Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/The Longing

The Longing

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for 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.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 14, 2023 by Jimfbleak - talk to me? 11:20, 13 March 2023 (UTC)



The Longing is a 2020 point-and-click adventure game created by independent developer Studio Seufz. Set in an underground kingdom, the player controls the Shade, a creature tasked with watching over a sleeping king for 400 days. Developer Anselm Pyta conceived of The Longing after hearing the Kyffhäuser legend while visiting the Barbarossa Cave (pictured). Pyta sought to explore emotional themes in a narrative-driven story, and used time as a game mechanism. He acted as the primary developer for most of the game's six-year production, having to rely upon personal intuition to design the pacing due to playtesting difficulties. The Longing was released for Windows, macOS, and Linux on March 5, 2020, and for Nintendo Switch on April 14, 2021. It gained praise for its soundtrack, visuals, and experimental nature, but the slow-paced gameplay divided critics. The game was released during the COVID-19 pandemic, and many commentators compared it to life under quarantine. The Longing won the "Best Debut" award at the 2020 Deutscher Computerspielpreis.
 * Most recent similar article(s): planned: Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, February 22, Final Fantasy X-2, March 13, both seem not date-related, perhaps the March game could be switched?
 * Main editors: The Night Watch
 * Promoted: today
 * Reasons for nomination: April 14, release day in 2020 - user's first FA
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:32, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Support as one of the main editors.  The Night Watch     (talk)   20:41, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:02, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. Shooterwalker (talk) 17:10, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment should we use a picture of the Barbarossa Cave in the blurb? I think TFAs with images get more clicks, and this might be a way to have an interesting pic shown on the front page. There's one in The Longing article and another in Barbarossa's article. Z1720 (talk) 20:44, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
 * , any preference for either picture? I have added the one included in the article.  The Night Watch     (talk)   20:50, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
 * No preference, though we should probably use the one in the article. Z1720 (talk) 02:28, 27 February 2023 (UTC)