Talk:Yooka-Laylee/GA1

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Reviewer: AdrianGamer (talk · contribs) 14:39, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

• Infobox should only list at most 3 artists.
• The lead is way too short.
• Per WP:LEADCITE there shouldn't be any source in the lead.
• as a spiritual successor to their game series Banjo-Kazooie and other works - the spiritual successor to Rare's other works? The team never seem to have said that, and the article doesn't mention anything about this.
• Among them, Banjo-Kazooie staff Chris Sutherland, Steve Mayles, Steven Hurst, and Grant Kirkhope reprised their respective roles - I don't think this sentence is necessary, given that you have mentioned that the game was developed by former Rare's key personnel already.
• No gameplay, no reception information in the lead? No mention that it was a crowdfunded title?
• The gameplay of Yooka-Laylee is similar to that of games in the Banjo-Kazooie series. - should clearly mention that the game is a platform game before this.
• Yooka, a male chameleon who is described as "sensible"[4], and Laylee, a female bat who is described as "a little bit crazy" - Yooka and Laylee's personalities has nothing to do with gameplay.
• You mention that they work together to explore the environment, but how? You didn't mention how the two characters cooperate with each other in order to navigate the environment. What are their movesets? This is a platform game but the article rarely mentions how it functions as one.
• The game is intended as a resurrection and modernization of the "collectathon" 3D platforming game genre of the late 1990s and early 2000s, with an emphasis on progression by collecting various different items. - Should be moved to the development section. Not exactly related to gameplay.
• Players can use their Pagies to either unlock new worlds or expand those which have already been unlocked. - the article doesn't mention how exactly these worlds work. Hub worlds? open world?
• The characters' abilities include "sonar blasting", "tongue whipping", "sky soaring" - you mention the name of the ability, but readers most likely won't understand what it is if you only give the name. What exactly did they do?
• Atoms known as Mollycools are used in order help an octopus-like scientist named Dr. Puzz give Yooka and Laylee various transformations that grant them exclusive abilities. - should reorganize this sentence. Right now it is quite messy.
• Also found in the levels are Ghost Writers, collectible characters who provide various challenges like catching or fighting them for more activities - sounds a bit off. Do you mean catching or fighting them as an activity, or after you catch them you unlock new activities?
• There is a "quiz show challenge" featured before the final boss, similar to the Banjo-Kazooie games - shouldn't assume players know Banjo-Kazooie, you should explicitly mention how this works.
• Furthermore, 2D and 3D "mine cart" sequences are also included, similar to those of Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong 64. - not sure how it works.
• The content about multiplayer is very weak. A lot of elaboration is needed. How coop works? What players do in the co-op mode? What are the 8 minigames?
• The sourcing is very weak. Source 5 didn't mention that the game was a resurrection and modernization of the "collectathon". Source 7 mentions nothing about the abilities. Source 6 didn't mention the name Pagies. A lot of content in paragraph 2 is unsourced
• Plot section is incomplete. At least you should give mention the name of the hub worlds and the game's ending.
• The part about Reddit and what happened in 2012 needs a secondary source to prove.
• And the remaining part of the first paragraph of the development section is unsourced as well.
• I'd say that all the Kickstarters stuff belong to the release section.
• The game also features an optional "N64 shader" mode, which imitates the graphical appearance of Nintendo 64 games - belongs to the gameplay section.
• You need to fix all the citation needed tags.
• The development section is very very weak. There were a lot of interviews and previews on how Playtonic actually makes the game. Here are just several examples.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
• The game is published by Team17. - The source that supports this statement mention more on Team17's role.
• The reception section looks great, even though I think that some of the quotes should be paraphrased, and that it can be much much longer.
• This talks about how backers react to the game.
• Per Template:video game reviews, reviewers not mentioned in prose should be removed.
• The play-on-world part in the lead was never mentioned in any part of the article.
• Source 2, 22, 29 are not considered as reliable sources.
• A lot of primary sources are used, which can be replaced by more reliable secondary sources.

GA Criteria per WP:WIAGA
1	Well-written
1a	the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct
1b	it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation
2	Verifiable with no original research
2a	it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline
2b	reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose)
2c	it contains no original research
2d	it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism
3	Broad in its coverage
3a	it addresses the main aspects of the topic
3b	it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style)
4	Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each
5	Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute
6	Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio
6a	media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content
6b	media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions
Cmt	I think that the article has the potential to become a GA, but right now it feels quite incomplete. The plot section is not done, and the development section barely mention how the game was actually developed and designed. However, I think that the most severe issue is with the gameplay section. Majority of the content in that section is unsourced, and it fails to mention the basic gameplay mechanics of the game. I think that the prose for the article is great and the reception section looks very nice, but the lack of content and sourcing issues mean that this cannot be passed within a short period of time. I am sorry. Feel free to renominate it once again after all the issues have been dealt with, and I will be happy to review it again.

— Closing review as AdrianGamer (talk) 13:28, 17 July 2017 (UTC)