Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/creatures-of-the-deep/id1556204048 Creatures of the Deep Infinite Dreams Inc. Disturbing news is coming from all over the world about mysterious monsters from the deep. You need to reach out to the… Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsDisturbing news is coming from all over the world about mysterious monsters from the deep. You need to reach out to the local people and investigate. You don't have much time! Join Anglers across the globe and travel through the world's most exotic fishing locations, cast a fishing line and catch record fish, sea creatures, underwater treasures and even some monsters. * DISCOVER the world's most exotic fishing locations * CATCH over 100 fish, creatures, items and even monsters * MEET some crazy anglers * CHALLENGE other players * SOLVE the local mystery * RELAX with the soothing sound of the waves and original music * BUILD your camp * HELP save the ocean This incredible adventure will introduce you to the fascinating underwater world, full of puzzles, curiosities, and the most unique animals on earth. Explore the depths, and be the first to find all the secrets. Catch the biggest fish in the location and become the master angler. Great discoveries and ancient treasures await you. Let's Fish! “Creatures of the Deep” is the next game from the developers of Sky Force, Crazy Dino Park, Jelly Defense and Let's Create! Pottery. “Creatures of the Deep” is FREE to download and FREE to play. However, you can purchase in-app items with real money. If you wish to disable this feature, please turn off the in-app purchases in your phone or tablet settings. Information Seller:Infinite Dreams Inc. Genre:Adventure, Sports Release:Nov 01, 2022 Updated:Dec 09, 2022 Version:1.24 Size:214.0 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal TomID likes this. ID Team New Member Nov 3, 2022 1 2 1 #2 ID Team, Nov 3, 2022 Greetings from the Infinite Dreams team! VirtualBoyFreak and Anotherkellydown like this. Rocksaint Well-Known Member Nov 29, 2013 528 234 43 #3 Rocksaint, Nov 3, 2022 This is a really interesting and relaxing game. Love that it has both control options of a joystick and tap+hold to move. Fishing mechanics are not too complicated nor too basic. Just the perfect balance to suit mobile. Haven't played a lot but enjoying it so far. TomID likes this. Studebaker Member Oct 20, 2022 12 12 3 Male #4 Studebaker, Nov 3, 2022 Fishing games usually way too easy but this has a knack to the casting and bite timing which keeps it interesting, along with the island base construction. TomID likes this. Anotherkellydown Moderator Staff Member Patreon Bronze Feb 10, 2014 3,771 681 113 Male CAD Technician I Upstate NY https://youtube.com/channel/UCcvu9xhE7xT-mZrXUZQJr5g #5 Anotherkellydown, Nov 3, 2022 Has that ID charm for sure! What a polished and fun game. Wouldn’t expect any less from the people that made one of the best shmups on the App Store. TomID likes this. Wicked8146 Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Nov 17, 2009 750 39 28 Dinosaur hunter Los Angeles #6 Wicked8146, Nov 3, 2022 Last edited: Nov 3, 2022 Enjoying this one so far! I love fishing games. This one has a lot of charm. VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,689 29 48 Spain #7 VirtualBoyFreak, Nov 4, 2022 Oh wow, never thought this one would be relived out of the N-Gage. So many hours spent back then on this game in that platform… Yes! Downloading now! Thanks! oldsnake Well-Known Member Aug 19, 2012 1,532 13 38 Male Impiegato Bologna italy http://luca-71-fr.tumblr.com #8 oldsnake, Nov 4, 2022 Wait a Minute,it’s this a touch F2P remake of Hooked On: Creatures from the Deep that got huge success when Nokia with Symbian OS like Nokia N95 and was on the N-Gage platform built with Nokia N Series,I mean the developers of Hooked On: Creatures from the deep was Infinite Dreams,the same developers of this one,and the publisher was Fishlabs. Alex DeLargest likes this. macplash Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2014 2,517 972 113 Male 3D artist Munich, Germany #9 macplash, Nov 4, 2022 I’m worried about F2P aspect of the game. I see there’s a shop with gems and only purpose of those (I found so far) is to exchange them for coins. And amount of coins seems to be fairly scarce right off the bat. You’re paying for everything and earning very little. Dunno if there are any