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If you're looking for a narrative and exploration focused game, inspired by games like Skyrim, Zelda, Baldur's Gate III and The Witcher III, in a Pokémon setting, give this game a try!
Pokemon Burning Scales is a Pokemon fan game that focuses on the exploration of a small open world and its story. You'll encounter dozens of characters who will provide interesting interactions, impactful battles, funny moments, and, most importantly, numerous side quests. Made with Pokémon Essentials v19.1 and RPG Maker XP.
The game's story unfolds at a significantly different pace from the series' standard. The game map comprises the cities of Nimbasa, Castelia, and their surroundings. Instead of traveling throughout the region, you'll explore a small map filled with interactions and side quests. This allows you to thoroughly explore each part, interact with all the characters, dive straight into the main quest, or take it bit by bit at your own pace.
In Pokemon Burning Scales, you play as Nathan, an experienced trainer who is assisting professors Oak and Juniper in their investigation of an unknown form of Pokémon. The research takes a dangerous turn when a mysterious and powerful Pokémon begins to wreak havoc across the southern part of Unova. It's up to you to uncover the source of the chaos and unravel the mystery behind these strange new Pokémon forms.
The main story provides about 4 hours of gameplay, but with dozens of side quests to discover, your adventure can easily extend beyond 10 hours.
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- Different storyline from the series standard. Breaking away a bit from the standard of defeating all 8 gym leaders and then facing the Elite 4.
- Lots of side quests, that can generate hours of extra content apart from the main story.
- Choices that impact the story, reveal additional information, and provide funny situations.
- A small open world to travel. All available since the beginning of the game.
- Level scaling, ensuring a consistent challenge.
- Nuzlocke and randomizer modes, using Elite Battle DX.
- Offline Wonder Trade, you can also spend money to scale the Pokémon level to your party. Using Random Pokemon Selector.
- Improved Battle AI.
- Modern Quest System, which shows all quests, next objectives and locations.
- Encounter List UI, showing available pokemon in the route and which ones were already captured.
- Multiple save files and auto save, using Auto Multi Save.
- Fast Forward, using Speed Up.
- Perfect IVs mode (optional).
- Super fast EV grind, by using cheap vitamins.
- Encounters table, you can check how to get each of the available pokemon here or downloading this file.
You can choose between 3 difficulty options after the end of the prologue and change it anytime in the options menu.
- Casual: Wild pokemon don't evolve. You don't lose money after being defeated. All pokemon are some levels below your team.
- Balanced: This is the recommended difficulty for first playthroughs, a little bit harder than the original games. Trainers' pokemon are around the level of your team and wild pokemon are some levels below.
- Hard: A harder difficulty for experienced players who want more challenge. Forced "set" mode. Items can't be used during trainer battles.
You can read the detailed credits here.