River City Ransom, one of my favorite games for the NES of all time all because it is so fun to play. The game itself is simple but in reality it is even cooler than at first glance.

Graphics: 10 out of 10
The graphics of the game are well beyond thorough and the 3d like imitation (although 2d sprites that just look 3d), the backgrounds are really nice to look at. Also, the sprites for Alex and Ryan are well awesome and the way the characters look when eating or buying things is a job well done by Japan Techno Corps. The graphics are plain great.

Sound: 10 out of 10
The entire soundtrack of the original NES game and sound effects for the punches, kicks, and others all sound really great. Also, the Double Dragon Theme is in the game for the semi-final boss (no spoiler except music, so not much of a spoiler) and the rest of the sound design is well done.

Addictiveness: 10 out of 10
Once  you pick up this game, you would want to keep on playing it. Beating up bad guys and leveling up stats with awesome items makes the player have an awesome opinion of how good the game is. Self-explanatory for the rest.

Story: 9 out of 10
The game's story is simple: Ryan's  girlfriend Cyndi is kidnapped by a random guy and it is up to Alex or Ryan (or both) to rescue her. For a simple story, it is great.

Depth: 9 out of 10
The game has a lot of depth with the shops having different items to use as your weapon. Yet, you can speed run the game quickly by just beating the bosses (not easy though) and just beat the game, OR you can go to the shops, buy burgers, sushi, soups, medicine, shoes, abilities, and others to enjoy the satisfaction of this game.

Difficulty: 9 out of 10
The game can be VERY hard at some times for 3 reasons. Number 1: some items take a lot of money to purchase and others are overpriced. Number 2: some enemies only give like 40 cents while others give over $1 (unless bosses) which makes you grind so much. The BIGGEST reason is that when you die, you lose HALF of the money you had making grinding at times pointless. Also, the advanced mode has an even more painful A.I., so landing hits is even more frustrating. Even then, this game is fun although you will get smoked at times.

Overall: 9.7 out of 10
I would really recommend this game for anyone to play. It is that fun so play it if you want to......

Nice review! It's sums up a simple game quite simply!   I have played the game before and I pretty well agree with you on everything ^.^ The game can be especially hard if you don't power-up and buy an attack early on. I made that mistake and saving up 30$ on tough enemies with no power-ups was very difficult hehe. Much more so than killing a few scrubs early.
Nice concise points.