Talk:Mega Man X4/GA1

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Reviewer: ProtoDrake (talk · contribs) 12:34, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

I'll take this on. If you don't hear anything back by next Saturday, ping me. --ProtoDrake (talk) 12:34, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

Some things I noticed immediately.

• A genre isn't mentioned anywhere much.
  • Done
• The statements in the lead about release sequence and the dates in the infoboxes "do not jibe".
  • The lead also has a rather large amount of quotes when paraphrasing could suffice.
  • Toned down
  • Also, the lead talks rather a lot about the plot, and not about the development at all.
  • Down
• Gameplay in general seems a bit rambling, and more like a Wikia page subsection where context for the other entries is evident.
  • The last sentences of the first and final paragraphs aren't cited.
  • Rweorded
• X3's linked multiple times.
  • Removed
• In the Synopsis, "The storyline differs slightly depending on whether the player chooses X or Zero." would likely work better at the end of its paragraph.
  • Reworded
• Development in general is rather...wordy. Particularly the first paragraph is very clumsy in its phrasing, making it difficult to read through.
• Reworded.
• The music bit doesn't talk about the animation. This reference can be used.
  • Done
• Ref 12, is that Page 4-7, 40-7-something? At the moment it just looks like you read the book backwards.
  • Revised.

Tintor2, this is just surface-level stuff. I'll put the article on hold since some bits of this might require a long period of editing time. --ProtoDrake (talk) 15:40, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

ProtoDrake Revised everything you mentioned. Thanks for the review.Tintor2 (talk) 18:57, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

@Tintor2: It's mostly very good, and even fixed some other things I might've raised. But there's one thing. The article doesn't talk about a 1998/99 Windows release, but the infobox release dates do. Are there sources to support a 1990s Windows release? --ProtoDrake (talk) 09:34, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

ProtoDrake Added. For some reason the PC port is barely mentioned whenever I searched.Tintor2 (talk) 10:32, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

@Tintor2: Did some digging for sources. Found a much better source (archived version here) for the JP Windows release (third-party). I also found references (1, 2) to a Japan-exclusive Windows reissue by MediaKite Distribution. --ProtoDrake (talk) 21:06, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

ProtoDrake Thanks a lot for providing those sources. Added to development and release.Tintor2 (talk) 21:25, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

@Tintor2: Thanks. And further to above, found this page from the Windows port's porting company Profire, confirming their involvement. This later interview clarified that they previously worked with Capcom on X3's PC port. Also I know it's an odd question, but are you sure the issue of Computer Games Magazine you used to cite an English release wasn't just reviewing an import of the Japanese PC release? Can you double-check it? I know this may seem a niggly point to hold up a GA, but that's the bit that's really sticking out. --ProtoDrake (talk) 21:28, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

ProtoDrake The magazine date was added a user who left Wikipedia but title is Mega Man X4 over Rockman X4 so it has to be an English article. I don't know if it helps but PC GameSpy uses the English region cover for Mega Man X4's pc port.Tintor2 (talk) 21:37, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

@Tintor2: Checked the GameSpy link, and this affiliated IGN link, and they both specifically call it the MediaKite reissue, plus the release dates are off. I don't think either can be counted as a reliable source. I have found other websites talking about a Western PC version, but they say the date is 1998. Might be that the magazine's doing a late review. --ProtoDrake (talk) 22:07, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

ProtoDrake Removed then.Tintor2 (talk) 22:16, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

@Tintor2: Pass. --ProtoDrake (talk) 22:42, 20 April 2023 (UTC)