Last time I played desolation it was like beta two. I don’t remember spheal being a starter. I’ve been meaning to get back to playing the game as I enjoyed the early version. Looking at the video, seems a lot has been done of this game since the early days.
Always love to see more content on the field effects trio: Pokemon Reborn, Rejuvenation and Desolation. These fangames deserve a lot more exposure; I do hope big content creators will eventually bring attention to them.
I unironically think field effects are the best feature to come out of any pokemon fanwork ever. Imagine if field effects existed in a open world game. If only Nintendo would adopt them fully...
@유-k6f I love the field effects. It's perfect for makimg gym leader battles challenging as they benefit from having only 1 type. And some field effects are very creative, changing how I play the game. In Desolation, Dance Floor Field buffs all dances moves, such as Quiver Dance, Dragon Dance, Sword Dance ect. Better yet, the Synthetic Seed changes the user's ability to Dancer, making Dance moves OP on this field. I love it.
It's definitely a lot harder to get into fangames and rom hacks that are incomplete but I've already taken the plunge for rejuvenation and the video made desolation look really fun so I might start playing lmao
rejuvenation is going to update to 14.0 soon, and there's like 90+ hours of gameplay to it as well I highly recommend you start playing it now (and id recommend starting two save files, since there is a "paragon" and "renegade" route, just like the pacifist and genocide route from undertale)
@@sof-bs7os there is no need... U should play paragon as a main save and you can get renegade save files from internet (bc debug is easy) Or yeah ppl play a game multiple times but that's a different story
Desolation is the only one of the Pokémon Reborn EVO trio of games that I haven’t played to a current state of completion. The start of the game was too slow for me personally. This video definitely makes the game seem like an appealing game to revisit however!
Desolation is a great game that actually does something really interesting (for once) with Darkrai. I plan to get back into it at some point, but it definitely deserves a ton of praise.
This was a really good video! Well made, clear chapters and explanation. It got me hyped to play this game, even though I normally am not a big fan of fangames and incomplete games. I like to play them on my phone too and I haven't found a way to do that yet.
I just finished a playthrough of Desolation a couple of weeks ago so this video came out at a great time! This is the first game to dethrone Rejuvenation as a favorite for me. Something about it's simple yet powerful narrative really speaks to me. The difficulty curve feels way more fair to me than Rejuv because you get access to stronger pokemon earlier and the mega-z ring sooner than Rejuv despite it's harsh difficulty. To me I value being able to have a lot of Pokemon and tools at my disposal to take on battles. I also totally understand the point about Desolation having a smaller cast, it's way easier for the player to keep track of Desolation's characters than the Rejuvenation Cinematic Universe (tm). Jokes aside, I still love Rejuv, but Desolation has just a tad bit more potential in my eyes. And I cannot wait to see what both games have in store for us in the future!
I love Desolation and the music choices for this game is really interesting. P.d. i love seeing Desolation bieng more reconigcible and less underrated (sorry for my bad english).
Always welcome to see some Desolation love, even if it's currently unfinished and delayed right now it should be played through by anyone and everyone at least once. It's just that good not too.
OMG that Pokémon Desolation looks a REALLY BEAUTIFUL Pokémon fan game LOVE this Ruby & Sapphire, Heartgold & Soulsilver and Diamond & Pearl 2D pixel art style, battle system, World and a good story with so many diffre t characters! This game looks AWESOME is this on a Gameboy Emulator? I WAN'T to play Pokémon Desolation after Pokémon Atlas! 🌌😈💜🖤
This is actually one of the first fangames I picked up when I was first starting to get into the fangame community, and it almost set a standard for me when it comes to judging a fangame. Not in a "this fangame must be just as good as Desolation, otherwise it's trash" but more in a "if this fangame is as good or better in gameplay, qol, graphics, or story, then I'll definitely try it out and see if I like it." Plus it also influenced me a lot in what I consider my favorite Pokemon, with Pokemon like Hydreigon, Lycanroc, Toxicroak, etc that I didn't really care all that much about becoming some of my favorites after I played it. Also, the redesigned shinies are some of the best, even better than most of the Reborn ones, and I love that they went through the trouble of making new shiny designs for Pokemon that didn't really have ones that were all that great.
