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The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay edit

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I've listed this article for peer review because I want to see if there is anything that needs improvement before I take it back up for WP:FAC. I just want to at least make sure the article meets the criteria for comprehension well researched. GamerPro64 00:59, 25 November 2012 (UTC)   Doing... Thanks for the reminder. I'll try to have thoughts up by tonight (going to reread the old FAC to brush up.) Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk) 15:56, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Some initial comments by David Fuchs

Still need to do a full run-through, but here's some stuff to chomp on while I take my painfully slow time.

  • Unlike many first-person shooters, the game contains no head-up display -- doesn't quite square with the following part of the sentence. It doesn't have a *persistent* HUD, but information is still relayed that way, no?
  • In looking for areas that non-game players might be a bit confused, do the reviews or game manual explain "combos" any more? Something like "combination attacks" might work better here, although I feel like we're missing the upshot--combo attacks are more powerful? Why would the player use them?
  • The opening cinematic shows Riddick in hiding, having grown out his hair and beard, before the opening scene of the movie. -- before the opening scene of what movie? The cinematic?
  • Afterwards, he accuses Pope Joe of tampering with his eyes; Joe says that he merely treated Riddick's injured arm. Riddick then continues his escape, while using the eyeshine to his advantage. Well obviously someone messed with Riddick's eyes--do you mean that Riddick thinks Pope did something else to his eyes?

--Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk) 15:18, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments so far. I'm probably gonna have to play the game again to answer these questions. GamerPro64 16:19, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Is there a reason the GamesRadar quote is pulled? Seems like undue weight to give it its own little box for their quote.
  • Overall the reception section is I'd say 85% there, it's got the right content but needs a bit more tweaking. For lines like While the game's stealth mechanics were praised,[15][63] certain critics received its first-person shooter elements with less enthusiasm., you really should attribute to specific reviewers; "X and Y praised the game's stealth mechanics, though Z and B received its FPS elements..." etc.
  • I don't really have much else to comment on; seems broad enough in coverage for FA, although I'm wondering if there's anything more in-depth you can pull out of the development section; if there was a way to structure it in more of a narrative style I think it could be more engaging. It prolly needs more tweaks to the prose but seems fairly close. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk) 17:00, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]