interstitial ads yet. I’d like a fully premium experience of some sort because I don’t do gems. But it’s Infinite Dreams and I’ve sinked literally hundreds of hours into their games (Sky Force or Can knockdown sagas) so I’m sticking around for a while. At least to see how it turns out after a few attempts. TomID and Anotherkellydown like this. Wicked8146 Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Nov 17, 2009 750 39 28 Dinosaur hunter Los Angeles #10 Wicked8146, Nov 4, 2022 I've been playing for awhile now and I have yet to see a reason to pay any money. TomID likes this. VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,689 29 48 Spain #11 VirtualBoyFreak, Nov 4, 2022 I installed the game this morning, but I’ve yet to find a moment to play it. As soon as I play it, I’ll post my impressions and (hopefully) compare the experience with what I remember from my old Nokia N95 8GB and the N-Gage 2.0 app. macplash likes this. VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,689 29 48 Spain #12 VirtualBoyFreak, Nov 4, 2022 Last edited: Nov 4, 2022 I’ve been playing it for around an hour, and these are my first impressions: 1. The idea behind the game is similar to the original N-Gage game regarding the “wanna catch ‘em all” of all the creatures in each section: catch, discover new fish, get rare objects, fish ultra rare creatures, etc. This is good IMO. 2. I feel fishing is less of a challenge than in the original. In here, you throw the reel by touching the zone you want to, and then you wait for the perfect moment to click the screen and catch whatever creature/object bit the bait. Getting the bait back to the boat is fully automated. In the old one, aside from throwing the reel far or near depending on an energy bar which went up and down automatically and stopped when you hit the button (which is not too much of a loss, I don’t really care about this), the real challenge was -aside from clicking the button at the perfect moment to get the fish hooked to the bait- that there was an energy bar which represented how tight the string was, and you had to click the button at the right moments so that it didn’t get too tight nor too loose. This is completely missing here, and I think it would add loads of kudos to gameplay. As it is, it’s okay, but I prefer more challenge in the fishing. 3. I’ve hit the first wall. It’s not a paywall, it’s a time wall: “come back tomorrow and I’ll have more missions for you”, that’s the message I got. I’m nearly level 2, but not there yet, so I have to wait. I don’t like these artificial walls that force me to stop playing the story to level up and only let me farm fish and coins (maybe there’s a way to continue leveling up, but I haven’t found it, so I’ll stand corrected). I’m too old to have all the time in the world to play, so I play what I want when I can. If I can’t play what I want when I can because of these time walls, in the end I finish up quitting the game because they force me to play sessions which are not always compatible with my life. I’ll continue giving this game a chance tomorrow (or Sunday…) because of all the fond moments I remember with the original, but the time wall for me is “oh no, come on, I can only play now, not tomorrow…”. 4. IAP: I’m not sure about this. As of now, I don’t need to buy gems because they’re only an easy way of getting coins and just by fishing you get enough profit to be always in black numbers (even with the 100 coin/heli trip you have to pay to go back and forth and the broken fishing rods… I’ve already broken two). But I’m still level 1, so maybe when different sections of the “home island” become unlocked, I’ll discover that gems are used for something else which is crucial to continue evolving the character. Maybe a dev could comment on how IAP are going to work exactly? (Only coins or something else too?). EDIT: 5. Day/night cycle: some creatures can be caught during the day and night, others only during the day and others only at night. I’m not sure, but I feel this day/night cycle is the true 24h one we have, and not game-based. If this is the case, it’s a disaster: I work during the day and can only play at night, so does this mean I can only catch night creatures and day-night creatures, but not day-only creatures? Hopefully a dev could clear this out too. On a side note, I’m really missing the possibility of playing in portrait mode. Fishing games can suit portrait as