"Mount & Blade" received a score of 72 out of 100 based on 28 critic reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Reviewers acknowledged the game's potential, but also said it suffers from poor production values. "GameSpot" concluded that the game "feels more underdeveloped than it does flat-out bad", and "Eurogamer" made a similar review, saying that "Mount & Blade" has "foundations [...] for something really quite special, but in its current state the game is nowhere close to delivering on its promises". Beyond the combat, little of the game was praised by most reviewers. "IGN" in contrast, praised the game, stating, ""Mount & Blade" may be the best game about medieval life ever made". "GamePro" also gave a positive review and calling it, "the first, great medieval role-playing game".