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Just finished playing Sacred Gold for the first time, just beat Red. Took me a bit because of the huge level difference, but I figured something out.
Pretty fun ROM hack, though I'd definitely love to see an update to it. All the Rock Smash rocks, Strength boulders, Cut trees, and Whirlpool in general just feel a bit ancient when compared to Renegade Platinum which did away with pretty much all that (and Defog). Also it was a bit more lenient with TMs but of course nothing beats the essentially infinite TMs of Renegade Platinum.
I really like the new story event which gave more stuff to do between Chuck and Jasmine, and overall railroading the player worked well to make the level curve pretty steady.
I also really like the surprise boss fight in Cerulean Cave.