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Reviewer: TheJoebro64 (talk · contribs) 12:11, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take this one up. (I'm also interested because I'm currently writing something about a struggle within.) JOEBRO64 12:11, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@TarkusAB: sorry I took a bit long on this, I was out of town yesterday. I'll finish the review tonight. JOEBRO64 11:34, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Lead
  • "...is a survival horror point-and-click adventure game" strikes me as a bit of a mouthful for the first sentence, and that sea of blue is a bit of an eyesore in my opinion. I'd just pick one genre or the other.
    • Done
  • "...is considered a spin-off in its home country of Japan where it was not a numbered release." Just a clarification question: considered by whom? The developers? Fans?
    • I removed this. Only one source calls it a spinoff, not enough to label it as such imo. But to answer your question, a journalist said it's "considered a spinoff in Japan". So I suppose, by the country as a whole.
  • Also, just a nitpick that isn't really that important: "spinoff" is grammatically correct without the hyphen. It's up to you if you want to keep hyphens or not.
    • Done
  • Otherwise, the lead is well-written and summarizes the article well.
Gameplay
  • There's no mention of this being a survival horror game in this section.
    • added
  • Would linking to PlayStation Controller when you mention it be helpful?
    • Done
  • "If playing as Mr. Bates, the player may use obtained weapons against the enemies." What kind of weapons?
    • Pistols and shotguns. added
Plot
  • No comments here.
Development and release
  • Human Entertainment isn't linked.
    • Done
  • "...it was not a numbered title in Japan and is considered a spin-off." See my comment about this statement in the lead section.
    • Done
  • Neither of the release dates are listed here (or sourced in the infobox).
    • Added release date sources.
Reception
  • "Clock Tower II was met with "generally unfavorable" reviews upon release". If my understanding is correct, "upon release" is typically pointless unless there's prerelease reception here as well.
    • Done
  • "...and holds a Metacritic score of 49 out of 100." If the score is already in the review box, then just MC's generalization should suffice (MOS:VG#Reception).
    • Done
  • "Human Entertainment used the DualShock's force feedback capabilities to improve the rumble feature during development." This seems like more of a development factoid than a reception one. I would suggest moving this to dev/release and change it to something like "The game supports the rumble feature of PlayStation controllers; Human Entertainment used..." You don't have to do this; it's just something I noticed.
    • Yep, that was there from when there was no dev section. Moved.

Just a few minor quibbles. @TarkusAB, I know you've wanted to get this to GA for a while now and I think it's just about there. Nice work. JOEBRO64 20:41, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@TheJoebro64: Thanks, concerns addressed. I had it on hold for a while because I wanted more development info. There's a little bit I added from a soundtrack booklet but that's all that's out there. TarkusABtalk 12:24, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
OK, looks good. Passing. JOEBRO64 15:30, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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