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Hey guys, its Razor-987 with another review here! Today I will be reviewing sonic the hedgehog 3 which is perhaps one of my top absolute favorite sonic games out there.This is the 3rd game in the awesome series and it was released in 1994 for the sega genesis console. The awesome part about this game is that knuckles is in it in the beginning! Not to mention all of the little improvements put into this game to make it one of the best in the series. So without further delay, let's get on to the review! Gameplay: Before I really jump into the game, I want to first go into the gampleay briefly. First off the gameplay hasn't really changed that much, it is still the same high paced action and the arcade feel you get from this game. I think that if you have enjoyed the first 2 sonic games, you certainly won't be disappointed with this one! Overall the gameplay is still pretty much the same and you are still beating up badniks and grabbing coins and then facing off against Eggman at the end of each level. Some of the levels are pretty long though which is why they have a 10 minute time limit. But I think that is a plus because the longer the levels, the more you can truly enjoy the game. One of my favorite thing about this game is the awesome save feature, because once you have beaten all of the levels you can go back to them and get the emeralds to become super sonic which I think is pretty handy for that purpose. Another cool feature that will massively help you out in the game are the shields, there are 3, the bubble, the electric and the fire shields. They can all deflect bullets coming towards you and they can save you from one attack. They are all pretty self explanatory as to what they do, but I will go over them anyway, the fire shield protects you from fire, the electric one draws rings towards you and the water shield helps you breath underwater which is useful since sonic can't swim. So these are pretty much the basics in this game and also some of the new features introduced. Now on to the review this time! Graphics: 9 I have always thought the graphics of sonic games were really nice, they are a lot like the ones in sonic the hedgehog 2, but there are a lot of little changes as well, one of the ones I've noticed was that annoying little purple outline around some of the characters that was in sonic 2, well it isn't in this game anymore, and the characters are also a darker shade as well. The background environment for each of the zones look more vibrant and colorful then ever before and it all flows together quite nicely. I just thing the stage graphics are phenomenally improved from before and they are just mindblowingly detailed. There is a lot of animation and bright colors, but it goes with the speed of the game well. I also thought that I would point out some of the shields that sonic has, they look really nice and detailed as well. , like the fire, water and lightning shield for example. Overall I think the graphics are a huge step up from what they were in Sonic 2, they are much more colorful, bright and vibrant and they are really enjoyable to catch a glimpse of when you aren't running at the speed of sound. So because of that, i scored the graphics a 9 because it is just a huge improvement from before and all these little changes and modifications only make the graphics that much more enjoyable to look at and appreciate. Sound: 9 I will say that each time that I think the music for a sonic game is good, the next game's music always trumps the last and this game is no exception to that, just when I thought that the music for sonic 2 was good, this one's music is better! This game has some of the most amazing music, especially the carnival night zone in my opinion, it is really addicting and catchy at the same time which is why I like it so much. I don't think that there is a single piece of music in this game that is bad quality, I just hope that they can keep this awesome quality and get even better as it keeps on moving forward the more titles they make in this awesome series of games. The sounds are also realistic, like when the water bounces off of the shield and makes a bloop sound or the buzzing sound of the lightning shield when you are jumping, it may not seem like much, but all these little extra things add up to make the game more memorable and enjoyable. They may go unnoticed, but they all really contribute to the greatness of this game, I also scored the sound a 9 out of 10, it is just really good and it is only bound to get better with every title they release. Addictiveness: 8 I really enjoyed every bit of this game and I find it to be just as enjoyable as the previous games that came before it. Mostly because this game is just really easy to pick up on and play, it isn't complicated and the controls aren't confusing, and it doesn't require you to practice with the controls to really get the hang of it. The mechanics of this game are simple yet fluent which leads me to my next point, previous controls for past sonic games were rather awkwardly positioned and it felt weird to control, and this game offers an easier and more polished version of those