It’s good to hear this game isn’t edgy. I like a pokemon game being a bit more mature, like vanguard has been so far. But I just heard about some of the stuff in pokemon reborn and was turned off.
Personally Desolation is a really good game especially after the last update. I think it has the potential to be better than Reborn by the time its finished. I also think I enjoy the character/cast more here than in Rejuv( I hate Melia). But the one thing I Despise in Desolation is the MAP design. Its so horrendous. The entirety of Celia, the Dreamworld, and Blackview are all incredibly unfun to explore, they don't look good, and you can get lost so easely in the places, where navigating becomes a challenge. Compared to Reborn city or GDC, at least I had an idea where to go.
0:27 Bruuuuuh there is no way someone literally took Arc Tracer Add from Elsword and made him a character in Pokemon. I love AT Add but that is blatant plagiarism lmao
@@fraymakerfan3628 if something rejuvenation could use, itd be character dialogue portraits, rejuvenation is so dialogue heavy I find myself just skipping it
I take objection with the opening statement. Pokemon's plot was never stellar, but it's gotten severely worse in recent gens. How you gonna say the "we dont like school" kids is an improvement, then show the team magma's global climate manipulation as an example of a boring one? tsk tsk. (I like your recommendations though. I found Ashen Frost through you which is my fav pokemon fan game ever so ty :P) For real though the thing I'm most salty about is the catastrophic dive in soundtrack quality. Some of the new songs are just insultingly bad. :_:
While i would say rejuv is better, desolation is a close competitor. Desolation is slightly better in terms of story but in other aspects rejuv is better. Overall, both are great games.
@@deltaspecies1697 I think *Rejuvenation* has better world-building and graphics, but its story is too complicated and all over the place. That's why I prefer *Desolation*-it has better characters, a stronger story, and more cohesive storytelling. But that's just my opinion; both are great games.
quick question Will you do a video about Pokemon reborn or rejuvenation something in the style of your video about Xenoverse? What you like about those games, what you don't like, thinks like that.
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I mean, if you really wanted to sell Desolation all you have to do is tell people that Spheal is one of the starter options.
Last time I played desolation it was like beta two. I don’t remember spheal being a starter. I’ve been meaning to get back to playing the game as I enjoyed the early version. Looking at the video, seems a lot has been done of this game since the early days.
@@smashbrother2244beach starters
hold on spheal is a starter!? let''s effing go!!!
@@mentorius5001 case in point lol
You son of a gun, I’m in!
Always nice to see more games use the Reborn field effects system.
Still one of the most unique and fun battle gimmicks in my opinion.
unique, fun, and most annoying lol
@@tepig2828 yeah
Always love to see more content on the field effects trio: Pokemon Reborn, Rejuvenation and Desolation. These fangames deserve a lot more exposure; I do hope big content creators will eventually bring attention to them.
Is it the same dev team?
@@henzaen They do share some of the same developers, so yeah.
I unironically think field effects are the best feature to come out of any pokemon fanwork ever. Imagine if field effects existed in a open world game. If only Nintendo would adopt them fully...
@유-k6f I love the field effects. It's perfect for makimg gym leader battles challenging as they benefit from having only 1 type.
And some field effects are very creative, changing how I play the game.
In Desolation, Dance Floor Field buffs all dances moves, such as Quiver Dance, Dragon Dance, Sword Dance ect. Better yet, the Synthetic Seed changes the user's ability to Dancer, making Dance moves OP on this field.
I love it.
I think then not being well known helps them in the long run
Not a fan of playing games that haven't finished yet, but I loved Reborn, so I can't wait for Rejuvenation and Desolation to finish.
