Talk:Tactics Ogre/GA1

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Reviewer: Alexandra IDV (talk · contribs) 19:25, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

I'll take this one!--Alexandra^IDV 19:25, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Infobox

• Azeyagi is only mentioned in the infobox, without a source
  • Removed
• Optional (but good for accessibility): the cover image lacks alt text
• The footnote Super Famicom only. is not a complete sentence (which is fine), and should therefore not have a period at the end
  • Done.

Lead

• Production of Tactics Ogre, which lasted two and a half years, - it's understood from context which game's production is discussed, so it's not necessary to mention. Would go for "Production lasted two and a half years, and"
  • I've done some tidying and condensing.
• The gameplay [...] used a chess-inspired combat system - it uses, because the game still exists.
  • Done.
• The visuals were created by art director Hiroshi Minagawa and character designer Akihiko Yoshida. - it's one thing to say that Minagawa and Yoshida were art director and character designer, respectively, but "the visuals were created by [the art team leads]" is obvious and unnecessary.
  • Rewritten.

Gameplay

• The player controls Denim and his expanding army - it is already mentioned that Denim is the player character in the previous sentence.
• the player is asked the input Denim's name, birthday, and answer a series of questions determining their alignment and statistics. - "is asked to". I also think things should be reworded here as the text as written says the player is asked to type the name "Denim", rather than given the option to rename the protagonist.
• Prior to battle "battles"
• where players controls both sides "control"
• This mode also allowed for local two-person multiplayer in the Super Famicom release. - "also" can be struck, and I wonder if "local" really is necessary, too. Was online multiplayer even a thing on the SFC?
• The player team has a maximum of ten on the field, - a maximum of ten "characters" or "units" I presume?
• how many and what type of action is taken - given you write "how many", "type of action" also needs to be in plural.
• a tarot card item - unclear what the word "item" adds here
• A stage is concluded when the victory condition is met, - unless you go into specifics with an example or two, this feels too obvious to be said.
• performing a spell if they are capable of magic once their magic has changed enough during battle - Is this meant to say "charged"?
• A key element to progress is its branching story paths, - the last thing discussed was not the game or the plot, so "its" can't be used to refer back to that
  • Addressed all the grammar and spelling points above, plus some rewriting.

Synopsis

• and currently ruled by - "currently" can be removed. "It is currently ruled by..." and "It is ruled by..." both indicate it is happening in the present.
  • Done.
• its regent Bishop Branta Mown - is Branta Mown's title "Regent Bishop"? If so, "regent" should be capitalized. If not, "regent" is superfluous because we are already saying that this character is ruling the faction.
  • It's not, and I added a comma to clear it up.
• the young Demin Powell - His name is misspelled. I also don't know whether to interpret this as him being a teenager, in his twenties, or what. Would recommend changing to "young man", "teenager", or whatever word is the most appropriate.
  • I just cut this.
• Vice will disagree and oppose him - should be in present tense
  • Done.
• Kachua is in fact Dolgare's illegitimate daughter - "in fact" is unnecessary
  • Done.
• she will commit suicide should also be in present tense. Also wow, this game sure gets dark at points.
  • Done. And yes, most modern stuff outside the Witcher is tame compared to this.
• What is a chaos gate?
  • I just cut the references to it.
• either Kachua will be crowned queen [...], or Denim will be crowned king - should be in present tense
  • Done.
• or executed by Bacrum-Valeria to protect Branta Mown - "or getting executed"
  • Done.

Development

• The staff was fifteen or sixteen people. is a very short sentence that kinda halts the flow of the reading experience. I would combine it with the "Production, including later delays, lasted two and a half years." sentence.
  • Done.
• While Ogre Battle was a broad tale - should be in present tense, the game still exists.
  • Done.

Release

• The reason for the delay was due to Matsuno wanting further polish in the character animations. - I don't think you need both "The reason for" and "due to".
  • Done.
• "Gamers" rather than "players" comes across as too casual for an encyclopedia, to me.
  • Done.
• You have two paragraphs in a row starting with "It was ported to"
  • Sorted.
• I would link Patch (computing), since the meaning of this is not necessarily obvious to the average reader.
  • Done.

Reception

• The original game has sold over 500,000 copies in Japan. - I assume you mean the original SFC version of the game.
• Bryan Boulette of RPGamer gave unanious praise to the narrative, - can a single person be "unanimous" about something? This does not seem right.
• sentuments should be "sentiments"
• In March 2006, the Japanese Famitsu magazine - Famitsu has already been introduced as a Japanese magazine
• IGN is a creative work and should be written in italics
• Specify that the Heisei era is 1989-2019, this isn't obvious to non-Japanese readers
• USgamer is spelled with a lowercase "g"
  • Fixed all that, and several other spelling mistakes I'd completely failed to miss. Picture of young man cradling his face and groaning.

Legacy

• Tactics proved a success, - both Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre include this word in their titles, so this does not seem like an ideal way to shorten the title here.
  • Specified it's FF tactics.
• a leader scenario writer - "a lead scenario writer"
  • Done.
• it received expanded narrative - "an expanded narrative"
  • Done.

Images

• There are freely usable images of Hiroshi Minagawa Hitoshi Sakimoto in their respective articles that you could use to illustrate the development section, which currently is a quite long stretch of text without any images to break things up
  • Added. They were being used in the article for its remake.

References

• Ref formatting is not part of GAN, but I will still mention it: company names that are not also the name of a creative work or publication should not be italicized. This includes the references to Riverhillsoft, Quest Corporation, Nintendo, Sega, PlayStation, Artdink, Atlus, Square
  • Regarding the instruction manual: Atlus USA is not an author or editor, they are a publisher.
  • "Shumplations" should be written "Shmuplations". Additionally, they are not the original place these were published - use the via parameter for "Shmuplations", and add Dengeki SFC and Famitsu, respectively, as the website
  • DenFamicoGamer.jp should be DenFamiNicoGamer.jp
  • The YouTube refs should use "via=YouTube", because YouTube is not the publisher here, just the host and video player.
    • Same with Twitter.

Apologies for leaving you such a long list, but most of these are rather minor grammar/spelling mistakes, so hopefully it won't take too much effort or time. I will put this on hold - ping me when you have addressed the above, or if you have any questions!--Alexandra^IDV 20:12, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

@Alexandra IDV: Did my best to sort out everything you mentioned, and some more bits I spotted. --ProtoDrake (talk) 21:08, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

@ProtoDrake: Thank you, and good job on spotting a few further things I had missed! I did a few final tweaks, and: picture of young woman ready to promote article to GA status--Alexandra^IDV 01:14, 23 December 2021 (UTC)