Template:Did you know nominations/Unavowed

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 11:49, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Unavowed

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• ... that in Unavowed, players start the game by having their character exorcised?
  • ALT1:... that Unavowed starts by exorcising the protagonist?
  • ALT2: ... that the adventure video game Unavowed was favorably compared to both the classic Monkey Island series and modern role-playing games developed by BioWare?
  • ALT3: ... that the 2018 adventure video game Unavowed was game designer Dave Gilbert's first new intellectual property since 2006?
  • ALT4: ... that the adventure video game Unavowed uses pixel art because the development studio didn't have the resources to create a 3D video game?
  • ALT5: ... that the adventure video game Unavowed was developed using Adventure Game Studio, a development tool first released in 1997?
  • ALT6: ... that in Unavowed, interactions and dialogue change noticeably based on what background the player chooses for the protagonist?
  • ALT7: ... that the adventure video game Unavowed plays out in an episodic fashion?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Elise Barensfeld

Created by Anonymous471364 (talk) and SoWhy (talk). Nominated by SoWhy (talk) at 08:51, 11 September 2018 (UTC).

• I'll let another editor review this nomination, but per WP:DYKSG I have struck ALT0 and ALT1 as the supplementary guidelines state that hooks about works of fiction or media need to relate to the real world in some way; while the hooks could theoretically pass as they could be interpreted as gameplay mechanics instead of plot points, but it may be better to err on the side of caution here. ALT2 seems very borderling interesting as well: @Anonymous471364 and SoWhy: is there anything hookier that can be said about the game? Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 13:06, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

• Darn, I missed that one. Sorry. I added some more ALTs above. Regards SoWhy 14:40, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Oh alright, since I've already commented here, I might as well review it. Right now I can see some typos, such as "Unavowed was received generally favorable reviews by critics" (should just be "Unavowed received..."). "Unavowed was released for download on Steam as well as GOG.com and Humble Bundle but not as a retail version." lacks a reference as well. Otherwise the rest of the criteria check out (newness, length, QPQ). For the hooks, I think I like ALT4 best. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 01:11, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

@Narutolovehinata5: Heh, thanks. I fixed the typo and removed the sentence because I couldn't adequatly source it. Regards SoWhy 18:57, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

@SoWhy: Looks fine to me now, ALT4 is verified in the source. I'm ready to promote this, except the typo actually hasn't been fixed yet. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 01:08, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

@Narutolovehinata5: "was received generally favorably by critics" sounds like acceptable English to me but I'm not a native speaker, so please correct me if I'm wrong. Regards SoWhy 07:14, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

It's acceptable grammar, though "generally received favorable reviews from critics" is the more common construction. Both are okay though and personally I don't have a preference either way. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 11:15, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Fine by me, changed. Regards SoWhy 12:09, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 13:21, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

• Hi, I came by to promote this, but this page doesn't seem to be linked to any regular Wikipedia pages, just talk and category pages. Could you please link it somewhere so it doesn't get an orphan tag? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 20:28, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

• @Yoninah: Huh? I count 13 links from articles. Granted, most of them are from a navbox, but at least Wadjet Eye Games and Dave Gilbert (game designer) contain in-article links. Regards SoWhy 07:03, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

• @SoWhy: Oh, thanks, I didn't know about that tool. I was scrolling and scrolling through talk pages and category pages and ran out of patience. Restoring tick per Narutolovehinata5's review. Yoninah (talk) 11:47, 9 October 2018 (UTC)