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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was not promoted by GrahamColm 09:56, 30 September 2012 [1].

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars

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Nominator(s): Khanassassin ☪ 18:43, 20 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

After a lot of work, the article has been promoted to A Class status, I once again return to FAC with this article. And it is ready. :) Khanassassin ☪ 18:43, 20 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose
  • Incredibly over-long and overly detailed plot section. Pretty much reads like a blow-by-blow account of the whole game.
  • Not quite so bad in the development section, but again too much anecdotal detail here: it recounts what tourist sights and bookshops the creator visited (rather than just saying the game was inspired the Templars, the Catacombs, or whatever). Then it recounts that the two guys were dining together, and which way the conversation turned. Then it says "A few years earlier, Cecil had played for a cricket team with the composer". I'm sure the core of these passages are noteworthy, but the article shouldn't be recounting the whole anecdotes to go with them.
  • Some of the reception section reads well, the parts which consist almost entirely of others' prose. I'm partial to direct quoting, especially in reception sections, but paragraphs 2 and 3 are pretty much lists of quotes from other places. It's a rather minor point considering the one above, but "said" in used 3 out of 4 statements in paragraph 2.
  • I'm not convinced about the lengthy lists of, well, lists in the legacy section. Suggest cutting out some of the less auspicious ones (e.g. 31 out of 100, perhaps those two that have the amusing "...not by LucasArts" subtitles) and introducing some commentary. Basically, this section is big on numbers and short on real info.
  • Some bold statements that don't appear to have citations: "The Goat Puzzle is considered by many gamers and publications to be one of the most challenging video game puzzle of all time" and "The Director's Cut is often credited as having a primary role in the rebirth of adventure games".
  • My overall feeling towards this article is an impression of quantity over quality. bridies (talk) 15:21, 21 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

TBrandley 00:57, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Far too much plot and poorly written. A few examples:

  • "The game follows George Stobbart (voiced by Rolf Saxon), an American on vacation in Paris, touring Europe." If he's on vacation in Paris then he's not touring Europe.
    • When questioned by an investigator, George says: "Vacation. I'm touring Europe." Paris was one of the stops during the tour, however, due to the murder and so on, he remained in France.
  • "George and Nico return to Paris and go on their first date on the Eiffel Tower." How on Earth can you go on the Eiffel Tower? Have you seen the size of it? The sentence is inherently ambiguous in any event.
  • "Charles Cecil stated that he had began work on a scenario for Revolution's third game ...".
  • "The following month, Cecil visited Paris for research on the Templars". Why is ref #16 repeated?
  • "When game designer and writer Steve Ince was employed by Revolution, he had begun work on initial location sketches". I can't quite parse that.
    • I believe it's better now.
  • "... he didn't want it to be like interactive movies at the time". Too informal.
  • "He made George American and Nico French to appeal to both the US and European Markets."
  • "The introductory sequence and the main characters were made by animator Mike Burgess, who worked for Red Rover animation studio. The game's graphics are animated in a style which resembles classic animated films." Why "were made" but "are animated"?
  • "Cecil also drafted in the acclaimed comic book artist Dave Gibbons". You need to avoid peacockery such as "acclaimed".
  • "George's journey to find out more information ...". You don't "find out" information.
  • "While the game received overall praise, certain publications voiced complaints." That appears to displaying the author's bias in favour of this game.
    • Nope. When I first started work on this article, I was completely new to Wikipedia, and a well-reputated Wikipedian Jimmy Blackwing was teaching me the ways of the wiki. So, originally, the reception section was just a couple of quotes from like four, five reviews. So Jimmy told me that the reception section should be formated similar to Super Meat Boy's. And as you can see, the final paragraph in the section reads "While the game received high praise overall, certain publications voiced complaints." - Sounds fimilar? And, really? You go around accusing people bias over articles because of pointing out that there were actual complaints? Jeez. --Khanassassin ☪ 19:24, 30 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Malleus Fatuorum


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