Reception
Path of Radiance received mostly positive reviews after its release. Game Rankings, a review aggregator website, rated the game at 86%.
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 8.17 out of 10 |
| Eurogamer | 8 out of 10 |
| Game Informer | 9 out of 10 |
| GameSpot | 8.6 out of 10 |
| IGN | 8.7 out of 10 |
| Nintendo Power | 9.5 out of 10 |
Path of Radiance was praised for its deep story, excellent cut-scenes, and orchestrated music. IGN's Peer Schneider described the CG sequences as "gorgeously animated" and the game's music as "great." However, it was criticized for outdated in-game graphics and extended periods of dialog. GameSpot's Greg Kasavin commented that the graphics "sacrifice some of the series' old charm." The lack of innovation in gameplay and presentation was bemoaned, as well as the opinion that the game would not appeal to new fans.
Eurogamer cited the gameplay as "single-minded", stating that some gameplay elements lack complexity compared to games of a similar genre such as Final Fantasy Tactics. Reviewers also mentioned the occasional burden of ensuring units' safety as a result of permanent death, and the frustration when losing a unit. Despite this, the game was praised for retaining the charm that made the previous installments popular. Path of Radiance sold over 156,000 units in Japan as of December 31, 2006.
Read more about this topic: Fire Emblem: Path Of Radiance
Famous quotes containing the word reception:
“But in the reception of metaphysical formula, all depends, as regards their actual and ulterior result, on the pre-existent qualities of that soil of human nature into which they fall—the company they find already present there, on their admission into the house of thought.”
—Walter Pater (1839–1894)
“To the United States the Third World often takes the form of a black woman who has been made pregnant in a moment of passion and who shows up one day in the reception room on the forty-ninth floor threatening to make a scene. The lawyers pay the woman off; sometimes uniformed guards accompany her to the elevators.”
—Lewis H. Lapham (b. 1935)
“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)