Pokemon Reloaded official site is a fan-made game, not an official release, so a straight comparison is a little unfair. Still, players coming from the official games want to know what carries over and what does not.
What carries over
The core loop is familiar: pick a starter, catch wild creatures, earn eight badges, face the league. The type chart, evolutions, and most creatures behave the way veterans expect, so your knowledge transfers directly.
What changes
Battles are the big one: real-time instead of turn-based. The region, story, and characters are original, written by fans rather than a professional studio, which gives the game a scrappy charm and the occasional rough edge. There is no trading with official games and no connectivity to consoles.
Which should you play?
Play both. The official games are polished adventures with decades of refinement; this is a free experiment with a genuinely fresh battle system that the official series has never tried. If the install process is what holds you back, the install guide covers it in five steps, and the safety breakdown answers the trust questions.
The honest answer is that you do not have to choose. Plenty of players keep an official title for the polished campaign and this fan game for the real-time combat experiment. They scratch different itches: one is a comfort-food RPG, the other is a skill-based action twist on catching and battling. Play both and keep the one that earns your evenings.
