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Freddi Fish 4:
The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch
Cover art
Developer(s)Humongous Entertainment
Publisher(s)Humongous Entertainment[a]
Designer(s)
  • Lisa Wick
  • Brad Carlton
Artist(s)John Michaud (animator)
Writer(s)Dave Grossman
Composer(s)Thomas McGurk
EngineSCUMM
Platform(s)Macintosh
Windows
Linux
iOS
Release
  • March 1999 (Win & Mac)[1]
  • May 29, 2014 (Linux)[2]
  • August 13, 2015 (iOS)
  • December 21, 2023 (Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4)
Genre(s)Adventure, humorous
Mode(s)Single-player

Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch is a 1999 video game and the fourth of five adventure games in the Freddi Fish series of games. It was developed and published by Humongous Entertainment.

Plot

Freddi and Luther are on their way to Calico Ranch in Briny Gulch to meet Freddi's cousin, Calico Catfish, who agreed to teach them to raise hogfish. When they arrive, Cousin Calico tells them her hogfish herd has been rustled and that she couldn't call the authorities as the Sheriff supposedly went out of town. Freddi and Luther offer to help find the hogfish and catch the rustlers.

After entering the Town square, the two meet Saltwater Stella, the owner and operator of the local "sodaloon" and ask her if she saw anything suspicious. She tells them that two suspicious-looking fish had entered the sodaloon the other day. While investigating, Luther finds a note dropped under the table where the rustlers sat, which mentions a meeting at the Rusty Rustler, a local shipwreck, at High Tide.

When Freddi and Luther arrive at the wreck, they enter the combination code from the note to the hatch entrance and succeed to pry it open. Freddi hears the hogfish grunting from inside, but a slim fish named Goby starts guarding the hideout and, after Freddi and Luther attempt to enter, tells them that only rustlers are allowed in the hideout and that they need a colored hat, a kind of neckwear, and a belt buckle with a certain letter on it to qualify as rustlers. Using the magazine advertisement the rustler gave them, Freddi and Luther then set out to find materials for making a rustler disguise.

As Freddi and Luther find all the materials for their disguise, another rustler named Moray is shown having a difficult time dealing with the hogfish, who refuse to cooperate; he keeps threatening to call somebody called "Mr. Big" (who is later revealed to have planned the rustling). Moray later confides in Goby about his problems with the hogfish and reminds him not to let any non-rustlers in the hideout.

Once Freddi and Luther have all the necessary materials for their rustler costume, they head back to the Rusty Rustler and Luther manages to fit inside Freddi's hat to avoid getting caught. Goby falls for the duo's disguise and allows them to enter, but after Luther pops out of the disguise, he and Freddi are caught by Moray, who locks them up in a prison cell and calls Mr. Big to decide what should be done with them.

In their cell, Freddi and Luther discover a door underneath a bunch of cannonballs, which leads them to the hogfish's cell. They meet one of the hogfish named Gruntle, who explains that they have tried to break the handlebars on their window, which are slightly loose. A certain object is also found in the cell, which gives a clue to who Mr. Big is. Escaping through a hole in the cell and exploring around the wreck, Freddi and Luther discover an anchor and a hook, attach the hook onto the anchor's chain, secure the hook and chain onto the handlebars, and lower the anchor so that the handlebars can be pulled off, allowing the hogfish to escape and return home.

When Goby and Moray return to find the hogfish leaving, the Sheriff and townsfolk arrive and Freddi and Gruntle explain to everyone about Mr. Big, with the former having deduced who Mr. Big is due to the clue in the hogfish's cell, as well as the suspicious actions of him. Once the rustler is exposed, he explains the whole reason why he committed the theft and Freddi gives a speech on why nobody should take anything that does not belong to them. Goby and Moray then apologetically admit that they only wanted to be hogfish ranchers and not rustlers. Hearing this, Calico decides to hire Goby and Moray, along with Mr. Big, as assistant hogfish ranchers and finally begins teaching Freddi and Luther how to be ranchers as well.

Gameplay

The game uses the same principles as its predecessors, but similar to the third game, it has multiple endings on who the main culprit is based on evidence Freddi and Luther find. There are four possible suspects, and each one has a different reason for stealing the hogfish. These are Eight Finger Phil, Nelson Torso, Sahara Slim and Gill Barker (from the previous game) and they have different reasons for planning the rustling.

Reception

Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch was generally well-received, getting scores of 85% from GameBlitz,[3] 93% from Gamer's Pulse,[4] 4.5 out of 5 stars from Review Corner,[5] 4.5 out of 5 stars from Metzomagic[6] and Unikgamer gave a 6.5 out 10 score.[7] Review Corner also gave this game the Award of Excellence.[5]

During the year 2001 alone, Freddi Fish 4 sold 65,106 retail units in North America, according to PC Data.[9]

References

  1. ^ . 2000-05-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20000519222456/http://www.humongous.com/. Archived from the original on 2000-05-19. Retrieved 2023-06-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch on Steam". Steam. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  3. ^ a b James Anthony (1998). "Freddi Fish 4 review on GameBlitz". Retrieved March 30, 2015. An excellent effort to add to a really top-notch series.
  4. ^ a b Stephen (Scribbler) Zillwood (August 20, 2000). "Freddi Fish 4 - Gamer's Pulse". Archived from the original on October 30, 2001. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d "Freddi Fish 4 - Review Corner". 1999. Archived from the original on April 17, 2004. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
  6. ^ a b Rosemary Young (1999). "Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch Review by metzomagic.com". metzomagic.com. Retrieved May 11, 2015. Freddie fish has maintained her reputation in this adventure, she's just as lovable as ever.
  7. ^ a b "Freddi Fish series on Unikgamer". Unikgamer. Archived from the original on June 15, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Infogrames Awards - Freddi Fish 4". Archived from the original on June 24, 2003. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  9. ^ Sluganski, Randy (March 2002). "State of Adventure Gaming - March 2002 - 2001 Sales Table". Just Adventure. Archived from the original on June 19, 2002. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  1. ^ The Steam release was co-published by Tommo and Night Dive Studios.
    The iOS release was published by Tommo.

External links

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