controls. This game just offers so much to it and it has really shown some change from its predecessors for the better. I try to not play this game too much because eventually the addictiveness or replay value will fade away if you play it too much and it will eventually get boring and old, but I will say that I absolutely enjoy every level of this game, so it is worth the time to pick up and play because you will really notice the improvements from previous games which will make it all the more enjoyable to play. Overall i find the game to be pretty addicting in general, it's sonic for crying out loud, so because of that I scored the addictiveness factor of this game an 8. Story: 6 Okay, so the plot for this game is rather simple, like most sonic games are. So as you may already know, Knuckles is introduced in this game and you find out that his home has been disrupted by the crash landing of Dr. Eggman's death egg landing which went completely wrong. This all happens after you complete sonic 2 of course. And then knuckles faces off against you because he is brainwashed by Dr. Eggman who has made him believe that you are out to take the chaos emeralds away, including the master emerald in which knuckles protects and watches over. Knuckles will appear after every level to try and stop your progress, but after defeating Dr Eggman, he becomes part of your team and then from there, it is basically the same, you chase after Eggman through each of levels and then you battle him at the end. Nothing really new or unheard of before. The story isn't really complicated and wit sonic games it never really has been since a lot of the times it just picks up from where it left off and then carries on to defeating Dr. Eggman and the end of every level. So for that, the story hasn't changed too drastically because you are pretty much doing the same thing as you have always done, so I scored the story a 5 because there is a plot in this game, but it is a rather simple one at that, so I gave it a neutral score. If it was anymore complicated though, the vibe would be different from what we are used to from prior sonic games. So not much changes other than knuckles joining you in your mission. I will point out that the storyline may be a bit confusing because sonic lands on this floating island and knuckles attacks him every chance he possibly can because he has been brainwashed by Dr. Eggman who tricked him into thinking that sonic was the bad guy who wanted to take his emeralds. The bottom line is that Dr Eggman plans to kill knuckles off so that he can have the emeralds all to himself. How greedy and selfish right? And then from there it just gets kind of confusing, at least for me because knuckles catches Eggman with the last emerald and then there is no dialog, so I really don't know what is even supposed to happen, so I just found the plot of this game a little confusing to follow which is why I gave it a 6 overall. Depth: 6 There is a decent amount of stuff to do in this game. Compared to prior games, it may not seem as long as you would normally expect it to be, but nevertheless, there are 6 zones in this game along with the 7 stages in which you can gain access of the chaos emeralds. One thing I wasn't really to excited about were the lack of zones, because there's only 6 in this game while in sonic 2, there were 11, so it may be a bit of a disappointment, but i don't think it is worth throwing a hissy fit over.I will point out that some of the zones feel like you have been there before, like the hydrocity zone and the carnival night zone that bounces you around to no end. It really seems like a lot of the zones are pretty much the same as before. And also with the addition of the shields from lightning and water shields, it really makes the game a lot easier and less challenging compared to sonic 1 and 2. So, chances are you are going to beat this game faster than you would the first 2. Overall, it isn't the longest of the sonic games in my opinion and is shouldn't take you as long to beat. I did feel like something was missing from this game however because you never find out about the showdown between knuckles and sonic, you don't know what comes next. It kind of just left you hanging a bit. So because there is a decent bit of stuff to do, I scored the overall depth of this game a 6, mostly because it is made to be a lot easier than the other 2 because of the shields you can use in this game which will prevent you from dying nearly half as much as before. Difficulty: 5 As I mentioned before, this game isn't that hard, this game took me about a week, if that to actually beat, so it shouldn't really take you that much longer to beat either. You shouldn't really have too much trouble handling enemies in each of the stages, thanks to the shields, they save you from dying a lot, which really takes a good chunk of the challenging part out of this game. I breezed through this game pretty easily and when you compare it to the other sonic games, it really isn't any more difficult, if anything it is easier than sonic 1 and 2. So that is why I scored it a 5 for difficult, it isn't that hard and I guarantee you will be able to beat this game in