Lets start by saying if you come in here to critique the actual review (guaranteed 3+ of you will comment saying something about oh I liked how you did this or you should've added more detail here) and not the game, I will throat punch you. PLAY THE GAME FIRST.

Moving on pyrite is a very intricate hack of the GSC era. The move pools of the Pokémon is not altered however the levels they learn moves at is to be more practical and realistic. The evolutionary levels are changed too. Most Pokémon evolve through level up like kadabra. This is phenomenal of course.

The main difficulty hack here is a forced set battle style. Also no items from the pack in battle (opponents will abide by this law as well). Now before you go cry that you cant use 99999 hyper potions to win any match just realize that your ridiculous and no items in battle makes a much more tactical and challenging game. Makes it like a legit competition you'd play online, except with a story mode. Also instead of disobeying you Pokémon are capped at a certain level based on your gym badges which provides a focus on team building rather than power leveling your starter to lvl 99 and destroying everything with one attack over and over and over. Honestly I only hit the cap a few times its nothing to worry about it continues into the kanto region too. Finally gyms are actually a challenge because you cant leave when you enter unless you win or white-out! So stock up on items before hand. (money loss formula for losing is reworked obviously).

There's plenty of map, trainer, and mart tweaks as well. Otherwise it'll unfold similar to a gsc version. Somethings like the move tutor is severely changed. He charges 1000 coins and will teach a Pokémon any compatible move. However you don't pick what move he offers to teach it, the game does through a complex formula. If you don't want it, check back another time and hell have something new for you.

Graphics and Sound need no explanation nothing different there.

Depth - the game is more in depth than gsc in some areas a little less in others. Theres more trainers and events so overall id say its a little longer content wise than gsc

Story - somewhat different from gsc. You explore kanto in the order that you would if you were playing RBY, more events which is nice. 

addictiveness - if youre a seasoned player looking to revist GSC youll love it. Its pretty well done and has a lot of changes in AI and Pokémon that makes the game more dynamic/playable

difficulty - ayyy LMAO. The beginning is hard, the middle you can hit a stride and get through without too much bumps. The E4 can be challenging if your team as a whole is lacking in some coverage. Once you reach kanto some gyms will challenge you depending on your team combination. From the 6th kanto gym leader on expect to be in hot water. There Pokémon will be fitted with items like leftovers and use combinations on you like toxic,rest,mint berry etc. Can certainly get difficult. after collecting all 8 badges the rest of kanto is suppose to be difficult but youll  be close to maxed so ill let you decide that on your own.

Its fun playing pyrite over all though

WORDS OF WARNING

Do not lose to blaine, you will be unable to rematch him/collect his badge thus ending your quest shortly

Do not enter the gym in viridian city until you know the gym leader is in there (hes the last so youll beat blaine first right!? see above warning )

Create a save in the game manually right before challenging the e4, you should do this in every Pokémon game anyways

be careful with your save states (duhhh) f2 = save f4 = load


Alright now you know! Stop rating this classic so low and give a new challenge a chance!

bump

Agreed but likely to get more exposure here, you'll have to excuse me bending the rules. More of a rant anyways since the suggested fix is infact very minor. 

Moving on if it was convenient for you a casual player it surely was more convenient to more frequent players and thus serves a worthwhile purpose.

Back in the day (for the newer members) there was a large sidebar on the front page of vizzed.com that contained some simple graphics and the names of most commonly searched games. Clicking on this (things from Mario to Pokémon to Zelda to mortal combat etc) would quickly bring you to these games which could then be filtered accordingly. The option for hacks was separated as well.

This feature has been gone for over a year now I'd guess and it's really been irksome. Maybe you wanted to remove some things you seemed as cluttering but id really enjoy seeing that shortcut bar back. Shouldnt really be much effort to code back into the website.

Disclaimer: I've been on vizzed for a long time but usually solely for playing games so if there is in fact a way to reactivate this shortcut bar under account settings please kindly guide me to it without crucifying me. Otherwise this thread serves as a petition to reinstate the aforementioned shortcut bar.

