With the evil doctor’s mechanical fortress ruined, Sonic and Tails decide to look for new adventures while flying on Tails airplane named “The Tornado”. As they were flying around on their quest they spot an island known as Floating Island, Sonic decides to speed his way over there to check it out by changing into Super Sonic...however; just as he approaches the island a new character named Knuckles the Echidna burrows himself out of the ground and smack his fist right into Sonic knocking him out of his Super Sonic form, wait.....WHAT!!! How is that even possible?! Due to this attack all of the Chaos Emeralds to drop to the ground and Knuckles collects them after having been deceived by Dr. Robotnik that Sonic as well as Tails are his true enemies when in actuality it’s the doctor, who turns out to be the real fiend behind the curtain. So now it’s the blue hedgehogs and two-tailed fox’s job to collect the Chaos Emeralds once again and stop Robotnik from achieving his goal, while avoiding that hot-headed echidna Knuckles through-out the adventure. Are you ready for this adventure? Are you prepared for the difficulties ahead of you? Can you stop the mad doctor from achieving his master plan Well...there’s only one way to find out by starting the game as well as the review.


Graphics: 10 out of 10

Compared to when I was first introduced to the Sonic the Hedgehog series with Sonic 1 & 2 on the genesis where I thought the graphics were alright but could be better. Sonic 3 took its fist, punched me in the eyes, and then what I saw afterwards (besides bright spots) from the game was breath-taking to say the least since its visuals were totally revamped and each with an extra touch to detail, where the pendulums that you swing on are actually held by vines from the wall or having to stand on a block of frozen snow to break through pillars of ice that would be otherwise unbreakable. Sonic himself also looks better in my opinion with a more detailed outward appearance especially when he turns into Super Sonic as before in the second game his fur would only turn yellow and his eyes would remain black compared to this game where he fur will turn yellow but this time he will have jade green eyes giving a bigger impression that he is strongly borrowing the power of the Chaos Emeralds in order to save this land known as Floating Island. Whether you’re traveling through the frozen landscape of Ice Cap Zone or hitting the pinball slots in Carnival Night Zone, I can assure that you’ll find every bit of this games graphics enjoyable so a perfect 10 out of 10 is awarded for the graphics of this game.


Sound: 9 out of 10

Just like its predecessors in the series, the music in Sonic 3 hold up very well among many people’s expectations and its tunes will surely pull you into the game as you experience that adventure that is just waiting to come along. When you’re in the Hydrocity Zone you get a nice jazzy feel of ambiance while you’re running on ground and through the water at certain points, As well as having a dark and evil feeling in the Launch Base Zone. The sound effects haven’t changed all that much from the past 3 Sonic the Hedgehog games (Including Sonic CD) so I would rate the sound as a 10 out of 10.......wait but why did I put a 9 out of 10 then? Well to be perfectly honest there is only one song I find to dislike a lot and that is the Super Sonic theme as it repeated way too often compared to Sonic 2’s version which did repeat yes of course but; it still went longer before it looped over again. Because of this I don’t find myself using Super Sonic in this game that much so I took off 1 point because of this giving the sound score in actuality a 9 out of 10. 


Addictiveness: 10 out of 10

Oh my goodness this game is one of the reasons that I started liking Sega a lot more than how I did with their beginning two entries in this series and for several reasons. 1st it leaves off right where sonic 2 ended with Sonic flying away on the tornado along and him turning into Super Sonic, 2nd This game introduces a lot of new features such as Sonic’s new special attack known as the Insta-Shield which can be used to attack enemies that may be surrounding you by giving you a very short shield attack that destroys any of the badnicks that you attack with it. There are also more shields in Sonic 3 such as: electric, fire, and a water shield that will help you through certain environments however; with every advantage there will always be at least 1 disadvantage for example. If you were to go into the water with a fire shield then it will disappear or let’s say you have a water shield if you land on electricity or fire you will also lose it, and finally if you were to achieve and electric shield then end up falling into the water or fire it will be destroyed. Moving onto a different subject though; just like in Sonic 2 there is a multiplayer mode that you can play with a friend or go through 1 player with a friend controlling Tails. Plus having someone play as Tails actually helps out more in this game than in the previous game since Tails can carry Sonic for a few seconds meaning you’ll be able to reach higher places easier compared to before, saving you from wasting a lot of time and without any unnecessary hassles that might have occurred ahead in the level. Finally the last reason this game is so much more addictive to me than the earlier Sonic games on the Sega Genesis is that the special levels to earn the chaos emeralds aren’t as difficult and tedious, of course that doesn’t mean that they’re something you can sleep through and play without any effort either...because in later levels if you don’t plan out which path to move onto and how you progress through it then you might end up having to do some risk taking by jumping over red spheres (will take you out of the special stage empty handed) or jumping over white spheres (which will bounce you back or forward depending on where you’re hit from. Phew....all that bouncing around and talking about electricity has made this section go on so long and made me lose my breath (Just Joking...obviously), so now the rating that I’m giving the addictiveness of this game is a perfect 10 out of 10.


