Talk:Avalanche Studios Group/Archives/2015

Reassessment

Came here via the reassessment request in the talk page banner; bumping this up to B-class. Ideas for improvement:

• It's a little confusing to name the first history section 2001-2003, which implies to me that the company started in 2001 (when it didn't until 2003)- maybe a better title would be "Prior to founding" or something
• What happened to Blomberg? There's quotes from Sundberg, but Blomberg just vanishes from the article
• The Games section, besides the table, seems to repeat a lot of information from the history section, or at least it's not clear how you're dividing the information up between the two
• The article could use a picture of the founders or the company's offices or something, if at all possible
• There's various grammatical issues that should be cleaned up prior to GAN ('more than a decade ago.".[36]', 'composed of about 75 staffs') - the article as a whole needs a copyedit pass
• I feel like the article's missing... something. Like, it's a good description of the work the company's done, but I don't get a sense of the company's goals/methods/philosophy. Maybe the sources just aren't there, or maybe the only goal is "make games to make money". I don't know.

@PresN: I have added a philosophy section to the article, but I am not sure whether I did it correctly or not. (It is my first time writing a company article) Would you mind checking the philosophy section to see whether I had done it correctly or not? AdrianGamer (talk) 09:47, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

That looks good, it was exactly what I was talking about. Several grammar problems that I tried to briefly fix, though I didn't look too hard- see if you can get someone else to give the article a run-through prior to GAN. --PresN 12:28, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

GA Review

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

Reviewer: PresN (talk · contribs) 15:39, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Starting to review this article. --PresN 15:39, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

• "Formed after the collapse of Rock Solid Games, the studio expanded from six members to 250 staff members and have an office in New York City and a subsidiary called Expansive Worlds." - the studio "has expanded"; "has an office", and the subsidiary is "named" Expansive Worlds, not just called that.
• "Since the company's establishment, it had worked" - "has" worked
• "multiple projects, including the Just Cause franchise, which is a series of open world action-adventure games published by Eidos Interactive and Square Enix, and Mad Max." -> "multiple projects, including the Just Cause series of open world action-adventure games published by Eidos Interactive and Square Enix, and Mad Max."
• "They had also" -> have also
• "The company aimed" -> aims; seriously, I keep having to check to see if the company got shut down or not since you keep using past tense.
• "Sundberg had worked on the publishing aspect of the game industry and FIFA Soccer for Electronic Arts." -> Sundberg had worked in video game publishing as well as FIFA Soccer for Electronic Arts.

"which led Rock Solid to lose all their money and go bankrupt" -> "which led Rock Solid to declare bankruptcy"; those are the *same things and "go bankrupt" is a little casual

• "They eventually decided to restart in 2003, reestablishing Avalanche Studios with six other employees" - Since Avalanche isn't the same thing as Rock Steady, try "They eventually decided to start over in 2003, establishing Avalanche Studios with six other employees"
• "In hindsight, Sundberg stated that their studio" -> "Reflecting on the founding in 2015, Sundberg stated that the studio"
• "The project would eventually become Avalanche's first title, Just Cause, a game designed by Sundberg himself" -> "The project, designed by Sundberg himself, would eventually become Avalanche's first title, Just Cause"
• "to publisher Eidos Interactive, which was later accepted" - you don't need the "later"
• "since it was the first game developed by them" -> "since it was the first game they developed"
• When you first mention theHunter, you need to go into more detail as to what the game is, and why it needs continual support. Also, "technical support" has different connotations than what Avalanche did; try "technical assistance" or "development assistance"
• "Another video game in parallel development during the time was Just Cause 2" - this implies there was already a first game in parallel development with theHunter; try "Also in development during Avalanche's work on theHunter was Just Cause 2"
• "the game was stated to include" -> "the game included"
• "Despite Avalanche's layoffs, the development schedule for Just Cause 2 remained unaffected" - uh, didn't you just say it got delayed 2 years? Maybe "Despite Avalanche's layoffs, development of Just Cause 2 was completed"
• "calling 2015 "the biggest year since the inception of Avalanche Studios more than a decade ago."" -> period outside the quote mark, since you're not quoting a full sentence
• "While all previous Just Cause games were developed" - all? there's only 2, so just "While the previous Just Cause games"
• "The game would be the first title to be published by Square Enix" -> "will" be
• "a standalone expansion of theHunter, titled theHunter: Primal, which features dinosaurs, was released" -> "a standalone expansion of theHunter featuring dinosaurs, titled theHunter: Primal, was released
• "The company also released their first mobile title called Rumble City" - when? what is the game?
• "While the original Just Cause was not particularly well received by critics, only selling 1 million copies as of 2009" - these two halves of the sentence don't connect; sales aren't the same thing as critical praise. And "only" sounds odd for a game that sold a lot, just not as much as JC2.
• link "other iconic Square Enix franchises" to List of Square Enix video game franchises.
• Mad Max is the only game in the games section that you don't link
• "A Linux port was also announced." - sounds a bit better as "A Linux port has been announced."; is there no expected date?
• "Avalanche Studios' other projects include theHunter, a free-to-play hunting video game. theHunter is a commercial success for Avalanche" - "other projects include" implies that you're starting a list, not just one item; also, to avoid starting a sentence with a lowercase letter, try "The game is a commercial success for Avalanche"
• You mention the cancelled games without detail in the history section; since the detail is here maybe at least mention that it was AionGuard and a comic book game there.
• Dates are backwards on ref 71
• That's all! --PresN 16:37, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

@PresN: - Thanks for the helpful review! I believe I have addressed most of the issues you mentioned above. I have added AionGuard to the history section but there really isn't much coverage on the comic book game so I do not put in the history section. Thank you for the review once again. AdrianGamer (talk) 12:41, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Alright, passed! Good job! --PresN 14:30, 6 October 2015 (UTC)