Well, what do you know, another ROM hack done in a month. I guess if there's anything I truly enjoyed about Pokemon Outlaw, is that it doesn't offer too much. That's what usually keeps me playing several ROM hacks, due to lots of diversity in Pokemon and locations in general. Pokemon Outlaw doesn't have that diversity. It makes you go through Kanto like normal, but there are less Pokemon to encounter and you also don't get to go through Viridian Forest or Mt. Moon, they're just not in the game. Same with Pokemon Tower. And no Sevii Islands or postgame quests either, no Cerulean Cave, and...wait, no legendaries either? What? NO FISHING? This game really does limit your options. You can only play as a homeless male character too, and the total amount of Pokemon you can own is 143, counting the ones from outside Gen-1 that you can actually get for that matter.
For all it's worth, the biggest benefits Outlaw does give you are the ability to run indoors and you can use Pokemon outside of Gen-1. Three of my end team are Kanto mons: Alakazam, Magneton (no Magnezone here, it's Gen-3), and Nidoqueen, while three more were Johto: Crobat, Bellossom, and Feraligatr, the latter being a freebie received early on. You start out as a poor homeless kid who somehow saves Oak from a coworker accusing him of harassment, then you go around being...how should I say this, Neutral Evil, perhaps? Maybe Chaotic Evil, but you never really do stuff that's actually evil like killing others. Basically the game mocks your character for being homeless, you don't do any drugs or killing despite the NPCs talking about doing those things, you go to weird locations like a Pewter City nightclub or the "Party Mansion". The slums are extra places where you can find items and battle destitute trainers, and I guess some of that is cool and extra? Even some people you can battle in their houses cause you barged in and all.
Those are definitely parts worth talking about for your neutral/chaotic evil protagonist. The NPC dialogue is the other highlight, dare I say it. Almost every NPC has dialogue that can definitely be written off as "edgy teenager vibes", and I already had some examples mentioned earlier. It's not like the named people are any better. Brock is some sort of pervert? Okay? Misty and Sabrina are always referred to as hot? Blaine's a nerd? Fuji's a pedophile? Oh, and you technically have two rivals, Leaf, who becomes a random love interest, and the named one who is just trying to actually kill you. And Team Rocket are more ambiguous than ever, as they are supposed to be evil, but Silph Co. actually LIKES them and the actual cops in this game who fight them (and you) are just corrupt. Yeah, that's a plot point. Everyone sucks, except Leaf I guess. Oh, and May is somehow Viridian's gym leader, and then Lance is the "Elite One", having rid the other Elite Four members (but you still have to fight this death ninja clan of three before Lance, and also another dude as the "champion") fight.
No walkthrough from me, someone has beat me to it! Though that walkthrough actually doesn't have a whole lot, it was more like "these are the Pokemon to get, try to get them all!" Considering how this game doesn't have much else? I took it in fine.
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