Talk:Alien Soldier/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 19:44, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

I still have this game! JAGUAR  19:44, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

Initial comments

• "Critics have praised the game's for its graphics" - game
  • Done TarkusAB 21:52, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
• "There are two difficulties in the game, "Supereasy" and "Superhard"" - the names of "supereasy" and "superhard" and mentioned in the source given
  • Done TarkusAB 21:52, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
• " double-jump, hover in the air" - double jump can be linked
  • Done TarkusAB 21:52, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
• "but if its depleted" - if it is
  • Done TarkusAB 21:52, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
• The paragraphs in the Synopsis should be merged into two larger ones, in order to improve prose flow
  • Done TarkusAB 21:52, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
• "who from the start wanted to make nearly the entire game himself" - sounds choppy. Remove "nearly" or replace it with "almost"
  • Done TarkusAB 21:52, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
• "The Mega Drive was known for being better suited for those types of games than its competition" - sounds like original research. I would unlink "its competition", or replace it with the SNES if it's mentioned in the source
  • This is actually mentioned in the source. It doesn't specify competition, and the PC Engine was quite successful in Japan, especially with action games, so that could be implied along with the SNES. Nevermind, this is an annotation in the translation of the original interview. Removed. There is a translation of the source here. TarkusAB 21:52, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
    • Thanks, this should be fine. I was being a bit overcautious... JAGUAR  14:31, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
• How about merging the first paragraph of the release section into the development section and rename that to "Development and release" section? And rename the "Release" section to "Reception", per WP:VG/GL
  • Done TarkusAB 21:52, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
• Split the references into two columns
  • Done TarkusAB 21:52, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
• No dead links
  • Done TarkusAB 21:52, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

This could be GA worthy. I'll leave this on hold for seven days JAGUAR  20:33, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, this is my first GA nomination for a video game, and I hope to do many more! This game is a classic for sure. See my notes above. TarkusAB 21:52, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for addressing them, I've checked through the article again and this looks good to go. I enjoyed this game a lot when I was a kid, and I finished it a few times. Writing articles on video games are good once you have all of the sources, but sometimes it's a pain to find them. I hope you do many more too, this one looks great! JAGUAR  14:31, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for doing this GA review! TarkusAB 14:58, 29 January 2016 (UTC)