The game itself is great, but missions and dlc stuff are pretty annoying and makes you do alot of stuff that dont really want to. In the missions you have to do alot of unnecessary stuff for excample: Building a whole house and a dock that doesnt really have to do anything with the game. Getting the fish and corals and plants is ok, but I didnt buy a building simulator. It takes over halv an hour before I get to even build the aquarium. And when I get the dlc maps, I want to make them my own, but missions make me put alot of stuff and use aquariums for fish I dont want to put in and then it takes time to replace them again with the fish I want. Atleast give me one massive place with aquariums where I can full do my own stuff too and not always what the mission wants. Half of my aquarium maps are filled with fish I had to put in to unlock more stuff. The game is good, but if you want to fully freely build your aquarium exhibit then its not that good, cuz alot of the maps missions are that you have to fill alot of aquariums with the fish the game wants. I understand it is to show you the fish and to unlock them, but in that case it would be better to make a button to fully just clear one aquarium of fish/plants/decorations to make it as what you want, without going trough all the hassle.

As a "cozy games" and "simulation games" fanatic, I have to say this is one of the best ones I've played! It is absolutely amazing the amount of activities they added for us to do, the collab with other games was a genius idea! I am only at my second location and I already loveee this game! Chef's kiss!

This is going to be such a conflicting review, but I'll do my best to keep things short. As far as game play goes, this game is actually so addictive and fun. It is a truly cozy game in the sense that I can chill for hours after work tending to my aquarium without the stress of being good/bad at a silly little simulator game. However, it isn't the type of cozy game that gets boring after 8 hours of play time. They introduce so many elements in terms of DLC as well as regular game play to keep the game feeling fresh, even if you're farther along. The character models are pretty ugly, but are easily ignored for the stellar artwork design of the fish themselves. You genuinely want to find a way to make new tanks just to experience the new fish and plant life that leveling up within the game provides. The tanks can be positively stunning, I find myself just sitting to watch my fish float around at times while playing. All this being said, the glitches in the game inevitably make it unplayable. It started with a small issue within the Japanese garden DLC where I couldn't finish a lantern lighting quest despite having visited each lantern. This issue was honestly easy to get over, however the more persistent issue that I have noticed is that the game randomly (and with no warning) will reset. You will be transported back to the filthy basement dwelling that you start the game in, with far less money than you had, and all of your tanks gone. The first time this happened, I stopped playing the game for a week after having lost an immense amount of progress. I tried everything to get the save back to its original state, but to no avail. So, I tossed the save, and gave myself a week to mourn my digital fish before jumping back in. I played for one evening, saved my newly made game file on my supposedly non-corrupted game, and was shocked to find that yet again my progress was reset. At this point I am at a loss, I want to recommend this game, but ultimately cannot due to repetitive issues like these. If the devs fixed these issues, I could see myself jumping right back in again. As it stands, I'm looking to refund everything including the DLC packs that I bought.