>>49736657Idk I've played like 200 hours of it and my opinion on it has mellowed.
>After a certain point literally all there is to do in the game is rematch gyms because trainers cap out at 50 and there are no scaling wild Pokemon>New areas just match nearby levels instead of filling in gaps in gaps in leveling beyond the 40+ range>Map design of new areas is so-so, I don't really think they considered the amount of each area you'd be seeing at a time on the GBC screen so it's hard to make sense of the new locations and there are times where the entire screen will just be 1 tile repeated like grass or cave floor>What otherwise feels like a pretty faithful expansion of gen 2 has the friend groups OCs as >I feel like the free roam actually makes you exhaust the game of trainer experience in the overworld even faster than when it's linearIt's got some great features lots of fun battles and it walks the perfect line between improvement and faithfulness in the balance by not changing the overarching mechanics and just improving Pokemon movepools so that the game would be compatible with Pokemon Stadium 2 and Bank, it's not a BAD romhack, but it's sold as the second coming of christ when really I feel like it's mostly a grinding simulator to get 15 DV Pokemon, trick them out, and have them beat on all the gym leaders set to 16, red, the E4, extra fights around the world, the battle tower, and Pokemon Stadium 2.
