Talk:Among Us VR

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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen (talk) 12:13, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that a reviewer noted that "claustrophobia closes in when the lights go out" and that "Fear and confusion mix when undertaking the tasks in front of you" when reviewing Among Us VR? Source: [1]
  • Comment: This is my first dyk.

Moved to mainspace by Ingenuity (talk). Nominated by Pizzaplayer219 (talk) at 15:13, 16 November 2022 (UTC).

• I must have made a mistake because User:Ingenuity moved the draft to mainspace Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 15:31, 16 November 2022 (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 eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting: - not really

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Pizzaplayer219: Good article. However, I feel as if the hook isn't all that interesting. It might be but I feel as if it would be better if you used a different hook. Onegreatjoke (talk) 23:31, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

• Okay I’ll try to think of another one. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 00:16, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
  • ALT1: ... that Among Us VR contains new tasks not in the original game such as a Whac-A-Mole Styled task? Source: [2]
  • ALT2: ... that Among Us VR's only map is a sequel to the original game's first map? Source: [3]
• I thought of some more DYK facts. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 00:44, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

• Pinging @Onegreatjoke. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 01:43, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Seems interesting enough, approving. Onegreatjoke (talk) 01:49, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke By the way which one do you think is better? Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 12:41, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke Ping didn’t send so I’m pinging again. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 14:28, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

@Pizzaplayer219: The second hook is the best one if i'm being honest. Onegreatjoke (talk) 14:35, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Okay then we’ll do ALT2 then. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 15:11, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

• @Pizzaplayer219 and Onegreatjoke: I don't see anything in the techradar source that talks about the map. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:13, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

the original game’s map is called “The Skeld” while Among Us VR’s map is called “The Skeld 2”. The name is mentioned in the source. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 15:24, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Forgot to Ping @RoySmith. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 15:28, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

@Pizzaplayer219: could you cite the exact passage in the source that talks about a map. I'm not finding it. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:37, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

“In space, no one can hear you scream, but everyone aboard the Skeld 2 probably can when you’re brutally murdered by an Impostor in Among Us VR.” And “The Skeld 2 is a fairly large and capable craft, but it requires a lot of maintenance to keep it flying.” Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 15:41, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

If the quotes don’t satisfy you then we can simply use ALT1. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 16:24, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Ping didn’t send (again) I’ll just use the different way @RoySmith. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 16:42, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Ah, I understand the confusion now. I was looking for the literal word "map", as in map. But you were using it in a video game specific sense, i.e. Level (video games). I'm going to assume gamers would understand this implicitly, so restoring the tick.

@Pizzaplayer219 and RoySmith: I'm not sure how suitable a hook that needs readers to be gamers to understand is; could the hooks be checked again? Kingsif (talk) 04:41, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

• @Kingsif: I think it's fine. My initial concern was that I was unable to verify the source because I was looking for the literal word "map". But once I got past that confusion, I'm OK with it. If you read the hook interpreting the word with its usual English meaning, the hook still makes sense. And it's linked in the article to where you can learn more about what a map is in a video game. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:23, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

  Disagree. In a good hook some small amount of puzzlement or intrigue is embedded in a background the reader can make some sense of, but in ALTs 1 and 2 a gaming-ignorant reader will have no idea what the hook's even talking about, and will be confused rather than intrigued. Having said that, I think ALT0 might qualify if we imagine the reader finding the reviewer's language intriguing even if he doesn't know the context: "Lights out? claustrophobia? I wonder what that is?". Of course, when he clicks and finds out it's just a stupid video game he'll be disappointed, but that's beyond our purview here. EEng 00:24, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Too scary in VR

-EEng

• ALT3: ... that the developers of Among Us VR said that the game could’ve been too scary in VR. Source: [4]

Made another one. Hopefully this one is more interesting. Feel free to change this one to your liking. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 16:16, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

What is the point of this image EEng? Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 01:49, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Follow the link in the caption. An ill-favoured joke, sir, but mine own. EEng 02:15, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

To Prep 5

merge request

i am requesting for this article and among us to be merged Soulware2 (talk) 19:58, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Do you have a reason? Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 18:53, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

I feel like the article should be in the among us article as VR version as it feels odd for be a whole article on just the vr version Soulware2 (talk) 16:42, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Do you have a reason besides WP:IDONTLIKEIT and WP:UNENCYCLOPEDIC? This article has 30 references in which nearly all of them are verifiable and reliable. This clearly passes WP:GNG. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 17:46, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

sorry but i have changed my mind on whether it should be merged Soulware2 (talk) 20:48, 24 January 2023 (UTC)