Reviews for the album were mixed, with a current Metacritic score of 60. While many punk- and a few mainstream-oriented publications gave it a high grade, other namable sources such as Rolling Stone and Alternative Press were less impressed with the album.
Dragon Warrior uses console role-playing game mechanics which were described by Kurt Kalata of Gamasutra as archaic in 2008. The player takes the role of a namable Hero.
But in the absence of another namable contemporary with the same achievement, his position as father of Scots literature would be secure from his authorship of The Brus alone.