This game is gorgeous, often evoking the feeling of a high-budget CGI movie.
Once you roll it out of the home, however, you’re greeted with a bustling, colorful city packed with people and awash with personality. The bowl will break if it falls from most heights. I Am Fish‘s first level begins with the goldfish in a perfectly round, sealed fish bowl that it can roll around in freely. The game even allows you to skip to the next checkpoint if you get stuck, so this is a more lenient experience, especially when compared to the torture of playing Surgeon Simulator 2. It can easily take seven or eight hours to play them all, depending on your skill level. Sure, there are only 14 levels, but I don’t think this is too short of an experience. There’s also a bonus level if you meet the requirements. The game’s structure is simple: beat each of the fish’s three levels and you’ll unlock the finale. Initially, you play as the goldfish for the first three levels before unlocking more for the other three. It’s a cute setup and the fish themselves are all adorable.
But, missing their friends, they all decide to escape and meet back up in the ocean. Shortly after, the four are sold to new owners. They’re totally normal fish at first, but then the store owner inadvertently gives them some of the magic bread from I Am Bread and they become hyperintelligent. I Am Fish starts out with four fish living in a tank at a pet store. Between its wonderful visuals, fantastic art direction, tight controls, clever premise, and strong level design, it’s hard not to get swept up in its current. I Am Fish can be rage-inducing and questionably designed in spots, but it’s honestly a strong release. Would it be another trollish title, or is it a game that people could actually, y’know, enjoy? The answer is somewhere in between these two extremes. With I Am Fish, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I don’t always like them, mind you, but I appreciate them. I generally appreciate games made by Bossa Studios.
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