Tier List of EVERY Fan-Made Pokemon Game I've played in my life
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- I Rank 50 Pokemon ROM Hacks and Fan Games I have played in my life with a Tier List!
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Intro: 0:00
Pokemon Glazed: 0:30
Pokemon Radical Red: 0:57
Pokemon Inclement Emerald: 2:50
Pokemon Altered: 3:32
Pokemon Amalga Magenta: 4:21
Pokemon Blazing Emerald: 4:44
Pokemon Bronze 2: 5:19
Pokemon Cawps: 6:19
Pokemon Crystal Clear: 6:52
Pokemon Clover: 8:31
Pokemon Emerald Conversion & Emerald Essence: 9:18
Pokemon Emerald Double Edition: 9:41
Pokemon Emerald Kaizo: 10:27
Pokemon Emerald Omega: 11:03
Pokemon FireRed Omega and Renegade Platinum: 11:42
Pokemon Ephemerald: 12:44
Pokemon Smash or Pass: 13:29
Pokemon Emerald Trashlocke: 13:59
Pokemon Fakemon FireRed: 14:37
Pokemon Fool's Gold: 15:38
Pokemon Gaia: 16:59
Pokemon Grand Colosseum and XG: NeXt Gen: 17:41
Pokemon Insurgence: 19:06
Pokemon Liquid Crystal: 20:07
Pokemon Nameless FireRed: 21:09
Pokemon Polished Crystal & Red++: 22:01
Pokemon Prism: 22:32
Pokemon Pyrite: 23:41
Pokemon Theta Emerald EX: 24:22
Pokemon Unbound: 24:53
Pokemon Solar Light and Lunar Dark: 26:37
Pokemon Uranium: 26:54
Pokemon Fusion 3 & Fused Dimensions: 27:33
Pokemon Emerald Genesis: 28:20
Pokemon Omega Red: 28:49
Star Beasts Meteor Version: 29:34
Pokemon Flora Sky: 30:06
Pokemon Kanlara Ultimate: 30:28
Pokemon Light Platinum: 31:38
Pokemon Moon Black 2: 31:59
Pokemon Snakewood: 32:22
Pokemon Black and White 3: 32:53
Pokemon Vega: 33:49
Pokemon Emerald Rogue: 34:43
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Radical Red on normal mode is a perfectly difficult but fun game to nuzlocke or just play through. Hardcore is just legendaries thrown at you for the sake of shock factor.
Most certainly not the greatest rom hack though. Personally for me it's Unbound
I once asked about an option to not disable certain moves on hardcore difficulty and was laughed out of the room :/
Unbound honestly just has an ungodly amount of content for a GBA ROM, and it's not even finished. They're _still adding more!_ I also have to call out the soundtrack, especially the updated OST from 2.0. It is _amazing._
The soundtrack is amazing. I'd use it more in my videos but I plan to keep it to Unbound content only
@@Genoci have they updated the game?
Wait it’s not finished? Wtf, there’s already so much in the game I thought it was done and that they possibly couldn’t add more
@@user_Z-from what i saw it like 90%
Didn't like the story of Unbound
Dude, this is probably the most complete and straight to the point review video about romhacks out there. Great job thank you!
My absolute favorite Pokemon ROM hack is Fool's Gold. I was genuinely blown away by all the new content, and I think the typeswap designs are some of the best out there. I hope you get a chance to try out the Sevii region sometime!!
Viva Las Vega is a newer version of Vega that makes it less grindy,more fair,but most importantly it has all pokemon from the postgame (excluding legendaries)available before the end of the game. It is absolutely worth trying,and the best version of Vega IMO
Wow I've never heard of that version. It's crazy that there are 2 versions aiming to improve on a "bad" rom hack.
@@Genoci yeah Vega has a lot of potential, between all the references there are,the good spritework and the new region. They're just overshadowed by the amount of grinding and the bad variety in playthroughs as most people are kinda forced on using the same stuff. I think Viva Las Vega is better than Minus because the latter still doesn't have enough pokemon variety
Definitely giving Las Vega a try. I really want to update my list one day and bring good news about the rom hacks that didn't rank that well.
