Talk:Perfect Dark Zero/GA1

GA Review

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Well-written:

(a) the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and

(b) it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.

Verifiable with no original research:

(a) it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;

(b) reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose); and

(c) it contains no original research.

Broad in its coverage:

(a) it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and

(b) it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).

Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:

(a) media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content; and

(b) media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.

Issues found

Reference 4 is a dead link.
The Storyline section should probably be renamed to Synopsis or Plot to keep with the usual standard naming conventions. Storyline is still occasionally used, but the other two are much more the standard
The Gameplay section is completely unreferenced
The Combat Arena section is completely unreferenced save for one reference, and should be retitled Multiplayer to keep with standards
The screenshot fails WP:NFCC. It is too large (they must be a low resolution) and does not have enough fair use rationale information. See this Halo 3: ODST screenshot
The updates section should be written in prose
All references should make use of Template:Cite web (or similar templates when not a web site), and should list the publish date, publisher, author (if any), title, URL and access date
The Open Directory Project external link should be removed as it offers little to the reader,
GameFAQs may only be used for release date information. Also, reader and user based reviews are not considered reliable sources of information. Reviews should be from published companies.
The soundtrack image needs a rationale added. See the soundtrack to Bionic Commando Rearmed
In the lead section the sentence "It was initially planned as a Nintendo GameCube title, however the game suffered countless delays due to internal team problems and platform-jumping issues." No references in the body support this. It mentions the switch to Xbox 360 down the road, but nothing else.
In the lead "Regarding the storyline, " is not necessary
In the lead "have been released so far in order to continue the story of Joanna Dark." -- "so far" is not necessary
The plot could use some minor copy edits. There are a few punctuation and flow issues
In the Gameplay section "Some can also grant the possibility of using the weapon in a more improper manner, such as the Laptop's sentry gun or the SuperDragon's bounce grenades." -- "in a more improper manner" is strangely phrased
"On the other hand, stealth is another important element of the gameplay." -- "On the other hand," is not needed
"To each higher difficulty, the game also adds more objectives and makes enemies tougher in order to increase the challenge." -- "To each higher difficulty" is strangely phrased
"In co-operative, some missions feature minor changes so that both players have to help each other to progress deeper;" -- remove the word "deeper"
"In co-operative, some missions feature minor changes so that both players have to help each other to progress deeper; for instance, some doors require two people to open them; also, the second player might spawn far away from the first player and takes over a character that was AI-controlled in the single player campaign, adding a new gameplay design to the same missions." -- break this run-on sentence up
The gametypes in the Combat Arena should be converted to prose. The titles should not be bolded, but in quotations
The first paragraph in the Development section has only one source that provides little information in comparison to what might be challenged as needing a source. It needs at least 2-3 more good, solid sources.
A source is needing to support that PDZ was planned for the original Xbox. Reference #6, which might have supported it, is dead (it redirects to main page)
In the updates section, the patch section is not supported with a reference. It should also be converted to prose and the bold text removed
Under Cancelled Plans "To further decrease the chance of this happening, Rare had once stated during an interview that having 50 to 64 players was possible on the Xbox 360, but in turn it would degrade the quality of the game." -- there is no reference to support this
"On the other hand, a new Counter-Operative mode, much like the one found in the original Perfect Dark, was also promised to eventually become available as a new game mode for Perfect Dark Zero. However, this update is not available and Rare has no intention on bringing it out." -- the reference does not support the claim that it was promised to players
In the Reception section, the reviews table should be converted to the Template:VG Reviews template.
I would suggest moving the sales information to the first paragraph of the Reception section, and adding information from aggregators like GameRankings and Metacritic to that section. Then take the following sentence and start a new paragraph: "The game got a 9/10 at GameSpot, which claims that it "champions the Xbox 360 with its excellent assortment of single and multiplayer game types, as well as its incredible good looks and dynamic, intense action"."
Any time there is a direct quote a reference should immediately follow the next punctuation mark
The soundtrack should be moved up to before the Reception section

Summary - Given the number of issues I don't see this passing GAN in a week's time. Some digging will have to be done to verify certain claims that will be hard to find, and there are still a large number of issues aside from references. I have assessed this article as C class, but it's close to a B. Please feel free to re-nominate this article when the issues are resolved.

Reviewer: Teancum (talk) 16:04, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thank you for the information, I'll try and fix it myself, but if anyone wants to jump in and do it, feel free. When it's done, I'll renominate it. Niwi3 (talk) 23:01, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]