I Played the BEST Pokemon Rom Hack... and hated it

Wassup everyone, TerraQuake here! Today, I play through the best Pokemon rom hack. But does it really deserve that title? If you enjoyed this video, then be sure to drop a like, subscribe, and hit that bell to see more!
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#pokemon #pokemonromhack #pokemonfangame #pokemonradicalred

[@Doub1eSpark]

I usually never mind when difficulty increasing ROM hacks are around, but as a casual player just looking for hacks meant for a chill playthrough... People keep filling any attempt to ask for recommendations with hacks like Radical Red despite me saying multiple times that I want something around the same level as the mainline games and them saying it's way better than what I'm looking for. The people who play these hacks act like cult members trying to recruit me, meanwhile I'm just sticking with gimmicky hacks with cute/funny stories because I play Pokemon to chill and use my favorite mons.

[@guyhathansaintil5218]

u didnt ask but in case u still looking for one pokemo xenoverse,realidea system, and opalo might be what you looking for if u havent already played them

[@Doub1eSpark]

@@guyhathansaintil5218 are they GBA hacks? I don't really have any other emulators RN, so I gotta ask.

[@idk-cl3rt]

pokemon BW3 genesis not many people know of it

[@mottaXDXD]

skill issue

[@neobree]

@@idk-cl3rt that's an awesome recommendation, haven't gotten around to it but I've known it for a while and it looks awesome

[@Maragidyne555]

Radical Red fans will keep recommending their difficulty hack when I want to play a normal game after I come home from college, like brother I'm ALREADY in the trenches as is 😴

[@TheVnator]

I like you bringing up how the difficulty never let up, even with no-name NPCs on routes. There's an idea with game design where there should be a break from the high-octane moments to let you relax your mind for the next one. In an action game like L4D2, the levels are designed to have areas of walking and scavenging in between the fights, to the point where the Cold Stream campaign is considered bad because it gives you no break between the action. In RPGs, they give you a break by having you fight weaker opponents or go through the story in order to let you relax before the next meaningful big fight. But when every fight is as difficult as it can be, it gets VERY exhausting, and running back to the pokemon center isn't relaxing, it's just annoying. I still appreciate such a comprehensive difficulty hack existing, and I can definitely see it as the best in terms of its technical level. But my goodness is it condescending and outright bullshit so much of the time. I would love to see a romhack that actually teaches the player competitive battling, that would be better to get more casual fans on board while still keeping pros interested. Also, you should check out Inclement Emerald, another difficulty hack built around Emerald that's a lot less bullshit and has a more reasonable difficulty curve.

[@wobblebubbeeakasham8118]

10:00 I was confused but then I remembered beartic got the fighting type causing you to think that brave bird is fighting

[@lockman5196]

This. There's no way they are going to change brave bird into fighting types.

[@berylredburrow__8810]

I wish there was a version of this game that wasn't total bs start to finish. Id love a red rom hack with megas, every pokemon, qol features, etc. but this games difficulty is be. Even if it was "fair" (which it's not), it still wouldn't be fun. It's constant frustration beginning to end, and the full Pokedex is wasted, because you never actually get to use the pokemon you like, unless you only like vgc teams. I wouldn't care about a game like this existing if it wasn't tossed around so much. I look for fun rom hacks, and everyone treats it like the second coming instead of what it really is, a niche challenge mode for super hardcore players.

[@drewart1546]

People really need to stop lying. It’s not the best Pokémon game. It’s only the best Pokémon game for competitive Pokémon players it doesn’t have a good story. The Pokémon don’t make sense in the area. They are in every trainer is unnecessarily hard and going back-and-forth to heal. Your Pokémon is ridiculous. I played all the way up to Misty never picked it up again.

[@Jacksz5868]

Skill issue

[@drewart1546]

@@Jacksz5868 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@yourbootyholeisyourbeautyhole]

@@Jacksz5868not a valid argument but ok

[@nubby4244]

@@yourbootyholeisyourbeautyholeit is valid

[@nubby4244]

game was hard but not impossible to beat

[@Donnmuney]

I beat this game twice and it is the second hardest pokemon rom I have ever played. I could see why casual pokemon players would not enjoy as it is a lot of trial and error and grinding especially when you like to handicap yourself and play through it blind like myself. I like a challenge and don’t like to spam healing items or playing on switch.

