This is the first time I've made a "professional"-style review, but I'm going to give it my best shot.
Loading Time: Amazingly fast, even on my old computer.
Controls: Standard for a Pokémon rom, but very smooth. Even on the worn-out laptop I own, I was not able to detect any lag between key presses and actions performed.
Save States: I was pleasantly surprised to find that the in-game save works without glitching out when I close the emulator. I recommend using the emulator save state as a back-up on occasion, just in case, but I have had no glitches or wipes just from using the in-game state.
Graphics: Bright and colourful, of a quality that is in-line with Fire Red, the game it is a hack of. I did find that the brightness of the candy-colours was overwhelming at times, so I do recommend playing with a light on in the room. Animations are smooth and as seamless as the generation-standard of Pokémon games would allow, and the edits to the sprites are well-done. No unidentifiable "what is that??"s here!
Sound: Standard 16-bit Pokémon fair, and is loud enough that I needed to turn my computer's main volume down a bit. It's not overwhelming, but make sure you don't have your headphones on with the sound turned up quite a lot, you will be blasted. There are a few stutters in the sound at times, usually at the end of battle, but nothing to really be worried about.
Pokémon Sweet Version doesn't really take itself seriously, as any good hack like this shouldn't. The people you meet make random candy or baked-goods jokes, which you would expect to fall flat after a while, but I found myself grinning at even the most absurd ones. Little sprite cameos seen every once in a while are a nice surprise, and something to look forward to identifying.
In-game text flows smoothly, with the nice little addition of a red or blue tint to indicate whether you are talking to a girl or a boy, which is honestly helpful at times. Noticed a few minor typos, but as this is a beta, that is to be expected. Some of the "Pokesweet" attack names are adorable and punny, making for moments of unexpected laughter when your Pokesweet learns one.
This hack's version of the Pokedex is called a Cookbook, and, as you would expect, things are divided up by types of food. Everything makes logical sense, however, and so if you're looking for one Pokesweet in particular in your Cookbook, they're pretty easy to find. It helps that you have various options for organizing your Cookbook, making particular Pokesweets even easier to find if necessary!
Standard Pokémon rules apply as far as gameplay and items go: you battle, you weaken, you capture (or faint). Items can be bought and sold and have the same uses as in the original versions. The tool tips that are accessed through the L and R button-keys can prove helpful to those unfamiliar with Pokémon gameplay or those who have not played in a long time. The in-game monsters are still referred to as "Pokémon" in the tooltips, but that is a minor issue.
The Pokémon you run into in the game may not be quite what you expected out of a Fire Red hack, so don't go into the game expecting everything but sprites to be essentially the same. It's not the same, but it is sweet (no pun intended) to run around and find new Pokesweets waiting in unexpected places.
All in all, a very cute, nicely in-depth hack that I would honestly like to see a sequel of, perhaps one of the later games such as Diamond or Pearl. |
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) is to compare the game with other similar ones or to other games of the time. You do compare to other Pokémon games so you already have the hang of it.
