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Reviewer: ProtoDrake (talk · contribs) 11:42, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be back with a review in a few days. --ProtoDrake (talk) 11:42, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Review

"In 2013, Hideo Kojima and his studio Kojima Productions were working on a new Metal Gear game focused on Raiden, a ninja equipped with swords." - While there's nothing wrong with the sentence as such, maybe you could include the fact that Raiden was a core protagonist for the series. The way it's written, Raiden could just as much be a minor antagonist from a spin-off or something.
"Some critics attributed the game's failure to the low sales of the Wii U." - The sentence mentions "Some critics", but there's only one reference there. Can you find any other independent sources to back up the attribution?
~~"The game garnered negative critical reviews when it was released." - This statement is completely uncited.~~
~~"Zero, along with its spin-off tower defense game Star Fox Guard, was released in April 2016 to mixed critical reviews." - As above, uncited.~~
Refs 2 and 7 are dead and need archiving.
I think you could find better, more informative references concerning Nier: Automata and Scalebound in the main articles. Using the main websites as references isn't always the best, since they may undergo updates that remove information or die completely at a later date.
Links for Nier: Automata needs updating.
The GameSpot references are being a bit weird on Checklinks, but they don't seem to be dead or anything, so any action concerning them is up to you.
Just a minor suggestion, maybe putting in something about the PS3 difficulties with Bayonetta (developer comments on the matter rather than public reaction, I mean). But that's entirely optional, and if you think it doesn't add anything, don't bother with it.

That's what I saw. Once they're addressed, I'll give the article another scan before giving a verdict. --ProtoDrake (talk) 10:39, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not really the nominator, but I've tried referencing the article. Hope it looks better now.Tintor2 (talk) 23:22, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I could archive ref 7, but I can't find the other ref that is supposed to be dead.Tintor2 (talk) 23:52, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It was this one

Ransom, James (October 12, 2006). "Capcom squashes Clover, lights out for bright studio". Joystiq. Retrieved May 1, 2016.

But someone changed the URL for a good one but left the rest of it intact. --ProtoDrake (talk) 07:45, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for my late respond, I didn't have the review watchlisted. I have added better sources for Nier and Scalebound, and have added some information about the PS3 port of Bayonetta. Thank you Tintor2 for your help and ProtoDrake for the review. AdrianGamer (talk) 08:58, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@AdrianGamer: Don't see anything holding it back now. I think this can merit a Pass. Oh, and my bad about the poor explanation about the link correction. The correct link at the moment is "Nier: Automata" with the colon, not "Nier Automata" without. I've sorted it. --ProtoDrake (talk) 09:07, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]