little to no time at all. Now to cover the controls of this game... Controls: One thing I really liked about this game were the change in the controls, I think that is a big plus to what they were before, it felt awkward and different before and it was a bit hard to control and with this game it is really simple and the controls overall feel a lot more polished and refined. To sum it up in a few words, they are crisp, responsive and very simple and they really just built up upon the controls they had before and just really fixed it up. There are special abilities and powers in this game which you can activate imply by double jumping (by pressing the jump button in midair of course) with this, tails can fly for a short amount of time and sonic can perform his spin and slice attack and also an attack for each of the special shields you can access in this game. Pretty cool right? So the controls in this game are very simple and polished off from before, and if I were to rate them, they would get an easy 10, but they aren't a part of the criteria.... Overall: 9.4 Overall I enjoyed this game greatly and I think there are several great improvements to this game that weren't in prior sonic games like the shields and the more polished controls. I will say that the graphics and sound of this game are superb to the previous sonic games and I think the best out of the 3. They are just amazing and I think you will really enjoy the game on just that alone, so with all of this added in this game, I think it is definitely worth your time to play this game, especially if you are into fast paced sonic games and have played the other 2 before. This is the game for you! I really hope you can get as much fun out of it as I did. Have fun! So, what did you think of my review? Please feel free to comment and provide constructive feedback so that I can become a better reviewer. Thanks for reading, hope you liked it! Hey guys, its Razor-987 with another review here! Today I will be reviewing sonic the hedgehog 3 which is perhaps one of my top absolute favorite sonic games out there.This is the 3rd game in the awesome series and it was released in 1994 for the sega genesis console. The awesome part about this game is that knuckles is in it in the beginning! Not to mention all of the little improvements put into this game to make it one of the best in the series. So without further delay, let's get on to the review! Gameplay: Before I really jump into the game, I want to first go into the gampleay briefly. First off the gameplay hasn't really changed that much, it is still the same high paced action and the arcade feel you get from this game. I think that if you have enjoyed the first 2 sonic games, you certainly won't be disappointed with this one! Overall the gameplay is still pretty much the same and you are still beating up badniks and grabbing coins and then facing off against Eggman at the end of each level. Some of the levels are pretty long though which is why they have a 10 minute time limit. But I think that is a plus because the longer the levels, the more you can truly enjoy the game. One of my favorite thing about this game is the awesome save feature, because once you have beaten all of the levels you can go back to them and get the emeralds to become super sonic which I think is pretty handy for that purpose. Another cool feature that will massively help you out in the game are the shields, there are 3, the bubble, the electric and the fire shields. They can all deflect bullets coming towards you and they can save you from one attack. They are all pretty self explanatory as to what they do, but I will go over them anyway, the fire shield protects you from fire, the electric one draws rings towards you and the water shield helps you breath underwater which is useful since sonic can't swim. So these are pretty much the basics in this game and also some of the new features introduced. Now on to the review this time! Graphics: 9 I have always thought the graphics of sonic games were really nice, they are a lot like the ones in sonic the hedgehog 2, but there are a lot of little changes as well, one of the ones I've noticed was that annoying little purple outline around some of the characters that was in sonic 2, well it isn't in this game anymore, and the characters are also a darker shade as well. The background environment for each of the zones look more vibrant and colorful then ever before and it all flows together quite nicely. I just thing the stage graphics are phenomenally improved from before and they are just mindblowingly detailed. There is a lot of animation and bright colors, but it goes with the speed of the game well. I also thought that I would point out some of the shields that sonic has, they look really nice and detailed as well. , like the fire, water and lightning shield for example. Overall I think the graphics are a huge step up from what they were in Sonic 2, they are much more colorful, bright and vibrant and they are really enjoyable to catch a glimpse of when you aren't running at the speed of sound. So because of that, i scored the graphics a 9 because it is just a huge improvement from before and all these little