I pretty much always try to get invested in a ROMhack’s story whenever I play one (which isn’t often and i have SO many unfinished playthroughs but bear with me). While simple stories of good vs. evil are always nice, I like when there are twists from what vanilla FE brings to the table or when there’s interesting character writing and/or worldbuilding to sink my teeth into.
I pretty much shill for Barry’s Bandits when I can because I love its characters and premise to death. Who doesn’t love when you get to play as bad guys in a ROMhack? And its raunchy humor and comedic characters are right up my alley.
And on the other end of the spectrum, Vision Quest has been praised highly, and for good reason. tbh I’ve only played through the very first chapter, but what I saw of the characters and the setting was very promising.