When I started playing this game, I thought it was one of many terrible hacks on this site. I was genuinely surprised with what I saw. This isn't really a hack but a fix that makes this game even more enjoyable for a solo player: national dex from the start (I think), no trade evolution, no US and Japan exclusive events (actually no events at all; It's emulated after all).
I don't really know how to rate it 'cause I'm not rating FireRed here and there aren't that many changes: graphics, sound and plot are the same and only few new maps are added... wait a second! New maps? It calls for:
Graphics: 7
The new maps look great but sorta empty (especially Mew's island in Bill's machine). Can't say much more about them.
Addictiveness: 8
I rated addictiveness from nuzlocker's point of view. FireRed is easily nuzlockable but suffers from version exclusivity and trade evolutionness (Yeah, these are real diseases, I'm a specialist). Ultra Violet doesn't have this problem. It certainly is more pleasant to nuzlocke than the original.
Story: 4The only thing the creator of this hack messed up. Sevii islands got replaced with some meaningless island that is there only so you can catch non-Kanto pokemon. There was part of the plot on Sevii islands for crying out loud! The areas on the island aren't even properly labeled! There is no pokemon center! It has no purpose at that point of the game! And to get there you have to talk to some random girl! Why not use the Sevii islands boat script if there are no Sevii islands in this game! It makes no sense!
So yeah, if you ignore that nameless island, this game deserves a solid 8,5. Nuzlocking it was fun unlike some other hacks I played (inb4 you can stop if you don't like a game. My honor wouldn't let me do it, OK?).
It's well done, it's fun, it's nuzlockable, it's 8,5/10.
When I started playing this game, I thought it was one of many terrible hacks on this site. I was genuinely surprised with what I saw. This isn't really a hack but a fix that makes this game even more enjoyable for a solo player: national dex from the start (I think), no trade evolution, no US and Japan exclusive events (actually no events at all; It's emulated after all).
I don't really know how to rate it 'cause I'm not rating FireRed here and there aren't that many changes: graphics, sound and plot are the same and only few new maps are added... wait a second! New maps? It calls for:
Graphics: 7
The new maps look great but sorta empty (especially Mew's island in Bill's machine). Can't say much more about them.
Addictiveness: 8
I rated addictiveness from nuzlocker's point of view. FireRed is easily nuzlockable but suffers from version exclusivity and trade evolutionness (Yeah, these are real diseases, I'm a specialist). Ultra Violet doesn't have this problem. It certainly is more pleasant to nuzlocke than the original.
Story: 4The only thing the creator of this hack messed up. Sevii islands got replaced with some meaningless island that is there only so you can catch non-Kanto pokemon. There was part of the plot on Sevii islands for crying out loud! The areas on the island aren't even properly labeled! There is no pokemon center! It has no purpose at that point of the game! And to get there you have to talk to some random girl! Why not use the Sevii islands boat script if there are no Sevii islands in this game! It makes no sense!
So yeah, if you ignore that nameless island, this game deserves a solid 8,5. Nuzlocking it was fun unlike some other hacks I played (inb4 you can stop if you don't like a game. My honor wouldn't let me do it, OK?).
It's well done, it's fun, it's nuzlockable, it's 8,5/10.