Isle of Jura Reviews

Horrible Save System you all have here, no autosaving? that's cool, hey? can i tell you all something? guess what it just did to my save file right after i caught all the fish... Well you might've guessed it! well... it never saved my progress not one time from the time i clicked new game to the time i caught the error cod (the last fish i needed in the game) the game bugged out forcing me to alt+F4 so not one shred of salvageable save data is left whatsoever - tell you what, you put in an autosave system? i remove my negative rating. The game was great otherwise fly fishing is horrible btw can you fix it yet? thanks...

There is something to say about games that are either constantly on sale or frequently free to own. Sometimes they belong to a beloved franchise such as Half Life and the platform decides to celebrate them by making them as easily accessible as possible. Other times those sales are just an excuse to compensate for how lackluster the actual price is. Well, in this case we will be going more into detail about the second scenario. Isles of Jura is the most unpolished fishing game I've played so far. It combines 3D exploration with a camera you can't control in an environment that feels empty and devoid of life, with fishing mechanics that are either tediously slow or annoyingly broken. Indeed, when you're not waiting for half a minute for something to bite or for the catching animation to finish, you're dealing with an imprecise way to catch a fish with a moving bar and the triggers. This may sound bad but at the very least after you catch each fish and empty your inventory to find new upgrades or unlock other sections your progress is saved, right? Unfortunately, the game features no autosave function nor a clear indication that saving and quitting is the only way to keep your progress. As a result, if you were to, let's say, try to finish the game in a single session without having to save you should be fine so long as the game didn't break, right? To answer this question I welcome the reader to refer to the discussion forum from the community hub of this game. Needless to say, the sensation is quite infuriating and the bland presentation both in characters, art style and soundtrack certainly don't motivate one to open it up again. In short, there is a local phrase that my mother used to tell me from time to time called "Cheap is expensive". For a while I didn't get what it meant since it sounded like a contradiction. However in recent years examples like this one can perfectly encapsulate it.