Talk:Sudeki/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Alexandra IDV (talk · contribs) 10:34, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh right, this game - I remember seeing used copies of it at GameStop and being baffled by the outfit the character on the cover is wearing. I'll be back with a review soon.--Alexandra^IDV 10:34, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Images

Reasonable use of fair-use images: cover art for identification, screenshot for explanation of gameplay, and production art illustrating aspect of development

References

Seems fine - uses RSs, and staff's websites

Infobox

Avent, Simmons, and Lynch are only mentioned in the infobox, without any sourcing
Would recommend taking full advantage of the cover by adding a caption identifying the characters depicted

Lead

Set on the splintered world of Sudeki, now divided into the twin planets Illumina and Akloria - does "now" add anything?
anime aesthetic - would reword as "anime-inspired aesthetic", and link anime

Gameplay

You don't mention HP and SP again after introducing the concepts, making me question if its necessary to bring up the acronyms in the first place
Questioning whether "skill points" really should be capitalized (regardless of whether it is in-game). Same for skill strikes, skills, and cinematic spirit strikes - these are regular words, not proper nouns.
use the blacksmith to purchase and upgrade weapons sounds strange to me, as I'm assuming the blacksmith is a person. I would suggest rewording to say you can revisit the blacksmith to do those things.
talking to certain NPCs lead into side quests - leads into side quests.
Save points are found at different points through the environment. - "at different points" is unnecessary, it's already clear that the save points aren't all located at the same spot. Can be reworded as "...are found throughout the game".

Synopsis

which is currently united under the Bright Empire - does "currently" add anything?
the four are first defeat a siren monster - should presumably read as "the four first defeat..."
allowing Sudeki reunify. - I assume this should be "allowing Sudeki to reunify."

Development

Microsoft manager Peter Connelly said that Japan was failing to deliver RPGs for the Xbox - it's Japanese game companies that weren't developing Xbox RPGs, not the country of Japan
the title was changed due to potential confusion with a similarly-titled series. - do we know what series this was?
The game was originally planned to be called "Suteki" - originally is not the right word here, because as you mention earlier in this section, the game was at first titled Symphony of Light
which can roughly translates from Japanese - "which roughly translates". Also, consider linking suteki to wikt:素敵.
so much opening lore than the opening "that the opening"
producing "literally hundreds" - do we need to quote this? Can't we just write "producing hundreds"?
Tal's original version - "Tal's original design", right?
its current technology-infused version - "current" implies it could change again in the future. Would recommend changing to "its final..."

Release

As part of its promotion, several notable voice actors were brought in to dub the characters - it does feel strange to say they are notable, and then not actually note who they are.
The cover art was designed by manga artist Yamato Yamamoto. - would specify that this is the cover art for the Japanese release only
The GOG version was delisted on 28 May 2020 - do we know why?
Microsoft, owners of the Sudeki IP, - would recommend writing out "intellectual property"

Reception

The entire first paragraph needs to be more specific about the time frames it's talking about - September of what year? Ranked #25 for what period? The 78th best-selling Xbox game in Japan of all time or of the year or what?
customization - rest of article uses customisation etc
Hilary Goldstein of IGN, found it - extraneous comma
I'm not gonna hold up the review for this, but the structure of the final paragraph is pretty repetitive.

I will put this on hold for the usual seven days - ping me when you have addressed the above or if you have any questions!--Alexandra^IDV 14:12, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Alexandra IDV: I've done my best to address all the points above. As to the ones I couldn't address properly, no the other series wasn't specified in any of the sources I could find, and no reason was given for the GOG takedown. --ProtoDrake (talk) 18:20, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll try to find a source that states why was Sudeki delisted from GOG... (Update: No avail unfortunately...) Roberth Martinez (talk) 23:11, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you (and thank you Roberth for checking) - I will promote this now--Alexandra^IDV 12:20, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]