It's 0X0Toshi here again, and this time we do a request from Vizzed user Sidewinder, so without further ado, I give you:

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Final Fantasy III (NES) Review! 0X0Toshi status!

Okay before we start this I have to remind everyone of a few things:

First off, I've never beaten it, but I watched a friend beat the Nintendo Dual Screen (DS) version, so I know the game, but only to an extent.
Second off, This is the ACTUAL III, not the III that is actually VI.
And finally, The overall rating is done by using the dreaded math! (dun dun dun!)

Okay so with that being said lettuce begin!

Graphics: 9/10

For a Nintendo Entertainment System (Or commonly known as NES by you kiddos) the graphics are... Really well. The weapons all look different, and there are a lot of them, so it's good to see that Square (Now Square Enix) didn't just use the same weapon sprites over and over and over again.  The characters look really nice in my honest opinion. The enemies are again, like in my VI review, also very well done. If you're a graphics junkie when it comes to the NES (which makes no sense, it's 8-bit graphics for crying out loud!) this game shouldn't be a disappointment.

Sound: 8/10

Now, the reason the sound gets an 8 is this: Some songs were really epic, (e.g: random battle music, opening dungeon, boss battle music.) while others... Just were off in my opinion. (e,g: The town theme,) But overall the game does have a good soundtrack, and again, for the NES's capabilities, really rocked my socks off. Toshi says, "Sound is an 8!"

Addictiveness: 8/10

Now this is more from outside looking in point of view, with a little of my own personal view thrown in. I myself found this game somewhat addictive, only because I looked at my clock and realized I had been playing for two hours. (Toshi, only two hours!?!?) However, The game can be intense, like during boss battles and even certain random battles. Therefore, Toshi gives the addictive factor an 8 as well.

Story: 6/10

Now I know it looks like I'm being harsh, but this particular version of the game was hard to follow. Only reason I knew what was going on to be honest is because my best friend played the DS version religiously, and being the friend I am, I sat there with him through the entire game. Now there IS a story, it just likes to throw random things in as filler a lot. (Why are we even doing this? Don't we have a job to do?) But overall the story, however hard to follow, is actually good and memorable so I give this a 6.

Depth: 8/10 

Now, partially because of the filler I mentioned earlier, this game does have a lot to do, from fighting the great Bahamut to saving a town from a curse. The depth of this game, especially for the console it runs, is really outstanding. That being said it is mostly filler, not a lot of side quests. (By that I mean 90% of these things you HAVE to do, no if and or buts about it.) So for all these reasons old Toshi gives Depth an 8.

Difficulty: 9/10

Now, I spent awhile playing this game to properly review it, and Oh my god. This game is harder than hell! I take pride in being a fan of the Final Fantasy games, but this one is most likely one of the hardest ones I've played. Keep in mind I've played most of them too. I mean when I die in a random battle where I started off with full HP, (Hit points, the games way of letting you know how much damage you can take.) and full spells yet still die! And this wasn't even a boss fight? Damn, this game is really hard, but that's one of the reasons I liked it. Toshi gives Difficulty a 9.

You know what time it is kids...
Math Time!
9+8+8+6+8+9= 48
48 divided by 6 is...
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8!

So this game has it's ups and downs, and unless you're nit-picking, mostly ups.
Overall this game gets an 8/10.

This 0X0Toshi, saying play hard kiddos!

(Have a request? Send me a private message to let me know what game you would like reviewed. I'll most likely do it, if I can. It may not be right away, but trust me I will get around to it.)

0X0Toshi : over 700 words?! Nice one! I have to say you must've stayed up all night to get in those details! Anyway to me Final Fantasy games are just to hard to beat, so instead I just play Pokémon and Mario . Keep up the good work, I don't have any game request for you though sorry .

Nice job with this review, this is certainly one of the better ones I have seen from a newbie. 700 words is really good. I think you did a great job of summing everything up in your review and keeping it to the point, but also detailed. You clearly put a lot of effort and dedication into making this a good review so nice job with that. You also have good organization which is also very important, so your review is neat and easy to read which is always a nice bonus. 


Overall though great job with this review, you really surprised me with it, if this is a first review, then this is amazing and you should definitely continue reviewing games. You have a lot of potential to make great reviews, it just takes practice to master, but you are already off to a good start. So awesome job, keep up the great work and keep making more reviews, I look forward to reading your next one!

Thanks to both of you for the nice comments, and this actually my second review, my first was on FFVI Advance.

If you want to see how that one went, go ahead and review my review, ha get it?