Pokemon Ultimate Ruby is the second Pokemon Hack of tgags123 and essentially follows the same route as his first hack, Aquamarine by taking a generation three Pokemon game and making it better by adding new Pokemon. This time though, the game is a hack of Pokemon Ruby. Again, the main new feature of the game is the addition of new Pokemon and that's about it, but even just a handful of new Pokemon can revive an old game and make it more exciting.
The game also happens to be full of glitches, some of them are a bit annoying, while some are actually quite entertaining. For instance, it is possible to head into the grass patch in "Starter Town" before you receive your first Pokemon and you will be attacked by a random starter Pokemon. Because you have no Pokemon, the Pokemon that you send out with by a question mark symbol. Other early on glitches you might find include sprite malfunctions, trees that you can walk through and tiles that can not be crossed. Like I said before, you might only experience a few glitches that you find annoying, while the rest will give you a laugh.
GRAPHICS As for the graphics, I only see one small problem and that is the coloring of the sprites, and that is only a minor problem. Other than that, the graphics of the game seem like an other Gen 3 Pokemon game, the tiles are colorful, and they are as detailed as any pokemon game should be. For the graphics, I give the game an 8.
SOUND So far into my playthrough, I see no problems at all with the sounds. Each of the songs are beautiful and make me think back to the fun times I used to have when Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire had first been released. If this is a Pokemon hack, then Pokemon music deserves to be in it and this hack does not fail so I give it a 9 for sound.
ADDICTVINESS All Pokemon games are meant to be addicting and are meant for you to waste hours upon hours catching Pokemon and training them. This game is no exception to the rule, it follows the basis of Pokemon Ruby while also allows you to catch more Pokemon, including all of the original starter. If you don't find that to be addicting, then I'm sorry, but you aren't really much of a Pokemon fan. These aspects make the game slightly more addicting than the original Pokemon Ruby and for that, I give the Addictivness aspect a grade of 10.
STORY In a Pokemon game, the story is where the bulk of the action lies and aside for a few minor changes, the basic plot of a Pokemon game does not change. It's just about the same with Pokemon Ultimate Ruby, as it follows the formula for Pokemon Ruby. You get a starter Pokemon from the Professor (Either Bulbasuar, Cyndaquill, or Mudkip) you train your Pokemon and take on the gym leaders and then you head on to the elite four and champion in an effort to become the strongest trainer in the region. Oh, and you have to do all that while basically saving the world from Team Magma. It's a classic storyline that deserves praise and because of this, I give a grade of 9.
DEPTH As for the depth, there is a lot more to a Pokemon game than what you think there is when you first start a game, there is so much more. Any Pokemon game has a vast amount of depth because of all the cities, routes, trainers, gyms, etc. But this game takes the depth to a new level by adding more Pokemon. The addition of more Pokemon means that there is more to do, there are more Pokemon to catch, there are more Pokemon to train to level 100, every new Pokemon added to the game individually adds to the depth of the game. For this game, I am going to give the depth aspect a grade of 9.
DIFFICULTY It's a Pokemon game, Pokemon games are meant to be fun to play and only slightly challenging. If you know what you are doing and you actually spend time training, you should run into no troubles. For Difficulty, I give it a 5.
OVERALL Overall, I am going to give this game a 9 as a grade. As it stands right now, I say that Aquamarine is the better of tgags hacks, but this is only because of the color glitches and some of the tile errors. But the game, as it is now, is still a very fun and unique game. If there had been no errors, I would have easily ranked this hack ahead of the other because it's just so much fun to play. Otherwise, this is still a really great game. Pokemon Ultimate Ruby is the second Pokemon Hack of tgags123 and essentially follows the same route as his first hack, Aquamarine by taking a generation three Pokemon game and making it better by adding new Pokemon. This time though, the game is a hack of Pokemon Ruby. Again, the main new feature of the game is the addition of new Pokemon and that's about it, but even just a handful of new Pokemon can revive an old game and make it more exciting.
The game also happens to be full of glitches, some of them are a bit annoying, while some are actually quite entertaining. For instance, it is possible to head into the grass patch in "Starter Town" before you receive your first Pokemon and you will be attacked by a random starter Pokemon. Because you have no Pokemon, the Pokemon that you send out with by a question mark symbol. Other early on glitches you might find include sprite malfunctions, trees that you can walk through and tiles that can not be crossed. Like I said before, you might only experience a few glitches that you find annoying, while the rest will give you a laugh.
GRAPHICS As for the graphics, I only see one small problem and that is the coloring of the sprites, and that is only a minor problem. Other than that, the graphics of the game seem like an other Gen 3 Pokemon game, the tiles are colorful, and they are as detailed as any pokemon game should be. For the graphics, I give the game an 8.
SOUND So far into my playthrough, I see no problems at all with the sounds. Each of the songs are beautiful and make me think back to the fun times I used to have when Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire had first been released. If this is a Pokemon hack, then Pokemon music deserves to be in it and this hack does not fail so I give it a 9 for sound.
ADDICTVINESS All Pokemon games are meant to be addicting and are meant for you to waste hours upon hours catching Pokemon and training them. This game is no exception to the rule, it follows the basis of Pokemon Ruby while also allows you to catch more Pokemon, including all of the original starter. If you don't find that to be addicting, then I'm sorry, but you aren't really much of a Pokemon fan. These aspects make the game slightly more addicting than the original Pokemon Ruby and for that, I give the Addictivness aspect a grade of 10.
STORY In a Pokemon game, the story is where the bulk of the action lies and aside for a few minor changes, the basic plot of a Pokemon game does not change. It's just about the same with Pokemon Ultimate Ruby, as it follows the formula for Pokemon Ruby. You get a starter Pokemon from the Professor (Either Bulbasuar, Cyndaquill, or Mudkip) you train your Pokemon and take on the gym leaders and then you head on to the elite four and champion in an effort to become the strongest trainer in the region. Oh, and you have to do all that while basically saving the world from Team Magma. It's a classic storyline that deserves praise and because of this, I give a grade of 9.
DEPTH As for the depth, there is a lot more to a Pokemon game than what you think there is when you first start a game, there is so much more. Any Pokemon game has a vast amount of depth because of all the cities, routes, trainers, gyms, etc. But this game takes the depth to a new level by adding more Pokemon. The addition of more Pokemon means that there is more to do, there are more Pokemon to catch, there are more Pokemon to train to level 100, every new Pokemon added to the game individually adds to the depth of the game. For this game, I am going to give the depth aspect a grade of 9.
DIFFICULTY It's a Pokemon game, Pokemon games are meant to be fun to play and only slightly challenging. If you know what you are doing and you actually spend time training, you should run into no troubles. For Difficulty, I give it a 5.
OVERALL Overall, I am going to give this game a 9 as a grade. As it stands right now, I say that Aquamarine is the better of tgags hacks, but this is only because of the color glitches and some of the tile errors. But the game, as it is now, is still a very fun and unique game. If there had been no errors, I would have easily ranked this hack ahead of the other because it's just so much fun to play. Otherwise, this is still a really great game. |