First Route; 3 Starters

So, this is the "first" game in the "3 in 1" series. How does it compete and compare with other hacks? Well it depends. Generally, I find there are two types of Pokémon hacks. The first aim to create their own unique story, like Light Platinum, Flora Sky, and the Dark Rising series. The second aims to take an existing game and change some small things about it or give it a unique spin. This game most certainly falls into the latter.

This game only changes one small feature: on the first route you have a 10% chance of finding each starter. This means that you can make a team of nothing but Squirtles, Bulbasaurs, or Charmanders all on the first route if you wanted. Now this leads to two big changes and is the only difference between this and the original game. It's not "innovative", but it really was not trying to be. It does what it intended to do and does it... well enough.

The big problem with doing this is that it makes the game much easier. You know have the ability to get an extremely well-rounded team very easily. This makes the rest of the game much easier than the original. This would always be a problem if you could catch the Starters at any time, but the problem is amplified from the fact that they can be caught so early on. If they were staggered, the game would still have more challenge. However, this makes it significantly easier than the original Leaf Green. I think it would have been nice to have the Starters on different routes, or in different areas slightly later in the game.

This is the only difference in the game. There are no changes to text, no changes to the story, no changes to any trainers, nor are there any changes to anything else at all. Basically, if you liked the original Leaf Green you'll likely like this. If you're looking for a mod where you can catch all the Starters, then you have found a hack which does just that. I won't say that it did it as well as other hacks or as well as it could be done, but I do think it did it well enough. However, this one small change does make the game easier and doesn't really add much else to it.

Basically, if you liked Leaf Green/Fire Red, you'll like this. If you didn't, you won't. That's really all that needs to be said.