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Latest comment: 15 years ago by Theleftorium in topic GA Review

GA Review

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A short, but comprehensive and mostly well-written article about a very bad game (IMO). Here's what needs to be fixed:

Lead and infobox
  • made for the PlayStation video game console. – Remove “video game”, as you’ve already mentioned that it’s a video game, so it’s assumed it’s for a video game console.
  • It was released in North America on April 12, 2001, and in the PAL region on March 22, 2001. - The release date for PAL should come first as it's before the NA release date.
  • sixteen – should be spelled out in numbers
  • richly detailed – reads like POV to me. I’d remove it.
  • This sentence sound weird to me: Video game critics gave the game a mixed reaction, and it receiving an aggregated score of 32% on Metacritic.” I’d change it to something like: Critics had mixed opinions about the game; it received an aggregated score of 32% on Metacritic.
  • Pin (wrestling) redirects to Pin (amateur wrestling)
  • Since the game was only released for the PlayStation, shouldn’t the image of the PS box art seen here be used? I know that when games are released for several consoles, clean artwork is preferred, but in this case it’s only one platform. I don’t know what the agreement is on this, so it’s your call.
IMO it looks better the way it is now.
  • Single player redirects to Single-player
  • Multiplayer redirects to multiplayer video game
Gameplay
  • An image of the gameplay would be nice.
  • The link to Bumblebee Man should be retargeted to List of celebrities in The Simpsons#Bumblebee Man as he is not featured in the list of recurring characters.
  • Power-ups redirect to power-up.
  • The game can be played in two modes, either a tournament style single player game or a grudge match where two players can interact. - switch the comma out with a colon, remove “either” as it’s unnecessary, and hyphenate single-player.
  • Richly detailed – same as before
  • Wikilink Springfield as it’s the first time it appears in the body.
  • Wikilink taunt as some readers may not understand the term in this context.
Development
  • At the E3 Media and Business Summit in 2000 – it was known as Electronic Entertainment Expo at that time
  • PlayStation video game console – same as before
  • March 12, 2001, - comma not necessary after the date
  • United States and Canada – North America is better IMO
  • I would wikilink "interactive entertainment".
Reception
  • receiving an aggregated score of 32% on Metacritic. - This is already in the reviews table, so it seems unnecessary.
  • Nothing from Game Rankings?
I replaced Metacritic with Game Rankings in the reception section.
  • the game's gameplay – Cut ”game’s”
  • and commented that game is "fun" because the comedy is straight from the television show, and that the characters will "bring a smile to your face". – Reads a little awkward to me. Change it to something like: and thought it was "fun" because the comedy is straight from the television show, and the characters will "bring a smile to your face".
  • Reiner also commented positively on the audio track by saying that the only enjoyment garnered in the game is from it. – You’ve already used “audio track” so I suggest using “soundtrack” this time.
  • British Broadcasting Corporation redirects to BBC. Also, I think most people recognise it by its acronym
  • After reading through the reception section, it seems the game received mostly negative reviews and not a mixed reception. You may want to change that.

Once these issues have been addressed, I'll take another look at the article. The Prince (talk) 06:03, 3 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the review! To make it easier, I crossed over the things I'm done with. Please take another look at the article now. :) Cheers, TheLeftorium 10:45, 3 January 2009 (UTC)Reply
Looks good. I'm passing the article. The Prince (talk) 12:34, 3 January 2009 (UTC)Reply
Great, thanks! —TheLeftorium 13:04, 3 January 2009 (UTC)Reply