Template:Did you know nominations/Command and Destroy

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:58, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Command and Destroy

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• ... that GameSpot's Austin Light called the controls for Command and Destroy a "vicious cycle of annoyance"? Source: "Repeating your commands only makes the stylus juggling worse; it's a vicious cycle of annoyance." ([1])
  • ALT1:... that GameSpot's Austin Light suggested that prospective players of Command and Destroy instead "do something more exciting, like shred documents or watch a screensaver"? "If you have a friend with the game and a few hours to kill, you could play a slow deathmatch or two. Or you could do something more exciting, like shred documents or watch a screensaver." ([2])

• Reviewed: Galco's Soda Pop Stop

Created by Nomader (talk). Self-nominated at 07:21, 9 January 2018 (UTC).

Length (just barely), history and reference verified. I like ALT1 much better out of the two hooks submitted.

But ... we have generally tried to avoid the "wild thing someone said about the subject" type hook, in my experience. I also don't see Austin Light's name linked in the article, which makes me think he's not a notable enough gaming critic to be named in the hook, much less quoted (and really, I'm sure this is hardly the only review he's written of a bad game that said something like this).

This leads me to suggest another hook:

ALT2: ... that Command and Destroy's password save system was kept when it was ported from the Game Boy Advance to the Nintendo DS, to the annoyance of critics on its 2008 release?"The absolute nail in the coffin is the evidence that this was indeed a Game Boy Advance port: password save. Password save on a Nintendo DS game? Did the developers miss the meeting at Nintendo that informed them that all Nintendo DS games would include some form of save technology? I'm guessing the team got the OK to port its GBA game to the DS but didn't get the time and/or budget to remove the password save system out of the project. The result is the clunky and archaic 'jot down the code after each mission' system, which shouldn't exist nowadays. And the inability to save your game during a mission is a game killer. Sorry guys.

Daniel Case (talk) 01:49, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Know this has already been moved to approved, but I like this ALT2 as well. Thanks @Daniel Case:. Nomader (talk) 17:17, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

• Reviewer needed to check ALT2, given the concerns expressed about the other hooks, even if approved. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:06, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
  • Just want to clarify that IGN is a reliable source per WP:VG's reliable source list. The issue was the formatting of the original alts, not the notability of the article or the source that was used. ALT2 is meant to address those concerns-- please feel free to ping me if you think the article needs any further edits at all. Nomader (talk) 21:22, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
  • Put in a request at WP:VG right here for a second reviewer. Nomader (talk) 22:08, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: ALT2 is approved. — Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 14:34, 24 February 2018 (UTC)