JonBound - Dark Future (Earthbound Hack) Review by: bazboyd - 8.5/10
A cool change to a cult classicAh, Earthbound. One of my favorite games of all time. Its the ultimate adventure I have always wanted to go on, running around, beating up space men with a baseball bat, and... wait a minute. Wait a minute, this isn't Earthbound! No sir it is not. This is Jonbound: Dark Future, a hack by Blue Antoid. Lets dive in, shall we?
Graphics: 9
The graphics are well done, and I mean both the unchanged and changed. If you want to see an opinion on the unedited graphics, go read ender's review, its pretty good. The edited graphics are good. The main characters are edited well, and story important npcs are edited too.
Sound: ?
The sound wasn't edited, but oh well.
Addictiveness: 10
Just like the original, this game is very fun. I may have beaten this specific hack of Earthbound 5 times. Wow. It may be because of the storyline, or the main character is relate able to me, or something.
Story: 10
The story in Jonbound is heavily edited, while still keeping a sense of earthbound. A Tomato (Buzz Buzz) Comes to tell Jon (Ness) That he and 3 other people are the chosen ones. They need to destroy an evil entity called Nemesis (Giygas). The story is interesting and hilarious at parts. I'm not gonna spoil too much about it, but you should play this, or Earthbound. Either one. Or both.
Depth: 8
This has just as much depth as Earthbound, with the added effect of trying to find the edited text bits. Trust me, its more interesting than it sounds.
Difficulty: 6
There isn't much to say about the difficulty that hasn't been said. Its Earthbound. It's not incredibly hard, but it can get pretty hard.
Overall: 8.5
This is definitely one of the best, if not the best, Earthbound hack out there. If you want to put a twist on Earthbound, then try it out.
Graphics
9 Addictive
10 Depth
8 Story
10 Difficulty
6