Talk:Mr. Driller Drill Land/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Abryn (talk · contribs) 20:38, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

• Curious as to the image in the Gameplay section, as it notes that it is from the side mode. How different is it from the standard gameplay in Drill Land?
  • I'm not entirely sure what you mean here. All of the gamemodes play relatively the same (you destroy blocks, there's air capsules you need to replenish oxygen, etc.), although each have a few new additions. Namcokid47 (talk) 22:16, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
• I don't know if it's based on consensus, but I feel that the GR link is extraneous when it's based on only two reviews. IIRC the limit people generally follow is four reviews, to match up with Metacritic.
  • The GameRankings page does list a review from Cube UK, but I haven't been able to find online....or really any other review on it for that matter. Namcokid47 (talk) 22:16, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
• complement > compliment
• Same as with Druaga, I do not think that the NL source can be used due to the reviewer being a user rather than a part of its staff. Here it's a concern due to how much NL is used as a reference, though a lot of what it's citing is stuff that can be observed from the game itself.
  • That really poses a threat to the page, as most of it is sourced by that NL review. I'm sure much of it can be instead replaced with the instruction manual, but in terms of reviews a lot of it is from the NL review. I'll try again to find that Cube UK review or any other reviews, but at the moment I'm thinking of closing the nomination until I find something. Namcokid47 (talk) 22:16, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
    • 64 Power / big.N / N Games (Feb, 2003) This is one review of the game, if you can find the source. - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 23:29, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
• @Abryn: @Namcokid47: I have access to Cube magazines. I found a preview in the Cube #6 (AUS) and a 2 page review in Cube #7 (AUS). I took screenshots and pasted here. The first image with the green background is the preview from issue 6, the second two images are the review from issue 7. [1]. TarkusAB^talk/contrib 02:06, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
  • Thank you for that. I also found some other sources. Nintendo World Report preview Go Shiina interview that mentions the music in brief Best GameCube exclusives, Jeremy Parish strongly recommending it. - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 02:23, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
  • I seriously can't thank you enough for finding those. I'll start putting them in the article. Namcokid47 (talk) 02:25, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
    • No problem. I have a copy of this game and can pull info from the manual if needed. TarkusAB^talk/contrib 02:58, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
      • I'd love to own that game someday. Anyway, I think the manual would be really helpful for sourcing the gameplay, which can be used to replace the Nintendo Life review. Namcokid47 (talk) 03:06, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
        • OK it will be difficult to scan the whole thing but let me know what info is needed and I can give you the page numbers I guess. TarkusAB^talk/contrib 03:27, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

To explain my process for finding those sources, I did multiple Google searches with the subject of the article and the following text:

List

• #-ign.com/wikis -arstechnica.com/civis -gamesradar.com/cheats -ign.com/boards -ign.com/faqs -ign.com/videos site:www.ign.com OR site:gamesradar.com OR site:arstechnica.com OR site:usgamer.net OR site:autostraddle.com OR site:mic.com OR site:retronauts.com OR site:nerdmuch.com
• #-forums.easyallies.com -forum.waypoint.vice.com site:venturebeat.com OR site:wired.com OR site:vice.com OR site:time.com OR site:nytimes.com OR site:washingtonpost.com OR site:usatoday.com OR site:games.avclub.com OR site:complex.com OR site:siliconera.com OR site:destructoid.com OR site:easyallies.com OR site:thejimquisition.com OR site:shacknews.com OR site:gamasutra.com
• #-rpgfan.com/boards -rpgamer.com/archives -rpgfan.com/fanfics -rpgamer.com/fanfics -rpgamer.com/fanart site:engadget.com OR site:cnet.com OR site:pcgamesn.com OR site:www.eurogamer.net OR site:1up.com OR site:toucharcade.com OR site:rpgamer.com OR site:rpgfan.com OR site:nightmaremode.thegamerstrust.com
• #site:lostgarden.com OR site:vgmonline.net OR site:dailydot.com OR site:theguardian.com OR site:telegraph.co.uk OR site:gameological.com OR site:gameinformer.com OR site:killscreen.com OR site:womenintheworld.com OR site:egmnow.com OR site:digitallydownloaded.net OR site:syfy.com OR site:nymgamer.com
• #-gamespot.com/forums -escapistmagazine.com/forums site:jayisgames.com OR site:mtv.com OR site:epn.tv OR site:gamecrate.com OR site:www.gamespot.com OR site:nintendojo.com OR site:pastemagazine.com OR site:escapistmagazine.com OR site:vg247.com OR site:videogamer.com OR site:mattiebrice.com OR site:houstonpress.com OR site:popmatters.com
• #-forums.arcade-museum.com -adventuregamers.com/forums -adventuregamers.com/archive/forums OR site:ugo.com OR site:www.digitalspy.com OR site:digitaltrends.com OR site:Gamezebo.com OR site:legendsoflocalization.com OR site:rpgsite.net OR site:techradar.com OR site:pushsquare.com OR site:arcade-museum.com OR site:adventuregamers.com OR site:themarysue.com OR site:kotaku.com OR site:polygon.com OR site:gamezone.com OR site:hardcoregamer.com OR site:gamespy.com OR site:slate.com
• #site:theverge.com OR site:comicbook.com OR site:cbr.com OR site:hardcoregaming101.net OR site:geek.com OR site:mashable.com OR site:screenrant.com OR site:pcmag.com OR site:indiegames.com OR site:rockpapershotgun.com OR site:animefeminist.com OR site:pcgamer.com OR site:nintendoworldreport.com OR site:gamerevolution.com OR site:gematsu.com OR site:variety.com OR site:pcworld.idg.com.au OR site:retrogamer.net OR site:pocketgamer.com OR site:abc.net.au OR site:independent.co.uk

Helps me a lot, hope it helps you with your work. - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 16:00, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

Could also use the custom google search engine at WP:VG/LRS. TarkusAB^talk/contrib 16:26, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

I use this because I find the custom Google search engines too limited. They only allow 100 sources in a search, and I've found some sources are missing from it. - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 16:32, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

@Abryn: Okay, I think I've fixed everything. Namcokid47 (talk) 16:43, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

Passed. Nice work Namcokid and Tarkus for the work you put in. - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 16:47, 26 August 2019 (UTC)