ĭardusk City in Light Platinum: It kind of reminds me of Ecruteak City in Johto, which is one of my favorite cities in the Pokemon games. It’s basically like the graphics of the Pokémon NDS games Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum but on a GBA rom, which is probably what the creators were going for. A lot of the tiles and sprites in Light Platinum are custom-made and they are very well done – even better than the ones in Ruby in my opinion as they look smoother, more colorful, and catch my attention more. The game takes place in brand new, custom regions called Zhery and Lauren complete with new gym leaders, Elite Four, and rivals. I am generally more interested in rom hacks with custom-created regions and graphics because they are more distinct from the official Pokémon games and the hacks that redo them, and Light Platinum definitely did not disappoint in this aspect. I eventually got around to playing it last semester, so I will share my thoughts on it.

Pokémon Light Platinum (not to be confused with Pokémon Platinum) is a rom hack of Pokémon Ruby and it seems to be one of the most popular and recommended Pokémon rom hacks from what I’ve seen, so it was high on my list of rom hacks to check out. Also this review ended up being longer than I thought, so I will split it up into two parts: part one (this post) will cover the things I liked about the game, and the second part will cover what I did not like about it and a quick wrap up. Note: obviously this review is my personal opinion so it will be subjective to some extent, but I will tie in aspects of game design that we have learned and discussed in class such as the tetrad of elements (mechanics, aesthetics, story, and technology), balance, flow, etc.

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