I haven't done a review in a very long time... so bear with me for the next several paragraphs.

When I was bored one day in late November, I started looking for games to play to write reviews, since I hit a bit of a minor bump in posting. I figured writing a review would get the juices flowing. I then simply decided to review all the games I own in the RGR. The first on the list just happened to be Pokemon: Team Rocket Edition.

You start the game as usual... you get an edited version of the beginning speech, and the creator obviously spent most of his time on that and other dialogue changes. We'll see if that ruined the game more than it helped it.

Graphics - 6

There isn't a whole lot to say when it comes to pokemon graphics. Either it looks like pokemon or it doesn't. I more or less judge pokemon hacks graphics scores on the number of graphic glitches like the one shown below.



I wasn't stuck, so I was able to get out. But I encountered several minor glitches like this that drop the score down to as low as a 4. I wasn't even actively looking for glitches. I was just running around minding my own business when I accidentally slipped onto that tile.

Another complaint graphics wise were the sprites in battle.



I've played a lot of pokemon hacks, and I know it's possible to hack in custom trainer images. So why did he not go the full 9 yards? Instead of Jessie vs. James (which is by the way the focus of the game), I get treated to a camping girl against Professor Oak. That kind of hurt it for me.

Sound - 7

As always, the traditional music is in this game. There's not much one can say about sound either, as all pokemon hacks are inherently the same in terms of sound. I heard very few sound glitches, and all of them were probably from me pressing space bar as often as I did. (If you can't tell by now, I didn't really enjoy the hack all that much. I held spacebar through all the battles to get out of the game as quick as possible.

Addictiveness - 3

This is a rare score from me. I love pokemon games, I love pokemon hacks. I love pokemon. As such, I expect to spend a fair amount of time playing the game. I didn't get that same feeling out of this game. The creator forced a lot of stupid stuff on us. Examples include the lack of thought made when placing pokemon at certain points (one area is all fire pokemon. One is all water pokemon. One is all grass pokemon. One is all Bird pokemon... how creative). Another minor complaint was the amount of leveling one has to do to fight the pokemon in the next area unless you have a major type advantage. Often times, I'll go to the next area and find the pokemon are like 8 or 10 levels stronger than they should be.

Another complaint is that the first gym you fight is a water gym. That is, unless you KNEW you could go to the next city and fight an easier gym. But the majority of people are going to see the gym (located at the end of town... you literally cannot miss it.) and think they have a chance.



Above was the first team of 6 I assembled. Obviously I toughened them all up before I took on the gym... but this was literally the best party I could make in the surrounding area.

I am the rare sort that kept fighting the leader until I beat her despite the type disadvantage. It will kill the game for many people.

Story - 6

This is the one thing that kills me. I wanted to give this an 8. I really did. The people have different dialogue, there are newish characters, new roles, it's a different experience.

Here's the problem. It's not a good experience. The characters, dialogue, and creative thought with the characters in general is good...

Take a look at this.

- Good

- Bad

- Ugly

The map is the absolute worst thing I've ever seen. It's rarely clear exactly where you are supposed to go next. Without the spacebar, I'd have spent so much time looking everywhere. This is a horrible design flaw. Absolutely horrible. I like that the creator took the time to make a new map, and they even made a design for it. I don't like that the map is a mess, and there's little indication of where to go.

And I'm a 19 year old man. Imagine a 6 year old or an 8 year old playing this and asking their big brothers for help. And the big brother is confused.

Just bad.

Depth - 6

It's sad when this is really the only thing I can say that's unique about this hack is a lame looking version of a pokemon that already existed.



It's even sadder when they feel the need to do it for the other fossil pokemon.



I guess you could say it's not all bad though... I mean, check out my "awesome" party



That is my party after 7 of 8 gyms. I no longer have the desire to finish this game, as I'm pretty confident it will be more of the same. This is bad. When I of all people don't want to finish a pokemon game, what does it say about the product? It's lazy, unfinished, unrefined, and in need of a major overhaul.

Difficulty - 3

Pokemon will never be hard. No matter how hard you try. The only way this game is difficult is if you do a Nuzlocke Challenge. And if you do, expect to be playing this game long past the time it loses it's fun appeal.

Another pointer. Raising levels of pokemon doesn't make the game harder either. It just means I can now train beyond how much I normally would, since the experience levels are ALSO higher.

The hardest part of this game is probably navigating the clumsy map, which is why it gets a 3 and not a 1.

Getting 2 extra points because of a terrible map is terrible.

Overall - 4.6

This game is terrible.

I said it. This game is terrible.

There's very little that's redeeming about it, and none of the redeeming parts are even unique to this hack. If you want to play a good Team Rocket hack, play Toxic Purple or something. It may be unfinished, but at least it's fun.

Let's recap the 3 best and worst parts of this game.

Best
1. My Party
2. Dialogue
3. I'll get back to you on this one.

Worst
1. Map
2. Clumsy Story Telling
3. Everything else.

If there's anything I failed to point out, please comment below.

I don't reccommend this game though. At all.

-Leggy

I guess this game has its ups and downs huh? I played it once, not that big of a fan of it, I can see why you don't recommend playing it. It sucks.

That's a shame, since I was actually thinking about trying out this hack. It's too bad it's gotten such a negative review, though. xD

It looks like the story got a good update, which is something I always look for. But with the frustrating mechanics surrounding it, the game doesn't even feel like it's one worth trying out. I guess reading fanfiction would probably be more fun than this, right?

Oh man I remember this was probably my first pokemon hack I played here in Vizzed. At first when I saw it I was like "this game should be cool because I get to play as the bad guy and steal the other trainer's pokemon", but I was wrong... I played it for maybe a couple of hours and I just couldn't really get into it like I do with other pokemon games. So I praise your review for letting others know how this pokemon hack is a load of bologna.