It ran two nights, and though it was generally praised, there was considerable criticism of its length.

For different reasons, various constitutionalists have praised the Act of Settlement: Henry Hallam called the act in the United Kingdom " the seal of our constitutional laws " and David Lindsay Keir placed its importance above the Bill of Rights 1689.

Bede's Latin has been praised for its clarity, but his style in the Historia Ecclesiastica is not simple.

First described by the 1st-century AD Roman poet Martial, who praised its convenient use, the codex achieved numerical parity with the scroll around AD 300, and had completely replaced it throughout the now Christianised Greco-Roman world by the 6th century.

While generally praised for its fast gameplay and unique mechanics, it ultimately failed to gain a very large market presence.

Dilbert portrays corporate culture as a Kafkaesque world of bureaucracy for its own sake and office politics that stand in the way of productivity, where employees ' skills and efforts are not rewarded, and busy work is praised.

He stated that it was as fun as it was in its initial release, and praised the ability to rewind to any point before the player died.

The novel, which was praised by Stephen King, is similar to King's It in its focus on small town life, the corruption of innocence, the return of an ancient evil, and the responsibility for others that emerges with the transition from youth to adulthood.

The 10th edition was a nine-volume supplement to the 9th, but the 11th edition was a completely new work, and is still praised for excellence ; its owner, Horace Hooper, lavished enormous effort on its perfection.

However, the Britannica has been lauded as the least biased of general Encyclopaedias marketed to Western readers and praised for its biographies of important women of all eras.

The Athenaeum reviewer praised Ellis Bell's work for its music and power, and the Critic reviewer recognized " the presence of more genius than it was supposed this utilitarian age had devoted to the loftier exercises of the intellect.

" The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths ( FSID ) praised the storyline, and its director Joyce Epstein explained, " We are very grateful to EastEnders for their accurate depiction of the devastating effect that the sudden death of an infant can have on a family.

" Reviewing the book for Astounding Science Fiction, P. Schuyler Miller characterized the title piece as " one of Bradbury's bitter, almost hysterical diatribes ," although he praised its " emotional drive and compelling, nagging detail.

Influential critics, above all John Ruskin, far from denouncing mediaeval obscurantism, praised the imagination and fantasy exemplified by its Gothic architecture, influencing the Pre-Raphaelites.

Galeon was praised for its customizability and speed, as compared to Netscape Navigator and Firefox, though Konqueror and Opera were still faster on older hardware.

However, nearly 20 years after its release it was praised for using ahead-of-its-time special effects and paranoia.

The style of the book has been praised by many scholars, suggesting that its author was a man of great literary talent.

In its time it was praised by Bernard Lamy, and criticised for plagiarism for verbatim copying without acknowledgment by Jacob Thomasius.

In a 1995 review of Rushton's Race, Evolution and Behavior, anthropologist and population geneticist Henry Harpending expressed doubt as to whether all of Rushton's data fit the r / K model he proposed, but nonetheless praised the book for its proposing of a theoretical model that makes testable predictions about differences between human groups.

Reviewers praised the game for its music and its mixture of gameplay elements from different genres, but criticized its graphics and high difficulty level.

Nintendo Power also listed it as the 20th best NES video game, and praised it for its " unique vertically scrolling stages, fun platforming, and infectious 8-bit tunes ", in spite of its " unmerciful difficulty ".

GameSpot agreed with positive reviews and praised every aspect of the game, stating " Quake is a masterpiece on every level, with its ominous atmosphere, silky-smooth animation, incredibly well-balanced gameplay and level design, and unparalleled soundtrack.

With its extensive underwater scenes and languid score ( as with nearly all of Luc Besson's films the soundtrack was composed by Eric Serra ), the film has been both praised as beautiful and serene, and in equal measure criticized as being too drawn out, overly reflective and introspective.

" The audio was praised by IGN, who considered Luigi's voice acting as " cute, humorous and satisfying ", and GameSpy, who declared that the soundtrack remains " subtle, amusing and totally suitable throughout the game ".

The original NES version of Crystalis was praised for its advanced graphics and high quality soundtrack, and also for its elaborate plot.

Although criticized for its camera system, framerate issues, and fishing stages with Big, the game was still highly praised for retaining the fast and enjoyable gameplay that Sonic was known for in 2D as well as the game's graphics, multiple character storylines, and soundtrack.

However the solid storyline, new concepts, more realistic graphics, atmospheric soundtrack and traditional gameplay were praised by critics, making up for its weaknesses.

The soundtrack was praised as work better that it should, since most of the vocalists concentrate on the songs, even with the weakest song.

It was praised for its detailed graphics, with special effects and varied environments, moody soundtrack and sound effects, level design, immersive atmosphere, and innovative gameplay centered on exploring as opposed to the action of games such as Halo while staying faithful to the Metroid formula.

Critics also praised the game's dynamic soundtrack.

" They praised the series soundtrack, feeling it supported " the atmosphere and character development ", and felt the " moody, dark, and understated " art was attractive.

The game was highly regarded at the time for pushing the boundaries of video game storytelling, cinematic cut scenes, and mature content, and was praised for its graphics, soundtrack, high quality writing comparable to a novel, voice acting comparable to a film or radio drama, post-apocalyptic setting, light gun shooter segments, and in-game computer database with optional documents that flesh out the game world.

Both the soundtrack and Coi Vanni Gialli were praised.

DuckTales was released to generally positive reviews, praised for its gameplay and soundtrack.

Comix Zone was criticised for being released too late and for being too hard and short, but it was positively received and praised for its great gameplay, graphics and soundtrack.

It was generally well received by critics, being praised for its graphics, gameplay and soundtrack but criticized for certain technical glitches as well as gameplay repetition, and sold fairly well, enough to warrant a sequel, Bugdom 2, which was released on December 30, 2002, and starred a grasshopper named Skip who attempts to retrieve his stolen knapsack from a large Bully Bee as opposed to Rollie McFly.

however the voice acting and soundtrack were praised, and for the most part stayed true to the film's source material.

The game's " colorful and detailed " graphics have been praised as well as its soundtrack which Seibler called an " homage to the spooky, over the top music found in old, scary flicks.

Reviewers praised the updated visuals, enjoyable soundtrack, inclusion of Symphony of the Night and other bonus content.

Kurt Kalata of Gamasutra and Hardcore Gaming 101 praised the game for its graphics, soundtrack, high quality writing comparable to a novel, voice acting comparable to a film or radio drama, post-apocalyptic science fiction setting, light gun shooter segments, and in-game computer database with optional documents that flesh out the game world, though not its use of the amnesia theme.

Royal S. Brown of the Fanfare magazine praised the soundtrack as " one of the best scores of 1981 ".

The director was praised for his use of music in an integrated soundtrack.

Reaction to the soundtrack was mixed ; many critics praised the high standard of musicianship and the strong pairing of heavy metal riffs with the film's action sequences, but complained about the overlong guitar solos, the drastic differences between the cues used in the film and the full tracks and the absence of any of the film's ambient synth score from the soundtrack CD.

The game was widely praised for its unique soundtrack, which prominently featured Guitar Vader's song Magical Girl in the opening tutorial, and Super Brothers ( another Die Happy!