>>44739504I replay it all the time simply because I like the gen 2 feel.
If you want actual reasons, you can actually rematch trainers prior to the radio tower events, and good mid game grinding spots have stronger pokemon (like upper dark cave having ursaring lv 25-30) making exp a little easier to come by, there's significantly wider pokemon availability like early game phanpy AND teddiursa, sneasel in ice path larvitar can be got in the kanto game corner so you can actually use it in battles that aren't red. (ik the safari zone exists in hgss but it's more of a band aid solution than what crystal does)
I'd say go for it, I played crystal a while back and fucking loved it despite only having played hgss prior, accidentally running into teddiursa in dark cave and catching and using it only to realize after I had beaten the league how ridiculously hard it is to get them (5% morning only encounter with 50/50 chance to flee every turn) was one of the coolest things cause it made me feel like stumbling onto my boy smokey and having him be a strong team member was a unique and rare experience.