[@andrewstephenson5825]

Is this even fun for hardcore players? Every single encounter being a massive skill and knowledge check that you need to devise an entirely new strategy for? I agree, I don't want to be so hateful as to insult the creator or fans of this hack, but personally? This is ridiculous, and I wish ROM hacks like this weren't so influentially popular. I value Qol, new content, and interesting changes and gimmicks far, FAR more than competitive- and kaizo-level difficulty.

[@malik.a4125]

As osmeone who palyed this hack 3 times and is on their 4th attempt mono dragon id say yeah. Its definitely hard and if you dont like reading docs for a game then you probably shoudnt play it but i think it is quality.

[@malik.a4125]

Also i'd recommend something like pokemon voyager or dreams if you want modern not too difficult romhacks

[@andrewstephenson5825]

@@malik.a4125 Guess I'll have to give dreams another chance, and I'll look into voyager

[@JAN2MARS]

I don’t pretend to be a competitive Pokémon player so Radical Red isn’t for me. But it has a TON of QoL features that I think are REALLY cool and would love to see implemented in more rom hacks for casual playthroughs.

[@kingtallastar]

I did this has a hardcore nuzlocke and gave up after Brock. The game is ridiculously difficult and insane. I will say, the developer has been very open that this is a difficulty romhack for nuzlocking. So I understand it to a degree, but when even PC says this game is too much, the game is too much.

[@DrawciaGleam02]

PC is Pokemon Challenges right?

[@TheVnator]

I remember Hugbees nuzlocking it on Twitch way back when he still streamed on it. Sabrina's gym had a massive difficulty spike with a fully competitive-level trick room team that completely sweeped him. He decided to give up then and there.

[@DrawciaGleam02]

@@TheVnator Hmm.... I think I remember someone with a FIGHTING mono team doing well against Sabrina's gym in Radical Red..... I think the video is on KZbin somewhere......seeing that blew my mind. Is Hugbee's attempt on KZbin?

[@TheVnator]

@@DrawciaGleam02 Sounds crazy! But with a nuzlocke team, you're not going to have them working cohesively unlike a trick room team where one mon's moves and abilities will benefit another. Especially in a double battle. Still, the fighting team person definitely planned things out and had to put in a lot of work to get things to work out for them! Hugbee's videos might be on twitch as a VOD, since that's where he streamed it. I doubt it's on his Gamer Mode youtube channel.

[@valentingigena6058]

Its not that hard

[@tehSunBro]

Feel like pure difficulty hacks need to be excluded from general "best romhack" lists, because this is only good if you want a brutally dificult game. Its probly the best difficulty hack, but not even close to the best romhack. That title has to go to either Clover or Team Rocket Edition.

[@nokocchi1983]

I'm playing prismatic moon right now... and heavy on this. every trainer was using a life orb and had full teams of six with max IVs and its just... not fun???

[@Dyku9k]

I hated it not because it was super difficult but because every random trainer having team of 6 and animations lasting AGES

[@galaxytruth2823]

Still find it funny how everyone elite 4 and so on got legendary like its candy 😭

[@kyudatoaster]

The problem is that people forget that Pokémon is all about having fun and beating the game while enjoying it. They make it look like an office job. Study, stufy study, lose, try again, study study LOSE UOUR MIND win, repeat. I wanna use my fav Pokémon, not study which one is more useful competitive wise. You can't tell me you actually like using teams like that on a casual playtrough.

[@Zenithal1843]

You can beat the game without a competitive team though? The Discord’s HoF has a ton of unorthodox Pokèmon and strategies featured. I beat the game with a Bibarel on my team lol.

[@oipropqewe]

Bruh that game ruined the kanto experience for me The least fun I have had with a kanto game ,

[@dalV_Studio]

Still romhacks maker should understand Extremely difficult doesn’t equal fun More difficulty means more grinding

[@thebestworst8002]

A lot of difficulty hackers encourage hacking in rare candies and play with level caps. These games become so much better when you do that

[@yourdemiseishere]

No it's another way of play, a puzzle game where you look at the docs and prep before hand and have every turn planned out basically.