good as landscape (in fact, the original N-Gage game was portrait-oriented), so if this game could add portrait mode, it would be great (at least for me). macplash likes this. macplash Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2014 2,517 972 113 Male 3D artist Munich, Germany #13 macplash, Nov 5, 2022 THIS! AND THIS! Plus to build a Dockyard at level 2 you need to collect 15 pieces of wood which looks like a task for days as these are randomly floating around very occasionally. Also the only way to open the chests is to watch an ad, and as I previously stated, I don’t do gems and I sure don’t do ads. And since there’s no way around it ATM, I’m going to have to pass on this game. Which is a shame cause it’s from Infinite Dreams and I really dig those guys. Alex DeLargest and VirtualBoyFreak like this. VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,689 29 48 Spain #14 VirtualBoyFreak, Nov 5, 2022 So I watched an ad to see what the chest offered and… 1 GOLD COIN!!! One ad for 1 MISERABLE GOLD COIN! If it was 1 gem… but 1 COIN, it’s pathetic… Studebaker Member Oct 20, 2022 12 12 3 Male #15 Studebaker, Nov 5, 2022 Caught two rare fish today. White Tuna and Green Parrotfish. No auto-reeling with these. They put up a fair struggle. Seemed like an accomplishment to finally pull them aboard. Now off in search of old Shredder. Legend says he inhabits deep waters to the north. VirtualBoyFreak and TomID like this. TomID Well-Known Member Jan 16, 2010 75 6 8 http://www.idreams.pl #16 TomID, Nov 5, 2022 Hi everyone! This is Tomek from Infinite Dreams. So glad some of you haven't forgotten about our old game Hooked On: Creatures of the Deep. Thank you for downloading our newest production. We really appreciate you taking the time out to share your experience with us. Answering your questions and issues. 1. ADS: “One ad for 1 MISERABLE GOLD COIN!”. This is definitely a bug. Thanks for reporting. We've turned off the ads. We will try to fix this in the next update 2. FISHFIGHT "I feel fishing is less of a challenge than in the original" Most common fish and items are caught without a fight. However, rare fish, epic fish and monsters require more effort from the player. 3. TIMEWALL “I’ve hit the first wall. It’s not a paywall, it’s a time wall " That's right, all quests aren't available on day one. Sometimes you have to wait. However, for us STORY is just a side-story to the game. You can still catch all fish, items and sea creatures. Gain experience, earn money and unlock new fisheries without waiting for the next day. 4. IAP "I've been playing for awhile now and I have yet to see a reason to pay any money." It looks like we have a monetization problem as usual iAPs are designed to accelerate the game progress (ex. quick exchange of gems for coins to unlock new locations). You can also buy some stuff for your boat (it gives you nothing extra, only the super cool appearance) or buy extra glasses for your avatar. Without iAPs you can easily unlock all locations and catch everything in the game. 5. Day / night cycle "it's a disaster" Yes, this is a true 24 hour cycle. The night runs from 9:00 PM-5:00 AM. Our biggest concern was the children who have to go to bed at 8pm and won't be able to fish at night until they are older That is why we have introduced nets that can be left in the water for 24 hours and catch something when we are away. 6. "possibility of playing in portrait mode" For the first six months of production, the game ran in portrait mode. We decided to switch to landscape mode later. We will consider going back to this mode as an option. 7. "the only way to open the chests is to watch an ad" If you don't like ads (as we do), feel free to skip the crates. You will only find coins or gems there - nothing interesting On behalf of the whole team, thank you very much for all the opinions. Charles Elwood Gay III, Anotherkellydown, Alex DeLargest and 3 others like this. macplash Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2014 2,517 972 113 Male 3D artist Munich, Germany #17 macplash, Nov 5, 2022 Yeah, but without a story, it'll get very repetitive real soon. The problem is you can fit only 5 items in the bag. Now, early in the game the payout for fish or items is very low. I assume it'll go up with more rare fish, but for now, it's really unbalanced. For me it's usually between 30 and 40 coins per fish. By paying 100 coins for the helicopter for each