>>55516534Simply put, the creator of Crystal Legacy doesn't respect Johto's design philosophy. The hack contains a whole slew of changes that turn Johto into just another modern Pokemon game.
For instance, you can find a Lv.2 Larvitar in the Violet City side of Dark Cave. Larvitar, who is meant to be the final encounter in base GSC as a reward for those who are committed enough to wait it out, can now be caught before you even have a single gym badge. It's ridiculous.
Secondly, you can tell that the creator tweaked boss fights solely to satiate the whole "Johto bosses don't use Johto-mons" fiasco. I never understood this complaint to be honest; Johto was always meant to be DLC to Kanto, not the main course. I think GSC's design philosophy of sprinkling in Johto-mons in a region dominated by Kanto-mons is perfectly fine. But when you start giving the bosses Pokemon that don't fit their theme just for the sake of originality, that's a step too far. At this point the gameplay is no longer sacred and you're just making tweaks to address the non-issue that is the underutilization of Johto-mons.
There are a few other points I have, like how Lance's team was BUTCHERED because the creator couldn't process him having three Dragonites, but that's pretty much it.
