Overall 8.5 Graphics 8 Sound 8 Addictive 3 Story 8 Depth 8 Difficulty 3
8
Not bad? flyguy11
So there have been many hacks that have been submitted and uploaded to this website because of a Pokémon Hack Competition but does quantity really mean more than quality? Though this hack may have had a little twist added does it really make it a game that would be considered a "hack"? The only changes that I saw playing this game were changes made to wild Pokémon in some areas, the starter Pokémon which include: abra, zubat, and gastly (By the way developer you should change the summary so abra is spelled correctly), and also some minor map changes which include a few building placements, and how certain random sprites out of battle look. So again does this really count as a hack despite the definition that just claims a few minor changes technically makes a game hacked? I do not think so but despite my opinion on the topic I decided to try this game out regardless and make a review.
Graphics and Sound: 8
Nothing was changed in these areas from the original Pokémon Ruby game on the GBA so there is nothing to really talk about in this area. The original Pokémon Ruby Version had phenomenal graphics and the soundtracks were in my opinion much better than previous versions. So these categories still deserve a rating of 8 just because of the fact that the original versions would score very high and because the original soundtracks and graphics were not changed.
Addictiveness: 3
One of my favorite in game Pokémon to have is an Abra and I loved the fact that it was a starter and that it could fully evolve into the Alakazam without the need to trade. I was quickly disappointed to find out that the creator changed the move pools of it around as well as the level it fully evolves (Should be lv.16 but instead it was lv.8) Now the move pools SHOULD HAVE NOT been changed around just because each starter holds a Masterball. Though it is not very fun having a lv.5 Abra as a starter that only knows Teleport, there was the 2nd generation starters in the grass you could have chosen to catch and all three of that generation's starters had pretty decent stats so again I was extremely disappointed.
Story and Depth: 8
The depth had minor changes and in my opinion any hack that changes around wild Pokémon in areas makes it a decent hack as long as there are more meaningful changes throughout the game. So in the original Pokémon Ruby version the story is:
"Shortly before approaching the town of the first Gym Leader, the protagonist first encounters the Team Magma/Aqua in the Petalburg Woods, where he or she rescues a worker from Devon (a company that manufactures Pokéballs) and recovers Devon merchandise.[19] Upon arriving in Fallarbor Town (after defeating the third Gym Leader), the protagonist discovers that Professor Cozmo, an astronomer, has been kidnapped by Magma/Aqua. The protagonist traces them to a cave, Meteor Falls, but is too late to stop them from escaping to Mt. Chimney with a meteorite. The protagonist follows Magma/Aqua to Mt. Chimney where they are preparing to use the meteorite to alter the climate of the region. The protagonist defeats the Team's leader, however, and returns the meteorite to Professor Cozmo.[20] Shortly after the protagonist defeats the fifth Gym Leader (the protagonist's father, the first time such a character appears), Magma/Aqua again attempts to change the region's climate by stealing a Castform, a Pokémon with the ability to change the weather, from the Weather Institute.[21] After the protagonist defeats the sixth Gym Leader, Magma/Aqua steals an orb with the ability to control a legendary Pokémon (Groudon in Ruby, Kyogre in Sapphire). Magma/Aqua then steals a submarine from Captain Stern in Slateport City; the protagonist, however, infiltrates the team's hideout, but fails to prevent the submarine from being used. Magma/Aqua, then travel with the orb to the Seafloor Cavern, where Groudon or Kyogre resides; the team then uses the orb to awaken the legendary Pokémon, but they have chosen the wrong one and have instead enraged the Pokémon instead of putting it under their thrall. Once awakened, the Pokémon travels to the Cave of Origin and causes a region-wide drought (Ruby) or severe rainstorms (Sapphire). When the protagonist defeats (or captures) the Pokémon, the region's weather returns to normal.[22]"-Wikipedia
So the story and depth deserves a rating of 8 just because again nothing changed from the original and again the original Pokémon Ruby Version had a much larger depth and story from previous versions.
Difficulty: 3
Changed levels of evolution, move pools, and a free Masterball? Yeah this "hack" was not very difficult. You could even solo it with the Abra as a starter and use the Masterball to catch a legendary while you save the other one you receive later in the game for the Groudon. So the difficulty of this game deserves a rating of 3 because it had a little annoying parts to it but overall you can easily play through it and having an Abra starter you could easily blow through the first 2 gyms with ease.
Graphics 8 Sound 8 Addictive 3 Story 8 Depth 8 Difficulty 3
Review Rating: 4/5
Submitted: 11-08-13
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