FireRed hack: Pokemon The Tempest - Beta 2 Released

[Crimson Stardust]

This hack is quite good.The storlyine is interesting too,its like a normal storyline but at the same time unique and interesting..
The screenshots looks great,the maps looks good but also its playibily is normal too.But i don't like the pc tiles,maybe its just my eyes..
anyway,gonna play this soon,and good luck in this..

[Swift sword]

Well, two things, I suppose;
I'd like to do as the game requested real quick- huge thanks to Belowzero productions for the hard work they've put into this. Stick with it guys!

Anyways, here are a few things I've noticed so far. I haven't gotten very far into the hack yet, so I may edit this with more later.

First, I love the pokemon selection near the beginning. I've always preferred Zigzagoon over Rattata, Tailow over Pidgey, and you get the idea. I also really appreciated those Vulpix on route 3- I've never really used Vulpix before as they always seem to appear later in the games or not at all, so having one appear early is a great excuse for me to give them a shot. I'd love to see a brief overview of the pokemon in each of the first 3-4 routes, because that "a pokemon sprayed me with water" comment on route 2 really raised my curiosity. I spent 5 minute looking for a water type there . I always liked the starter choices- Eevee is a very interesting pokemon, and I liked being given the option to start off with an electric type, especially Jolteon. Cool choice there.

Rambling aside, the story sounds like it has potential. I obviously haven't really gotten into yet, but if I'm looking forward to it from the summary, it's a good sign.

Some slight criticisms I can make are the lack of some custom sprites/artwork (main character, Prof. Logan, rival, "old" man (pokemon cataching tutor), and the slightly rushed feel of the intro. For example, when Prof. Logan says "I heard something about your father" it felt rushed and I really missed him elaborating more in-game. Other than that, I'm really impressed so far, and can only reiterate my desire to see a list of pokemon encounters in the earlier routes, to see what I should search for. If you get the time, thanks, but if not, don't worry about it. Sorry for the hasty review, I'll try to get something more coherent out later. Keep up the great work.!

[icychill66]

Originally Posted by Swift sword

Well, two things, I suppose;
I'd like to do as the game requested real quick- huge thanks to Belowzero productions for the hard work they've put into this. Stick with it guys!

Anyways, here are a few things I've noticed so far. I haven't gotten very far into the hack yet, so I may edit this with more later.

First, I love the pokemon selection near the beginning. I've always preferred Zigzagoon over Rattata, Tailow over Pidgey, and you get the idea. I also really appreciated those Vulpix on route 3- I've never really used Vulpix before as they always seem to appear later in the games or not at all, so having one appear early is a great excuse for me to give them a shot. I'd love to see a brief overview of the pokemon in each of the first 3-4 routes, because that "a pokemon sprayed me with water" comment on route 2 really raised my curiosity. I spent 5 minute looking for a water type there . I always liked the starter choices- Eevee is a very interesting pokemon, and I liked being given the option to start off with an electric type, especially Jolteon. Cool choice there.

Rambling aside, the story sounds like it has potential. I obviously haven't really gotten into yet, but if I'm looking forward to it from the summary, it's a good sign.

Some slight criticisms I can make are the lack of some custom sprites/artwork (main character, Prof. Logan, rival, "old" man (pokemon cataching tutor), and the slightly rushed feel of the intro. For example, when Prof. Logan says "I heard something about your father" it felt rushed and I really missed him elaborating more in-game. Other than that, I'm really impressed so far, and can only reiterate my desire to see a list of pokemon encounters in the earlier routes, to see what I should search for. If you get the time, thanks, but if not, don't worry about it. Sorry for the hasty review, I'll try to get something more coherent out later. Keep up the great work.!

Thanks for the in-depth review. It's fun to know that people enjoy this hack so far!

[icychill66]

Ok, I have been thinking about this lately, and I have made a decision. In the next 9 months, I will only be able to hack for 1 of those months. This means that The Tempest will not be able to make any progress whatsoever. So, I have decided that I want to hand off this project to another hacker or team. Generally, people seem to like this hack a lot, and I believe that there will be some people on this forum who would certainly like to see progress. Also, since it's in the Hacks Showcase, I'm sure there will be someone who is very interested in this offer. Obviously, if you want to become the new creator of Pokemon The Tempest, you will have to have had lots of previous experience with hacking. I'm not just going to hand this off to anybody. I hope that some of the greater names of hacking on this forum will have interest in this.

If you want to become the new creator of Pokemon The Tempest, please fill out the form below:

Name:
Qualifications:
Why you want to take on this project:

I'm looking forward to see how interested people are in this major request! Nobody wants to see a quality hack die.

[megadude3]

I Cant play it it says UPS but i dont know what that is

[mat225]

Looks awesome ill play it right now
I love how you put purple HP and black EXP :D

Originally Posted by megadude3

I Cant play it it says UPS but i dont know what that is

Beta 2.0 is a .ups patch, NOT an .ips patch. Therefore, Lunar IPS will not work. I suggest downloading the .ups patcher called NUPS. You can find it here ---> www(Dot)romhacking(Dot)net/utils/606/

[icychill66]

Originally Posted by mat225

Looks awesome ill play it right now
I love how you put purple HP and black EXP :D

Beta 2.0 is a .ups patch, NOT an .ips patch. Therefore, Lunar IPS will not work. I suggest downloading the .ups patcher called NUPS. You can find it here ---> www(Dot)romhacking(Dot)net/utils/606/

Hey! Finally someone's decided to post here! I hope you have fun! Let me know what you like/dislike about it when you're finished, please.

I'm still looking for someone to take over this project, people!

[mat225]

i really love that hack so far

I'm still looking for someone to take over this project, people!

what do u mean by that?

[countryemo]

Originally Posted by mat225

i really love that hack so far

what do u mean by that?

Well my friend Icy is in colege now (ok I know I spelled that wrong.) And has a MAC Laptop, so he cant really hack.
He wants someone to take over from him, /to a certin time?/

Sorry that I cant do it ice .

Anyways still looking good, ill try to finish the beta. :D

[flavios]

This hack looks really really good, im probably gonna try it out later. Hope someone takes this over for you icy

[dabomb9990jr]

for the sun and moon stones i would probably make it so you have to choose one or the other, kind of like the fossils in the red version.
or if eevee is your starting pokemon have all of them and tempest steals the rest before the character can.
but that is just me talking

[icychill66]

Originally Posted by dabomb9990jr

for the sun and moon stones i would probably make it so you have to choose one or the other, kind of like the fossils in the red version.
or if eevee is your starting pokemon have all of them and tempest steals the rest before the character can.
but that is just me talking

I like the player having ALL options for eevee, so I chose to do it that way.

On another note (again.....), does anyone want to take over this hack's production?? I just want to see it stay alive..

[SukoSuNa]

I'm having trouble saving the game.
Every time I go to save the game it says that I need to exchange the back up memory.

Other than that I really like the game so far!

[colcolstyles]

SukoSuNa, please don't revive threads that have been dead for over a month.

Closed