User:Nskin5/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
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Halo 3: ODST

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because I was unsure of what other ones to pick, and I saw you could read articles about anything; and this looked interesting because I played this game all the time when I was younger, and I know a lot about it. This article might not matter to most people who don't play video games, but it goes back to the point before I had a lot of knowledge on this game, and I would know if something on it was not accurate more than any other game, so it was the best way for me to see if the entry was correct. My impression of this article was that it was spot on. They did a good job getting the details of the game both in the game itself and outside of it with how many copies and stats of the game.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

They did a very good job in this article overall. They had a great introduction explaining the game. They talked about who created it, when it was created, what type of game it was, and some background information on it. They also gave statistics on it in the introduction. The content that the author gave was relevant to the topic and provided good information about it. I would go so far as to say that if somebody had never heard of this game, they could get a good idea of the storyline that follows this game and the ins and outs of the game. This game is from 2009, so the information was as up-to-date as it could be, and there hasn't been any new news with this game, so there wasn't anything that could be updated. There wasn't any information that I felt like that didn't belong. There are a lot of the ins and outs to this game so putting the little bits of info like how the game works or how you gain health back is important because it is different than many other first-person shooter games. The game does not address any equality gaps, so there were none in the article. The article had a very natural stance. You can tell that they are enthusiastic about the game and that they wanted to share more about this game based on how much information they shared, but in the test, the author does not say statements like this is the best game of all time and when they talk about how the game is they use feedback from what other players have said and the stats of the game. The author did a great job with the number of sources that were used in this article. There was a lot to choose from, and when you find good sources like that, it makes it easy to trust them. The sources were a bit different than the ones that we discussed in class because this was about a video game and not a historical event, so scholarly sources would not be available for an article like this, but they got what, in my opinion, are the scholarly sources of video games and facts and stats from the game from the developer's themselves, so it was the best thing they could do. The sources were up to date as best as they could be as I stated before, this game came out in 2009, and there hasn't been any new information about this game; however, I did see a few sources from 2015, and that's good for games that were made in 2009, especially with other similar games coming out. The only thing I would change for this article to make it better is to put a few more pictures from the gameplay. I am a person when I see a game, I want to see how the game looks when I play it, so I know what to expect because developers make great game trailers that look like movies, then the game itself is different, and it makes unrealistic expectations for the game it had one gameplay picture in there, and that was good I would say add a few more. Overall great article. It tells you all you need to know about the game and gives great points on the game itself, and has a lot of good sources.