@@Genoci There's actually 3! There's also Fairy Edition EX, which, idk if it fixes the same things as Viva, but it adds the Fairy type as well as several mons from Procyon/Deneb (The in-development sequel to Vega), which is really cool.
I find myself struggling to choose between the two tbh, they both have ups and downs. I just wish we had a version that had the best of both worlds. Lol.
is it possible to make a pokemon romhack without using pixelated design?
Seeing the Prism animations reminds me of how much variety and fluidity there was when Crystal first introduced them. Then when Emerald brought them back they did some weird things like randomly enlarging Pokemon or turning them different colors...
It would be hard to replicate that feel now with there being over 400 species in each game and on modern hardware, not to mention a Pokemon entering battle is no longer the only thing that needs to be animated in these larger scale titles.
Iirc that’s exactly why they changed it for Gen 3. The style of animation in Gen 2 was just too much work and would’ve been insanely difficult to keep up with the ever expanding roster.
Largest media franchise in the world can afford the team to properly animated every mon
Subbed, finally someone recognizes clover for being more than a joke hack, it legitimately has two of the best custom regions I’ve played, the aesthetics and vibes are immaculate. The fakemon are awesome and the custom soundtrack is amazing. Plus it’s genuinely hilarious, harfest I’ve laughed playing a video game. Excellent list all around, you clearly have an eye for quality!
thank you for the comprehensive list, can't wait to try these out
Wow, thanks for taking the time to put this together, man
the best tierlist ive ever watched, W takes back to back and a good video quality overall, take a sub and like
I'm not on the radical red train, I agree with a lot of your opinions. I loved blazing emerald so much that I learned how to abuse the seed of emerald just for the shiny odd and i don't regret it (like 1200 resets). Mainly tho man, I'm happy you did this video. More often than not when I see you post a video, you get me into a new one to try and are definitely the only person I follow for this type of stuff. Love the video and love you man
Me neither... it feels too forced. RR is not difficult , you just have to play streamlined to the point it's not even fun. You can't change difficulties as well, so in case an encounter has crap design you stuck until you go back and grind that one pokemon that will win you the encounter...blablabla difficult...boring af. Sure there are counters etc... but in this one has many paradoxes... pokemon 2-3lvls below, fire on fire it takes half your life, then you try the same skill with the same pokemon on the same encounter in replay and it doesn't even do 1/4... That's not ...difficulty. You HAVE TO play the counter...it's immune to any other logic.
The QoL and pkmn variety though is outstanding... the level caps also...the factor that i have to go grind X pokemon to get me out of the X encounter... yeah ... no... too much for my time...
An awesome list! Been wanting to try out some new hacks and this helps a lot to filter through them!
Since you played the other hacks that go back to 4chan (Clover and Gaia), I'd love to see some Quarantine Crystal content. Your insight is quite good on all these games. I'm kinda shocked not to see some other bigger names, like Rocket Edition, but it almost adds to the depth of what you're saying
Love how you put Clover at the top. It's story is actually worth paying attention, especially regarding the 'champion'. Also, notice the SHEER amount of Emerald hacks! When will people start hacking the later gens? On the other hand, Snakewood actually seems bad good to me, like it's MEANT to be so crazy. I like the idea of a survivalist nation overrun with zombies and demons!
Although there are hacks of later gens, the tools for hacking older gens are much more powerful that older gens.
Just looking up about decompilation and binary hacking shows a lot.
The only issue with Clover is it cannot be recommended to everyone because of the offensive humor throughout the game due to its origins from 4chan, but the game itself is actually genuinely well crafted and has impressive music and sprite composition as well as programming.
@@GaryOakPRyeaaa when I saw a literally blk face Pokémon I couldn’t get into it
@@Starriaaayet folk never complained about Jynx? That started off having blackface before being changed to purple
@@alexashford1993people did complain
Nice selection of romhacks & fangames. This vid also make me discover hidden gem like Star Beasts Meteor version.
Good job.
I've played a few romhacks but Pokemon Insurgence is the only one I've beaten multiple times. There's just so much to do in that game and the Delta forms are super cool. And I know the story isn't for everyone but I personally love how utterly edgy and insane it gets.
Babe wake up over 30 minutes of fully voiced Genoci content just released.
