Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Drakengard

Drakengard

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the TFAR nomination of the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add   to the top of the discussion and   at the bottom, then complete a new TFAR nom underneath.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/October 12, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 12:32, 2 October 2014 (UTC)



Drakengard is an action role-playing video game developed by Japan-based studio Cavia and published by Square Enix. It was released for PlayStation 2 in September 2003 in Japan and March and May 2004 for North America and Europe. A version for mobile phones was released in Europe through August 2004. The player controls Caim, a deposed prince, and Angelus, a red dragon who forms a magical pact with Caim to save both their lives. The story follows their involvement in a religious war between the Union and the Empire, and their quest to protect magical seals that keep the world in balance. The game features a mixture of hack-and-slash ground-based missions controlling Caim, aerial combat with Angelus, and role-playing elements. The game was developed riding on the success of Ace Combat and Dynasty Warriors 2. It was the debut project for both producer Takamasa Shiba and writer and director Taro Yoko. The title received a mixed to positive reception, with its dark story and music being praised while the gameplay was criticized for being repetitive. The game went on to spawn a video game series of the same name.
 * Most recent similar article(s): None.
 * Main editors: ProtoDrake
 * Promoted: July 15, 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: The article is my very first FA and reached this position in roughly half a year after being a Start-class article for probably the rest of its existence. I think it would be an interesting addition to the TFA roster, and there has not been a game like this as a TFA for a long while.
 * Support as nominator. ProtoDrake (talk) 20:37, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
 * It may be a bit close to System Shock which is is currently being proposed for the 22nd.--67.68.22.129 (talk) 01:11, 21 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Support for some date in the vicinity; it looks to be in good shape for TFA. However, it is, as 67.68.22.129 points out, close to Drakengard, which is not only another video game but another Western RPG. I'd suggest a few days later, although really WP:VG has so many non-TFA'd FAs that I wouldn't mind us hogging the spotlight a bit. Tezero (talk) 03:53, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * , congratulations on your first FA! Any particular reason for asking for 1st October? I can't see that date in the article. BencherliteTalk 09:25, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * It was just something that felt right. If it's not, but people are still willing to have it in, then I'm perfectly willing to shift it to another later date. In fact, I think I'll do that. --ProtoDrake (talk) 10:57, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. Pretty good sources. --Harizotoh9 (talk) 23:06, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. High quality sourcing. I'm totally fine with it being close to another article of a similar topic. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:48, 18 September 2014 (UTC)