Started playing this game the other day. It's pretty fun. Definitely getting a Reborn vibe from it. I was trying to get one of the special starters, but I stopped when I got a Purple Bulbasaur (The Juice). Currently raising a Pidgey, Beautifly (nice early game mon), Bidoof, and Purloin with it, though I imagine I'll switch them out sooner or later. I just want a full-ish team for the first gym.
Question is, how difficult is this game? I'm all for challenge, but when I played Reborn, I reached a point in the game where unless you're using OU pokémon with perfect IVs and EVs, the game becomes too hard, and not in a fun way. I like hard mode battling, but I'd rather do it on one of the online emulators, like Showdown. In games like this, I'd like a challenging game that doesn't get so hard that I can't use "lesser" monsters.
I chose Normal mode as the middle road between Casual and Hard. So far, it's not bad, but I don't know if it will get tougher or not. For somebody with my preferences, would Hard be better, or is it too much? I'm pretty sure that the dude in the tent in the first town can change the difficulty, judging by his dialogue. But I don't know if the difficulty is gonna spike or not.