Haven't rebisited johto for a long time? Anyone play all 4 of these and is able to compare them? Which should i go with?
>>59401279Polished is the best Johto experience. Heart and Soul are fine.Crystal Advance Redux is about the same
>>59401279just play fool's gold bro
>>59401319why
My hack, Pure Heart and True Soul, is the hack for true Johto appreciators. https://soundcloud.com/gunshomusic/battle-mystery-man-eusine-pokemon-pure-heart-true-soul
>>59401420this for ds?
>>59401428Yes.
>>59401279Polished Crystal and Heart and Soul are my favorites.Polished for a retro Gen 2 experienceHeart and Soul for a Gen 3/Gen 4 experience. Heart and Soul is a fresh take on the GSC/HGSS experience, blending key aspects of the Gen 2 and Gen 4 games, while incorporating many modern QoL features, as well as some familiar Gen 3 mechanics. It's largely a faithful GSC remake and a HGSS demake for the GBA.
>>59401279Play Heartgold Generations instead. Why settle for anything less than the absolute best Johto experience? No Gen 2 jank, no gen 3 ugly visuals, physical special split, more pokemon on offer, ability capsules and nature mints in the department store, it's the definitive Johto experience.
>>59401698i prefer gba and gbc over ds
>>59401698you play it on 3ds or retroarch by chance?
>>59401698>Gen 2 jank.Um... are you thinking Gen 1? I played retail Crystal not long ago and it's held up really well.Or are you throwing a tantrum over the level curve?
>>59401740Nope, I use DESMUME.>>59401752Crystal has not held up well compared to HGSS. It looks like shit, it has archaic mechanics, and it still carries several bugs.The fact that knocking out one of the beasts locks you out of ho-oh is also terrible game design, not to mention there's a glitch where the game fails to check for the legendary beasts you DO have properly and locks you out of ho-oh.That aside, Gen 2 just lacks so much of the QoL and mechanical improvements of gen 4. No physical/special split, no abilities, no natures, shinies are gender locked with a worse rate, movepools are complete and utter dogshit in gen 2 (though admittedly that didn't get fixed properly until gen 6), it's just an inferior way to play Johto, especially with HG Generations being a thing that adds even more QoL updates as well as expanding the dex.>>59401722I mean that's like saying you prefer a toast sandwich over grilled cheese but okay I guess.
>>59401797>The fact that knocking out one of the beasts locks you out of ho-oh is also terrible game designThat's good game design.
>>59401797>claims Crystal hasn't held upOh, I see... you're a retard.
>>59401698You play gen 5 low res 3D slop yet have the nerve to call any other gen's visuals ugly?
>>59401279Polished Crystal is a good mix of new and old. Only other Johto hack I’d entertain is Sacred Gold/Storm Silver.
>>59401722BASEDme too
>>59401722>i prefer gba and gbc over dsBased and same.
>>59401919This is the best answer. There's no reason to play the gen 3 johto hacks unless you just really like gen 3.
>>59401279heart
>>59403749why
>>59401698The new pokemon kind of suck though. I would rather not have Johto ruined by nu-pokemon.
>>59402105The Gen 3 hacks just feel so “been there, done that” despite Johto not being natively a part of Gen 3 like Kanto and Hoenn.
So nobody has played silver rival huh?
