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|IGN=9.2/10 (DC)<ref name="IGNDCRev"/> <br>8.5/10 (GC)<ref>{{cite web |author=28 Jan 2003 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/01/28/skies-of-arcadia-legends?page=3 |title=Skies of Arcadia Legends - IGN - Page 3 |publisher=IGN |date=2003-01-28 |accessdate=2017-08-14 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405075507/http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/01/28/skies-of-arcadia-legends?page=3 |archivedate=2017-04-05 |df= }}</ref>
|GSpot=9.2/10 <small>(US)</small><ref name="Gamespot"/> <br> 9.4/10 <small>(UK)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.co.uk/stories/reviews/0%2C2160%2C2048341-3%2C00.html |title=GameSpot UK : Skies Of Arcadia Review |date=13 June 2002 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020613010720/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/stories/reviews/0%2C2160%2C2048341-3%2C00.html |archivedate=13 June 2002 |df= }}</ref>
|EGM=9.4/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3130419|title=Skies of Arcadia (Dreamcast)
|Edge=8/10<ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]|issue=E93}}</ref>
|rev1=[[Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)|''Official Dreamcast Magazine'' (UK)]]
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The original Dreamcast release ''Skies of Arcadia'' received critical acclaim from game reviewers. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the game has an [[weighted mean|average]] score of 93 out of 100, which indicates "universal acclaim" based on 21 reviews.<ref name='MCSoA"/> [[GameRankings]], pulling from a higher percentage of reviews, tracked it slightly lower, at 90% out of 40 reviews.<ref name="GRSoA"/> IGN praised it for being "One of the most solid games visually on the Dreamcast" and concluded that "There's so much to explore, so much character, and a great story that you don't mind being retold again".<ref name="IGNDCRev">{{cite web|url=http://uk.dreamcast.ign.com/articles/165/165110p1.html|title=Skies of Arcadia|publisher=IGN|accessdate=2006-09-22|date=2000-11-14|deadurl=
The Gamecube release, ''Skies of Arcadia Legends'', despite being largely the same game, reviewed slightly less positively than the Dreamcast release. The aggregate scores were still generally positive, with Metacritic giving it an average of 85 out of 100, out of 31 critics,<ref name="MCSoAL"/> and GameRankings giving it an 85%, out of 56 reviews.<ref name="GRSoAL"/> A common source of the lower scores were the game's graphics, with criticism coming from the fact that they had not been substantially improved despite more powerful hardware and over two years passing from the Dreamcast's release.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fahey |first=Rob |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_soalegends_gc |title=Skies of Arcadia Legends • |publisher=Eurogamer.net |date=2003-06-19 |accessdate=2017-08-14 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602191636/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_soalegends_gc |archivedate=2016-06-02 |df= }}</ref> Expectations in graphics had changed drastically in between releases - while the Dreamcast release was frequently compared to the weaker original [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] and ''Final Fantasy VII'', ''VIII'', and ''[[Final Fantasy IX|IX]]'', by the time of the Gamecube release, the game was compared against the likes of the much more powerful [[PlayStation 2]] and its games like ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' and ''[[Xenosaga]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3581/a_japanese_rpg_primer_the_.php?print=1 |title=A Japanese RPG Primer: The Essential 20 |publisher=Gamasutra |date= |accessdate=2017-08-14 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513040734/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3581/a_japanese_rpg_primer_the_.php?print=1 |archivedate=2015-05-13 |df= }}</ref><ref name="IGNGCRevPg1">{{cite web |last=Mirabella |first=Fran |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/01/28/skies-of-arcadia-legends?page=1 |title=Skies of Arcadia Legends |publisher=IGN |date=2003-01-28 |accessdate=2017-08-14 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405074624/http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/01/28/skies-of-arcadia-legends?page=1 |archivedate=2017-04-05 |df= }}</ref><ref name="GIGCRev"/><ref name="USGamerRet"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Reynolds |first=Matthew |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a134880/feature-dreamcast-retrospective/ |title=Feature: Dreamcast Retrospective |publisher=Digitalspy.com |date= |accessdate=2017-08-14 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405082304/http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a134880/feature-dreamcast-retrospective/ |archivedate=2017-04-05 |df= }}</ref>
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