Talk:Quantic Dream/GA1

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Reviewer: TheJoebro64 (talk · contribs) 12:14, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

Will get to this soon. JOEBRO64 12:14, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

Infobox/lead

• Quantic Dream SA is a French video game developer based in Paris. Founded in June 1997, the company has developed ...—WP:ELEVAR; using a synonym here is unnecessary because it won't be repetitive. You can just repeat "Quantic Dream" here
• I feel like the lead could use a bit more information, like why Quantic Dream was founded and a bit more insight into their history. I think Sega Technical Institute, which is similar in size to this article, is a good example of how a developer's lead should look, but it's up to you.

• Given the size of the article, I think the lead should be as succinct a representation as possible. Cognissonance (talk) 21:47, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

History

• musician David Bowie contributed two characters and ten original songs—does this mean that David Bowie created two characters for the game? It seems a bit unclear
• introducing elements that would endure in later games—I'd change to "introducing elements that would endure in their later games", because to me this can read like it affected the entire industry
• The same year, Quantic Dream revealed The Casting, a technology demonstration of what could be accomplished on PlayStation 3, which preceded the partnership with Sony Computer Entertainment to bring Heavy Rain into existence, marking "something more personal" for Cage. This sentence is a bit of a mouthful and a run-on; I'd split it into two sentences. I'm thinking something across the lines of "...on PlayStation 3. This preceded a partnership..."
• The GameRankings score for Heavy Rain doesn't seem to differ from or add value atop the Metacritic score, so I don't think you need it.
• technology was previously utilised—if my understanding is correct, "utilize", "utility", etc. should almost never be used if a simpler verb (in this case, it'd be "used") can be put in its place.

Controversy

• Do sexist and racist really need to be in quotations? They're both pretty common. I looked at a few articles about people like Donald Trump and they typically don't quote words like those
• That July, the company lost one court case—I'd change "the company" to "Quantic Dream", as it's clearer

Philosophy

• No comments here, pretty well written and well sourced.

Games developed

• Ditto.

Notes

• The "as" in "was retitled as" in notes b and c are unnecessary

Referencing

• References 1, 3, 15, and 25 don't have archive URLs.

• Ref. 1 wouldn't allow itself to be archived. I usually don't archive YouTube sources as it's not the video that gets archived. Cognissonance (talk) 21:47, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Misc.

• No other issues, both the images are free.
• Copyvio detector didn't pick up anything.

@Cognissonance: sorry I've taken so long on this, was trying to focus on Tomb Raider: Legend's review. Will get to this by the end of tomorrow. JOEBRO64 16:04, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

@Cognissonance: nice work. JOEBRO64 17:15, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, TheJoebro64. Cognissonance (talk) 21:47, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

@Cognissonance, no problem. This is good to go JOEBRO64 21:51, 17 August 2018 (UTC)