Realidea System is a well written and beautiful looking fan game that was originally released in Spanish but has now been translated to where about 95% of it is in English and fully playable.
Initially I was lukewarm on realidea as I didn't think it was doing enough to really stand out. It has a well designed region, characters, and the flow of route -> city -> evil team -> gym -> repeat works well even if a bit repetitive. But I felt like the story was lacking and I had hoped for a few more regional forms, I think I came across 4 in my play-through and I don't suspect there is much more than that. This game isn't easy but I wouldn't say its hard either. It might actually have the best level curve in any pokemon game as you will always basically be on par or one level above/below a boss fight. I think slightly better AI in the trainers would have given it a slight bump up. I also think the games gimmick of the realidea system is not nearly as drawing as it needs to be, I can count on one hand the number of times I used it and it was all basically in the endgame for healing.
However, as I got into the backhalf of the game, I realised the allure of realidea system was its story and its art. Its not a masterpiece by any means but its also not cringe emo slop and the art work on display in the character portraits and the full screen set piece moments really will make it stand out in my memory as I play more fan games.
Initially I was lukewarm on realidea as I didn't think it was doing enough to really stand out. It has a well designed region, characters, and the flow of route -> city -> evil team -> gym -> repeat works well even if a bit repetitive. But I felt like the story was lacking and I had hoped for a few more regional forms, I think I came across 4 in my play-through and I don't suspect there is much more than that. This game isn't easy but I wouldn't say its hard either. It might actually have the best level curve in any pokemon game as you will always basically be on par or one level above/below a boss fight. I think slightly better AI in the trainers would have given it a slight bump up. I also think the games gimmick of the realidea system is not nearly as drawing as it needs to be, I can count on one hand the number of times I used it and it was all basically in the endgame for healing.
However, as I got into the backhalf of the game, I realised the allure of realidea system was its story and its art. Its not a masterpiece by any means but its also not cringe emo slop and the art work on display in the character portraits and the full screen set piece moments really will make it stand out in my memory as I play more fan games.