Start playing bro... The last patches of both games are the last major patches... So you won't loose anything if u start now
It's definitely a lot harder to get into fangames and rom hacks that are incomplete but I've already taken the plunge for rejuvenation and the video made desolation look really fun so I might start playing lmao
Same here.. Gonna wait until it finishes everything
rejuvenation is going to update to 14.0 soon, and there's like 90+ hours of gameplay to it as well I highly recommend you start playing it now (and id recommend starting two save files, since there is a "paragon" and "renegade" route, just like the pacifist and genocide route from undertale)
@@sof-bs7os there is no need... U should play paragon as a main save and you can get renegade save files from internet (bc debug is easy)
Or yeah ppl play a game multiple times but that's a different story
im so glad you covered this, deffinitely one of my favorite fan games with an awesome story can't wait for it to get completed
Desolation is the only one of the Pokémon Reborn EVO trio of games that I haven’t played to a current state of completion. The start of the game was too slow for me personally. This video definitely makes the game seem like an appealing game to revisit however!
Yeah the story definitely picks up once you get to Blackview (4th gym city), so I can understand that opinion.
Desolation is a great game that actually does something really interesting (for once) with Darkrai. I plan to get back into it at some point, but it definitely deserves a ton of praise.
This was a really good video! Well made, clear chapters and explanation. It got me hyped to play this game, even though I normally am not a big fan of fangames and incomplete games. I like to play them on my phone too and I haven't found a way to do that yet.
Glad you liked it! And if you have an android you can play it with joiplay
I’m so happy someone made a video about Deso, it’s so good.
I just finished a playthrough of Desolation a couple of weeks ago so this video came out at a great time!
This is the first game to dethrone Rejuvenation as a favorite for me. Something about it's simple yet powerful narrative really speaks to me. The difficulty curve feels way more fair to me than Rejuv because you get access to stronger pokemon earlier and the mega-z ring sooner than Rejuv despite it's harsh difficulty. To me I value being able to have a lot of Pokemon and tools at my disposal to take on battles. I also totally understand the point about Desolation having a smaller cast, it's way easier for the player to keep track of Desolation's characters than the Rejuvenation Cinematic Universe (tm). Jokes aside, I still love Rejuv, but Desolation has just a tad bit more potential in my eyes. And I cannot wait to see what both games have in store for us in the future!
Pokemon desolation is prob my all time fab pkmb game lmao
I actually just finished Deso earlier in the week and can 10000% vouch for it. The atmosphere and tone is fantastic
And the music omg,the battle of that evil scientist weven before of that had great music.
Compared to a Pokemon fangame, Desolation feels more like a visual novel to me when your decisions matter more to the story than the Pokemon does.
This game is made by the same people who made reborn cool stuff 👍
Pokemon Desolation was probably the funnest time I’ve had with any fan games. Really hope it gets out of development hell someday wish them the best.
Great video!
I love Desolation and the music choices for this game is really interesting.
P.d. i love seeing Desolation bieng more reconigcible and less underrated (sorry for my bad english).
Desolation is my 3rd favorite pokemon game of all time 😄
Always welcome to see some Desolation love, even if it's currently unfinished and delayed right now it should be played through by anyone and everyone at least once. It's just that good not too.
OMG that Pokémon Desolation looks a REALLY BEAUTIFUL Pokémon fan game LOVE this Ruby & Sapphire, Heartgold & Soulsilver and Diamond & Pearl 2D pixel art style, battle system, World and a good story with so many diffre t characters! This game looks AWESOME is this on a Gameboy Emulator? I WAN'T to play Pokémon Desolation after Pokémon Atlas! 🌌😈💜🖤
And the music is top tier
I saw a little peak of Unbreakable ties. Thats such a good game too.. i cant wait for it to finish.. like i genuinly need it so bad 😭
Lowkey might gotta play this sooner than I thought
This is actually one of the first fangames I picked up when I was first starting to get into the fangame community, and it almost set a standard for me when it comes to judging a fangame. Not in a "this fangame must be just as good as Desolation, otherwise it's trash" but more in a "if this fangame is as good or better in gameplay, qol, graphics, or story, then I'll definitely try it out and see if I like it." Plus it also influenced me a lot in what I consider my favorite Pokemon, with Pokemon like Hydreigon, Lycanroc, Toxicroak, etc that I didn't really care all that much about becoming some of my favorites after I played it. Also, the redesigned shinies are some of the best, even better than most of the Reborn ones, and I love that they went through the trouble of making new shiny designs for Pokemon that didn't really have ones that were all that great.
