Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 82.87% |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | A- |
| Edge | 9 of 10 |
| Famitsu | 32 of 40 |
| Game Informer | 83 of 100 |
| GameSpy | 5 of 5 |
Overall, Gradius V received positive reviews from magazines and websites and amassed a Metacritic rating index of 82, based on 46 reviews. Positive response tends to focus on the intricate level design, graphical excellence, and "old school" appeal of the shoot 'em up genre. Most negative criticism highlights the difficulty of the game, as well as what is deemed an over-reliance on established genre conventions, to which G4tv.com said that "While the action is always constant and involving, the lack of variation and the need to be in an exact spot at an exact time is simply not going to strike everyone as fun."
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