Talk:Sudeki/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Alexandra IDV (talk · contribs) 10:34, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Oh right, this game - I remember seeing used copies of it at GameStop and being baffled by the outfit the character on the cover is wearing. I'll be back with a review soon.--Alexandra^IDV 10:34, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Images

• Reasonable use of fair-use images: cover art for identification, screenshot for explanation of gameplay, and production art illustrating aspect of development

References

• Seems fine - uses RSs, and staff's websites

Infobox

• Avent, Simmons, and Lynch are only mentioned in the infobox, without any sourcing
• Would recommend taking full advantage of the cover by adding a caption identifying the characters depicted

Lead

• Set on the splintered world of Sudeki, now divided into the twin planets Illumina and Akloria - does "now" add anything?
• anime aesthetic - would reword as "anime-inspired aesthetic", and link anime

Gameplay

• You don't mention HP and SP again after introducing the concepts, making me question if its necessary to bring up the acronyms in the first place
• Questioning whether "skill points" really should be capitalized (regardless of whether it is in-game). Same for skill strikes, skills, and cinematic spirit strikes - these are regular words, not proper nouns.
• use the blacksmith to purchase and upgrade weapons sounds strange to me, as I'm assuming the blacksmith is a person. I would suggest rewording to say you can revisit the blacksmith to do those things.
• talking to certain NPCs lead into side quests - leads into side quests.
• Save points are found at different points through the environment. - "at different points" is unnecessary, it's already clear that the save points aren't all located at the same spot. Can be reworded as "...are found throughout the game".

Synopsis

• which is currently united under the Bright Empire - does "currently" add anything?
• the four are first defeat a siren monster - should presumably read as "the four first defeat..."
• allowing Sudeki reunify. - I assume this should be "allowing Sudeki to reunify."

Development

• Microsoft manager Peter Connelly said that Japan was failing to deliver RPGs for the Xbox - it's Japanese game companies that weren't developing Xbox RPGs, not the country of Japan
• the title was changed due to potential confusion with a similarly-titled series. - do we know what series this was?
• The game was originally planned to be called "Suteki" - originally is not the right word here, because as you mention earlier in this section, the game was at first titled Symphony of Light
• which can roughly translates from Japanese - "which roughly translates". Also, consider linking suteki to wikt:素敵.
• so much opening lore than the opening "that the opening"
• producing "literally hundreds" - do we need to quote this? Can't we just write "producing hundreds"?
• Tal's original version - "Tal's original design", right?
• its current technology-infused version - "current" implies it could change again in the future. Would recommend changing to "its final..."

Release

• As part of its promotion, several notable voice actors were brought in to dub the characters - it does feel strange to say they are notable, and then not actually note who they are.
• The cover art was designed by manga artist Yamato Yamamoto. - would specify that this is the cover art for the Japanese release only
• The GOG version was delisted on 28 May 2020 - do we know why?
• Microsoft, owners of the Sudeki IP, - would recommend writing out "intellectual property"

Reception

• The entire first paragraph needs to be more specific about the time frames it's talking about - September of what year? Ranked #25 for what period? The 78th best-selling Xbox game in Japan of all time or of the year or what?
• customization - rest of article uses customisation etc
• Hilary Goldstein of IGN, found it - extraneous comma
• I'm not gonna hold up the review for this, but the structure of the final paragraph is pretty repetitive.

I will put this on hold for the usual seven days - ping me when you have addressed the above or if you have any questions!--Alexandra^IDV 14:12, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

@Alexandra IDV: I've done my best to address all the points above. As to the ones I couldn't address properly, no the other series wasn't specified in any of the sources I could find, and no reason was given for the GOG takedown. --ProtoDrake (talk) 18:20, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

I'll try to find a source that states why was Sudeki delisted from GOG... (Update: No avail unfortunately...) Roberth Martinez (talk) 23:11, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you (and thank you Roberth for checking) - I will promote this now--Alexandra^IDV 12:20, 4 March 2021 (UTC)