Talk:Need for Speed: High Stakes/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Nomader (talk · contribs) 18:38, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Going to review this article this week. Love racing games in all their forms, so excited to dive in. Nomader (talk) 18:38, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

   Some small prose notes that can be fixed, including some misspellings that need to be addressed.

• In the beginning of the gameplay section, I'd change "must drive exotic cars" to "drive exotic cars". The 'must' is unnecessary there and should be cut. Further, is "race" a better word to use here instead of "drive", or would it be too specific in this case?

I agree that 'must' is unnecessary. I also replaced 'drive' with 'race', though I don't really have a preference.

• It says "races races" -- should cut out one of them.

Fixed

• I found the "Pursuits have the ability..." sentence to be a bit confusing. Is that "police pursuits have the ability"?

That's correct. I added the word 'police' to avoid any confusion.

• "Tier" shouldn't be capitalized, not a formal title.

Fixed

• Should be "an online multiplayer mode" instead of "a".

Fixed

• In the development section, "Feaures" should be "Features"

Fixed

• "Occured" should be "Occurred".

Fixed

• "criticised" should be "criticized" in the reception section (although honestly this may be a UK spelling thing, in which case keep it)

Fixed. It is UK spelling, but the game is American, so 'criticized' is correct in this article's context.

• "disadvanatge" should be "disadvantage"

Fixed

• "longetivity" should be "longevity"

Fixed

• I think you can cut down this sentence a bit. Instead of "is in native tongue, which varies depending on where a race takes place", which sounds a bit awkward, I'd say, "remarked that the language of the police chatter is in the native tongue of wherever the race is taking place." I think the original version here makes it sounds like native tongue is the language.

Replaced with "remarked that the language of the police chatter is in the native tongue of the race location", which is a bit simpler.

• I think you could cut out the "where multiple cops can chase players at the same time" in the reception section -- you defined this type of race in detail in the gameplay section.

Removed. I also replaced 'however' with 'but' now that the sentence is shorter.

1. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

   No copyvios detected and extremely detailed sourcing here. Copyvio checker only saw quotes as being flagged, so good to go. Spot check of sources passes muster.

2. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   Fits the standard scope of a video game Wikipedia page well here.

3. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

4. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

5. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

6. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

   Will pass as soon as the generally minor grammatical pieces I listed above are fixed. Great, terrific work here! Nomader (talk) 23:12, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for your review, really appreciated. I think I have addressed all the issues you have raised and also made some minor copy-edits. Please let me know if you find any other issues. Regards --Niwi3 (talk) 12:27, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay on my end -- good to go! I'm passing the article here, really terrific work. Nomader (talk) 06:24, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

No worries and thanks again. --Niwi3 (talk) 09:05, 1 March 2022 (UTC)