Fish Fillets Demo

Puzzle games are usually slower and more challenging that regular games, but the genre is quite popular with all audiences and it has been for a long time. Sometimes, you just want to relax and toy around with a riddle or two, rather than kill hundreds of people in the latest Battlefield sequel, especially if you are not particularly agile with a rifle.

Fish Fillets may be a bit weirder in the beginning, but it’s heavily based on humor and character attachment, which pays off in the end. In essence, the game challenges you to pass a series of levels, by moving objects around and getting just enough room for the two fishes to get out. There are many rules of what and how can you move, but you can learn those on the go and get used to them.

The story may not seem very mature at first, but it contains many hidden jokes that boggle the mind every once in a while. As such, it all revolves around the two fishes that happen to be secret agents for a huge, yet anonymous corporation. The corporation’s main activity seems to be the investigation of UFOs, because that’s what the two companions are going to investigate throughout their journey as well.

The puzzles themselves require good spatial awareness and bit of problem-solving prowess, even if they all have the same idea when you get down to it. However, even if all you have to do is move the objects in the levels around in such a way as to get from one point to the other, every stage is different and it presents another challenge. A variety of funny characters keeps you company throughout the levels.

Speaking of which, most of the game is hand-drawn and it looks more than decent, especially when you consider the fact that it was developed in the late 90s. As such, the interface may be tricky and some machines may not be able to run it properly, but the graphics still look nice and you can tell that the designers took their time when it came to the environments.

All things considered, Fish Fillets is a somewhat unique product, in the sense that there are few puzzle games tackling the subject in this specific manner. Hence, if you are looking for a brain teaser and you do not mind the sight of old graphics, this may very well be the game for you.