Talk:Dungeons 3

Dungeons 3 has been listed as one of the Video games good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. Review: July 6, 2018. (Reviewed version).

The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future: http://www.pcgamer.com/everything-is-bigger-in-the-new-dungeons-3-trailer/ https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/02/22/dungeons-3-announced/ http://gematsu.com/2017/02/dungeons-3-announced-ps4-xbox-one-pc https://www.bluesnews.com/s/183133/dungeons-3-closed-beta-with-pre-purchase http://www.eurogamer.de/articles/2017-09-01-dungeons-3-its-good-to-be-bad

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Dungeons 3/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Nomader (talk · contribs) 14:46, 4 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be doing this one, going to be placing initial comments within the next few days. Nomader (talk) 14:46, 4 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Added a few comments, far from being complete at all. Marked with "?" marks for sections that I'm not done reviewing yet. Nomader (talk) 19:35, 4 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar):

   b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

   ?

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   You should add a screenshot of the game to illustrate gameplay here.

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Lead

• In the lead, "Players" is used to start a sentence twice in a row. Y
• "The game features both....." The whole sentence is a bit of a run-on sentence. Open to different ways to write it out. Y
• In the last sentence of the lead, "player" should have 'the' in front of it-- I'd suggest using a different word choice there though as it's used a lot in the lead section. Y

Gameplay

• Real-time should be piped (so it's not capitalized), as it's not a formal adjective.} Y
• I think the order here should be changed-- imagine that the beginning of the Gameplay section should be more of a 'summary' of what the game's about with details about its gameplay further down. As such-- I'd move the "primary task" sentence to the second sentence and I'd move "the game uses an isometric perspective" piece to the end of the paragraph. Y
• Should be a comma after 'snots' Y
• You use "dungeon heart" at the end of one sentence and the beginning of the next-- I'd scrap "dungeon" from the second instance. Y
• In the "toolboxes are used" section, should have a "to" before the word create. Y
• Same with the next sentence (should be a "to" before create) Y

Reception

• What makes 4Players a reliable source? Didn't see it on WP:VG/RS at all. Take it it's a reputable German gaming website?
• The "although the game's humor" sentence uses the word "most critics"-- think you should specify here a little bit better as most is a huge word. Maybe "many" is better? Y

Thanks for your review. I just added this line to separate my response from your comments. I hope you don't mind me adding ticks for comments I have addressed. Also, I made some more changes while I was at it. You are right, I used "player" a lot. Regards SoWhy 20:11, 4 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I saw it was your article and I couldn't help myself! Figured it'd be fun to do round two. I think that's perfectly fine, I'll be adding a ton of comments this evening and will hopefully complete the first pass tonight (had to go celebrate July 4th over here in the States). Nomader (talk) 02:49, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This is really a well-done article, haven't found many grammar issues at all and the sources for the most part all seem solid to me. I think it'd be worth it to add a screenshot for illustration purposes here, but otherwise my comments above are it. Great work, SoWhy. Nomader (talk) 03:03, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Nomader: Thanks for the review so far, I'll get on the 1a stuff asap. As for screenshot, I was trying to create a good screenshot yesterday but unfortunately, the game's graphics make it pretty hard to create a screenshot where you can distinguish anything at the low resolution NFCC demands, rendering them useless for illustration purposes. I'll try again in the evening, maybe I can find some better scenes to screenshot. Regards SoWhy 07:19, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I made most of the changes, mostly by rewriting more than just a word. As for the question about 4Players, see its article. It's owned and run by the same company that also publishes PC Games and other German gaming magazines, so I assume it's reliable. See also Talk:SpellForce 3 which you also reviewed btw Regards SoWhy 07:45, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Added a screenshot, hopefully it fits. Regards SoWhy 19:24, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay here! Been traveling for work. Oops on 4Players! With the screenshot, I'm good with it-- the caption should be fixed as the grammar isn't great there (the first sentence isn't a sentence, so shouldn't have a period-- I'd say something like "Thalya stands in front of a dungeon entrance." I'm good with the second sentence. I'm on the road right now but when I'm back home, I'll be passing this article-- great work addressing all of my concerns and I'm sure you'll address this last one as well! Nomader (talk) 23:09, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Nomader:  Done. Thanks for taking the time to review it Regards SoWhy 07:09, 6 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]