Talk:Outer Wilds/GA1
Latest comment: 5 months ago by A412 in topic GA Review
GA Review
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Reviewer: A412 (talk · contribs) 21:59, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
I'll do this one. ~ A412 talk! 21:59, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
- Done! Very close to just passing. While I've tried to highlight anything I think is optional, feel free to push back on any suggestions you don't feel improve the article. ~ A412 talk! 05:32, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
References
editAs of this revision.
Spotcheck
edit- [1] - Checks out.
- [6] - This appears to now be at [1]. I'm not sure what
The Hatchling also has a signalscope, which can be used to scan for the source of signals including radio frequencies and other Hearthians playing music
is referencing, as the article mentions neither radio frequencies nor music.
- Swapped out for another source, and removed the specific signals- can't find an RS that explicitly says that you can hear both music and radio frequencies. --PresN 16:31, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
- [11] - Checks out, but GA optional: would you mind citing page numbers? The source is 28 pages long. I think you're citing either page 14 or 17 the first time, and page 13 the second time, but it's long enough it's hard to be sure.
- Done. --PresN 16:31, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
- [16] - Checks out.
- [21] - Checks out.
- [26] - Checks out.
- [31] - Checks out.
- [36] - Checks out.
- [41] - I don't have access to Edge December 2020 to check, but is "games of the generation" equivalent to "decade"? According to this random source, this was from 2013 and onwards.
- Appears to be so- I'd kept that wording from prior to my overhaul. Added
or "best games of the console generation"
. --PresN 16:31, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
- Appears to be so- I'd kept that wording from prior to my overhaul. Added
- [46] - Checks out.
- [51] - Checks out.
- [56] - Checks out.
- [61] - Checks out.
RS
edit- GA optional, but per WP:DUE, it'd be preferable to have something besides primary sources for some of the released products, in particular [22] for the standalone PS4 edition, [25][26] for the soundtrack release, and [30][31][32] for the expansion soundtrack are all primary.
- Will look. --PresN 16:31, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
- Everything else checks out.
CV
edit- Earwig returns 32% to [2]. It's almost certainly copied without attribution from Wikipedia though. First archive is December 2022, and with the wording from the lead circa mid 2022.
- Yeah, wow, that's not an official site, looks like a print-on-demand thing generated from a template. They definitely lifted from WP. I guess Mobius Digital doesn't go aggressively looking to sue copyright infringers. --PresN 16:33, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
- Nothing else concerning.
OR
edit- No uncited content besides plot, which is okay.
Images
edit- Infobox: checks out.
- Gameplay: I don't love relying on the provenance of an image from a medium blog, but I think it's fine.
- Yeah, unfortunately none of the press pack screenshots had the spacesuit UI, which I thought was important to include. --PresN 16:31, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
- Concept art: checks out.
Lead
edit- First paragraph
- Consider linking planetary system for solar system, and I wonder if that's the more accurate term to avoid confusion with the Solar System.
- Done (and changed all other instances of "solar system"
- Consider linking planetary system for solar system, and I wonder if that's the more accurate term to avoid confusion with the Solar System.
- Second paragraph
won the the Excellence in Design
->won the Excellence in Design
- Done
- Third paragraph
An expansion which explores further themes within the same game world and mechanics
- Unclear grouping ofand mechanics
, did you mean that the expansion explores further mechanics, or that it explores further themes within the same mechanics?- Scrapped and rewrote
and won and was nominated for multiple categories at award shows
- awkward. I thinkand was nominated for and won
is the more natural ordering. Alternatively, it might be less important that it was also nominated for other awards, and we can collapse this sentence toand won in multiple categories at award shows, including the game of the year award at the 16th British Academy Games Awards.
- Done
- Infobox
- Pet peeve: Avimaan Syam and Sarah Scialli, as well as the game being in Unity, are currently mentioned in the infobox only.
- Removed
- Pet peeve: Avimaan Syam and Sarah Scialli, as well as the game being in Unity, are currently mentioned in the infobox only.
Gameplay
edit- First paragraph
- Same planetary system comment from lead.
