Outer Wilds has been listed as one of the Video games good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. Review: March 15, 2024. (Reviewed version). |
A fact from Outer Wilds appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 April 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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DYK nomination edit
- {{Did you know nominations/Outer Wilds}} czar ⨹ 16:30, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
Other endings edit
Shouldn't the other endings from the game be added? I think it's an important detail. Ronsiv8 (talk) 08:31, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
Regarding spoilers edit
As part of the culture around the game, this is a game you really, really would not want to be spoiled on, or at least only have minimal hints about the details of the game. Should this article make note of how heavily the plot details matter to the experience of the game? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Echonioni (talk • contribs) 11:58, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
- Wikipedia does not hide spoilers. As long as it is from material available to anyone that owns the game, WP is free to include material about it. --Masem (t) 13:29, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
Cover Art edit
Just a note that this appears to be the art associated with the alpha version of the game circa 2015, rather than the actual launch version as published by Annapurna in 2019 and should probably be updated to reflect the actual game. Was this intentional? If not, would probably suggest someone look into this. 100.8.88.71 (talk) 01:08, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
- Looking at the current image's page on Commons, it's poster art that was released on a CC license by creator Alex Beachum. While we could upload and use the copyrighted cover art with a fairly straightforward fair use claim, I think we should prefer the use of the most free option. Firefangledfeathers 02:24, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
- Neither Mobius nor Annapurna would ever try and go after the cover art of a wikipedia page. I feel like having the more updated cover art would be more representative of the game. Especially considering there are zero screenshots or art from the completed version of the game; the only two images are both alpha. I feel like the article is less truthful and informative with zero images of the released game. I am considering adding more screenshots (I would definitely say to keep the old cover art in the article, but not as the "main" image) but I am curious what others have to say first. OboTheHobo (talk) 06:03, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
- I also agree that we should be using the final version of the cover art as that's more definitive of the game than an alpha version from half a decade ago. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 19:47, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
GA Review edit
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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 edit
As 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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
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
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