pretty dang fine hack

the difficulty curve's fixed, Team Rocket members has more unique Pokémon, a few extra story moments to spice things up, Johto Pokémon like Misdreavus and Larvitar not being locked to the very end of the post-game, and even a bunch of returning Sinnoh characters to fuel that Sinnoh nostalgia!

that said there's still a few minor nitpicks I have. it's very easy to cheese some parts of the game with the right set ups, early in the story some characters say you're destined to be some "Legendary Trainer" that doesn't really go anywhere, and there's this weird robot girl in the Olivine Poké Center who breaks the fourth wall and disappears like a ghost totally broke my immersion 0/10

I wouldn't say this is the definitive Johto experience, but it's a lot better than the official experience, I don't think I can ever return to base HG/SS after playing this. if you've never played a Johto game before, play this instead, have a good time :^)

Reviewed on Apr 21, 2022


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