Infinite Fusion isn't really a ROM hack in the classic sense, but man the amount of crowd sourced content in that game is INSANE. Has some of the best replayability of any game I've ever seen.
In the latest versions of Unbound, the sandbox mode postgame warps you to the Battle Frontier and one of the clerks in the Battle Tower lets you buy (almost) every Pokemon by just typing their name.
Emphasis on the word "almost" as some Pokemon who needs Key Items or Overworld Interactions to change formes are not possible, so no Therian or Rotom or Deoxys formes :(
But having the God Stat Scanner and access to almost every Pokemon in the game basically means limitless way to theorycraft and teambuild...... in the Battle Frontier. Still worth visiting though.
If you haven't played it, you should probably play Xenoverse, for me it's the peak fangame experience with fakemons, the story is very well written, there's effort in every aspect of the game (music, animations, sprites, visual effects etc) and the game has a very big length, even with DLCs !
He also haven't played pokemon sors.
I only clicked on this video to see where he would rank Xenoverse lol
It's literally the best Pokemon game I've ever played - including official games by Gamefreak.
Ditto, although I've always felt I am a minority for thinking this game is on par with officials.
Especially considering sometimes edgy story and near unfair postgame stuff, but it's still very high quality
Xenoverse's whole starters mechanic looks annoying as hell though.
@@Houlgravely I can understand yeah, It was fine for me but I get why people don't like it
Just wanted to add a few great hacks that I didn't see on the list:
Pokemon Dark Violet a great kanto reimagining
Pokemon GS Chronicles does the same thing for johto
Pokemon FireRed Rocket Edition where you play as a team rocket grunt and the story interacts with the schoolyard rumors and glitches in red/blue in a super satisfying way
GS Chronicles and Rocket edition are on my list to play!
@@Genoci HGSS hacks too!!
Fire red rocket edition is god tier, probably the best story ever made, and also a good humor and lore, with a lot of old theorys of kanto
incredible list im looking to play some of the rom hacks in the list
I spent the whole video waiting to see if Emerald Rogue was on there, and if so, what you'd rank it. Of course you saved it for last haha. Absolutely agree with its ranking. I've been playing pokemon fan games and rom hacks for over a decade, and to be honest, not many of them hold my attention anymore. I don't think it's necessarily a problem with the games themselves, I've just played so many that it starts to feel the same from one game to the next. Pokemon Emerald Rogue was the first one in years to give me a fresh enough experience to keep playing. I still find myself coming back to it. It's definitely my number 1 fav right now. 11/10 indeed.
Pokemon Unbound is my absolute favourite....Already beaten it 3 times in vanilla.... Made the mistake of starting one with insane......trust me if it wouldn't have .been for .....you...I would have taken months......Thanks a lot dude💯👏
You should definitely give Pokemon Reborn a go. Imo one of the most polished pokemon fan games with a ton of content, a huge region to explore, new mechanic that includes field effects that has a lot of depth to the strategies you can pull off and even the ai in this game takes advantage of all of these unique features.
Clicked on this wanting to find new games to play. If he hasnt even touched Reborn im not gonna bother xD
Nah its actually regarded pretty highly... @@IplayTeemoasaWard
Great list. I really need to play Emerald Rogue.
Have you played Pokemon Soulstones? It’s one of my favourite fangames but it is pretty obscure. It has lots of cool regional forms, a huge new region, and the most interesting story I have seen in a fangame (kind of like Insurgence, but even crazier and edgier).
Pretty comprehensive list of games in this list! I hope you have tried Rocket Edition and Adventures Red Edition as well soon. The Rocket Edition is a pretty good what if kind of game.
Definitely trying out Rocket Edition this year
@@Genoci yeah rocket edition is surprisingly good, I walked in not expecting much but the story kinda blew me away. Though one complaint I had is that there isn't much of a post game.
@@mohz8995 There is another Rocket Edition that has post game stuff happening in a Johto 3 years prior to the events of G/S/C. It should pop up on google if you type Pokemon Rocket Edition 2.
Just wanted to say this was an awesome video and helped make up my mind on a ROM hack to play
There is one game out there, it’s called Crimson Skies. Unfortunately, it’s not finished and the developer isn’t providing any information. Other than that, I absolutely enjoyed it. I don’t know why, but I loved every second of it.
