Talk:Deadly Premonition/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Ed! (talk · contribs) 16:25, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

I've listed a number of issues below for this article. Unfortunately, at this time the problems seem to be substantial enough that I do not think the page is near Good Article standard, nor that it can attain such a status quickly. Anyone is welcome to address the below comments and then the article can be renominated. —Ed!^(talk) 16:46, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

• With the exception of the first sentence, most of the content in the lead of the article should be moved into the "Development" section. The lead section should summarize the contents of the entire article, and shouldn't have citations because that info should all be found elsewhere in the article. See WP:LEAD for more information about this.
• The "Gameplay" section contains no sources. While it might seem like you don't need sources to describe the experience of playing, the section should actually be describing the mechanics of the game, and so I think there are a substantial number of sources needed to describe the genre, how the game plays, and the characters.
• The plot section comes in at just over 900 words, and is too long. The plot should be very concise, and just touch on the major plot points. A good rule of thumb at higher levels of article quality is a plot section that is around 400 to 500 words, about half the length that it is now. Glancing over the plot, I see a lot of little details added in that could be removed. See WP:PLOT for more information on this.
• What was the budget of the game? This should be in the "Development" section.
• In the "Development" section, I see you added Jeff Kramer as the voice actor for the main character. That was good, but voice actors should be added and cited for the rest of the cast, as well.
• "Reception" section: "It is considered one of the most divisive games to be released in a long time," -- this sentence uses multiple "weasel words" which need some more detail, otherwise they seem misleading. See WP:WEASEL for more on this.
• References 21, 42, and 43 are bare URLs and need to be formatted. I see some references, like number 5, which might need some more information, as well.

It needs a gameplay screenshot instead of a cutscene screenshot. --Niemti (talk) 16:50, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Also something about the recption of DC. --Niemti (talk) 16:56, 28 May 2013 (UTC)