Talk:Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: SNUGGUMS (talk · contribs) 03:32, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Lead

• "Its initial release was" → "It was first released"
  • Done '''tAD''' (talk) 15:15, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
• "instalment" → "installment" (typo)
  • My spellcheck says the opposite. Is this because my computer is British? '''tAD''' (talk) 15:15, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
• The "Characters of Crash Bandicoot" links should be List of Crash Bandicoot series characters
  • Done '''tAD''' (talk) 15:15, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
• It would help to give Crunch's name during his first mention
  • Done (moved things around) '''tAD''' (talk) 15:15, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
• "mixed to positive reviews" should simply be "mixed reviews"
  • Done '''tAD''' (talk) 15:15, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
• Sales figures and Xbox/GameCube releases should be included
  • Included a sales figure. The other release dates were in before, but were a repetitive soup which is presented better in the infobox. '''tAD''' (talk) 15:15, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Gameplay

• All characters except for Crash and Cortex should link to "List of Crash Bandicoot series characters"
• Link Doctor Neo Cortex
• "Each level contains a 'Bonus Platform' that leads to a special bonus area, where the player must navigate through a maze and collect everything in sight. Once a bonus area is completed, it cannot be played again unless the level is replayed."..... while the description of the "bonus" stages is spot-on, not every level contains them (i.e. flight levels and Atlasphere levels).
• Replace "instructing Crash or Coco to collect" with "collecting"
• The "O" shouldn't be capitalized for "Game over"
  • All done '''tAD''' (talk) 15:18, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Plot

Characters

• See about note in lead about "Characters in Crash Bandicoot" links
• I'm not sure if "kindly" is a neutral description for Aku Aku, even though he is seen as the "good guy", or "evil" for Uka Uka despite being seen as the "bad guy"
• "A number of" is an exaggeration when listing four recurring villains
• "assistant" or "main assistant" would be better than "right-hand man"
• Something about "particularly" for "particularly Crunch" reads awkwardly
• "bad-tempered" → "temperamental"
• I'm skeptical about the use of "stick-in-the-mud"

• • All done '''tAD''' (talk) 15:22, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Story

• "newly built" isn't really needed
• Rather than "unimpressive evil productivity", I feel it would be better to quote Uka Uka by using "track record for spreading evil"
• "and forces them"..... a more accurate term would actually be orders
• "genetically enhanced superweapon of unbelievable strength" should be in quotation marks
• "Uka Uka then tells the group a tale of a battle between the Ancient Ancestors and the Elementals"..... he doesn't so much tell a story about the Elementals as he does suggest using them
• "do away with"..... eliminate
• See above note in calling Uka Uka "evil"
• "snapping him out of" → "and releases him from"

• • All done

Development

• I'd add release dates here as well as GameCube announcements
  • Done '''tAD''' (talk) 15:28, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Reception

• ’ should be ' per MOS:QUOTEMARKS
  • Done '''tAD''' (talk) 15:40, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
• "Despite the less-than-stellar reviews" can simply be replaced with "Commercially"
  • Done '''tAD''' (talk) 15:40, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
• How many copies did the Xbox and GameCube versions sell?
  • The Almightey Drill, this is my last concern; we're really close! Just add these sales and I'll pass. Snuggums (talk / edits) 16:07, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
    • SNUGGUMS, this is proving much more difficult than I presumed. The closest I can find is this, which is user-created and thus invalid. '''tAD''' (talk) 16:43, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
      • Understood, though everything else looks good. I'm passing now, well done :D! Snuggums (talk / edits) 17:38, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

References

• FN4: "jp.playstation.com" should read "PlayStation.com" and not be italicized
  • Done '''tAD''' (talk) 15:40, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
• FN40: "Weekly Famitsu" should read Famitsu in italics
  • Done '''tAD''' (talk) 15:40, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
• FN's 41–52: Dates should be in Month-Day-Year or Day-Month-Year per MOS:DATE
  • Done '''tAD''' (talk) 15:40, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
• Two dead links
  • Removed '''tAD''' (talk) 15:43, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Overall

• Well-written?

• Prose quality: Decent, but needs improvements
• Manual of Style compliance: Close, but not quite

• Verifiable?

• Reference layout: Several need fixing
• Reliable sources: All references are reliable
• No original research: Dead links make things harder to verify

• Broad in coverage?

• Major aspects: Could use some expansion
• Focused: No excess detail

• Neutral?: Almost

• Stable?: Nothing to worry about

• Illustrated, if possible, by images?

• Appropriate licensing: All good
• Relevance and captioning: Looks fine

• Pass or Fail?: Placing this on hold for seven days. Main concern is prose. Snuggums (talk / edits) 08:33, 24 March 2015 (UTC)