One of my favorite fan games is the recently finished Super Pokémon Eevee Edition, and the fact that the super Eevee, a special Eevee that can swap between its evolutions at will, even during battle, has pretty much only been used for this and Insurgence’s Mega Eevee(kinda) is baffling
Nice list. I recommend Rejuvenation but would wait for the next update, should come out within the next 2 or 3 months. Other than that Reborn and Desolation are also nice. Desolation would probably be too easy for you based on this list though.
Yeah, Reborn and Rejuvenation are big recommends! I personally like Reborn more, but Rejuvenation is also extremely good.
@@TheLaiwen Just sucks that Reborn's story is somehow even more edgy and dumb than Insurgence. It's why I like Rejuvenation more, it's still clearly written by edgy teenagers but it's a lot more palatable while effectively using the same gameplay foundations.
@@Cr3zant do you really play pokemon games for the story?
@@Cr3zant I disagree by a lot, it's quite the opposite personally. But I must say that Reborn E19 has downgraded its Dialogs a notch (and I don't like the post game resolution). Terra was always a character who should just not exist and the game would be better off without her. And with Ace they got another one (who got a lot better mid game). Rejuvenation though had so many other problems and cringe worthy dialog as well. The world doesn't feel edgy except the bad stuff that happens which made all edgy dialog stand out even more. I call that the Insurgence syndrome. I also can't even understand how someone could prefer the convoluted time hopping, chosen kids story, but maybe that's just me.
The gameplay I think delivered Reborn a lot better too. Gave a unique experience without needing any fakemon. The available pokemon placements are honestly perfect and made team building so unique. Rejuvenation felt lacking there and custom regional forms and crests were just way too overturned for my taste.
Emerald Kaizo's balancing is superb, and makes for an incredible nuzlocke game, the game always gives you enough tools to overcome each challenge while still depriving you of those that trivialise said challenges
Have you ever played Pokemon: This Gym of Mine? It's a fangame that has some city-building elements as well as a few neat regional forms. Like Emerald Rogue, it's a brand new experience, and I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on it.
I've seen a bit of gameplay from it, but haven't played it yet. I'm adding it to my list of games to play!
I like the idea of it, but it's very unpolished at the moment. There is no speedup key, you cannot rebind the controls, and I'd say there are perhaps 30 enemy teams in the game that is spammed over and over again.
The ending also feels a bit rushed to me. You unlock the ability to take vacation days around rank 4 I think, but at that point you only have 1 or 2 days left in the gym before the game throws rank 5 through 8 at you in rapid succession.
love rom hacks thanks so much for the showcase
28:11 Gotta love that shiny Sablew that was run away from.
That rom hack has a shiny rate of 1/100 or something, I probably encountered another one a minute later haha. I can show you 3 more videos where I just KO or run from a shiny. Viewers always notice it, even if it's a 1 sec clip.
Don't agree with the rankings much but it's clearly because our desires in rom hacks are very different. I value Unbound and Gaia alot more because I want a hack that is polished and feels like a game Game Freak could have made (well, the old Game Freak), dont much care for difficulty/challenge hacks like you do. But I do agree with Rogue being at the top, it's so refreshing and has settings that can make it as difficult as you want it to be.
Personally, the most important aspects of Pokemon games are the exploration and battles. So I can enjoy completely new regions and stories, but they can quickly fall flat for me if the difficulty is on Game Freak's level. Gaia has a few interesting puzzles and a good region, but I was playing on autopilot most of my playthrough. Insurgence does the same and more, but with a decent challenge on top of it, so it pretty much strikes a perfect balance for me.
Feels like I'm the last remaining old hack fan that isn't all about mega evolutions, raid dens, 1000 pokemon and other bloat nor first gym leaders with full parties, but there still seems to be a few more of us. Got any recommendations?
@@bvd_vlvddefinitely check out clover, entire new region with 400 fakemon, decent challenge but fantastic adventure and atmosphere. The entirely custom soundtrack is awesome!
Try Pokemon Infinite Fusion. With currently over 90000 fan-made sprites. The Devs are currently also expanding the 400 poke dex.