trip to the sea (and ocassional broken fishing rod), we're barely covering the cost for these trips. I mean, 5 fish (or items) per trip? Realistically, that amount would fit into a small bucket. Just doesn't make sense. I understand we can eventually buy additional slot(s), but still. Very limiting. But I understand you're trying to keep the player invested in the game for a longer run. I'm just not sure if this is the right way. Alex DeLargest and ste86uk like this. VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,689 29 48 Spain #18 VirtualBoyFreak, Nov 5, 2022 Hi Tomek. Thanks a lot for taking the time to answer/comment on our posts. I’m used to farming in games, so I’ll continue playing the game for now, and the net solution for the fish sounds okay. I hope you finally get to implement portrait as an option in the future Stag Well-Known Member Nov 18, 2017 282 54 28 #19 Stag, Nov 5, 2022 Have to give this one a go. How are the touch screen controls.....can the haptic feedback be turned on/off ste86uk Well-Known Member May 9, 2012 6,147 722 113 #20 ste86uk, Nov 5, 2022 So all these comments I had to try this and honestly I don’t understand the love for it at all. To start with is that even a joystick? It’s horrible so I just started using taps which I didn’t know I could do. Next I play a lot of f2p games and this game is pretty harsh, 5 whole storage slots that are filled extremely quickly and if you find something like wood that’s apparently rare so you don’t want to loose it that takes up space leaving even less. The cost of flying back to base to sell fish to come back along with the cost of any broken rod…it’s ludicrous I’m barely making anything. I have no desire to carry on, on my experience games ease you into this kind of stuff they give you enough storage and resources for the first few hours or whatever of the game before things start to either take time or money. For it to be there right away? Why should I continue on, I have nothing invested in this and within the first 30 minutes or whatever I spent on it, it’s already a pain in the backside… I feel like this could have been done a lot better even being f2p, but f2p games are a dime a dozen get it wrong and people will just move onto the next one. This one doesn’t even lure you in gently it just hits just with a brick in the face. Also wtf is with the quest guy sailing a little bit away after every quest? Just stay still dammit! VirtualBoyFreak and macplash like this. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
This is a really interesting and relaxing game. Love that it has both control options of a joystick and tap+hold to move. Fishing mechanics are not too complicated nor too basic. Just the perfect balance to suit mobile. Haven't played a lot but enjoying it so far.
Fishing games usually way too easy but this has a knack to the casting and bite timing which keeps it interesting, along with the island base construction.
Has that ID charm for sure! What a polished and fun game. Wouldn’t expect any less from the people that made one of the best shmups on the App Store.
Oh wow, never thought this one would be relived out of the N-Gage. So many hours spent back then on this game in that platform… Yes! Downloading now! Thanks!
Wait a Minute,it’s this a touch F2P remake of Hooked On: Creatures from the Deep that got huge success when Nokia with Symbian OS like Nokia N95 and was on the N-Gage platform built with Nokia N Series,I mean the developers of Hooked On: Creatures from the deep was Infinite Dreams,the same developers of this one,and the publisher was Fishlabs.
I’m worried about F2P aspect of the game. I see there’s a shop with gems and only purpose of those (I found so far) is to exchange them for coins. And amount of coins seems to be fairly scarce right off the bat. You’re paying for everything and earning very little. Dunno if there are any interstitial ads yet. I’d like a fully premium experience of some sort because I don’t do gems. But it’s Infinite Dreams and I’ve sinked literally hundreds of hours into their games (Sky Force or Can knockdown sagas) so I’m sticking around for a while. At least to see how it turns out after a few attempts.
I installed the game this morning, but I’ve yet to find a moment to play it. As soon as I play it, I’ll post my impressions and (hopefully) compare the experience with what I remember from my old Nokia N95 8GB and the N-Gage 2.0 app.
