At its core a majority of the game is just Pokemon Crystal but with alternate forms of pokemon, and there's definitely an audience for that sort of thing, especially with how well designed all of the alternate form pokemon are; you can tell the artist put a lot of care into every redesign.
But other than that it's pretty much just the same formula as Pokemon Crystal; there's no deviation from the usual vanilla story path, and the extra content is either tucked away in an optional corner or just not available at all until you beat the entire base game. Since the game is called Fool's Gold there could have at least been an opportunity to mess with the player and have the gym progression go in a completely different order than what we're used to, that could have been a funny twist and make the overall experience a little more fresher so we're not just slogging away at mostly the same game until the new content unlocks.
Overall it's OK, and although the pokemon redesigns are spectacular, the rest of the game is nothing to really write home about.
VideoGame An AU Pokemon Crystal
At its core a majority of the game is just Pokemon Crystal but with alternate forms of pokemon, and there's definitely an audience for that sort of thing, especially with how well designed all of the alternate form pokemon are; you can tell the artist put a lot of care into every redesign.
But other than that it's pretty much just the same formula as Pokemon Crystal; there's no deviation from the usual vanilla story path, and the extra content is either tucked away in an optional corner or just not available at all until you beat the entire base game. Since the game is called Fool's Gold there could have at least been an opportunity to mess with the player and have the gym progression go in a completely different order than what we're used to, that could have been a funny twist and make the overall experience a little more fresher so we're not just slogging away at mostly the same game until the new content unlocks.
Overall it's OK, and although the pokemon redesigns are spectacular, the rest of the game is nothing to really write home about.