We just got hooked in for some angling sports with a lot of promising fishing games out there. Its probably time to get a liking to the sport as the range of today’s relative releases are packed with great content in a rather simple and intuitive interface. At any given angling sports simulation game, the “competition” serves to be the highlight of it at its core. The first staple that comes to mind when tackling fishing games, is the reason to be fishing at all – which thrust you towards the competitive aspect of the game and its very agenda to rack each player to one another and compete to be the best. With angling sports game staples, the element of competition is second to none.

Next we have the “equipment variety” as the second staple of fishing games. What better way to promote progress in the game than having the players buy from a range of equipments to put into play. Often times, Fishing games lets you start with basic gears to get you surviving the training sessions or initial levels of the game, this is then followed by the option to purchase better gears to the records straight and get you leverage. Usually, this range of better equipment and other gears to use in a game also dictate your capacity to fish in the game (might it be to wander in new locations or obtain rare species of fish). The better equipments you have at your disposal means a deeper dwelling you’ve reach within the game.

Another staple in fishing games are of course the “fish varieties/species”. What is there to catch without the fishes therein? Fish Varieties in fishing games are the actual content of the game. Usually in these types of games, specific species are handed out as the objectives of the game, tasking you to find a variety of fish in a specific spot. This is obtained usually by the specific combination of rods, lures, and baits. Most of the time, fishes themselves have levels of rarity in them, along with a size and weight for the record. Fish varieties are important for they share the exact content and challenge of the game – which then makes them a staple among our list.

One more significant staple in the lot of Fishing games is the “given maps / fishing spots / locations”. Yes, the environment too play a heavy role in producing a close to real life experience of the sport. In most fishing game titles, the location primarily suggest the varieties of fish to be found therein. In most cases too, these play as the very stage of the game which dictates your progress. Some require specific equipment to visit, and even boats to purchase in order to access. To make things short, fishing spots or locations are just as important elements to any fishing game.

Finally, we have the “Trophies” for the avid players of the sport - especially to the enthusiast of the sport wanting to showcase their achievements. Most games also have leaderboards in them. The moment you get to successfully reel-in the biggest/heaviest catch, you’d automatically be topping the ranks and take recognition from the lot of player playing the game. As it is seen with several games, garnering wins from tourneys and cups will reward you with trophies to brag about. Some offer avatar customizations, which showcase the very level of the character in the game. Progress co-relates with the number of wins in the tourneys, or profits in the game by selling your catch.

Playing through countless number of angling sports simulation games in the past, we came across hundreds of interesting titles to play with. Hence, we have drafted these key aspects that we call ”staples” - that makes up a great game out of them.