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any one know wat the teams are? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.226.24.105 ( talk) 23:56, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Well, since nearly no information about the game has been released there are no confirmed teams. But I heard it's ambientated in the near future, so my best guess is they'll have original teams. Ravnician ( talk) 05:43, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 04:44, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
I just called gamestop and they said backbreaker was coming out April 7, 2010-- DABANANAMUFFIN ( talk) 22:46, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Considering the demo just came out today and the website states the game will be coming out June 1st, I'm wondering if this can still be classified as vaporware. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.121.138.201 ( talk) 00:59, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
*Please check
Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sources. Some sources used are considered unreliable,
VGChartz being one of the major ones. Please see if you can find
NPD Group sales info.
*The cover's rationale should be changed to
Template:Vgboxart fur See
File:Arkham Asylum.jpg for a good example
*Image captions seem to be explaining the semi-obvious at the moment. Images are a good way to take a quick time to explain something short about the article. Please see
The Beatles: Rock Band for a good example, and
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (captions) for reference.
*There are handful of
disambig links
*There is no mention of the
iPhone OS or
Android OS's reception. Only PS3/360.
*User-based scores should not be cited. Only published,
reliable sources.
*The sections "Singe-player game modes" and "Multi-player game modes" can be shortened to simply Single player and Multiplayer per
WP:VG standardizations
Prose comments
*"a dynamic physics engine that calculates physical interactions (including tackles) on the fly" should be "...physical interactions, including tackles, on the fly". Also consider replacing the phrase "on the fly" with "dynamically".
*"Because Electronic Arts has an exclusive license to produce NFL games in its Madden series, Backbreaker does not use teams from the National Football League in its game." This sentence just feels a bit awkward. Why not start the sentence with "Backbreaker does not use teams from the National Football League" and then mention why.
*Mentioning the game announcement and delays in the second paragraph feels disjointed from the rest of it. Please move that information to the first paragraph.
*"The game features 56 teams built-in" -- might sound better if "built-in" was put before between "56" and "teams".
*"Due to this, the game pushed to advertise that "no two tackles are the same"" -- consider rewording this. It makes it sound like the game itself advertised this, rather than the developer or publisher
*"Games against other users are played in splitscreen format, contrary to the usual single-camera view of other football game series." -- should be moved to the multiplayer section.
*"Originally, the game was to be released on the Microsoft Windows platform, but it has since been cancelled for unknown reasons." -- the reference does not support this statement.
*"published by the American company 505 Games" -- the
505 Games article states that the company is actually Italian, with an American division. I think simply "published by the American division of
505 Games" would do, but only if the Italian site did not do any publishing in Europe. In that case just leave it as "published by
505 Games"
*"The game was developed by Todd Gibbs and Dave Proctor, and was produced by Rob Donald and Matt Sherman." -- makes it seem like these were the only four working on this game.
*"The game was released on June 1, 2010 in North America, while European users had to wait until June 25 to purchase the game." is unnecessary as it is already mentioned in both the lead and infobox.
*"XBOX 360" should be "Xbox 360"
*As mentioned before
VGChartz is considered an
unreliable source per
Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sources. If you can, find sales data via
NPD Group. If not, omit the sales paragraph entirely.
Well, to be honest this might have been better served going to peer review first as there are a lot of small issues. However overall the article is written fairly well. As is customary I'll give one week's time for revision and updates per the notes above before passing or failing.
Reviewer: Teancum ( talk) 23:59, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Everything looks great. It's GA class now, but I'm a bit busy, so I'll promote it tomorrow morning. -- Teancum ( talk) 23:59, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
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any one know wat the teams are? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.226.24.105 ( talk) 23:56, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Well, since nearly no information about the game has been released there are no confirmed teams. But I heard it's ambientated in the near future, so my best guess is they'll have original teams. Ravnician ( talk) 05:43, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
Image:Backbreaker.jpeg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
BetacommandBot ( talk) 04:44, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
I just called gamestop and they said backbreaker was coming out April 7, 2010-- DABANANAMUFFIN ( talk) 22:46, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Considering the demo just came out today and the website states the game will be coming out June 1st, I'm wondering if this can still be classified as vaporware. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.121.138.201 ( talk) 00:59, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
*Please check
Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sources. Some sources used are considered unreliable,
VGChartz being one of the major ones. Please see if you can find
NPD Group sales info.
*The cover's rationale should be changed to
Template:Vgboxart fur See
File:Arkham Asylum.jpg for a good example
*Image captions seem to be explaining the semi-obvious at the moment. Images are a good way to take a quick time to explain something short about the article. Please see
The Beatles: Rock Band for a good example, and
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (captions) for reference.
*There are handful of
disambig links
*There is no mention of the
iPhone OS or
Android OS's reception. Only PS3/360.
*User-based scores should not be cited. Only published,
reliable sources.
*The sections "Singe-player game modes" and "Multi-player game modes" can be shortened to simply Single player and Multiplayer per
WP:VG standardizations
Prose comments
*"a dynamic physics engine that calculates physical interactions (including tackles) on the fly" should be "...physical interactions, including tackles, on the fly". Also consider replacing the phrase "on the fly" with "dynamically".
*"Because Electronic Arts has an exclusive license to produce NFL games in its Madden series, Backbreaker does not use teams from the National Football League in its game." This sentence just feels a bit awkward. Why not start the sentence with "Backbreaker does not use teams from the National Football League" and then mention why.
*Mentioning the game announcement and delays in the second paragraph feels disjointed from the rest of it. Please move that information to the first paragraph.
*"The game features 56 teams built-in" -- might sound better if "built-in" was put before between "56" and "teams".
*"Due to this, the game pushed to advertise that "no two tackles are the same"" -- consider rewording this. It makes it sound like the game itself advertised this, rather than the developer or publisher
*"Games against other users are played in splitscreen format, contrary to the usual single-camera view of other football game series." -- should be moved to the multiplayer section.
*"Originally, the game was to be released on the Microsoft Windows platform, but it has since been cancelled for unknown reasons." -- the reference does not support this statement.
*"published by the American company 505 Games" -- the
505 Games article states that the company is actually Italian, with an American division. I think simply "published by the American division of
505 Games" would do, but only if the Italian site did not do any publishing in Europe. In that case just leave it as "published by
505 Games"
*"The game was developed by Todd Gibbs and Dave Proctor, and was produced by Rob Donald and Matt Sherman." -- makes it seem like these were the only four working on this game.
*"The game was released on June 1, 2010 in North America, while European users had to wait until June 25 to purchase the game." is unnecessary as it is already mentioned in both the lead and infobox.
*"XBOX 360" should be "Xbox 360"
*As mentioned before
VGChartz is considered an
unreliable source per
Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sources. If you can, find sales data via
NPD Group. If not, omit the sales paragraph entirely.
Well, to be honest this might have been better served going to peer review first as there are a lot of small issues. However overall the article is written fairly well. As is customary I'll give one week's time for revision and updates per the notes above before passing or failing.
Reviewer: Teancum ( talk) 23:59, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Everything looks great. It's GA class now, but I'm a bit busy, so I'll promote it tomorrow morning. -- Teancum ( talk) 23:59, 1 August 2010 (UTC)