Thank you so much for this video! In my opinion light Platinum and flora Sky deserve a Little bit more love Regarding their age, back in the days they were really Great to play :)
I played Pokemon Glazed, Light Platinum and Flora Sky in the same year, a long time ago, so their age doesn't really matter in this case. Flora Sky and Light Platinum just left a bad impression, while Glazed kept my attention long enough to play through the 2 regions.
Light Platinum has a lot of potential if a few balancing changes are made. I really tried to play through that one.
Those were first two that I played when I discovered rom hacks
Have you considered doing per episode playthroughs on future hacks/fan games? Been struggling to find someone who I enjoy that plays them nowdays. The selection is so small.
massive respect for captioning a video this long.
Were can I download these roms and out of curiosity what hand held console are people running I got a miyoo mini plus but looking at upgrading
I’ve only played a few ROM hacks so far but Unbound is the most recent and the best in my opinion, I played on difficult with challenging puzzles selected and it made a great mix of having to rack your brain with ways to get past obstacles or trainers, but when I succeeded it felt so rewarding, and the amount of content and side missions to do keep me playing it well after beating the Elite Four and main storyline, highly recommend
I played Fire Red Renegade by mistake as a child. I grew up poor in a poor country so pirated emulation was the only choice for me, and I got sad that I couldn't pick charmander, but settled with elekid. I gave my elekid a sick-kick-ass nickname "Titaniatic" and thought "hey, I deserve this name more than him!" and thus my entire artist profile, as well as my gamer tags and whatnot, have been Titaniatic. Thank you Renegade developer for such a once in a life-time experience.
You need to try Pokemon Añil, Pokemon Ópalo. Those are one among the best and most complete rooms newly made
Forgot the best one… Rocket Edition. The story is just AMAZING
How did you get the update for Crystal clear? I just downloaded the other version of it. Is there anyway you can help me please?
I agree with all of the takes regarding games I've played through, surprised you haven't played pokemon infinity yet
Ah yes, I too remember Fire Punch Electrode from Liquid Crystal. The last time I played the game, there was also a way to softlock yourself in Dragon's Den.
Pokemon Reloaded hands down, so different to everything else with real-time combat. Amazing fan game!
Yes
Polished Crystal is one of my favorite hacks. It's the only one that I constantly come back for another playthrough. Would highly recommend another playthrough with the latest version. I also want to try Blazing Emerald but I've been waiting for 1.7 to drop.
I've been slowly remembering how the game looked when played it. It has changed a lot! BE 1.7 should be released by the end of August
I TOTALLY agree about Light Platinum - I don't get why people rave about it, I thought it was quite boring. It looks amazing, but it didn't keep my interest at all tbh. My fave game on this list is prob Insurgence or Unbound, and I loved Prism too. I also quite liked Liquid Crystal but I agree it does have loads of issues, but it was still fun. I'm playing Solar Light & Lunar Dark atm, it's really good and one of the prettiest fangames I've played to date.
For the GBA games in the top 3 tiers, which of them original hardware? Looking to enjoy some of these via Gameboy Player on my GameCube
Yo Genoci, have you ever heard of "This gym of mine"?
It's a romhack where you guessed it! You're the gym leader! And you have to manage the town where the gym is, keep your reputation up, try and making the best team of a certain type and more!
I hope you read this coment and try the game, I had a blast with it and I hope you also have a good time with it
I've seen other people mention it, sounds like a unique experience!
