Mega man 3: A review by jlh.

 Mega man three, this game gets nothing but high reviews from me. Over all the game gets a 9. The story is interesting with a shadow character hiding in the midst waiting to attack mega! The graphics are colorful and clean, especially for the nes. This game can be highly addictive and fun to play. It is not too easy to beat, it is a good thing. Nice fast paced music with a long game make it enjoyable to play. No wonder this game is a long running and popular series. 

 Graphics: I have to say like all the mega man games before this one has excellent graphics and this installment is no exception. All the levels are different with lots of colors and are drawn with detail. Like in other mega man series your character changes color when you change your weapon, very cool! The enemy robots are plenty different with every board and the boss characters are drawn well too. I give the graphics a high score of a 9.

Sound: I gave the sound of this game a score of an 8. Simply because most of the music is fast paced and is different with each board. Plus the sound effects let you know whether you are doing damage or not. From charging up your blaster to exploding enemies the sounds of the game helps with the enjoyment factor.

Addictiveness: Nothing but good scores on this game! I gave it a score of an 8 for the addictiveness factor. Highly addictive? Yes. In this game like the others every boss has a weak spot with certain weapons, you just have to pick the right stage to beat, to get the weapon you think will beat a different boss. Great game play, easy save codes, cool boards and boss robots makes this game addictive to me.

Story: This games story gets a real high score of a 9 from me. Even though I am hard to please with game stories, and this story is relative to the other stories, it does introduce a twist in the plot with a mysterious character named " proto man". In the beginning it is hard to tell if proto man is a friend or enemy, especially since you have to fight him multiple times to advance in the story. Plus I think it is just a cool story about robots and their good and bad masters, very cool in my book!

Depth: In all the previous series including this one, the depth of the games can be deep if you are a beginner. Just because if you do not know what weapon will beat a boss, it can be difficult and time consuming going back and forth in the levels. Plus besides the regular levels there are additional boards to beat. That is why this game gets a high score of an 8.

 Difficulty: I rated the difficulty pretty high at an 8. Like I stated before each boss is weak to a certain weapon, matching these up can be frustrating but in a good way. SPOIL ALERT!  when you get to the Willy's castle you have to fight all the bosses again with your remaining lives! Plus the castle board seems to keep going and going. When you think it is near the end there are still a lot of levels in the castle!