hi guys, so I've just started playing Pokemon again and decide to try this one out yesterday. I've played for a few hours and I've just beaten the 3rd gym leader, i think her name was Esmeralda?
Anyway I was just wondering, is this rom still in beta or is it completed? It seems like it from the description on the first post. If that's the case then I'm kinda disappointed, the quality isn't what I expected if you compare to other top hacks out there. I've played many hacks found on this forum, ever since 2 or 3 years ago. This one however disappointed me, as there're a lot problems I can point out.
The first major problem is how repetitive it is. Pokemon itself is already quite repetitive overall, but this game just made it so much more repetitive in the first few hours. All you fight are either Bug or Grass type Pokemon. What's up with that? I have yet to encounter trainers that use a different Pokemon other than Bug or Grass types for the past 10 hours. Sure, there are a few that use different ones, but most of them use the same. It's as if the entire first 10 hours of the game forces you to choose Charmander as your starter, as it will work to your advantage. If you choose the other 2 starter types other than Charmander, then you're screwd and face boring battles every time.
The other problem is the dialogs. They're all the same, most of them at least. The storyline sucks, and it's not very clear and well introduced since the start. And when the storyline finally picks up, it doesn't even do a good job. I'm talking about the part where Team Steam steals the Red & Blue orb, and the gym leader (forgot her name) and a professor was there as well, I think they were kidnapped or something I can't remember properly.
Anyway, after you defeated Sheila, Team Steam then made their escape along with the two orbs. After they escaped, the gym leader and professor only spoke like 2 lines or so, and then pretended like it wasn't a big deal and just went off in their own directions. What the hell is up with that? In fact, the only people that cared were Ash and Red, where they were waiting outside the gym and tells you that they will be going after Team Steam. They weren't even in the building with you! This just doesn't piece together very well.
Lastly, there're a few small bugs that needed to be fixed. For example, when I received a Pokemon somewhere early at the start, the picture of the Pokemon didn't go away after I accepted it. I have to exit the building to make it disappear.
Anyway, this rom has the potential to become a great hack, but there're too many inconsistencies and bad storyline etc so I hope they will be fixed and improved in the future.