Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/God of War II/archive1

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The article was promoted by Ian Rose 10:04, 30 July 2013 (UTC) [1].[reply]

God of War II[edit]

Featured article candidates/God of War II/archive1

Nominator(s): JDC808 ♫ 03:50, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured article because this is a nice article and the next article on my list of God of War games to go through FAC and hopefully be promoted. The article has received significant work over the past year or so and is modeled on a recent FA (God of War). God of War II is considered one of the best, if not the best PlayStation 2 game of all time, and some think it's the best game in this series. --JDC808 ♫ 03:50, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Cirt (addressed)[edit]

Addressed comments moved to talk page. — Cirt (talk) 05:27, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support, thanks very much for such responsiveness to my comments. — Cirt (talk) 05:27, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you :) --JDC808 ♫ 05:29, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support, It looks to be in a pretty good shape. However, I am concerned about the plot's weight. It looks to me that every boss fight is explained although some of them are not very relevant for the story. Still, I haven't played that game in a long time so I'm not sure about it.Tintor2 (talk) 21:16, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and okay, I'll look over it and see if I can trim it some in that regards. --JDC808 ♫ 03:33, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Image check done by Cirt - see talk page. GermanJoe (talk) 07:01, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Hahc21[edit]

I am going to read this between tonight and tomorrow :) — ΛΧΣ²¹ 02:30, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, well. Most of my complaints were fixed in this article when I pointed them out in previous FACs, so I support. Cheers! — ΛΧΣ²¹ 20:34, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Haha, thanks. Whenever there's comments on my current FAC that can also be applied to the other articles I plan to nominate, I apply them there so I won't have that same issue arise. --JDC808 ♫ 21:04, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

As far as I can tell, all the sources are reliable. I spot-checked about 10 sources and didn't find any issues except for one. The statement "the game features four times as many boss fights and improved puzzles than the original" (which is a statistic and requires a citation) is not supported by the IGN review.--FutureTrillionaire (talk) 12:59, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That info and source were there when I began editing the article, so I assumed the info was in the source because it is true (God of War had 3 boss fights, this has 11). I checked the source and he said it has double the amount of bosses. He didn't specifically state "improved puzzles" but he did say some were more difficult, so I put that instead. --JDC808 ♫ 18:11, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

With that fixed, the article's sourcing looks okay. However, I'm too lazy to check whether the article meets the other criteria, so it would be inappropriate for me to vote.--FutureTrillionaire (talk) 19:02, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Darkwarriorblake[edit]

Support - I'm not sure I see the relevance of the see also section, which links to very unrelated sections. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 22:55, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- It was suggested to me to do that in the GA review. --JDC808 ♫ 03:49, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
There is an Easter Egg/Duplicate link in the plot to God of War I, disguised as "Old Foe". As the link just leads to the general article I think it can be misleading. Which Old Foe? Assuming I haven't played the game, and I haven't, I do not know who the old foe is and going to the GOW I article will not help as I assume it features several foes. It might be better to just state the foe.Darkwarriorblake (talk) 22:55, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- "old foe" is referring to the Barbarian King. --JDC808 ♫ 03:49, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Duplicate link to Chains of Olympus in "Release" and God of War III Ultimate Edition in "Soundtrack".Darkwarriorblake (talk) 22:55, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Got God of War III one. I think Chains of Olympus is showing a duplicate because in the 3rd paragraph of Plot, in this sentence, "He eventually encounters the imprisoned Titan Atlas, who initially resents Kratos for his current predicament." - current predicament is linked to Chains of Olympus. --JDC808 ♫ 03:49, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe I am thinking of the wrong one but was there no critical reaction to the sex/nudity in the game at the time? The critical section doesn't seem to mention it. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 22:55, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't remember the reviews covering it. The reviewers could have missed it because it was kinda hidden in this game. I'll read over the reviews again. --JDC808 ♫ 03:49, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - Maybe it was the first game and maybe I'm misremembering it, I know it was brought up in relation to Hot Coffee I think because it featured actual on-screen stuff. Doesn't matter then, I must be confused. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 22:42, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This candidate has been promoted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FAC/ar, and leave the {{featured article candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Ian Rose (talk) 05:19, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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