Talk:Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: ProtoDrake (talk · contribs) 14:34, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi. I'll take this one on. If I'm not back with comments/feedback in one week, ping me. --ProtoDrake (talk) 14:34, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

For disclosure: The bulk of this article's work was by my own hand. Usually, when i'm creating an article or working to improve an already-existing article on Wikipedia, i never intend to take them to GA. However, A.WagnerC was interested in taking it to GA status and he approached me saying that he wanted to promote it as such, so i told him i don't have any issues with it. Regardless, any issue that may be spotted i'll also take care of it along with Wagner. Roberth Martinez (talk) 01:10, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

I'm alerting both A.WagnerC and KGRAMR for my review comments, so either can address them. --ProtoDrake (talk) 20:10, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Lead

• "in vein of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, fighting bosses and minibosses." - Perhaps "in the vein" here?

 Done -- Roberth Martinez (talk) 20:50, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

• "During gameplay, the player also locates two elemental spirits and swap between each one." - Should be "swaps".

 Done -- Roberth Martinez (talk) 20:50, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

• "The idea for Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth came up when Playism was approached by an editor of the eponymous novels and review the source material." - What do you mean by "and review the source material" here? It doesn't make grammatical or logical sense.

Fixed -- Roberth Martinez (talk) 20:50, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

• "Under supervision of Mizuno," - Maybe "Under Mizono's supervision," would be better.

 Done -- Roberth Martinez (talk) 20:51, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

• The last paragraphs almost entirely one run-on sentence. Perhaps split it up a bit, it's rather a grind to read through now.

Fixed -- Roberth Martinez (talk) 20:50, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Gameplay and Premise

• The lead and infobox call it an action RPG. Why doesn't the gameplay? It's just a jumble of other unlinked genres at the moment.

 Done -- Roberth Martinez (talk) 21:10, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

• Who's Ghim? Why is he important? Why can't it be "an in-game shop"? Or is Ghim a recurring character in Lodoss War? If so, it should be mentioned.

I clarified that Ghim is indeed a recurring character from the main series. Roberth Martinez (talk) 21:10, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

• "Unique to the game are the elemental spirits; During gameplay, the player locates the wind spirit Sylph and the fire spirit Salamander, each one possessing different attributes that alters Deedlit's abilities, and swap between the two.[2][4][5]" - I'd remove the "Unique to the game" bit, it sounds too much like marketing fluff.

Fixed -- Roberth Martinez (talk) 21:10, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

• "Both spirits enables Deedlit" - "enable" here.

Fixed -- Roberth Martinez (talk) 21:10, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

• "While one elemental spirit can be used, the unused spirit can be leveled up three times by absorbing "Soul Screamers" dropped by enemies, but they can be leveled down if Deedlit gets hit." - I get the point of the sentence, but it's very clunky to read.

I tried with a different sentece. I hope it sticks the landing this time. Roberth Martinez (talk) 21:10, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Development and release

• "...which led them to reviewing the source material and decided to go with the idea after seeing that both the material and Team Ladybug's artwork went together.[7]" - decided to, or deciding to?

Fixed the sentence. Roberth Martinez (talk) 21:17, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

• The second, third and fourth sentences are pretty fragmented and all use the same reference. Couldn't this be compacted into a couple of sentences using one reference?

 Done -- Roberth Martinez (talk) 21:17, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Reception

• Not a whole lot here, except that it's got quite bulky paragraphs. Maybe split the larger one up? It's also got a big problem of run-on sentences peppered with commas. Rewriting to be section/subject based is a tall order, but that may be the easiest solution to this.

I divided the largest paragraph. To be honest, the reception section is the biggest headcache when it comes to making an article, at least for me. -- Roberth Martinez (talk) 22:19, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Misc

• Castlevania SotN is double-linked.

Sorted -- Roberth Martinez (talk) 21:32, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

• Inconsistent date formatting in the references.

Sorted -- Roberth Martinez (talk) 22:19, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

• Not GA necessary, but wise to make sure all links are archived.

 Done -- Roberth Martinez (talk) 21:32, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

@ProtoDrake::I've addressed most of the problems you listed but if there's anything else that needs to be resolved then i'll make sure to get around it. Roberth Martinez (talk) 22:19, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

@KGRAMR and A.WagnerC: All right, Pass. --ProtoDrake (talk) 11:04, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your review, ProtoDrake. ✍A.WagnerC (talk) 16:01, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your excellent work, KGRAMR. All credits are your. I think you can to candidate Valis IV too, but it's up to you. ✍A.WagnerC (talk) 16:01, 22 January 2023 (UTC)