My favorite romhack currently is Pokemon Sweltering Sun. Super fun and made some of my favorite pokemon more useful
I agree with you in a lot of entries but I gotta say unbound deserves better, the problem here is that you did not play the game like it was meant to be played, yeah the fact that you have no post game in sandbox is a bummer I think so too, but insane is a difficulty that is meant to be played after previous a playthrough in a lower difficulty with new game+ which highly improves the experience because you carry items even the sandbox scanner if you got it, but for that you gotta do the game fully and as you said it takes time and it may not be worth it
though now when you complete sandbox it sends you to the battle frontier and you can nearly get every pokemon with the exemption of a few which really sucks, but it does let you access major post-game battles
I believe it's stupid that people think grind equals difficulty, I guess you do get a lot of gratification after landing that strategy you have been working on for hours, but it just won't add to the experience it just makes it lengthy, sandbox it's not cheating whatsoever I hope you reconsider it on day and do post-game fights some of them a pretty crazy
you should try to play pokemon games like Opalo, is a really good game with 2 regions with interwind story , the og is in spanish but it has been traduced already
A ROM hack you also need to check out is Pokémon Rocket Edition, because the story behind it is fantastic and is awesome to play a game as a Rocket grunt. I also recommend Pokémon crown but that game is not finished yet. I'm sure that when it's finished it will be one of the best ROM hacks ever!😄
I'd say I agree with 99% of your list. The 1% I don't would be Nameless Fire Red and Theta (at least you didn't put the whole Theta saga -Theta, EX, Renev and Forever-)
It was another time, when Rom hacking was not as advanced as i'ts now and for somebody who didn't had access to newer games (because of other priorities) it was a god send having games with all pokes until then.
Also I remember Nameless having 2 interesting features: Hidden Grottos ala BW and (probably a glitch) you could steal Mega Stones from the E4.
Oh yes, and you could trade between them and some other hacks (played on MyBoy). It was fun completing the Dex on those 2.
pokemon opalo is a game you might love! its one region but the size of two! and the story is excellent.
you should check out Pokemon Reborn
Pokémon Light Platinum probably isn’t a very good ROM hack but as the first one I played I’ll always have a soft spot for it
I've dropped you a sub, interesting tier list, I think I disagree on some of the much earlier rom hacks that were published and produced simply because in terms of quality, they were the best we had on offer *at the time* - As rom hacking has grown, so has the quality of newer rom hacks. So back in the mid-to-late 2000s when I first got into rom hacking, these were considered the cream of the crop. My opinion may just be biased on the fact that I grew up with some of these titles.
Another thing, how come you haven't tried out Pokémon Fire Red Team Rocket Edition?
I played the older ROM hacks when there weren't many around yet. Let's say about 7 - 8 years ago? I gave them a score based on what I played back then. I haven't tried any of them recently, that's why I sometimes say "this ROM hack may be better nowadays".
I haven't played Team Rocket edition because I usually make videos of rom hacks that I play through and that hack in particular has been covered to death on CZcams, so I wanted to focus on other things. You can say the same about RR, but I found my unique niche on that game with the solo sweeps.
@@Genoci I will say that while a certain rom hack may be covered to death on YT, as someone who is newly subscribed and enjoying your content, I do think you should give it an honest shot, there's a lot you can do with Rocket Edition that makes it really fun.
Unbound, Glazed, Light Platinum, and Quetzal are all S tier
If be curious what your opinions are on crystal legacy once you’ve played it
Radical Red is my favorite rom hack Can't wait for Gen 9
Toooo
I can't see the full list on my phone the thumbnails are so tiny. What are the top 4?
Surprised I didn't see Pokemon reborn on the list. It's an insanely unique Pokemon game that is frustrating at times but satisfying altogether. It'll give you a challenge for sure.
Is it better than Insurgence or Xenoverse?
It's way better than Insurgence. Rejuvenation and Desolation are also great games that are better than Insurgence.@@kratugautam304
thanks to you with this video, i found some interesting romhacks to play! also are ya by any chance dutch like either netherlands or belgium?
Glad you enjoyed it! And yeah, I live in Belgium.
@@Genoci Me too😄
Damn, this video made me remember how utterly terrible Liquid Crystal was. I think region map was so unpolished that you could swim from Olivine City or Goldenrod, all the way to the Tohjo Falls/New Bark Town, WITHOUT TOUCHING THE LAND. Playing it was truly one of the experiences of all time
i just recently played Liquid Crystal a couple months ago and yeah, this hack is easily one of the worst. I could have forgiven it if it was just a romp through Gen 2 in Gen 3's engine but there's there's all the cringey ass OC stuff, and then the orange island stuff at the end where it was such a slog, I just gave up on it.
I have heard a lot of good things about both Unbound and Reborn. Currently going through Pokemon Emerald Z which was just completed, and it has the absolute best Fakemon I've ever seen, full stop.
Just Googled emerald z, the fakemon look so bad absolutely no classic Pokémon charm to the designs, especially the silhouettes, eyes and shape language.
