"Mount & Blade" has received negative criticism for its repetitive dialogues and locations, as well as its graphics quality. "IGN" criticized the world map and character models, calling them crude and awkward. However, also praised the combat animation and load times of the game. "GameSpot" criticized the dialogue in the game, stating that conversations with NPCs feel more like "consulting a travel guidebook for Calradia than actually speaking to a human being", as well as calling much of the landscape "very, very ugly". In addition, "GameSpot" saw faults in the lack of variety among NPC types and towns, saying that "one medieval architect seems to have designed the entire land." "Eurogamer" had similar criticisms, stating that the towns and villages all look like copies and the NPCs all share the same line of text.