I Am Fish

I Am Fish begins with a short video – four completely different fish live in the same aquarium at a pet store, have fun and eat bread together. They’re not even bothered by the fact that among them there is a piranha, which in reality is better to keep away from the others – a predator after all. At some point, the idyll collapses: locals buy all the fish and plant them in small, cramped aquariums in different parts of the city. Then they decide to run away.

First, you will control the goldfish – it realizes that it can push the aquarium and roll off in the chosen direction, so it quickly gets out into the street and tries to get to the ocean. There are many obstacles on the way: first you have to move from one roof to another, using wires as rails, then visit the sewers, swim to the fountain, cross several roads with merciless traffic, and so on.

When you pass three levels, other fish become available, and they differ from the first in special skills. The fugu can inflate and roll on the ground, the piranha snaps its teeth at red objects, and the flying fish spreads its fins in the air and turns into an airplane. All of them are united by the ability to dive deeply and jump high, which is necessary to overcome some obstacles, and they all die if they are out of the water for a long time.

In I Am Fish there are original moments like the flooding of the apartment, the episode with the drunk in the bar and a couple of comical levels. There are only three mini-adventures associated with each fish, some of them seem have been added simply to stretch the timing – like, for example, the first one and a half levels for the fugu, in which you simply roll forward and jump over stones. But it’s still fun to watch them.

The main difficulty of the game is the controls. When the fish is in the aquarium, it is difficult to control it, though still tolerable – it slows down reluctantly, but if you don’t accelerate too much, you also won’t die when falling. Another thing is when a fish jumps into an oblong jar – if you bury your nose in a corner, the jar will begin to turn. And often at such moments, the developers add more difficult conditions: first you need to hide from the seagulls breaking the jar after a few touches, then you need to maneuver between people walking in the park. Hopefully, you’ll cope with all the hardships waiting for you in this great game and successfully reach the ocean!