>>40274216Of course, now that the mainline has gone to shit, there's room for phenomenal by the books hacks to come up and make people happy again. I just also wish that there was a nice mix, because most of the hacks/fangames that aren't going with the formula are shorter games.
Gaia is very good, I might play it again after I finish up Renegade Platinum.
By the way, if you want to play the mainline games again at some point, check out the Drayano hacks [Namely his Gen 4/5 ones, his Fire Red and ORAS hacks are lacking imo]. They make all of the pokemon in that gen catchable and make some weaker mons stronger. They also make it more difficult, but not really in a bullshit way.