When I first began playing Cutlerine's hack, I won't lie, any atmosphere of unique eeriness expected from a zombie apocalypse Pokemon game were almost immediately brushed away. The game speedily gave the impression that very little of the ensuing insanity should've been taken seriously. At least not seriously in the traditional sense. That said, I'll try to review this game while keeping note of marginally important factors.
VISUAL FACTOR:4/10
The graphics were sub-par, that's unquestionable. Though it may be worth noting that Cutlerine deliberately botched the visual component to show that a good hack needs way more than fancy screenshots and a few visually appealing sprites to be good. Granted, Lots of hacks DO suffer from an incredible lack of entertaining story (skipping dialogue takes away NOTHING at times), but that doesn't cover Cutlerine's lazy Visuals even if the Story engaged the player for much longer. ROM hacks aren't simply a text-based medium. That said...
STORYLINE:8/10
Though it may have been quite a wild ride filled to the brim with tons of certifiable insanity, Snakwood's story was quite possibly the most entertaining of all the hacks I've ever played. The fact of the matter is, to truly enjoy a story like snakewood, you have to be willing to sacrifice some logic in order to indulge in some pretty Absurd adventures. An incredible amount of the hack is filled to overflowing with references to, well... Almost every other work of fiction. The eventual point of snakewood seems to be to sit back, observe the universe in all its crazy glory, and chuckle a bit along the way.
TECHNICAL DESIGN:7/10
Many novel scripting ideas and... interesting elements (Madio Caves, anyone?) found their way into the hack. I won't list them all, since that'd eventually be pretty spoileriffic, but I do want to point out that many of the scripts are plainly impressive, especially in comparison to other hacks.
ALL IN ALL, Snakewood was an incredibly entertaining game, not without its faults. However, this troper feels that Cutlerine ought to stick to what he excels at:
Fanfiction
Total Headspin
When I first began playing Cutlerine's hack, I won't lie, any atmosphere of unique eeriness expected from a zombie apocalypse Pokemon game were almost immediately brushed away. The game speedily gave the impression that very little of the ensuing insanity should've been taken seriously. At least not seriously in the traditional sense. That said, I'll try to review this game while keeping note of marginally important factors.
VISUAL FACTOR:4/10 The graphics were sub-par, that's unquestionable. Though it may be worth noting that Cutlerine deliberately botched the visual component to show that a good hack needs way more than fancy screenshots and a few visually appealing sprites to be good. Granted, Lots of hacks DO suffer from an incredible lack of entertaining story (skipping dialogue takes away NOTHING at times), but that doesn't cover Cutlerine's lazy Visuals even if the Story engaged the player for much longer. ROM hacks aren't simply a text-based medium. That said...
STORYLINE:8/10 Though it may have been quite a wild ride filled to the brim with tons of certifiable insanity, Snakwood's story was quite possibly the most entertaining of all the hacks I've ever played. The fact of the matter is, to truly enjoy a story like snakewood, you have to be willing to sacrifice some logic in order to indulge in some pretty Absurd adventures. An incredible amount of the hack is filled to overflowing with references to, well... Almost every other work of fiction. The eventual point of snakewood seems to be to sit back, observe the universe in all its crazy glory, and chuckle a bit along the way.
TECHNICAL DESIGN:7/10 Many novel scripting ideas and... interesting elements (Madio Caves, anyone?) found their way into the hack. I won't list them all, since that'd eventually be pretty spoileriffic, but I do want to point out that many of the scripts are plainly impressive, especially in comparison to other hacks.
ALL IN ALL, Snakewood was an incredibly entertaining game, not without its faults. However, this troper feels that Cutlerine ought to stick to what he excels at: Fanfiction