Please bring the shortcut bar on the homepage back it saved a lot of time
Thank you

Thanks for the feedback but I was just writing this review to help generate some more views to a game I appreciate. A brief summary if you will. Regardless I don't mean this reply to have any negative implications and thank you again for reading it. 

As an older but less active member I'm still glad to see vizz is doing so well.

This Pokemon hack is so underrated. Its like Maine during the summertime, an undiscovered gem. Its unique story line brings you through a whole new region created by the hacker sprinkled in with some familiar areas like the safari zone. It has some new tweaks to all these old zones. The big experiment here is an overview map warp zone. This eliminates the need for fly and helps you navigate if you get lost. Interesting concept to say the least.

The graphics are GBA and well polished few glitches for a hack.

Sound is similar to every other pokemon game. I generally don't play with sound on or play music in the background so I left it blank. Would say its about a 7 though. Catchy but I've heard it a million times.

Story is slightly different from other pokemon games, ill let you find out on your own. There's still gym leaders, E4, and side quests.

Depth there is hundreds of pokemon to catch if you desire I usually only get 50ish though haha. The landscape has ample amounts of trainers and exploring to do so have no fear about investing time into it, you wont blaze through it.

The difficulty on this game is definitely upped compared to regular games. Its much harder early on. I've whited out quite a few times.

Overall its just a very enjoyable game. I highly recommend it and notice it doesn't have many plays yet so hopefully this review will aid that. Before you ask, F2 is to save, F4 is to load, and save in the game before beating the elite 4!

Happy gaming!

Chrono Trigger...

It's one of those legendary games that you heard of and kind of know how it would play out but never really played it for whatever reason. I honestly just thought oh look its going to be another early final fantasy game. Well not quite. A lot of the game engine is final fantasy obviously (they used final fantasy's developers and a couple of others for production) but it has its own separate twists and mechanics from FF. Chrono trigger utilizes a dual-tech & triple-tech system that allows different characters to perform powerful combinations. So in terms of battle you no longer pick the best individuals but rather build a team with the best chemistry. The difficulty battle wise was a bit harder then most rpg's and there was no annoying random encounters! All the enemies are on screen....thats not to say you wont be ambushed. The graphics are amusing, your characters will turn towards the enemy and not mindlessly stare off at the sky. Some monsters even dance around the screen while in battle. The game has many different endings (14) so it has a high replay value. Overall I love these retro-styled rpg's made in the "golden" age of video games. So naturally picking this game up after returning from boot camp was a treat. Regardless I think anyone can enjoy this game. Its great to see how these oldies spawned massive free world adventures like skyrim. This games the original and going back to my first thoughts I'd definitely recommend this game. 10/10

Without a doubt final fantasy 6 is one of the best final fantasy games in the installment. Now that's besides the fact that final fantasy is one of the greatest rpg/adventure manufactures ever. FF6 is great for a few main reasons. First, It is a well executed rpg that has hours of play and indefinite customization. Second the difficulty is not high enough to be obnoxious but just good enough for you to get a challenge out of it, the cinematography is superb and the depth is massive.  Finally, The game involves more the just mindless head bashing click and kill. You need a working strategy and the ability to adapt, the designers produced it that way on purpose to keep it interesting no doubt. Honestly, I very much enjoyed this game and guarantee you will too. So give it a go!

definetly addicted to ice cream lol

also belive it or not working out. like it hurts but afterwards idk it just feels good.

and might have a slight vizz buzz going on haha

ok so when i was about 5 or so i had won a stuffed animal from one of those 25 cent crane games (a miracle someone actually won?!) and it had these big googly eyes lol. So the next day i went to sleeep with it. When i woke up i was only half awake, the toy was at the end of my bed, and i swear it just jumped at me and stared me down with those creepy eyes.

i throw it out a window.

Later i realised that was a ridiculous thing to do. lol really was scared of that thing for like a year though.

hey, new to vizzed. just thought id say hi like everyother noob.

im 17 and love retro's and rpg's. so yea hi vizz.