According to review aggregator Metacritic, "Final Fantasy XII" received "universal acclaim". On March 16, 2006, it became the sixth game to receive a perfect score from the Japanese gaming magazine "Famitsu", making it the first "Final Fantasy" game, first Hiroyuki Ito game, and only PlayStation 2 game to do so. It is also the second Yasumi Matsuno game to garner a perfect score, the first being "Vagrant Story". The game was praised for its graphics, scenarios, game system, and the freshness it brought to the "Final Fantasy" series. It was praised for its seamless transitions between full motion video segments and the in-game engine, and was voted number one for Best Art Style on IGN's weekly Top Ten. "Newtype USA" named "Final Fantasy XII" its "Game of the Month" for November 2006, praised the gameplay, graphics, and story, and called it "the best RPG to have been released for any Sony platform".