Wednesday 7 February, 2007

Pokemon Fire Red is a remake of the original 1995 Pokemon Red game for the Gameboy. The game contains a small amount of elements thrown in from the modern games for good measure as well. While playing the game I've been trying to point out differences between the original and the new version, the most striking is the graphics.

Currently I am at Celadon City and I am about to head to the Pokemon tower. I beat the Gym Leader Erika, which proved to be easier than I expected the second time around. She actually kicked my but the first attempt I made, but the second time around I just put all of her plant pokemon to sleep and kept using Butterfree's confusion attack. The battling is pretty bland as far as gameplay goes, more of a rock paper scissors type of battle engine, but it works.

One of the great things about this game is its sense of exploration and the comical dialogue at certain points. The game does a good job of making the player feel interested in the game world. The updated graphics help Pokemon Fire Red achieve that to a slightly higher degree than it's predicessor.

Since I have the Silph Scope I'm going to Pokemon Tower to do another dungeon style busy work type of gameplay segment in order to advance the story. I'll make another log with some highlights.

I'm surprised that they don't seem to have made any significant changes to the gameplay. Not that there was anything wrong with the originals, but still... I guess I'm not sure how much of a remake it is, given that they changed the name.