I wish you had a list of just your favorites as I cannot read it from the images on your chart so no clue what all is listed if I was at all distracted when you put them on the chart...
I mention every rom hack by name in the video, but here they are: Pokemon Clover, Blazing Emerald, XG: NeXt Gen and the last one was Emerald Rogue.
Watching this made me realize how spoiled Emerald in particular is when it comes to improvement hacks. I picked up Modern Emerald earlier this week and it might be even better than Blazing and Inclement. The amount of customization is astounding, you can make your playthrough either very vanilla in a "Emerald, but better" way or make it absolute chaos, not to mention it has the modern Pokedex style which is fortunately becoming the norm these days. Also, unlike most other hacks and more importantly for me, the Battle Frontier is fully accessible and improved alongside the main game.
Honestly, EK being in the same tier as Nameless Firered is just cracking me up. I'm surprised you didn't put more Drayano hacks in the list tho. Or maybe you haven't played them yet. For me, BB2R is what I've enjoyed the most, and Adventure Red Chapter is a personal favorite.
I wanna give EK another shot one day, because I believe it can't be a worse experience than RR HC. If I played it later in my life, after having a bit more experience, I probably would've liked it more.
I haven't played other Drayano hacks, besides those on the list. I do plan to play them, since they're pretty much must-plays.
If Pokemon Infinity (not to be confused with Infinite Fusion) was mentioned, where would it rank?
@@Loner098 I don't know, I haven't played it yet. Seems like a solid fan game at first sight tho
@Genoci Well, if you can, please try and play it. The story is literally a masterpiece.
Yay a fellow Pyrite enjoyer! I really like how challenging it was without having to cram every single pokemon/adding tons of over the top features. Pretty much the definitive way to play vanilla Gen II imo. Has the creator made anything else?
Also I enjoyed Gaia a lot for its flavor/worldbuilding, but you seem to value challenge/gameplay a lot more, which I can get.
The creator of Pyrite hasn't made anything else afaik.
It's true that I prioritize difficulty and gameplay, I always look for a challenge in my games, but other aspects can definitely also get me invested. God of War and Bloodborne are two 10/10 games for me that strike a perfect balance between gameplay, challenge, worldbuilding and story.
For Pokemon games, I can really appreciate a well built or expanded region, accompanied by a good story, but if I don't have to use my brain to get through it, like Light Platinum and Gaia's case, then I rather watch a playthrough where the filler is cut out. The same counts for other franchises.
Uranium and Insurgence (normal mode) are two fan games that have a pretty good balance between the 4 previously mentioned aspects, but I understand that their scores may not seem fair to some of the difficulty hacks that arguably have less time and effort put into them.
One of my favorites rom hacks of all time is Pokemon Ruby Destiny: Life of Guardians, is kinda old but i like the story, effort and love that is put in the game, is the third game from a trilogy that's called Ruby Destiny, they are kinda buggy sometimes and with some errors in the scale difficulty, but besides all that, i have a special place in my heart with this trilogy of games and in special with Life of Guardians, very nostalgic game.
What makes RR Hardcore playable is rare candy+no ev/max iv if one of em was missing it would be just tedious like hardcore (pun intended) tedious
I actually remember Crystal Clear being one of the most talked about romhacks but devs weren't the best people and they've gotten themselves into multiple controversies because of it. E4's OCs were just one thing but there was also that situation with alleged racism towards asian people as they replaced vast majority of kanto and johto npcs with other races. Othe than that i remember Crystal Clear devs having their heads so deep up their own butts they couldn't see the light of day anymore.
Thanks for the video dude! Have you played Pokemon Infinite Fusion?
Haven't played Infinite Fusion yet because they keep updating it so much. I'll get to it one day.
Hey can you help me around with the new Green/Champion because for some reason he has a groudon that sets up stealthstone and spike instead of a kyogre
That's because the champion has different teams depending on your starter's type. I had a Water type starter.
@@Genoci Oh I see
@@Genoci I had a grass type dam didnt know thar thank you for answering. Mind telling me a trick/pokemon to swap on your champion strat?