[@Magma-Idiot-2001]

​​@@thebestworst8002If you interact with the console in the player's room, you can type in 'Woyaopp', and the kid in the tall grass will give you a limitless number of rare candy and Pomeg Berries. There are four other codes if you want to know.

[@thebestworst8002]

@@yourdemiseishere that’s the fun of it TBH. Spending an hour either banging your head against the wall until a plan works or looking at docs and creating a master plan to defeat the enemy. Eventually you’ll find that perfect sequence that just works and it’s very euphoric and satisfying when you win

[@yourdemiseishere]

@@thebestworst8002 Yeah it's different ways of play, i think that way is extremely lame and dumb and against the game, but it's valid.

[@azelfdaboi5265]

"I still cant use fly outside of battle" You get given an item for flying after you beat nugget bridge rival.

[@Krqze0Official]

THE CERULEAN CITY RIVAL FIGHT gave you the "poke rider" it's LITTERALY JUST FLY BUT AS AN ITEM WHO AND WHAT ARE YOU💀😡

[@Hijiri_MIRACHION]

See, this is the sort of Romhack that makes me stay away from any modern Pokémon Romhack, because a lot of them are difficulty based like this one and I don't want to grind or learn competitive battling in order to play through a Romhack of all things. Can't we just have a hack with these modern features that doesn't take days to grind through?

[@yourdemiseishere]

Difficulty hacks dont have to be like that, drayano hacks are good even if older hacks have ass moments, renegade platinum made me quit pokemon because i got my fill, if you do everything leading to an area you'll be good enough with decent plans. Maybe still harder then most but still the grinding isn't that bad in the encounter expansion hacks because you'll usually find the rare mon thats on every route and get something real good.

[@ScipiotheAfricanus]

Radical red has an easy mode, and also a minimal grinding mode that can be combined, it also allows u to cheat if it's too difficult for u

[@Hijiri_MIRACHION]

@@ScipiotheAfricanus He did use Easy Mode eventually, but he still struggled at several points... I honestly didn't know there was a minimal grinding option though.

[@yourdemiseishere]

@@ScipiotheAfricanus Eh it's still a different kind of games then most hacks.

[@cactusman60]

Finally, someone says the quiet part out loud.

[@Blastosie_Offical]

Rom hackers when you tell them that giving each trainer full teams of legendaries, mythicals, etc. makes no sense lorewise or gameplaywise: (they are unable to process the concept of anything other than "Main series easy make fangame literally impossible")

[@ScipiotheAfricanus]

Full legend teams are a end game thing on normal, there is a easy mode for you either way if u find normal too difficult, and a minimal grinding mode

[@Blastosie_Offical]

Oh no, i'm fine with it being difficult since that's the point, but it seems like every difficulty hacker ever forgot that you can make difficult and challenging fights without every trainer having 6 Eternamax Eternatus

[@galaxytruth2823]

I can agree

[@Zenithal1843]

I’m far from the best player and RR isn’t my favorite hack but I genuinely don’t understand people who are complaining about the difficulty like it’s impossible without making a new team or needing to “study”.

[@homebaked1731]

Radical Red is far from the best rom hack. It’s just fire Red but harder. It could’ve been a lot more interesting but it really isn’t. A lot of teams are just Uber spamming, meaning using your favourite pokemon isn’t really an option, you gotta use competitively viable mons.

