accomplishment. On the other hand, though, this is a game that does enough differently or better than most of its PS2 predecessors that it's still well deserving of your consideration". IGN's Jeremy Dunham praised the graphics ("It's easily one of the top 20 best looking PS2 titles ever made") and the battle system, although he was somewhat critical of teammate AI. He also praised the range of side quests and mini-games. He concluded: "Rogue Galaxy definitely brings the noise to longtime RPG fans. Though its storyline isn't on the same level as other great PS2 games in the genre, its mixture of strong combat mechanics, addictive sidequests, and absolutely stunning visual style more than makes up for what it doesn't do". GameSpy's Patrick Joynt's main criticism concerned the lack of character development: "Rogue Galaxy looks great and is technically stunning. It's packed utterly full of the standbys of the genre - combat, exploration, personalization, and sub-games that are too huge to be called "mini-games" - which are all executed well, but [...] the characters themselves seem entirely secondary to the matter at hand [...] they're as engaging as cardboard cutouts, largely because they're so predictable". In turn, he praised the range of mini-games and side-quests, and the overall size of the game, concluding: "Rogue Galaxys greatest triumph, the brightest gleam in its eye, is that at sixty hours of play I've got another sixty I could easily pour in". Sales and awards Prior to the release of the game, Sony Computer Entertainment corporate executive Masatsuka Saeki had hoped it would sell a million units. Although it was the top-selling video game in Japan during the week ending December 11, 2005, selling 237,631 units, by the end of 2006, the game had sold only 356,192 units. In 2007, Rogue Galaxy: Director's Cut sold a further 29,457 units. The game won a "Future Award" at the CESA Game Awards (2005) and an "Excellence in Digital Content" award at the Digital Contents Grandprix (2006). At the Famitsu Awards in 2006, it won both "Best RPG" and a "Special Rookie Award." It was named "Game of the Month" for January 2007 and given an "Editor's Choice" award by IGN, who, in 2010, placed it at #53 in their "Top 100 PlayStation 2 Games". It was also given an "Editor's Choice" award by GameSpy. The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences named Rogue Galaxy as