I’ve been playing it for around an hour, and these are my first impressions: 1. The idea behind the game is similar to the original N-Gage game regarding the “wanna catch ‘em all” of all the creatures in each section: catch, discover new fish, get rare objects, fish ultra rare creatures, etc. This is good IMO. 2. I feel fishing is less of a challenge than in the original. In here, you throw the reel by touching the zone you want to, and then you wait for the perfect moment to click the screen and catch whatever creature/object bit the bait. Getting the bait back to the boat is fully automated. In the old one, aside from throwing the reel far or near depending on an energy bar which went up and down automatically and stopped when you hit the button (which is not too much of a loss, I don’t really care about this), the real challenge was -aside from clicking the button at the perfect moment to get the fish hooked to the bait- that there was an energy bar which represented how tight the string was, and you had to click the button at the right moments so that it didn’t get too tight nor too loose. This is completely missing here, and I think it would add loads of kudos to gameplay. As it is, it’s okay, but I prefer more challenge in the fishing. 3. I’ve hit the first wall. It’s not a paywall, it’s a time wall: “come back tomorrow and I’ll have more missions for you”, that’s the message I got. I’m nearly level 2, but not there yet, so I have to wait. I don’t like these artificial walls that force me to stop playing the story to level up and only let me farm fish and coins (maybe there’s a way to continue leveling up, but I haven’t found it, so I’ll stand corrected). I’m too old to have all the time in the world to play, so I play what I want when I can. If I can’t play what I want when I can because of these time walls, in the end I finish up quitting the game because they force me to play sessions which are not always compatible with my life. I’ll continue giving this game a chance tomorrow (or Sunday…) because of all the fond moments I remember with the original, but the time wall for me is “oh no, come on, I can only play now, not tomorrow…”. 4. IAP: I’m not sure about this. As of now, I don’t need to buy gems because they’re only an easy way of getting coins and just by fishing you get enough profit to be always in black numbers (even with the 100 coin/heli trip you have to pay to go back and forth and the broken fishing rods… I’ve already broken two). But I’m still level 1, so maybe when different sections of the “home island” become unlocked, I’ll discover that gems are used for something else which is crucial to continue evolving the character. Maybe a dev could comment on how IAP are going to work exactly? (Only coins or something else too?). EDIT: 5. Day/night cycle: some creatures can be caught during the day and night, others only during the day and others only at night. I’m not sure, but I feel this day/night cycle is the true 24h one we have, and not game-based. If this is the case, it’s a disaster: I work during the day and can only play at night, so does this mean I can only catch night creatures and day-night creatures, but not day-only creatures? Hopefully a dev could clear this out too. On a side note, I’m really missing the possibility of playing in portrait mode. Fishing games can suit portrait as good as landscape (in fact, the original N-Gage game was portrait-oriented), so if this game could add portrait mode, it would be great (at least for me).
THIS! AND THIS! Plus to build a Dockyard at level 2 you need to collect 15 pieces of wood which looks like a task for days as these are randomly floating around very occasionally. Also the only way to open the chests is to watch an ad, and as I previously stated, I don’t do gems and I sure don’t do ads. And since there’s no way around it ATM, I’m going to have to pass on this game. Which is a shame cause it’s from Infinite Dreams and I really dig those guys.
So I watched an ad to see what the chest offered and… 1 GOLD COIN!!! One ad for 1 MISERABLE GOLD COIN! If it was 1 gem… but 1 COIN, it’s pathetic…
Caught two rare fish today. White Tuna and Green Parrotfish. No auto-reeling with these. They put up a fair struggle. Seemed like an accomplishment to finally pull them aboard. Now off in search of old Shredder. Legend says he inhabits deep waters to the north.
