Pokémon Dark Rising is a very nice hack. You can tell the work of the creator:
-Graphics are quite good. Shiny Gold and Liquid Crystal may have better graphics but Dark Rising portrays the Pokémon very nice.
- Sound is good but nothing special.
- Many characters from the Anime like Ash and Rocky will be encountered and play a particular role in the story.
- So far I've played I like the story. There will be a lot of question you'll be confronted with. That's why you want to find out where your father will be and who this dark organization might be.
- Difficulty has been drastically improved(at least for me): Although you'll receive a Dragon Pokémon at the beginning the beginning might be hard. A lot of strong trainers forced me to train(I don't remember when the last time that happened was  ). I currently have 2 badges and a Dragonair Lvl 40 and my opponents are really taking me to the limit. But I like that. Better difficult than easy, huh? 
Overall I rate this game 9.5. I might change my rating because this Hack isn´t complete yet.

it looks good its probably better than shiny gold and liquid crystal because they were glitchy. nice review i enjoyed reading it i might play it some time

Admin should probably upload the newest version that was uploaded by DarkRisingGirl(the creator) today because it contains some bug fixes.

RocketLeader : I'll upload the bugfixed game soon when I'm sure that all problems have been fixed. I wanted to upload the game without any bugs, but it was my bad for thinking the "Final Updated" patch meant that it had no bugs.

When I add the new game it will be titled Pokemon Dark Rising (without beta in the parenthesis).