changes and modifications only make the graphics that much more enjoyable to look at and appreciate. Sound: 9 I will say that each time that I think the music for a sonic game is good, the next game's music always trumps the last and this game is no exception to that, just when I thought that the music for sonic 2 was good, this one's music is better! This game has some of the most amazing music, especially the carnival night zone in my opinion, it is really addicting and catchy at the same time which is why I like it so much. I don't think that there is a single piece of music in this game that is bad quality, I just hope that they can keep this awesome quality and get even better as it keeps on moving forward the more titles they make in this awesome series of games. The sounds are also realistic, like when the water bounces off of the shield and makes a bloop sound or the buzzing sound of the lightning shield when you are jumping, it may not seem like much, but all these little extra things add up to make the game more memorable and enjoyable. They may go unnoticed, but they all really contribute to the greatness of this game, I also scored the sound a 9 out of 10, it is just really good and it is only bound to get better with every title they release. Addictiveness: 8 I really enjoyed every bit of this game and I find it to be just as enjoyable as the previous games that came before it. Mostly because this game is just really easy to pick up on and play, it isn't complicated and the controls aren't confusing, and it doesn't require you to practice with the controls to really get the hang of it. The mechanics of this game are simple yet fluent which leads me to my next point, previous controls for past sonic games were rather awkwardly positioned and it felt weird to control, and this game offers an easier and more polished version of those controls. This game just offers so much to it and it has really shown some change from its predecessors for the better. I try to not play this game too much because eventually the addictiveness or replay value will fade away if you play it too much and it will eventually get boring and old, but I will say that I absolutely enjoy every level of this game, so it is worth the time to pick up and play because you will really notice the improvements from previous games which will make it all the more enjoyable to play. Overall i find the game to be pretty addicting in general, it's sonic for crying out loud, so because of that I scored the addictiveness factor of this game an 8. Story: 6 Okay, so the plot for this game is rather simple, like most sonic games are. So as you may already know, Knuckles is introduced in this game and you find out that his home has been disrupted by the crash landing of Dr. Eggman's death egg landing which went completely wrong. This all happens after you complete sonic 2 of course. And then knuckles faces off against you because he is brainwashed by Dr. Eggman who has made him believe that you are out to take the chaos emeralds away, including the master emerald in which knuckles protects and watches over. Knuckles will appear after every level to try and stop your progress, but after defeating Dr Eggman, he becomes part of your team and then from there, it is basically the same, you chase after Eggman through each of levels and then you battle him at the end. Nothing really new or unheard of before. The story isn't really complicated and wit sonic games it never really has been since a lot of the times it just picks up from where it left off and then carries on to defeating Dr. Eggman and the end of every level. So for that, the story hasn't changed too drastically because you are pretty much doing the same thing as you have always done, so I scored the story a 5 because there is a plot in this game, but it is a rather simple one at that, so I gave it a neutral score. If it was anymore complicated though, the vibe would be different from what we are used to from prior sonic games. So not much changes other than knuckles joining you in your mission. I will point out that the storyline may be a bit confusing because sonic lands on this floating island and knuckles attacks him every chance he possibly can because he has been brainwashed by Dr. Eggman who tricked him into thinking that sonic was the bad guy who wanted to take his emeralds. The bottom line is that Dr Eggman plans to kill knuckles off so that he can have the emeralds all to himself. How greedy and selfish right? And then from there it just gets kind of confusing, at least for me because knuckles catches Eggman with the last emerald and then there is no dialog, so I really don't know what is even supposed to happen, so I just found the plot of this game a little confusing to follow which is why I gave it a 6 overall. Depth: 6 There is a decent amount of stuff to do in this game. Compared to prior games, it may not seem as long as you would normally expect it to be, but nevertheless, there are 6 zones in this game along with the 7 stages in which you can gain access of the chaos emeralds. One thing I wasn't really to excited about were the lack of zones, because there's only 6 in this game while in sonic 