Skies of Arcadia [SEP] publisher
Skies of Arcadia
Skies of Arcadia is a role-playing video game developed by Overworks for the Dreamcast and published by Sega in 2000. Players control Vyse, a young air pirate, and his friends as they attempt to stop the Valuan Empire from reviving ancient weapons with the potential to destroy the world.
"Skies of Arcadia" uses traditional Japanese role-playing game mechanics such as turn-based battles and experience point-based character progression, but puts greater focus on exploration, with the player flying an airship
did criticize that it was sometimes difficult to explore the game's world due to the game's high rate of random encounter-based battles frequently disrupting progress. Despite this, in a 2017 retrospective from Metacritic on the highest rated exclusive games (at time of release) per platform, "Skies of Arcadia" placed third for the Dreamcast, behind "Soul Caliber" and "Jet Grind Radio". In the May 2017 issue of "Game Informer" magazine, they listed "Skies of Arcadia" as the 55th best