I played a lot of hackroms, my definitive favourite at this time is Unbound, the only thing it is missing are following pokemons, but after that it is perfect
You should definitely play Xenoverse - Per aspera ad astra (its original name was Pokémon Xenoverse, but it was changed to avoid copyright problems). It is an Italian fangame and I strongly recommend it to you. I think you can play it in English.
I've already theorized a team for Xenoverse, seems like a very good fan game at first sight
I have over 700 hours in Pokemon Emerald rogue, with all the quests completed and and almost complete pokedex, the amount of hours i have in this game should tell you all you need to know, it's good, go play it.
Pokémon quetzal is just, wow. So much Pokemon, mega-evolution, dynamaxing, z-moves, and, like, so much more.
My favorites are red adventures and unbound
the level of care and details the homies put in those hacks are unbelivable
Could you recommend a romhack that doesn't *not* use fakemon, adds more stuff to an existing region or new region and ups the difficulty a bit? I've always loved the original Shiny Gold (which I wold argue is S tier) because of all the new stuff it adds, specifically more rivals. Same with Drayno's StormSilver
What you describe are enhancement hacks (vanilla game with an enhanced experience). There's Gaia (new region), Drayano's hacks, Polished Crystal, Prism (new region), ...
@@Genoci Ah, I see. Would you be down to cover the enhancement hacks then? I'd love to see a video on these
Enhancement hacks are a pretty saturated genre in the ROM hacking space. There are not more than 10 of them worth playing in the heaps of trash. This gives me an idea for a video, though. Thanks for that ;). I'll post about ROM hacks again when I get a few others things live first.
omg the megaman starforce music in the background
One of the best DS games!
Ive played most of the hackroms and I always return to the best one, radical red hardcore
i think i played pokemon brown back in 2010 on an ipod video. Like the one with a touchwheel on it. 10/10
That's certainly some hundreds if not thousands of hours of gameplay you put there ! I haven't played many of these, but as you put Clover on top and Emerald Kaizo on the bottom, I figure you have a sensible conception of what a good game design should be. So I'll use your list for reference to entertain myself with some rom hacks whenever i feel like starting one. I played Red Rocket which was a fine twist on FRLG, nothing exceptional. I'm surprised you didn't cover the popular "Infinite Fusion" romhack
Combined with mainline and spin-off entries, you're looking at 3000+ hours in the span of 22 years haha. Kaizo is just meant to be frustratingly difficult (see Kaizo Mario games), but that doesn't mean I can't dislike it. Inclement Emerald Challenge Mode and Unbound Insane are also difficult, but feel a lot more fair imo.
I haven't played Infinite Fusion yet, but I'm kinda focusing on my backlog of other games and my new content right now, so it will have to wait.
Curious, why is pokemon red++ not on the list? Is it not well known? I am considering playing it but just surprised it's not on the list
? it is on the list
@@fatgum4343 the ++ version?
Appreciate the video
Did you not play Pokemon Blaze Black 2 Redux?
I haven't played the other Drayano games or their improved versions. But they're all really close in terms of quality, so they might as well be 10/10's
Tbh right now im hooked on queztal and novared best roms imo
Worth playing: Pokemon Unbound, Pokemon Infinity, Pokemon Polished Crystal, Pokemon Fire-Red Rocked Edition, Pokemon Insurgence
I unironically want a fan translation of the game Star Beasts: Meteor Version is based on. It may *technically* be a bootleg, but from what I've seen of it, it really doesnt feel like one.
Snakewood is iconic tho
Man I would put unbound together with blazing emerald and rogue. That’s is the most fantastic rom hacks I’ve ever played
I would also recommend Volt White and Blaze Black and the sequels
Pokemon insurgence is the first fan game i had ever played it's reallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy good!!
You can try also
Pokemon fire red rocket edition, you plas as a team rocket member, you can steal pokemon, and has one of the best story ever made it and crazy plot
Pokemon wally quest, if you love balzing emerald, you will have a nice experience with this rom hack, you play as Wally, and is more like playing oras and not pokemon emerald
Pokemon adventure red, it follow the manga story, very well made it and with a lot of fan theories
Pokemon victory fire, a new region, pretty good story and posy game
I hope this can be useful for future rom hack tries
Wow... i thought uranium would be higher
Also have you played Team Rocket Edition?? It's in Spanish, but damn It's a great rom hack