2, there were 11, so it may be a bit of a disappointment, but i don't think it is worth throwing a hissy fit over.I will point out that some of the zones feel like you have been there before, like the hydrocity zone and the carnival night zone that bounces you around to no end. It really seems like a lot of the zones are pretty much the same as before. And also with the addition of the shields from lightning and water shields, it really makes the game a lot easier and less challenging compared to sonic 1 and 2. So, chances are you are going to beat this game faster than you would the first 2. Overall, it isn't the longest of the sonic games in my opinion and is shouldn't take you as long to beat. I did feel like something was missing from this game however because you never find out about the showdown between knuckles and sonic, you don't know what comes next. It kind of just left you hanging a bit. So because there is a decent bit of stuff to do, I scored the overall depth of this game a 6, mostly because it is made to be a lot easier than the other 2 because of the shields you can use in this game which will prevent you from dying nearly half as much as before. Difficulty: 5 As I mentioned before, this game isn't that hard, this game took me about a week, if that to actually beat, so it shouldn't really take you that much longer to beat either. You shouldn't really have too much trouble handling enemies in each of the stages, thanks to the shields, they save you from dying a lot, which really takes a good chunk of the challenging part out of this game. I breezed through this game pretty easily and when you compare it to the other sonic games, it really isn't any more difficult, if anything it is easier than sonic 1 and 2. So that is why I scored it a 5 for difficult, it isn't that hard and I guarantee you will be able to beat this game in little to no time at all. Now to cover the controls of this game... Controls: One thing I really liked about this game were the change in the controls, I think that is a big plus to what they were before, it felt awkward and different before and it was a bit hard to control and with this game it is really simple and the controls overall feel a lot more polished and refined. To sum it up in a few words, they are crisp, responsive and very simple and they really just built up upon the controls they had before and just really fixed it up. There are special abilities and powers in this game which you can activate imply by double jumping (by pressing the jump button in midair of course) with this, tails can fly for a short amount of time and sonic can perform his spin and slice attack and also an attack for each of the special shields you can access in this game. Pretty cool right? So the controls in this game are very simple and polished off from before, and if I were to rate them, they would get an easy 10, but they aren't a part of the criteria.... Overall: 9.4 Overall I enjoyed this game greatly and I think there are several great improvements to this game that weren't in prior sonic games like the shields and the more polished controls. I will say that the graphics and sound of this game are superb to the previous sonic games and I think the best out of the 3. They are just amazing and I think you will really enjoy the game on just that alone, so with all of this added in this game, I think it is definitely worth your time to play this game, especially if you are into fast paced sonic games and have played the other 2 before. This is the game for you! I really hope you can get as much fun out of it as I did. Have fun! So, what did you think of my review? Please feel free to comment and provide constructive feedback so that I can become a better reviewer. Thanks for reading, hope you liked it! |
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Razor-987 : That was a really good review Razor, there were some points where I felt you should've ended a section or added in a certain section to another one (the controls with the difficulty) like how I described to mohammed in his review. But still regardless this was a pretty decent and well written review so I'd definitely say a 3 out of 5 is worth it  just take into consideration of what I said above and it'll help out somewhat I believe. Keep up the good work my friend (also sorry if it seems like I was hurting you with what I was saying, I just want to help you out by giving you some advice.) just take into consideration of what I said above and it'll help out somewhat I believe. Keep up the good work my friend (also sorry if it seems like I was hurting you with what I was saying, I just want to help you out by giving you some advice.) |
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Very well done Razor. I thought you brought good insight to the game explaining it were it shines and were the game could have been improved on. I really like reviews with a lot of details. The only thing I might disagree with is the difficulty rating. I would have given it at least a 7. I had some difficulty playing this game. However it should be noted I have never really been good at Sonic games. |
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