Talk:Pathways Into Darkness

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[edit] Props

Kudos to whoever updated this page with the detailed explainations of the cystals and the monsters. Good work! :-)

[edit] Orange Crystal

The Pathways Into Darkness "Official Hint Book" lists this crystal as being Oranage, not Red, so I'm changing the listing. Magnus 19:58, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CVG Assesment

I'm here from the cvg assessment page. I removed the stub tag from the article, as it's not a stub, but the current rating of start is, however correct. it's certainly long enough for a B class, but it's all lists and trivia. The lists of monsters, items and such need to be removed, as well as the trivia section. The list of Germans/their deaths could stay, but it should be converted to prose rather than a list. The story section needs a lot of expansion- currently it sets up the game, but it needs to summarize what happens in it- consider putting the info on the Germans in this section. Finally, and this is the hardest part, to get rated as a B class article you need references. Please look at the various CVG GA class articles for a good idea of what needs referencing. --PresN 19:44, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

• Hey, thanks for the input on the article and how to make it better. But one thing I'm not really clear on. The game is a first person shooter and there isn't really much of a story behind it other than what's in the manual and what's on the back of the box. Got any pointers for how I can expand the story without just putting up a walk-through? White_Bishop 20:27, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Take a look at these articles which have been rated as good articles and are also FPS games with a limited plot: F.E.A.R. and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter. Then of course there is the featured article Doom which has no real storyline to speak of whatsover. Structuring the article like one of these three should improve the quality. Also see: Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer and video games/Article guidelines. Hope that helps, JACOPLANE • 2007-01-9 13:46

You'd be surprised how much story some games have. The only game that really has none is Tetris. The article has me intrigued and I'm gonna see if I can get the game somewhere. If I can, I'll help expending the article. A small tip: a lot of sections can and should be fused. As for the story, that would be "storyline" and "the dead" (which can be used as a reference to "prove" the storyline). And almost all other sections can be merged with gameplay (either that, or become a subsection for it). Look at what FA video game-articles do: Synopsis, Gameplay, Development and Reception/Sales (and anything about a game that's worth devoting a section to, but that differs per game.) However, those four are the basics. A lot of the stuff here also is more GameFaqs material than Wikipedia material.DreamingLady 15:05, 20 February 2007 (UTC)