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Typing this before I go to bed because it's very late for me, but I just finished The Weather Up There and it's fantastic.
The custom sprites and maps are such a wonderful touch, and it makes the story feel so much more lively. I had such a big smile on my face watching Tropius wander around the Clover Guild and talking to all it's members, seeing all their personalities. It made the place feel so lively. Also nothing in a rom hack has ever impressed me more than actually making Torchic ride on Phanpy, that was crazy.
I don't want to spoil the story just in case, and I'm too tired to remember how to spoiler text, but I'll just say Tropius's arc was very touching, and there were scenes that made my eyes well with tears, as well as scenes that made me "d'awww" audibly. There's never a dull line of dialog either. These hacks are written with the same genius that the og games are where you can pick a perfect voice for the character shown in your head the moment they start talking. Everybody feels so unique and fun.
It was just all around a good time, very clever humor, timing, writing, the works. If there are more Clover Guild hacks in the future I wanna be the first to play em. This shit gives me life and Cyndaquil scares me. Congrats to those who worked on this!!