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Moonglow Bay
Moonglow Bay is set along the Eastern Canadian coastline during the 1980s and offers players a diverse and emotionally charged story, complemented by a relaxing, slice-of-life fishing RPG. You play as a rookie angler, struggling to fulfil your partner’s final wish by keeping a business afloat in the face of impending bankruptcy. Whether playing s...
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Moonglow Bay Reviews
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Exploring the seas to find new fish, complete quests, and uncover the game’s overarching mystery is never tiresome as Moonglow Bay’s ambiance and gameplay combine for a relaxing experience. It’s a lovely game all around with a few small but ultimately insignificant complaints that could be lodged. Truly, dive into Moonglow Bay and bask in its sweet serenity.
Moonglow Bay is a fun and relaxing game that I found very rewarding to play, there’s a huge variety of things to do in this game so I never get tired of it. Every day I play I can’t wait to go back and see what monster-sized fish I manage to catch and see what kind of new dishes I get to create in the kitchen.
Pure joy from start to finish, Moonglow Bay delights in its colour and story with some well executed fishing mechanics.
Moonglow Bay offers is an escapade to a seaside fishing town, but at times, it gets a little fishy.
Despite developer Bunnyhug getting so much right in terms of the presentation and some of the gameplay, the multitude of bugs and questionable design choices cast a heavy shadow that is impossible to ignore. Since its October release, there have been two patches to address some of the bugs, but the game still remains a messy experience overall. If you can look past the technical issues currently plaguing the game then Moonglow Bay could be a worthwhile time-sink, but it otherwise remains a difficult sell for all but the most diehard Harvest Moon fans.
Moonglow Bay may be the most Canadian game to ever exist. From strange fish tales to chatty Maritimers, the game will have you entranced by all its wonders.
A fantastic casual fishing/cooking/life sim game marred by a myriad of quality of life issues.
Ultimately, Moonglow Bay feels like a great premise, just one that needed a little longer in the oven to truly realize its full potential. It's got a lot of heart and charm, and I'm still enjoying renovating parts of my town and collecting the last few fish that have eluded me out on the water. Its core gameplay loop -- fish, cook, sell, renovate -- is strong, but too often I felt a little underwhelmed at how surface-deep many of its systems were. Its fishing mechanic feels like the biggest one to falter here, but its monster encounters never provided the level of spectacle I had expected, eit...
I can honestly say that fishing has never piqued my interest in all of my 28-years, but Moonglow Bay managed to get me hooked from the get-go. Cataloguing its weird and wonderful aquatic life was a pure joy, and I had a lot of fun experimenting with what I'd find if I used different bait or went to a new location. That said, the cooking mini-games do feel a little tedious, and I hope a patch is implemented in future to make navigation a lot easier. If you're seeking a charming and creative indie that really feels like nothing else out there, then you could do much worse than this one.
Advertised as a "cozy" game, on that end, Moonglow Bay delivers (in that cozy equals depressing sort of way). But it's also marketed as a "fishing RPG." That ga