- Done
A downloadable content expansion to the game, Echoes of the Eye, adds additional locations and mysteries to the game.
- I think it's implicit that the DLC is for the game, and we can deduplicatethe game
by going withA downloadable content expansion, Echoes of the Eye, adds additional locations and mysteries to the game.
- Done
- Same planetary system comment from lead.
- Third paragraph
an exaggerated system Newtonian physics
->an exaggerated system of Newtonian physics
- Done
- Fourth paragraph
that the player has found so far while playing the game
- I thinkwhile playing the game
is implicit and can go.- Done
dialoge
->dialog
ordialogue
- Done --PresN 20:11, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
Plot
edit- First paragraph
- Consider linking black hole and comet.
- Done
- Consider linking black hole and comet.
- Fourth paragraph
- Refers to the station as the Sun Station for the first time; I think it'd be better to introduce it by that name in the previous paragraph.
- Done
- Heat death of the universe was a fairly surprising link target for
end of the universe
, ultimate fate of the universe may be more natural, or just don't link it.- Unlinked
- Refers to the station as the Sun Station for the first time; I think it'd be better to introduce it by that name in the previous paragraph.
- Fifth paragraph
"the Stranger"
looks extremely weird, wouldthe "Stranger"
or justthe Stranger
unquoted be better?- Unquoted
- Seventh paragraph
- Consider linking telepathy for
telepathic
.- Done
- Consider linking telepathy for
Development
edit- Consider titling the section Development and release
- Done
- Third paragraph
as well as honorable mention
- there seems to be a word missing beforehonorable mention
, although I can't find what fits.- reworded
- Optional comment: I clicked through to Fig and there's both more information on the Outer Wilds campaign there we could probably integrate, as well as a source that contradicts the $100,000 number, with [3] giving $125,000.
- Done
- Fourth paragraph
was pushed out from 2016 to launching in 2018
- bit awkward as the "development timeline" doesn't have a year per se, suggestion:was pushed out, delaying the planned launch from 2016 to 2018
- Done
Outer Wilds was released on PC and Xbox One on May 28, 2019
- Infobox gives May 29, 2019 for Xbox One. Which is correct?- Confusingly, some sources say the 29th or 30th was the planned date, but Mobius says they both launched on the 28th and that would be the normal practice for a publisher like Annapurna so I'll stick with that in prose and infobox.
- Fifth paragraph
player-character
- Consistently hyphenate or consistently don't hyphenate- Done
not find shortcuts they would see later
- something feels off about the tense of this phrase, but I don't have a specific suggestion.- Reworded
- Sixth paragraph
she used strongly defined personalities having a conversation
-used
feels like the wrong verb. Suggestion:she wrote conversations between strongly defined personalities
- Done
"conversation"
- does this need to be quoted in its second appearance?- Done
- Eighth paragraph
eye of the universe
- I think this was capitalized earlier- Done
- Consider linking horror game
- Done
- Ninth paragraph
The elements of "breaking" the simulation were added to replace the three locks on the Prisoner's cage
- Have these locks been previously introduced?- Plot says "unlock the vault's three seals and open it"; changed here to also be seals
- Tenth paragraph
- Consider linking Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast for
Pacific Northwest Native American
instead of Pacific Northwest- Done
supported by the game
is probably implicit- Done
- Consider linking Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast for
Reception
edit- Video game reviews template
- Per the template documentation, star ratings should be converted to numerical ones.
- Done
- Per the template documentation, star ratings should be converted to numerical ones.
- First paragraph
It was ranked as one of the top 30 games of 2019 by aggregated score for Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4
- I'm unclear what this is referring to.- Reworded.
- Second paragraph
"pocket watch"
- I think this doesn't need to be quoted.- Done
- Fifth paragraph
Gamespot, in turn
- I thinkin turn
implies a causal connection between this review and the previous one.- Done
- Sixth paragraph
After release, it was nominated for multiple categories at several awards
- eitherfor several awards
orat several award shows
- Done. --PresN 17:45, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
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