[@Krqze0Official]

They buffed Weaker Pokemon tho

[@Krqze0Official]

I loved Adaptability furret

[@drewart1546]

It’s not a bad ROM hack for competitive players if you’re not a competitive player and you’re just a casual player, it is the worst rack ever

[@Metalseadraking]

Yea I can feel the huge power imbalance between the player and the NPCs It feels like there is a lot more effort reqwuired on the player for every single NPC who needs a different approach competitively. I know somewhat about competitive pokemon, but I too mostly just wanna enjoy playing some pokemon (tho I do really like emerald rogue) Its very clear radical red focuses on hardcore players who also know about competitive so from the perspective of a casual player it isnt all that appealing Especially it seems like you are constantly fighting up (I do not know if the game even gives you legendaries on the level as Mewtu or Miraidon when you get to that point) Oh right if you need a little tip: Next time you are stuck on a substitute, sonic based moves like hypervoice ignore substitutes

[@lucky_duck323]

If you want a good rom hack, emerald seaglass.. its gen 3 with amazing art, trust bro

[@ArunKumar-xm5nf]

Bro just a suggestion. Try to access the docs and you can enjoy it a lot. You get a lot of options and almost every Pokemon. Also, after nugget bridge you get a Pokerider which is essentially fly. You do not need Fly HM in this rom hack

[@AedraRising]

Why should you need to read a guide to have fun in a game? Like, games should be designed so that you have the most fun when you don’t have to read supplemental sources.

[@ArunKumar-xm5nf]

@@AedraRising I am not saying it in a negative light but each game has a different purpose. Baseline games are made so that everyone enjoys playing with their favourite mons and there is no harm in that. These kind of romhacks are purposefully designed to be hard so that the victory is that much sweeter. To each their own. We are free to enjoy whatever games we like but it also depends on what we are looking for. Peace ✌️

[@TheKiddingStar]

@@AedraRising There is an easy mode that is still quite enjoyable....

[@ceilyurie856]

@@TheKiddingStar HE PLAYED IT ON EASY

[@berylredburrow__8810]

​@@ArunKumar-xm5nfI don't think the difficulty is the issue. The bigger issue is that any game should be enjoyable on its own. If you're expected to look up fights and plan counters, there needs to be an in game way to do that. If you need external resources that aren't explicitly part of the game, the game has failed to properly equip the players, and its unfair. At this point, it essentially works as a puzzle game, and puzzles are no fun if you just google solutions. I'd also argue that the intense difficulty actually detracts from the satisfaction of victory. Yes, a hard won fight can be very rewarding. But if EVERY fight is super hard, then there's no sense of interest in important fights. Why should I care about Giovanni getting Mewtwo when random kids have legendaries? Why is the champion special if every trainer is on this intense level? Even big soulslike titles understand that you need breaks in the action to breathe, or the big moments will become monotonous slogs.

[@RyebuckCoppercap]

I've been playing it in easy mode and it's a fun time tbh. It still was harder than a regular pokemon game tho lol (not that I mind that, I feel like modern pokemon games are way too easy instead)

[@RyebuckCoppercap]

Tho I've been playing by catching most Pokémon on most routes, thus giving me a break from the harder stuff, and by doing a lot of the optional fights that give you QoL stuff.

[@ArchonZach]

This romhack would be amazing if it wasn't painfully difficult

[@notasqurril5862]

Bro

[@notasqurril5862]

This is a DIFFICULTY ROM hack

[@thatoneguyoverthere1680]

Speaking as someone who beat the previous version of rad red, which had different teams as it hadn't included gen 9 mons yet, i feel like besides the elite four it was incredibly fair with the challenege. Sure it was difficult but i never had to resort to heal stalling to win, even if i did abuse save states during the elite four. That being said even then, i realize that it was just a legitamate skill issue on my end for being unable to formulate strats to beat competitive uber teams with the vast amount of resources the game gives you by that point. I feel like if you boot up rad red expecting something along the lines of main series pokemon then complain when the hack designed for competitive players and nuzlockers to enjoy is difficult, that's entirely a you issue and doesn't speak to the quality of the hack and how well/badly the battles are designed.

