This is a game I stumbled onto while going through YouTube; a guy played the first 15 minutes of this game.  Latter I came across this site and while looking for things to do I remembered the game and to my surprise here it was.  And I must say, this game's actually really good; it's a shame that it's not been noticed that much.

     Graphics (7):  I've seen better, but the graphics are able to get the story across very well, and when it gets down to it, isn't that what graphics are supposed to do?

     Sound (8):  A bit rough in places but the music (of what I heard mostly in the credits I played through with the game muted most of the time) was good.  They're mostly 16bit remixes of songs from the show, and I can use it to tell that the game was made somewhere after the middle of season 4.

     Addictiveness (8):  I enjoyed this game and feel that I might want to play it again.

     Story (10):  I am rating the story based stand alone as I have never played Earthbound; however, in game it's said that some plot points have been changed.  That said this is where this game shines brightest.  The characters they put in were implemented so they made sense in the story.  The plot always moved forward and you felt a great sense of accomplishment.  It keeps getting better until you reach end game where it's brilliant.

     Depth (8):  It's a big game with references and secrets to find. 

     Difficulty (5):  It's harder in some places than others, in those cases you might want to rethink your strategy.  Overall though it's not really hard.  The battle system is pretty easy once you get used to it and has some interesting features as this game's a bit more realistic than your normal RPG.  I found myself struggling with the item carry limit and running out of energy more than with enemies.  And they made grinding a lot easier because you can instantly win a fight if you're strong enough.  I never found myself having to grind much.

     Overall (9):  This game's fun with great storytelling and well executed characters.  It's sad that this game is so underrated.