Really addicting on mobile, really poorly done for console.

Mobile - While I don't really like touch controls or mobile gaming in general, I grew up with Hungry Shark and still play it when I need to burn some time. It's addicting, and when world came out, the graphics were pretty impressive to me (and even hold up due to the more cartoony art style). There is a ton of sharks, seas, and customization. One of the few good mobile games out there, and my review score reflects the mobile version.

Console - Wow, this port is so bad (I played on Switch, but seriously, it is way more than enough to run Hungry Shark at a perfect 60 fps). I saw it randomly on sale and was surprised to see my favorite mobile game on consoles, so I shrugged and downloaded it. The load times are way too long, frame drops happen when too much is on screen (even as a smaller shark), it wasn't prettied up at all for the console release, and crashes can randomly happen at the results screen for seemingly no reason at all. What was a fun sandbox game to mindlessly play when you needed to get a little pent-up frustration out is now a hastily ported game that makes some changes to fit a console release, but ultimately those changes take away what made the game fun in the first place. Levels don't matter here, you have to do the same "boss fight" over and over to get the next shark (which there are fewer of in the console version). At least playing with a controller feels far more intuitive.