Story: 10+ out of 10

As I stated in the addictiveness section, this game takes place after the events of Sonic 2 in where Sonic has defeated Robotnik once again however; Robotnik has decided not to show his face of recently so our blue blur decides to go searching for an adventure to go on and comes across an island in the sky which is simply titled believe it or not “Floating Island”. When he arrives on the island a certain echidna decides to give him a nice welcome gift by punching him right in the face knocking him out of his super form and stealing the emeralds, Sonic starts to wonder “what the heck was up with that guy?” soon afterwards he spots badnicks on the island and immediately realizes that this vile work can only be from the evil mastermind we all know as Doctor Ivo Robotnik. Tails looks and Sonic as he states that they’d better move quickly if they want to stop this doctor’s evil plan, but; while they’re dealing with Robotnik...who is going to stop Knuckles from interfering? This story is also spilt in half for one main reason but I’ll be getting to that later in the review as chili-dog loving hero would say for skipping ahead in a review: “Woah now that’s way past uncool dude!”. So all in all this was my favorite story among the Genesis games era which give the story a 10 out of 10 just like in other reviews I would give it higher if I could but can’t so let’s a go onto the next part.....wait THIS IS a Sonic review why did I talk like Mario right there?! I guess I’m just being blasphemous in this review, ok seriously let’s move on now.


Depth: 8 out of 10

You’ve probably played Sonic 1 & 2 before playing this game...hopefully, and you may notice that this doesn’t seem as long of a game as you would expect since it is about the same length as the first game because it also has 6 zones with 3 acts. Most likely another thing that caught your eye is the ending to this game since it feels kind of unfinished wouldn’t you say? Well that’s due to that fact that this game was going to have around 14 zones with 13 of them having 3 acts, but due to hardware limitations they had to split the game into 2 different games with the first part being Sonic 3 and having the second part being a game known as Sonic & Knuckles finishing the complications left at the end of the third Sonic game on genesis. So I can’t really give this game a high score because of the amount of levels it has however; I can’t give this a bad score either because it was like I said limited to how much they could put into those games during the early 1990’s. To be fair I’ll give this the same rating that I gave Sonic 1 which is an 8 out of 10, now it’s time for the difficult part of this review.


Difficulty: 6 out of 10 

Once again like its predecessor this game isn’t as difficult as the original entry in the series which I do prefer greatly especially since the water level Hydrocity Zone doesn’t want to make me tear the hair right off my head, mostly because of the water shield that I mentioned earlier in the review which allows you to breath underwater forever until you lose the shield. Environmental hazards aren’t really that much a problem anymore either since half of the time gaining one of the three shields introduced in this game will prevent you from taking any damage although being crushed well nothing can save you from that, it’s like running away from Amy Rose and no matter how fast you are she’ll always come running after you...I guess you really are crushed Hehaha. Since the special stages are relatively easier in Sonic 3 compared to the earlier entries in the series, you can easily become Super Sonic in the 3rd zone which is pretty funny because then you don’t really have any worries afterwards except for like I said with being crushed by a platform or trap. In case you’re looking for a Sonic Genesis game to play you’re just planning on having fun without the worry of frustration, then I’d definitely recommend this game as well as its direct sequel Sonic & Knuckles which I’ll be covering at another time. After looking at everything I’d give the game a difficulty level of only 6 out of 10 in my opinion.


Now you stand once again at Robotnik’s feet, as he comes out with his newest machinery to destroy you. Of course you prevail as you watch the bad doctor’s plans fall into the depths of the land just like his Death Egg ship as it is seen exploding and falling in the background. With your job done and complete I’d say it’s time to head back to our peaceful life once more. I must say after this long adventure I also need a rest from writing this review and it’s time for me to juice!
                                                       
                                                               *Jumps in front of review & activates Super form*
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GenesisJunkie :
mohammedroxx3 :

The review is finished and I wanted to make sure I summoned you like you asked.

Wow! This is a great review, very detailed. I love these kind of reviews! Good job.

Wow! Thanks for the summon man! I really liked this review! Not only it's long and detailed but it was very interesting to read! 

Keep these great reviews coming and thanks for making this!

SadSecrets : I'm glad you enjoyed it, and I always try to make my reviews detailed but also interesting.

mohammedroxx3 : I figured GenesisJunkie wanted me to summon him that I might as well summon you too. Thanks this one took me quite a while to finish but once again I'm happy with the way it turned out, also by adding in humor as well.

I'll definitely keep making more reviews and I'm pretty sure since I made this review you know what review I shall be doing next month correct? I'm looking forward to it since it's my favorite classic sonic game.

Thank you for summoning me to this masterpiece! I actually like the graphics and gameplay in Sonic 2 more then 3. Other then that a total agree with everything you had to say. I really like the Knuckles theme, I listen to it on Youtube all the time lol. You did a really good job on this true classic. I give your review a 5 out of 5! You may know that I love a good Genesis review, If you do anther give me another summon.
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GenesisJunkie : You're welcome man, I know you said in my last review that you want me to summon you for my next review so I made sure I did that this time. Oh yeah I love Knuckles theme in this game it's funny and good at the same time for me lol, I'm planning on doing another Sonic game next month like I said to mohammedroxx3 you probably know what it is. Well thanks for the time to read my review, I know it probably won't be the featured review but hey at least it will be a good rated review.

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Awesome job. This is the best review I've seen. You have done an superior job at reviewing.

SonicFan2013 : thanks, even though this review is a year old I'm glad you enjoyed it. If you like I can summon you to my next ones? Only if you wish I won't do it unless you want, have a nice day user.

Nice work bro, detailed, plenty of explanations. Masterpiece, keep it up.

jaws123 : glad you enjoyed it, if you like I can keep you up to date on when my reviews are posted, your choice of course. Thanks for the reply and have a nice day.

sonicthehedgehog57 : I'm not online often but when i am i will gladly check out your reviews.