Talk:The World Ends with You/GA1

GA Review
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Okay, I'll be reviewing the article for GA; it's my first, so bear with me:
 * "of Shibuya" A missing "the" perhaps?
 * "reviews that praised the game's integration of gameplay and story with the Shibuya setting, its graphic presentation and hip-hop/electronica music." Does in not need a "as well as" here after the comma. Reads starngely without.
 * Lead chould be a comprehensive summary of the article, so should probably have a passing reference to music/soundtrack.
 * "of a nearby Reaper" To this point in the gameplay, Reapers haven't been explained except in the lead. Same with "Noise".
 * "rewards if won." Such as... How is progress measured?
 * Watch out for unexplained gaming jargon, such as "hit-points", and "mini-game".
 * "stats" Probably shouldn't abbreviate.
 * "can return to any day within the story and playthrough again" Not one word as it is not the noun, "playthrough".
 * "for "Tin Pin Slammer"," Don't understand. If the meaning only becomes obvious after reading the proceeding section, then rearranging the sections may be in order.
 * "which can also lead to evolution of the pins" Is this a pokemonesque gaming progression or just a word used to mean growth?
 * "mingling with another" Watch out for informal phrasing.
 * "bottom touchscreen" May be redundant. The touchscreen is never on the top, but saying that, the average reader may not know this, so it's your choice really.
 * "DS' shoulder" Not sure if this is grammatically correct as this is an acronym so only the initial starts with "S", while the last starts with "n".
 * "the partner will make earn a star." Should have been proofread before nominating.
 * "are in sync" Again.
 * "The Game itself" Are you sure this is supposed to be capitalised here?
 * The "Setting" section is very confusing. As I understand, this is describing a game by which this one is based; if so, I would rate that as failing criteria 3b considering the weight and explanation givento it. This may require further discussion.
 * "The game's story is focused on Neku Sakuraba (桜庭 音操, Sakuraba Neku?), an anti-social teenage boy as he plays the Reaper's Game over the course of three weeks." Doesn't make sense as you switch from describing him to describing what he's doing. Would make better sense with a comma after "boy".
 * "beat the challenges". Grammar; you don't "beat" the challenges.
 * Ahh, the story has that long, point-by-point style. This is GA, so I don't expect any attempts to cut it down, but definitely should happen if this goes for FA. Seriously, I can't see any non-fans having the willingness to go through all of that. Note: After querying Giggy, I've decided to request that the plot be trimmed as I don't think the style and detail is appropriate for this type of article. I'm not pushing a whole rewrite or anything, just an effort to trim it down.
 * Cut out the passive voice where possible.
 * Why is "non-player character" first linked in "development" even though it first appears several sections earlier?
 * "coming up with the" Best change to "creating".
 * "The music in the game is composed and produced by" Was?
 * "The World Ends With You has enjoyed critical acclaim." What, otherwise it would be melancholy and disappointed. How can a game enjoy something?
 * VGChartz: I remember a disucssion about this but don't know if you were involved, Masem. Can you remember the outcome?

Sources:
 * MOS:ALLCAPS for ref 23. Do the same for album titles and other cases.
 * Inconsistency in source attribution: deviantart.com/Deviant Art
 * I know IGN names him as merely "Bozon", but it's probably best to put his forename down "Mark".
 * All other sources are fine.

Okay, I'm putting this on hold. It's a nice article, with "Development" being far and wide the best section. As you probably, the other sections will need work to meet FA standards if that's where this is going. Thanks. Ashnard Talk  Contribs  09:37, 22 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Ok, specific comments (I've fixed the points otherwise easy)
 * I've flipped Plot and Gameplay. That probably helps with explanations.
 * Definitley better as it puts it into context before delving into gameplay.
 * The "Setting" section helps to keep the "Story" down to as minimal as it can be by explaining the basic rules (and thus avoiding a plot-point-by-plot-point approach to the Story); I'm using "The Game" (caps) to explain the game-in-the-game, though if this is confusing, it can be changed to "Reapers' Game" in all instances. I've tried to cut the Story down more, but this is really hard to get any tighter without losing the gist and overall "meaning" of the work (trust me, I could go into several pages of plot for this, there's so many details I'm skipping).
 * Okay; there's been confusion on my part over the first sentence, which suggested to me that the game was independent of the game and pre-existing. I think the first sentence maybe should be clarified to convey that it's the game in the game. For "sync", if it's a technical term in the game, then it probably should be in speech marks or inverted commas, to convey that it hasn't just been abbreviated as normal speech.
 * "evolve" is the actual word in the game to describe this approach, even if it is pokemon-esque.
 * I thought it might be. I was just making sure that it wasn't suspect word choice to mean development.
 * I can only find one non-VGChartz number for sales data (it does not appear in the top games listed by NPD's open press releases for the last two months). VGChartz is not "ideal" for sales data, but it consistent with the non-reliable numbers and statements I've seen in boards and the like as well as the other reliable data.  Thus, I did cite these with "VGChartz says..." so that a reader in the know can know to take those numbers with the grain of salt that is necessary.  --M ASEM  14:12, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay
 * Any source for the "In the week of its release, the game was ... the top selling DS title in the US." line? The only source I can find that does weekly US data is VGChartz, and it is not the top selling DS title there.98.223.200.27 (talk) 02:00, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Right, I may as well as just pass now as the only thing left is a bit of clarity needed in the first sentence of "Setting". Thanks. Ashnard Talk  Contribs  14:50, 22 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I fixed this (marking the Game as "fictional" to hopefully help separate that) and a few other points above. --M ASEM 15:25, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * The video game project manual of style says that Gameplay should come before Plot. If that makes understanding difficult, then it should be re-written better. Kariteh (talk) 16:16, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * As I understand things, that came from a guideline, which is only a general suggestion about how to structure articles. I've seen multiple articles deviate from this, and for this given case it is beneficial. Thanks. Ashnard  Talk  Contribs  16:19, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * It says: "These do not necessarily have to correspond to the actual section headers and divisions, and they are no more than suggestions. Do not try to conform to them if they are not helping to improve the article." Thanks.  Ashnard  Talk  Contribs  16:23, 22 June 2008 (UTC)