Hi everyone! This is Tomek from Infinite Dreams. So glad some of you haven't forgotten about our old game Hooked On: Creatures of the Deep. Thank you for downloading our newest production. We really appreciate you taking the time out to share your experience with us. Answering your questions and issues. 1. ADS: “One ad for 1 MISERABLE GOLD COIN!”. This is definitely a bug. Thanks for reporting. We've turned off the ads. We will try to fix this in the next update 2. FISHFIGHT "I feel fishing is less of a challenge than in the original" Most common fish and items are caught without a fight. However, rare fish, epic fish and monsters require more effort from the player. 3. TIMEWALL “I’ve hit the first wall. It’s not a paywall, it’s a time wall " That's right, all quests aren't available on day one. Sometimes you have to wait. However, for us STORY is just a side-story to the game. You can still catch all fish, items and sea creatures. Gain experience, earn money and unlock new fisheries without waiting for the next day. 4. IAP "I've been playing for awhile now and I have yet to see a reason to pay any money." It looks like we have a monetization problem as usual iAPs are designed to accelerate the game progress (ex. quick exchange of gems for coins to unlock new locations). You can also buy some stuff for your boat (it gives you nothing extra, only the super cool appearance) or buy extra glasses for your avatar. Without iAPs you can easily unlock all locations and catch everything in the game. 5. Day / night cycle "it's a disaster" Yes, this is a true 24 hour cycle. The night runs from 9:00 PM-5:00 AM. Our biggest concern was the children who have to go to bed at 8pm and won't be able to fish at night until they are older That is why we have introduced nets that can be left in the water for 24 hours and catch something when we are away. 6. "possibility of playing in portrait mode" For the first six months of production, the game ran in portrait mode. We decided to switch to landscape mode later. We will consider going back to this mode as an option. 7. "the only way to open the chests is to watch an ad" If you don't like ads (as we do), feel free to skip the crates. You will only find coins or gems there - nothing interesting On behalf of the whole team, thank you very much for all the opinions.
Yeah, but without a story, it'll get very repetitive real soon. The problem is you can fit only 5 items in the bag. Now, early in the game the payout for fish or items is very low. I assume it'll go up with more rare fish, but for now, it's really unbalanced. For me it's usually between 30 and 40 coins per fish. By paying 100 coins for the helicopter for each trip to the sea (and ocassional broken fishing rod), we're barely covering the cost for these trips. I mean, 5 fish (or items) per trip? Realistically, that amount would fit into a small bucket. Just doesn't make sense. I understand we can eventually buy additional slot(s), but still. Very limiting. But I understand you're trying to keep the player invested in the game for a longer run. I'm just not sure if this is the right way.
Hi Tomek. Thanks a lot for taking the time to answer/comment on our posts. I’m used to farming in games, so I’ll continue playing the game for now, and the net solution for the fish sounds okay. I hope you finally get to implement portrait as an option in the future
Have to give this one a go. How are the touch screen controls.....can the haptic feedback be turned on/off
So all these comments I had to try this and honestly I don’t understand the love for it at all. To start with is that even a joystick? It’s horrible so I just started using taps which I didn’t know I could do. Next I play a lot of f2p games and this game is pretty harsh, 5 whole storage slots that are filled extremely quickly and if you find something like wood that’s apparently rare so you don’t want to loose it that takes up space leaving even less. The cost of flying back to base to sell fish to come back along with the cost of any broken rod…it’s ludicrous I’m barely making anything. I have no desire to carry on, on my experience games ease you into this kind of stuff they give you enough storage and resources for the first few hours or whatever of the game before things start to either take time or money. For it to be there right away? Why should I continue on, I have nothing invested in this and within the first 30 minutes or whatever I spent on it, it’s already a pain in the backside… I feel like this could have been done a lot better even being f2p, but f2p games are a dime a dozen get it wrong and people will just move onto the next one. This one doesn’t even lure you in gently it just hits just with a brick in the face. Also wtf is with the quest guy sailing a little bit away after every quest? Just stay still dammit!
