Wikipedia:Peer review/Guilty Gear/archive1

Guilty Gear
I started this article a year and a half ago, and I'm quite impressed by how much it's grown and improved. However, I would like to see an outsider's impression of the article and their suggestions. --Paul Soth 08:33, 23 November 2005 (UTC)


 * My immediate impression was that it reminded me of the proposal to add Wikipedia is not a video game strategy guide to the What Wikipedia is not policy. It's not made it to the official policy yet, but the Game mechanics section seems instructive and overly long.  Perhaps a summary of the mechanics and then a wikibooks entry for the specifics instead. --Easter Monkey 16:57, 23 November 2005 (UTC)


 * The article is mainly lists, lists...and more lists. Honestly, try summarizing them and turning them into prose. Many of the lists are omittable (particularly the game mechanics) and unneeded in an encyclopedia article. An article should give an overview of what the game is about, not a detailed description of how to play it, what buttons to press etc. Also, no references! LordViD 17:04, 23 November 2005 (UTC)


 * The references is my favourite part of the article! It's the kind of thing Wikipedia makes interesting. I agree that the article does go into a lot of depth about individual methods. Originally a lot of it was so detailed that it looked to be copied right out of GameFAQs - far too much game-strategy detail, so I made it more concise. I have made it as informative as possible without being too verbose, but I'm not precisely sure how much of a place individual games have at Wikipedia so I don't know if as it stands is too much or too little. --Jonathan Drain 17:33, 29 November 2005 (UTC)


 * The game mechanics is far too detailed for an encyclopedia article. My suggestion is to keep the article down to the key fatures of the game, what distinguishes it from others, what influence it has had on game design and other notable facts.  Could you perhaps start a Wikibook for the additional material? Oberiko 20:05, 1 December 2005 (UTC)