Well I'm back *cricket noises* um okay well lets get going on this one I love reviewing Pokémon games.

Overall :9.5. Easily one of the best Pokémon game out there (that aren't hacks) It has great music, graphics, story is par, It's very addicting, depth is large and interesting but the difficulty was way too easy.

Graphics: 10!   If you wanted to see great graphics on the game boy.... This was the game. The Pokémon look great as do the trainers. The items look great and the item picture was a new feature for the franchise and it worked. The colors are crisp and clean. As for the trainers just normal trainers look great but where the most time seemed to be spent are major/ storyline characters such as: Brock, Lt. Surge (for people who remember the anime.... GIVE IT A DUNDERBOLT) and the elite four.


Sound: 10 As I said New system for an already aging franchise that was known for it's good music (except you know original lavender town music *shivers and rocks back and forth*)  this game was no exception most of the music was an improved version of the music of Yellow and Red/Blue.  Yeah the battle music got repetitive but it was tolerable. Either the music for the sevii islands or vermilion city is my favourite tune.

addictiveness: 10   I gave this a 10 because I've played this game over and over at least 7 times. It's that addictive. Not only is it Pokémon but how many Pokémon that are on each route gives you a chance to play it many times with different teams for a different experience  (I have ADHD and this game keeps me focused on it easily)


Story:8 Probably its weakest point. Yeah I understand it's a rehash of the original but they would've changed it up just a bit and I would of rated it a bit higher but it's a fun story nevertheless. You are a 10 year old boy that your irresponsible mom let go off into a world full of: monsters, organised crime. And pervs (guy in celadon city I'm looking at you).  To become a monster tamer and make them fight until one gets hurt enough to pass out. Yeah great parenting. After you beat the elite four and the champion you get greeted with something new The sevii islands.


Depth:10   The switch from GB to GBA allowed for more memory allowing the games to be larger and more Pokémon. This makes Fire Red/ Leaf Green to have significantly more depth than the original games (not really more than gold silver and crystal due to the fact they have kanto and johto) The addition of the sevii island gave you something to do after beating the elite four (I mention them a lot) other than catching all the Pokémon. The main reason I gave it a 10 is on my fire red save file the time read is 211:32.... That's a lot of time to be catching them all!


Difficulty: 1       This is were this game makes me mad... It babysits you for the first 20 minutes of playing (the Japanese think Americans are morons......... kind of justified. Especially where I live) But when they let you go off on your own. This game is easy but you can make it more challenging by excluding a type or using a nuzlocke.

Conclusion: This game is great.. Perfect for people new to the game or looking for a casual but long game. Have a great day and enjoy!

 

Just saying This is incredibly short remember this is a pokemon game. But ah well.. It was a good review. But it needs to be way longer. Tell us more about the game. Not trying to hate, continue writing. All my opinion. 100 words is the minimal.

imamonster : Reviews do not mean they have to be 1,000 words. Over 500 is plenty. I just notice that you say that people's reviews are short and need to be longer a LOT. That is just your personal preference, but that doesn't mean everyone else 'needs' to follow your opinion on review length.

imamonster : sir you say "100" words when my review is over 500 so ummm what?

No hate involved like I said. But this is A RPG.  Not a a2600  game. A rpg Review should be over the 1000 words in my opinion. But those are all my opinions.

imamonster : I agree with you, this is a good review, but it is way to short, its an rpg, a pokemon game! It really should be longer, like poopadooper said he put 211:32 and this is all he had to say about the game? I am not hating I am a fan of your reviews poopadooper, but this one unfortunately did disappoint me just a tiny bit, but alas, good job anyway

solidx123456 : keep in mind i was doing this in a 45 minute time frame at school so my time was a bit limited

poopadooper : Well no offense but maybe you should have just waited till you had a decent amount of time to do the review, but with that amount of time I guess like I said it was good, but all the more reason why you shouldn't write a review during school

solidx123456 : well on my laptop somehow it always wants to go back to the last page... after i wrote about 1000 words ...

I noticed in your post above that you said you lost your review after typing over a thousand words for it. I suggest making it in a program like notepad or word starter, or whatever your comfortable with honestly, so you can save it and have a backup copy if it doesn't post correctly for some odd reason. This is just something I would do if I ever felt like making an excessively long post such as a review or something for the stories/art/simulation forum like say a fan-fic or short story. You would only have to copy/paste the contents of your saved version of the review into the post box instead of having to retype every line from memory. One thing to note though, formatting from programs like Microsoft word starter won't translate to your post if you copy/paste since it copy's the text not the formatting. I'm not sure if you knew this or not but I thought I should it include it just in case.

Seriously, ignore all the comments saying "it is way too short". Review how you want to review (while following Vizzed criteria, of course). If they think it is too short, that is their problem. The only argument is "It's a Pokemon game". Who the hell cares? The fact that it is a Pokemon game has NO factor on how long it should be. There is a saying "short, sweet, and to the point". Just because you don't spend 1,000 extra words just fluffing it up with endless descriptions in excruciating detail doesn't mean it is too short for a "Pokemon game". Seriously, ignore them. They say they aren't hating on it, but that is bull. That is EXACTLY what they are doing.

rcarter2 : Woah man it's fine peope i'm trying to read and like my review want longer reviews i'll give them longer reviews

rcarter2 : Wow... I said in my post that it was just my opinion and my taste... Sorry If i came over as a hater because I am everything but

imamonster : I dont even know what he's on about i know it was constructive criticism and i've told people in the past that's what i want from people

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rcarter2 : I know i'm just saying i meant it to be longer i just ran out of time thats why i'm now working on my regular review for another pokemon game thats my favorite hack yet so look out for that eh but i guess you dont have a choice haha

I'm inclined to agree with rcarter2 here. It's a good length. Honestly, if anything the fact that it's a pokemon game justifies it behind shorter. I mean, in all fairness, most pokemon games are extremely similar, which means if you go into much depth, you'll be repeating the same things that the reviews on the last twenty pokemon games said a hundred times already.

This was a good review. I especially liked how the the story section, it made me laugh. Nice touch.

Eirinn : Thanks bud! sorry it took me so long to respond i was *dry heaves* playing hylide.

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