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.

idk man it's not the best lol. i mainly just played it bc i had to pass the time while i had to cancel gamepass for a min & we got it on the switch at some point for prob like a couple bucks. buy ya the fun levels def waver. it might've been fun for like a run or 2 just trying to set a new high score but beating it was def a chore. the missions where you have to find a certain item was so painstaking, they're strangely so hidden in plain sight & the equipment that's supposed to help you find them seem like they barely help, so you end up just swimming around for soo long trying to find any possible place you might've not swam before lmao. & then the bosses are potentially the coolest part, but the problem is you're current shark is often so upgraded by the time you get to the boss, you're often able to just destroy the boss with ease & it just feels like another chore completed. so you end up in a cycle of just swimming around finding items & then defeating a boss just to unlock the next shark that you'll barely even use that much until you unlock the next one. the items are kinda fun but often it feels like you have no choice but to equip all the strongest abilities at your disposal just so you can progress. but i know what i was getting myself into, i def remember that this game was just an app that kids in middle school would play on their phone or ipod touch or whatever & it was prob way better in that context. playing an upgraded version as an adult with the goal of beating it just isn't as pure or fun & i def get that if i was just doing a couple runs on my phone in middle school i wouldn't have judged it this harshly haha. but hey at the same time i was playin different (& better?) app games back then too so who knows (;