@@criticalwarrior2704 If you love Reborn and Desolation, definitely check out Pokemon Rejuvenation. It's from some of the same developers.
It's just another awesome game from the Reborn series
The best pokemon fan game ever
Can you possibly list the games you feature in the intro? I’m trying to find the one shown 37 seconds in and I can’t find it
Union
Xenoverse
Vanguard
Aester castle or something (forgot it)
Rejuvenation
Crimson and cobalt
It’s Pokémon Xenoverse
@@Hey_i_am_A-D you rock, thanks brother
It’s good to hear this game isn’t edgy. I like a pokemon game being a bit more mature, like vanguard has been so far. But I just heard about some of the stuff in pokemon reborn and was turned off.
Desolation is potentially the game with the best story (potentially because it's not finished). Very peculiar.
Nice 👍
Personally Desolation is a really good game especially after the last update. I think it has the potential to be better than Reborn by the time its finished.
I also think I enjoy the character/cast more here than in Rejuv( I hate Melia).
But the one thing I Despise in Desolation is the MAP design. Its so horrendous. The entirety of Celia, the Dreamworld, and Blackview are all incredibly unfun to explore, they don't look good, and you can get lost so easely in the places, where navigating becomes a challenge. Compared to Reborn city or GDC, at least I had an idea where to go.
This gives me major Reborn/Rejuvenation vibes and I love it
@kraykyle They share some of the same developers. That's why.
Also they have the same field effects.
0:27 Bruuuuuh there is no way someone literally took Arc Tracer Add from Elsword and made him a character in Pokemon. I love AT Add but that is blatant plagiarism lmao
How would you compare it to Reborn and Rejuvinatoin. Espc with Reborn being its inspiration.
I wish I had a laptop or a pc … I never got to beat pokemon reborn
Looks like pokemon reborn/rejuvenation
thx
Hey this looks like a GBA game but it can’t be played on a GBA emulator? Any ideas why
Because it's not a gba game
This sounds really sounds like Rejuvenation
@someirishguy1662 Well it shares some of the same developers, that's why.
It also uses the same field effects, with a few of its own as well.
@@fraymakerfan3628 if something rejuvenation could use, itd be character dialogue portraits, rejuvenation is so dialogue heavy I find myself just skipping it
Is this playable on joiplay?
yes
why does it say on the link windows mac and linux wheres joiplay
@@HansVinarao-k8hbruh
Is this for gba or ds
PC
Is this able to play on Android?
Using Joiplay
We all, as a community, collectively hate Connor right?
I take objection with the opening statement. Pokemon's plot was never stellar, but it's gotten severely worse in recent gens. How you gonna say the "we dont like school" kids is an improvement, then show the team magma's global climate manipulation as an example of a boring one? tsk tsk. (I like your recommendations though. I found Ashen Frost through you which is my fav pokemon fan game ever so ty :P)
For real though the thing I'm most salty about is the catastrophic dive in soundtrack quality. Some of the new songs are just insultingly bad. :_:
it just seems like a worse pokemon rejuvenation
Desolation is better than both in my opinion try it and let me know what you think of it 😁
@@Kakl 🫡
While i would say rejuv is better, desolation is a close competitor. Desolation is slightly better in terms of story but in other aspects rejuv is better. Overall, both are great games.
@@deltaspecies1697 I think *Rejuvenation* has better world-building and graphics, but its story is too complicated and all over the place. That's why I prefer *Desolation*-it has better characters, a stronger story, and more cohesive storytelling. But that's just my opinion; both are great games.
what game is 0:24
quick question Will you do a video about Pokemon reborn or rejuvenation something in the style of your video about Xenoverse? What you like about those games, what you don't like, thinks like that.
It's something I'd like to do when I have a larger audience. Working on a video for two weeks only for it to die at 4k views isn't very motivating