[@JackNaiper]

Bro even if you change the difficulty its still cheats not difficulty cheat clearly putting you at a disadvantage if i have 5 level 25 and he only got 3 level 15s theres no way im losing that but radical red if you dont do it by the book your losing it ridiculous and the shame because the story seemed promising

[@luisadolfothewolf7042]

I really wasn't interested in this Rom Hack, and now I think there's even less of a chance I play it, not because it's harder, but because that level of difficulty I saw on this video just seems unbalanced, unfair, and just a lot of random hard Tauros sh*t thrown at the player No, it's not to hate on anyone who thinks that's funny, but I don't like the idea of playing a game with no good difficult scaling design and such

[@yourdemiseishere]

This is a version of play where you need a calculator AND the docs open, it's a puzzle game not an adventure game, know everything before going in and see if your plan will work. If you like that, you'll love it with restrictions on you and even in normal mode enemy mons gets extremely unfair and starting with weathers you cant make go away, falkner having extremely hard baby mons with comp items and all you get is a scanner to find some mons you'd want with good ivs. Also RadicalRed reads your inputs so no cheesing it pokemon is too easy!!

[@Magma-Idiot-2001]

I enjoy it for that, the difficulty for me isn't that you need to grind (There are in-game cheats for getting rare candies), for a person like me, it isn't like knowing calls, it's about knowing what works.

[@andrewstephenson5825]

It's just frustrating when a lot of difficulty hacks are touted as the best of the best, because they really aren't. For casual players, hacks like this are easily among the worst on offer despite their immense popularity, so I wish my search for the best ROM Hacks weren't met with top results of Radical Red and Renegade Platinum.

[@berylredburrow__8810]

Its a pretty bad puzzle game then. If you need team docs and a calculator, then the game should have those. External resources are never an excuse for poor game design.

[@yourdemiseishere]

@@berylredburrow__8810 No, that's the point and ive had friends just play through it normally idk if it's based on min-grinding mode or otherwise.

[@Juan_Rulz]

Man, i hate rom hacks as well. The creater of the Sinnoh asaid that i picked the worst Pokemon, & he decides to do the things he wanted. & Man, i lost respect to the creator of the rom hack!

[@starfccker]

It is SheDinja, not SheNinja 😮‍💨

[@allanisgod4292]

I prefer renegade platinum for a kinda difficult rom hack, it has some needed changes but not this

[@JazVtuber]

Truly the Dark Souls of pokemon games -IGN

[@TerraQuake1]

That’s a great way to put it 😂

[@abluerat7087]

No the fear and hunger of pokemon

[@NoelChris625]

Where do you get exp share to level up all parties in this game?

[@cubecat9493]

where did giovanni get the megastone for mewtwo? lole

[@TerraQuake1]

Ikr!

[@JackNaiper]

Like its not even hard the game is flatout cheating

[@smileyfacewithnose7218]

The game is advertised as a difficulty hack. If you enjoy difficult pokemon games, this game has great mechanics and great presentation and is pretty fun. Clearly you don't want to play difficulty hacks, so why play them and get upset? The game wasn't made for you

[@smileyfacewithnose7218]

But hey you beat the whole game so GG I can't really fault you

[@andrewstephenson5825]

In all honesty, it seems like this hack is the modern gold standard for Pokemon hacks which is EXTREMELY BAD for anyone who isn't a hardcore competitive Pokemon content creator, because for anyone who isn't like that, this is an absurdly difficult, unfair, and unfun game

[@Iggy_Dogg]

it's a poorly designed game, difficult or not. having constant high-octane difficult battles throughout the entire game makes for a poor experience that's just a straight line of annoyance.

[@smileyfacewithnose7218]

@@Iggy_Dogg Idk man, its a difficulty hack so you'd expect it to be difficult. If it's not for you don't play it but it's not like it's not advertised as a difficulty hack

[@KnowMore467]

You should try pokemon quezal it's a good rom hack ❤

[@TerraQuake1]

I’ll take a look at it!

[@6inchscar487]

Quetzel has potential to be good. It needs more time. I'd give it 2 more years for more new features

[@medianoche3]

I didn't see anything wrong with it other than not having a full team of 6 for most of it and not leveling your pokemon like a regular play through. It's already known this version is incredibly difficult to run through with any kind of nuzzlocke rules, yet you're complaining that you stuck with the first pokemon you caught and struggled?

