Talk:Xenosaga Episode II

Inaccurate thing

This bit needed some editing:

"Many also complained that the game is shorter than Episode I, despite the game being two-discs long."

That's really misleading & inaccurate.

Xenosaga Episode 1 used one dual-layer DVD, which holds twice as much data as a standard DVD. It was the first PS2 game to use a dual-layer DVD. However, a small number of older-model PS2's sometimes have problems reading dual-layer DVDs if the lasers have started to go bad. Because of the incompatibility issues, Episode 2 was switch to two single-layer DVDs. Two single-layer DVDs hold exactly the same amount of data was one dual-layer DVD, so the fact that Episode 2 was shipped on two discs has nothing to do with the length of the game, as each disc is half the size of Episode 1's dual-layer DVD. I've deleted the "despite the game being two-discs long" bit, because it doesn't make sense based on this information. The trivia about the switch from one dual-layer to two single-layer DVDs might fit elsewhere in one of the Xenosaga articles if anybody feels like incorporating it. Also removed the npov tag from that section since I can't find any discussion about why it's there. If you re-add it, please post something on the talk page about what you think the issues are. 209.128.158.222 07:59, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Story section

As is the norm for WP:FICT, I created a story section that needs to be trimmed down a bit, relaced by beautiful prose, and wikified. I'll contribute to the enhancement of this section later today. Deckiller 15:54, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Freikorp (talk · contribs) 04:29, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   "with both a human party and mechs" - this will probably be very confusing to non-gamers. It's somewhat confusing to me as I don't know what constitutes a "mech" within the game. The gameplay section doesn't expand on what one is either.

   "to encage them" - I assume this should say 'engage' :)

   I'd wikilink "cutscenes" in the gameplay section.

   "humanity has left Earth behind the colonize the galaxy following a terrible event" - check the grammar here

   "with them treating his plan as a novel as the game as its movie adaptation" - I find this sentence quite confusing, can you reword it?

   "reached #2 in gaming", "dropped to #3" - see MOS:HASH

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   A. Has an appropriate reference section:

   B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

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   Fair representation without bias:

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7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail: Another fantastic article, well done. Will pass this once minor issues are addressed. Freikorp (talk) 04:50, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

   @Freikorp: I've done my best to address the issues raised. --ProtoDrake (talk) 07:35, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

   Looks good. Since you refer to them in the lead now as mecha, I'd either refer to them this way in the body, or pipe 'mecha' in the lead to 'mechs', so the choice of word is consistent throughout. Anyway I'm happy for this to pass now. Freikorp (talk) 07:43, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

   @ProtoDrake: Also you should mention when the game was released in the lead. Freikorp (talk) 07:51, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

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