What do you like in ROM Hacks?

[Awesome]

I like it when someone does more than just edit the text with a text editor, change maps, and add fakemon. Thats a good first step. But also, the hack has to be enjoyable to play, fun, a little challenging... and it can't make my eyes bleed with bad graphics, either.

 

[Hybrid Trainer]

I like new tiles in a rom that are either custom or from another generation.:D
However i dont like it when they go completely wild and they end up looking like something off final fantasy instead of Pokemon. :(
I also like it when they add new Pokemon whether it be fakemon or D/P Pokemon.
What i don't like however is when they put only a few D/P Pokemon in there games and then leave out the rest. Either have them all or have none.
I also like it when they have a completely new storyline and not one that's just been slightly changed with a text editor.

 

[raidenx2008]

I like:
1) Original Pokemon & Starter set, hated fakemon until the end. If someone is able to include the FULL 4th gen. (DP) pokemon set (386>>493), I vote for that.
2) A brand new region^^
3) A brand new STORYLINE, not like Quartz/Marble...phail.....
4) Some 1337 is good, not too much....

 

[rstar095]

this seems like a good place to post this for an opinion, i hope its not too off topic. Well I know you guys dont like the same old badge system so im making a hack thats a lot more open world, and inspired a lot by fallout 3. Would you guys like to see that in a hack, and what would improve it?
Also, to the people that dislike fakemon, what do you think of fakemon that evolve from real pokemon

 

[hitsu.]

As long as it's a GB/C hack with new scripts, it's fine by me.

 

[Binary]

Something new and creative. Tiles, scripts, a new region, storyline, an evil team, fakemon, music...almost every hack has that.

I myself don't play too many hacks. I only do so if the particular hack has caught my interest.

 

[~NeOn~]

I like the hack that has a very good whole, good scripts, maps, tiles, storyline and other graphics (sprites, OW, region map etc.).
How Nintendo's games, has everything I mentioned above will.

 

[altariaking]

Fakemon. If they're good that is. For me, fakemon makes a hack original (bar topaz because the fakemon look like blobs) and I also like a hack with a little bit of humour, which is why I like pokemon Quartz and Sienna. I also like it when the hacker has actually, you know, hacked, instead of just clicking a few buttons and calling it a hack.

 

[Shiny Quagsire]

Good quality scripts and maps. I can't stand a hack where you literally have the same scripts as the base! IE:

"Darn, it's that stupid person looking at his footprints again!!"

I also can't stand when they just jumble up the maps in a different order, even when they have entirely new scripts, because it feels like your still in the old game, only with a few better graphics :(

Well, that's my word about it :)
~Shiny Quagsire

 

[youyi3318]

I'd like to retranslate the ROM because the Chinese Edition before could only use "TOO BAD" this word to describe.

 

[DuoRyan]

I like hack that:
Used mix tile (mix . with ruby with other generation)
Cool script
Fun map
Effort
Don't care what other say and keep on hacking

 

[timaeus222]

I like it when the hack is challenging, has a purpose, and has some sort of custom map(s).

Also, if I had a patch that were a hard mode of FireRed, plus a new area, would anyone play it?

 

[Resultz]

i doubt itd be approved.

creativity!
nice tiles.
RSE hacks
nice scenery in the maps

 

[Heart's Soul]

GB/GBC Hacks are usually the best. It's a harsh process of elimination. HEX Editing is quite simple, when you get the hang of it, but I am still confused in some areas.
I also enjoy tiles that are realistic, especially in forests. (Somehow, Prism is still odd to me- CBM made a good job on it)
One pet peeve is grammar mistakes. Sure, you can make a great joke out of it by having a major (or minor) character use l33t while everyone else speaks like a normal person.

You know what? When I figure out how to fix PRU, I'm going to make all Pokemon able to be captured.

 

[dragoniteuser]

What would you like to see in Pokemon Hacks?

Well the title says it all...
There's a thread on what annoys you in hacks, but I don't belive this one exists...
So, what would you like to see in hacks?
As for me, I would LOVE to have an alternative to bike! What I had in mind, is for a great ow spriter to make a hero's ow riding a pokemon like Arcanine, Rapidash, Tauros, or something like that! In my opinion it would be so much better, and more fun than just plain, old bike riding!
Also place for grinding, something like EV training sector in "Pokemon the Tempest" by icychill66.

So how about you...?

 

[SonicBlazePlatinum]

I think I already made a thread on this. It's called "What do you like in ROM Hacks". Except I forgot the you so... :S I'll post a comment on that thread.

 

[SonicBlazePlatinum]

Yeah I forgot the you in the tile, but NOTHING's prefect. This is another post from me about what I myself also would like. I like Fire Red ROM Hacks the most despite being overhacked. Well Fire Red does have the ability for 2 regions. I will make a ROM Hack of Emerald soon. Will it be coming this December?

 

[Sewzie]

I love the fresh, new, and original storylines. Playing through the same plotlines of the original Pokemon games (non-hacked) over and over again can get a little boring.

 

[Faline]

Something that'll challenge me to work to the hardest to win and achieve success. :D

 

[delrachi]

i like to see new pokemon in hacks