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Pokemon Glazed (beta 3)
05-27-13 11:35 AM
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Pokemon Glazed- Overall Incomplete, but full first half is original and worth playing
Pokemon Glazed is a hack of Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire split into two regions. Only the first region is finished and playable, but it has a complete plot, so it's like playing a full game. The game took me 35 game time hours to complete, which is the average length of a Pokémon game. Note that this game doesn't have a working in-game save function, so you'll have to do all your saving through save states. Just as a little background information, I am a dedicated Pokémon fan and a frequent player of Pokémon hacks. The things I look for in a Pokémon hack are new story and interesting additions or changes to the Pokémon games. I really appreciate thoroughness and the feeling of a complete, new game.
Glazed is set, like many other Pokémon hacks, in a new region, this one called Tunod. (It's donut backwards, as the NPC's will point out. As far as I can tell, that's really the only explanation for the title of the game.) But that's not where you start the game. The first thing the game does is introduce the overarching plot with some purposefully vague explanation, promising more clarification later. It's a good start to a game, and I appreciated it. You then get ready to leave on your Pokémon journey, pick your starter, and head off to become a Pokémon Master, as per usual. (Note: Many other players said that the game would not let them leave the lab even after picking a starter. I did not have this problem. I'm not sure what I did, but I can say that I talked to all of the NPC's in town and tried to leave town before entering the lab.) The available Pokémon in this region are a hodgepodge mix from all five generations, so don't get your hopes up on finding a particular Pokémon until you've already seen one. As you travel on your Pokémon journey, you meet the mysterious evil team up to mysterious evil t... Read the rest of this Review
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Pokemon - A Grand Day Out
05-25-13 02:56 PM
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Pokemon- A Grand Day Out: Not great, but worth a few laughs
Pokemon- A Grand Day Out is a "mini hack" of Pokémon LeafGreen, meaning that it's supposed to be short. And it is. Playing it through with liberal use of the speed button, the game took me 2 hours to finish (actual game time of 5 hours). For a bit of context, I am an avid Pokémon fan and I play a lot of Pokémon hacks here on Vizzed. I mostly look for Pokémon hacks with new story lines or settings. I chose to play this one because I wanted something funny and easy to kill some time with. Funny it was, easy not so much.
The game follows a new storyline in an ever-so-slightly modified Kanto Region where you leave on your Pokémon journey from Pallet Town and then get involved in trying to stop Team Rocket from blowing stuff up. The story plays out with a few cutscenes and some battles, so the game is mostly text-driven. The actual story is pretty uninteresting. It progresses at a reasonable pace, but it's very simple and not terribly inspiring. Other than your starter Pokémon, all other wild Pokémon you encounter are the regular ones you'd expect from FireRed/LeafGreen, although the levels are modified slightly. The purpose of this hack, clearly, was just for the rewritten dialogue, which pokes fun at various aspects of Pokémon games, such as the uselessness of NPC dialogue. Most of the NPC's have rewritten dialogue (about 90%), so it's worth talking to all of them.
Since the premise of the game is so goofy, I was hoping that it would be an easy play and I could just breeze through the Pokémon battles, but this was sadly not the case. The starter Pokémon you receive is Cubone, which may sound useful early on, but it becomes very apparent that he is not a terribly good Pokémon for this game. The abundance of Flying Pokémon and Koffing (with Levitate) makes Cubone a frustrating Pokémon to rely on. &nb... Read the rest of this Review
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Pokemon Fuligin
11-26-12 12:44 PM
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Pokémon Fuligin- Clever, Involving, Thorough, and Hilarious
Something that I really appreciate in a Pokémon hack is how different it is from the original. I've played the original Pokémon games through a hundred times before, so playing a hack that's really the same game with a few changes isn't very exciting. Pokémon Fuligin, despite beginning innocently and typically to a regular Pokémon game, sets itself apart early as a completely different kind of Pokémon story-driven adventure game.
This game is rated mature, and with very good reason. Language is harsh, jokes are on adult topics, and the actual storyline is much, much darker than a standard Pokémon game. Provided that the player is a mature person, however, this should not be a problem, as the dialogue never becomes offensive or (exceptionally) disturbing. You will, however, experience a few "What did I just read?" moments after speaking to the NPC's.
Speaking of which, talk to all the NPC's! As mentioned in the title, this game is extremely thorough. Nearly all the NPC's walking around town have rewritten dialogues which actually fit into the context of the game. Also, a lot of it is really just funny. The plot-centric characters also have appropriate new things to say, which really helps to complete and add to the story of the game.
The story is very well executed. Early in the game, when it still feels like a regular, innocent Pokémon game, you get little hints to the real plot. The plot escalates from these hints, keeping you interested and giving you reasons to keep exploring the world. As I said earlier, this game is story-driven, which is really spectacular. Instead of simply wandering around the region with a vague idea of what you're doing, NPC's will actually give you reasons to go places. This is best shown at the very beginning of the game, when, ... Read the rest of this Review
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