thronedfire2 posted...
I've tried a couple ROM hacks before but wasn't a huge fan. One game I played was like a super edgey version of G/S and it just felt silly after a while, because Team Rocket was trying to act all gangster.
I don't like ROM hacks where people create their own story, because it's usually edgy crap. I generally prefer ROM hacks that stay close to the original games and just tweak stuff and add quality of life features. SmithPlays' Legacy Trio (Yellow Legacy, Crystal Legacy, and Emerald Legacy) were all great in how they rebalanced and fixed a lot of the flaws of those games while not changing too much to make them lose the original spirit of those games, and I can't recommend them enough. He didn't backport the physical/special split or any moves or abilites, he just worked within the framework of the game itself. Emerald Seaglass does a lot more to change the gameplay than Emerald Legacy (it does a lot of backporting stuff from later gens) but the story of Emerald is still intact, only
slightly
enhanced in small ways like adding an extra Maxie fight.
OldNastyBastard posted...
How's the general difficulty of this one? I've seen Seaglass recommended around Reddit a lot.
It's not meant to be a difficulty hack, but based on MandJTV's video, some trainers have some weird coverage options that can catch you off guard. It doesn't seem
super
difficult though. The game has the modern Exp Share for convenience, but it can be toggled off at any time. There's also a "soft Exp cap" where your Pokemon get way less Exp once you hit the level cap for the next gym leader, so overleveling is not viable at all. I might turn the Exp Share off later in the game once I get all 6 of my team members set and to relatively even levels.
DrizztLink posted...
Pokemon Rejuvenation uses Crests, held items for a given species:
DrizztLink posted...
They even have one for Luvdisc:
The Base Power of all damaging moves matches Luvdisc's happiness, capping at a Base Power of 250.
That sounds like a Pokemon game made using the MW2 "everything is broken so nothing is broken" balancing strategy.