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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King

Featured article candidates/Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King/archive1
Featured article candidates/Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King/archive2

Nominator(s): Aoba47 (talk) 00:50, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In truth, Wrath of the Darkhul King is a rather unremarkable video game. It has all the standard elements of a typical platformer and action games—so a lot of jumping around, beating up enemies, and solving rudimentary puzzles—but this time, it is told with a generic Buffy the Vampire Slayer story, in which Buffy Summers must yet again stop an apocalyptic event. The game received negative reviews and fell into obscurity, even for Buffy fans. Despite this, I still enjoyed working on this article. As always, any comments would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. Aoba47 (talk) 00:50, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging @FrB.TG:, @MaranoFan:, and @PanagiotisZois: who participated in the latest peer review and @Gog the Mild:, @J Milburn:, and @Pseud 14: who did so for the previous FAC. Aoba47 (talk) 00:43, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No need to apologise, this seems an appropriate notification to editors whom you could reasonably assume to have some interest in the nomination. Gog the Mild (talk) 10:26, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy to support again. I note that there's some quite extensive discussion of Buffy video games in this recent open access book, but it seems to focus on the 2002 game, only mentioning this one in passing. I'm honestly surprised there's not more academic work mentioning this game, but I suppose that just indicates how 'unremarkable' it is. (It looks like it's never been mentioned in the Buffyology journal Slayage, for example.) Josh Milburn (talk) 11:46, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the support and for the links. I hope that my nomination statement does not come across as flippant. I was trying to think of a solid way to discuss this game, and this was the best I could think of at the time. I was also surprised that this game did not receive more scholarly attention. Buffy is a big draw for research, and I could see this game fitting into larger papers on the Buffy video games as a whole or licensed games in that time period. From my understanding (and I could be wrong as I am admittedly not active in fandoms and such), it seems that only the 2002 game and Chaos Bleeds are the only Buffy games that are really remembered or discussed. Aoba47 (talk) 17:15, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Image review (pass)

The images are licensed appropriately, include alt text, and provide context where appropriate.
Use of non-free images in the Gameplay section seems to be justified and (IMO) provides illustrative reference to better aid readers about the game. Pseud 14 (talk) 16:50, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- PS, I'll endeavor and try to review the prose sometime later in the coming days/week. Pseud 14 (talk) 16:50, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - Thank you for the image review. Take as much time as you need for a prose review as there is absolutely no rush. Aoba47 (talk) 17:16, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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"THQ produced Wrath of the Darkhul King in a publishing agreement with Fox Interactive, and chose Natsume as the developers because they had been working together since 1999." - There is a WP:CINS issue with this sentence.

Removed the comma. Aoba47 (talk) 15:05, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Obstacles include pendulums, falling rocks, unstable platforms, electrified water, and pits with spikes; in certain areas, the player must punch or kick down walls to continue further" could benefit from a sentence split where the semicolon is.

Separated this part into two sentences. Aoba47 (talk) 15:05, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Willow identifies the individuals who stole talisman as Baruk demons" - should this be "the talisman"?

You are correct. I have added "the" into that part. Aoba47 (talk)

"Other reviewers praised the soundtrack as retro" - Do you think retro style would be an appropriate wikilink?

I think that it makes sense so I have added it there. Aoba47 (talk) 15:05, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to see this back here since I believed it deserved to be promoted the first time.--N Ø 13:37, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MaranoFan: Thank you for the kind words and for your comments. I believe that I have addressed everything, but let me know if there is anything else that I can do to improve the article further. I hope you are having a good start to your week. Aoba47 (talk) 15:05, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support--N Ø 15:08, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Aoba47 (talk) 15:10, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]