Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Peer review/Breed (video game)
This article was written more like a review than a wiki entry.
I started adding some more balanced items and took out the unverified opinions.
This entry is interesting in my opinion. Breed was overtaken by the Halo series. In the discussion someone has said "who plays this game", obviously suggesting that it is obsolete, or some such thing. But of course no figures have been provided to prove that no one is playing Breed! Maybe there are thousands of players but they aren't as noisy as halo players ?
Another interesting issue is the humour in the game. I took a random look at some reviews and all of them seem to completely miss the humorous elements in the game (I included a quote from the game in my edit). It would be interesting to update this article with some verified facts about the development of this game for reading game developers. Are there any details available about how the humour was developed ? Were the developers trying to compete with Halo ?
Basically this entry shouldn't be a "Halo is better" kind of thing.
So...
- A general article cleanup. Consult wiki style guides and use high rated video game entries for comparison.
- Development facts. Are there any interviews out there with the developers ?
- More screenshots. It is not obvious from the vanilla first person images that this game has unusual elements not immediately obvious to someone used to just first person shooters.
- Is there a list of "Squad based" games. Does this entry fit into it ?
DJ Barney 15:12, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
- What are you seeking from this peer review? It seems like you already have several important points for improvement. Pagrashtak 22:40, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
- Yes. There are things that need doing. I am new to editing the video game entries and wanted advice about how to proceed. Are you saying it looks OK and I should just go ahead with my points ? DJ Barney 15:53, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
- Please note ... I copied the to do points to the entry talk page. The ones remaining here are left for completeness and may be out of date.
- Yes. There are things that need doing. I am new to editing the video game entries and wanted advice about how to proceed. Are you saying it looks OK and I should just go ahead with my points ? DJ Barney 15:53, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
- I agree with the bulleted points you listed. #1, in particular, is the key to writing a good video game-related article. For ideas on what to do, see featured articles on first-person shooters (Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Half-Life 2). A good first goal to aim for is good article status, which may be attained after certain criteria are met.
- As for bulleted point #2, Development sections are standard for video game articles. If you need source material for such a section, Google is a powerful tool. By simply searching for "breed game interview", I found this, this and this. More specific searches lead to more interviews, previews and other pre-release material. Sections dealing with the game's critical and commercial reception are also standard with video game articles, and Google works just as well here as it does with Development. JimmyBlackwing 02:50, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
- Great! Thanks. Yes, I've been looking at other articles. I have also found the info box template. I'm just waiting for the editing inspiration to hit me so I can put something coherent in there! As to the interviews..Yes, ha! Ha! I found those one's as well. So, it sounds like I have the right idea. I'll put further discussion on the article talk page where it belongs :) DJ Barney 23:00, 24 April 2007 (UTC)