Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 76% (5 reviews) |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 8.25 / 10 |
| Game Informer | 7.25 / 10 |
| GamePro | 3 / 5 |
| GameSpot | 7.6 / 10 |
| Game Players | 7 / 10 |
Legend of Eldean sold well during its original release in Japan, with the game moving enough copies to qualify for Sega's "Saturn Collection" distinction and was re-released in June 1997 at a budget price.
The game was mostly well-received in North America, with Electronic Gaming Monthly remarking that it was "not only beautiful (both musically and graphically), it has one of the best, most involving story lines seen in an RPG" calling the game's dialogue "witty" and awarding it an Editor's Choice Silver Award. GameSpot similarly agreed, stating that "Although there are better RPGs out there, Albert Odyssey delivers where it counts", commending Working Designs for their script as well as several gameplay improvements made to the North American release, but found much of the game's design to be "unimaginative". Game Players called the game a "worthwhile venture," remarking the town and dungeon graphics' "subtle detailing and rich colors" as "beautiful things", but declared that the overworld graphics and spell effects were lacking, calling them "disappointingly bland, lacking any visual depth". GameFan conversely declared that the in-battle graphics were "very nice", yet found fault in the game's slow pacing and dated presentation, especially when compared to newer, more cinematic role-playing games.
Some critics like GamePro declared that the game is only for role-playing enthusiasts, stating that "Although Albert Odyssey materializes on the Saturn with a fun cast of characters, a soothing soundtrack, and a compelling story line, the lack of solid gameplay and overall shortness of the adventure banish this RPG to the realm of rentals." Game Informer similarly declared that "Even if you don't even like RPG's Albert Odyssey warrants a rental at the very least. The laughs you'll get out of it are worth more than a couple of bucks." IGN compared the game to future Working Designs titles, calling it "more of a mild appetizer for Lunar and Magic Knight Rayearth - it'll hold you over, but it's not a satisfying meal in itself", nonetheless calling the game "pretty good".
Read more about this topic: Albert Odyssey: Legend Of Eldean
Famous quotes containing the word reception:
“He’s leaving Germany by special request of the Nazi government. First he sends a dispatch about Danzig and how 10,000 German tourists are pouring into the city every day with butterfly nets in their hands and submachine guns in their knapsacks. They warn him right then. What does he do next? Goes to a reception at von Ribbentropf’s and keeps yelling for gefilte fish!”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)
“To aim to convert a man by miracles is a profanation of the soul. A true conversion, a true Christ, is now, as always, to be made by the reception of beautiful sentiments.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion.... Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.”
—Rémy De Gourmont (1858–1915)