Talk:Guitar Hero: Van Halen/GA2

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Reviewer: Subzerosmokerain (talk) 01:41, 7 April 2010 (UTC) First review so I might miss a couple things but here are some technical stuff I found:[reply]

Last sentence of first paragraph of intro: "The game is published by Activision Blizzard." tense changes from the rest of the paragraph.
second paragraph of intro. paragraph, "...former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony and Gary Cherone," there was an attempt at an appositive, you need a comma after the word "members"
In that same sentence, put a colon after "identified" also separate the parts of the listing with semicolons instead of just commas (I might be wrong on that grammar-wise, that's just how I do it).
Personally, I think you need a stronger verb than identified, something along the lines of "criticized" but not as redundant of the verb "criticized".
In the development section, you should put in which month the ratings board leaked GH:Van Halen (in a similar way to the other parts of the listing).
Also, like my comment above, separate the parts of the listing with semicolons.
Ref. the last sentence in the dev. section.
In the quote in the gameplay section, put the period inside the quote.
Numerous quotes in the reception sentence also need the same attention.
Get an accessdate for ref. #15.

Very minor issues but should be attended to. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain (talk) 01:41, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

An additional comment, the development section should be expanded. I'm gonna place it on hold until these issues are addressed. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain (talk) 21:50, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

- Except for what I point out below, I've hit all the points above.
  - While I fixed the comma list in the dev section, I think the comma approach is better in the lead here over the colon/semi-colon, that's just a matter of taste.
  - Periods only going inside quotes if they are part of the quotes, which is not the case for any of the quotes used on this article (see WP:LQ.
  - There is no further information to expand the dev section. This game was basically shunned like a black sheep by Activision and the rest of the gaming press (see the limited extent of the review section) and thus almost all of the dev material is through third-party reiterations of what happened as opposed to material from studio interviewers or even from band members. --MASEM (t) 13:03, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

One more issue, Destructoid is misspelled in one of the references besides that the only outstanding issue is the size of the dev. section. I'd recommend merging the the dev. and the reception sections since they seem to be the smallest in the articles. However, a quick google search show that CVG and GamePro also have reviews you could add to the article. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain (talk) 17:57, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've nitpicked to no end: all references are in line, prose is acceptable, and no sections have undue weight. Contributing editors have addressed all of my issues. If i've missed anything, i'm sure it'll be picked up in this article's FAC. Consider this passed. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain (talk) 23:37, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]