[@plasma2125]

I understand that this rom isn't for everyone but trying to nuzlocke it at your early attempts is basically impossible. You have to know every encounter in every route to properly create a team and this game is really meant as a comp experience as ingame playthrough. Thats how i see tha game. Also the sedinja loss was stupid you could just look through the moves of the pokemon and create the perfect team which will always win which just kindof show your team building incompetence(no hate). Yes some battles are immensly hard but that is balanced by the pokemon you have acess to which you could replace easily(though it is still time consuming which i hate). The maraowak fight was bullshit. The rematches were also optional is the earlier version as i remember

[@j_m12341]

I know i would be very mad at this game and want to quit but i think the challengeould be fun to play with for me

[@uchihaitachi9737]

GG ❤

[@HiyokoSupiritto]

I've played this and man... I didn't enjoy it at all, I'm sorry but, I find it a bit overrated Radical Red

[@donniedollarz4537]

The best is unbound lmfao 😂😂 hard don’t make a game better and unbound does the justice of allowing you to play easy or competitive and just great

[@LastStockNairRest]

lots of skill issues in this comment section...

[@fastguy2646]

We're not try hards like you 😐 go touch grass

[@lemonscaled4274]

Nah the dev just doesn't know how to design a proper difficulty curve

[@yourbootyholeisyourbeautyhole]

no i'm just bored af

[@yourbootyholeisyourbeautyhole]

haha l + ratio + skill issue + get gud amirite???

[@nubby4244]

@@lemonscaled4274the game isnt hard u just suck

[@averagemariorpgfan4131]

I love how most of the Comments are people going "oh it too hard 😭 I don't like" yea it's a FUCKING Difficulty Rom, what'd you expect

[@yourbootyholeisyourbeautyhole]

because they like the QoL aspect of the game. people have the right to want those enhancements, but they can't find them in games that aren't geared to competitive players and it's _completely_ understandable that they feel disappointment because these difficulty hacks are the only types of games being suggested to them. you're complaining, too. suck it up.

[@Iggy_Dogg]

good game design? too much to ask for I ask

[@Cuprite1024]

There's a difference between difficulty and just straight-up poor game balancing.

[@notasqurril5862]

I think the people complaining about this game (and just most difficulty Rom hacks in generel) are just fans that will only play the mainline games Which are targeted towards KIDS and then get surprised when fan games don't want their games to be beaten by literal children

[@TerraQuake1]

There’s plenty of fan-made Pokemon games that I’ve enjoyed in the past 👍

[@mikehawk8984]

​@@TerraQuake1they're specifically speaking about difficulty rom hacks, not rom hacks in general. Why would you play a difficulty rom hack and then complain that it's difficult. It doesn't make any sense.

[@EternalPizzaALT]

@@mikehawk8984because hes playing on easy mode and theres still level caps they should atleast give something to casual players and he complimented the game at the end

[@nubby4244]

@@EternalPizzaALTdude i had no idea what competitive pokemon even was and still beat the game

[@nubby4244]

it isnt hard he is just making it harder for himself

[@6inchscar487]

This is the type of guy that you can give a shovel, pick axe, and a spear to dig a hole and he'll still act like its impossible. Like seriously your complaining about the game being too hard on easy mode while refusing to have a full team or leveling up and not using any of the games features to catch new pokemon

[@juffe_h1666]

Stop the whiny man it’s cringe

[@darkstar_xd]

Lol Skill Issue, Dude dosen't even have a Team of 6 😂

[@kyranroberts03]

my guy didn’t watch the video… he had a team of 6😭

[@darkstar_xd]

@@kyranroberts03 Only After Complaning a LOT, and Over Half of the Vídeo the Guy still playing-it Without a Team a 6. A Lot Of Skill Issue

[@uchihaitachi9737]

@@darkstar_xd just shut up kiddo

[@DevilMayCarry]

Looking forward to your playthrough videos with zero mistakes!

[@cactusman60]

@@darkstar_xd cope harder lmao.

[@platoniclogic5877]

Why did u go thru half the game without a full team? It seems like u made it a harder experience all by yourself

[@Cuprite1024]

A lot of people don't build their team from the very start of the game and like to slowly build it up over time. Usually that doesn't cause any problems. That evidently isn't the case here.

[@HighKoality]

Bruh 😂

[@mottaXDXD]

skill issue

[@oler777]

L/ ratio x 2