Talk:The King of Fighters XI/GA1

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Reviewer: Homeostasis07 (talk · contribs) 23:20, 21 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Coming soon... Homeostasis07 (talk/contributions) 23:20, 21 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I hope to avoid disappoint.Tintor2 (talk) 23:24, 21 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see you being disappointed @Tintor2: It's a solid article, and with a bit of finessing it can easily become a GA. ;) Homeostasis07 (talk/contributions) 00:27, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

No problems here.

Gameplay

The game retains the gameplay elements from The King of Fighters 2003 involving fights between six fighters while at the same calling for assists. → Repetition of "game", and I think the sentence could be phrased a bit more clearly. I've never played it, so what are "assists"? I'm assuming it means that one of your other three characters can jump in to "assist" you during battle, so you could say that. I'm not sure, so suggest you re-write yourself, then we can rephrase if needed.

Rephrased

The Power Stocks that existed before are still present, and are filled in the usual fashion. → you should explain how they are filled, instead of using "in the usual fashion".

Done

Link The King of Fighters 2003 at its first appearance (in first paragraph; it's currently linked in the second paragraph).

Done

If none of the teams manages → if neither team manages... or can there be more than 2 teams?

Fixed

The PlayStation 2 port added multiple modes not present in the arcade. → The PlayStation 2 port added multiple modes not present in the arcade version.

Fixed

instead fight in order per decision of the player. → "instead fight in an order decided by the player."

Fixed

Plot

From within the installment of a new King of Fighters tournament, new faces are handed invitations, while old friends return to the competition itself. → I don't know what this means, and it doesn't really make much sense as it is. If this is supposed to mean what I think it means, then maybe something along the lines of "A new King of Fighters tournament is established, in which both established fighters and newcomers participate."

Fixed

Those from the Past are as the hosts of the tournament with a weapon expert named Shion and a dimension manipulator named Magaki serving as the respective sub and final bosses of the game. → Reads as though there's a typo somewhere. Maybe something like this would work better: "Those from the Past" are hosts of the tournament; they consist of a weapons expert named Shion and a dimension manipulator named Magaki, who serve as the respective sub and final bosses of the game.

Fixed

Characters

Nothing to complain about here.

Pausing here for tonight. Will return tomorrow to review subsequent sections. Homeostasis07 (talk/contributions) 00:27, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Development and release

I was a bit confused about the first half of the first paragraph here (several different games mentioned and wasn't sure which statement referred to which title), so figured it was best to re-write myself. Please check my changes and make sure I've not introduced any factual errors.

It's okay. Thanks.

With this new system, SNK commented The King of Fighters XI would stand out thanks to the graphical and gameplay elements introduced in the game such as animation frames by Iori Yagami. → SNK commented that by using the new system, The King of Fighters XI would stand out from its predecessors due to an improvement in both gameplay mechanics and graphic quality, specifically the animation frames created by Iori Yagami.
- Done.
Due to the original Garou: Mark of the Wolves cast not being involved as a result of a lack of closure, SNK decided to use them in The King of Fighters with a bigger role. → I don't understand what "as a result of a lack of closure" means.
- Reworded. Garou is a the lastest game of Fatal Fury series whose narrative lacked closure for almost every character.
The boss character Magaki was designed to "disgust and disturb fans with his movements", giving more characters to the antagonists, "Those from the Past". → The movements of the boss character Magaki – the leader of the group of antagonists "Those from the Past" – were intentionally designed to "disgust and disturb fans".

Done

The staff paid attention to making the stages, such as the Esaka stage, more realistic. → The staff sought to make the levels, such as the Esaka stage, as realistic as possible.
Done
It consists of two CDs, both featuring 37 tracks. → could do with noting that both CDs contain the same 37 tracks, so what about: "It consists of two CDs, each containing different versions of the same 37 tracks."
Done.

Reception

Shouldn't the publications in the review box be alphabetical? They're alphabetical on album articles, so please ignore if it's different on game articles.

Tried rearranging them but rev1 and rev1scores among others can't be arranged with the other journalists apparently.

Cheat Code Central enjoyed the game mode that had three characters fighting against another trio during a single fight, and cited the new mechanics as being an improvement over those of its predecessor The King of Fighters 2003, ...
- Done
Ryan Clements of IGN called it "a very old-school 2D fighter" since the game's style has not changed much since KOF '94. → Ryan Clements of IGN called it "a very old-school 2D fighter", noting that the style of the series had not changed much since The King of Fighters '94.
- Done
Link Sprite (computer graphics)
- Done
although Siliconera enjoyed art employed in other areas which show an increase of quality highly notable. → does not a perfect English sense make. Suggest changing to "although Siliconera enjoyed the art employed in other areas of the game which they said showed a significant increase in graphic quality."
- Done
uVeJuegos.com was more critical, saying that SNK Playmore should have changed the graphics already. → A bit too informal. Change to something like "uVeJuegos.com was more critical, saying that SNK Playmore should have updated the graphics of the series several years earlier."
- Done
Proper use of the game's mechanics, however, would allow the player to defeat him and he felt the game was still enjoyable despite this boss. → He said that proper use of the game's mechanics would allow the player to defeat him and said that the game was still enjoyable despite this boss.
- Done

@Homeostasis07: Thanks for the review and the advices for the prose.Tintor2 (talk) 23:48, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Once these are done, I'll take a quick pass through the article to sort out any tensing issues, and will be happy to promote after then. ;) Homeostasis07 (talk/contributions) 23:36, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about the delay. I tried to finish this review last night, but my internet seemed to go poof while I was in the middle of running Earwig's copyvio tool. I have no idea whether it was just my ISP coincidentally acting up at an inopportune time, or whether there was something more to it. In any case, I'll finish promoting the article before I run the tool again (from the looks of it, I doubt there's any potential copyvio, but will run the tool afterwards just in case). I've sorted out the tense issues in the article, and made a couple of more changes that I missed last night, such as making the track listing in 'Development and release' MOS:CT compliant. I just have one more question about:

Lead

At the same time, a group of fighters seek revenge against the protagonist Ash Crimson for stealing the powers of the clans in charge of sealing the creature. → I don't really know what the last half of this sentence means. Can you rephrase? Thanks. Homeostasis07 (talk/contributions) 00:47, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Removed and added something else.Tintor2 (talk) 01:07, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I'm happy with the changes you've made to the article. Happy to promote now.

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