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1376:! I've addressed all of the above. I tried using the nbsp code for listing down points for the references section but I think I somehow messed it up, so sorry about that. Your comments are very helpful and should save me a lot of time in the future, as sometimes I miss out writing out the publications fully. Ultimate was a very secretive company but luckily from here on out the development info for these 1407: 443: 394: 370: 343: 329: 300: 286: 237: 425: 272: 203: 471: 42: 1403:
Glad you appreciated the review. No worries about the nbsp code; it's a complicated process—I'm sure there's a simpler way, but I haven't found it yet. Thanks for fixing everything so quickly! I've just gone through the article again, and everything looks good to me! I really like your additions to
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This is really well written, but I've listed my concerns above, for your consideration. Mainly some misquotes (or perhaps I'm not looking properly?), and the usual reference stuff. I'll put this on hold for a week or so. It's really interesting reading through all of these articles; I'd have never
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articles are extensive (thanks to the RetroGamer interview) and the reception sections will get broader due to more coverage. It's interesting writing about these, and one day I hope to make Ultimate Play The Game a Good Topic, but one step at a time!
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I think it's definitely Future plc, as they were (still are) the dominant publishers of video game magazines in the UK. The article also allocates it to Future publishing, so I went with that
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article in this section. Page 49 of the PDF talks about how the Thomas brothers met Tim Stamper, and how he was impressed with the game and offered a deal for four
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Oops. This was a mistake on my part as I can't copy and paste stuff from PDF files, so I have to write the whole thing out manually. I have rephrased
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the "Development and release" section, too; I'm glad you appreciated my suggestion. Here's a present to add to your ever-growing collection:
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games, yet none of this is mentioned in the article. It's not a huge problem, but I was wondering if there was a particular reason for this?
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I've been told before to remove personification of websites, but I think it should be OK. Also fixed the gender-neutral part.
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Does the player control Sir Arthur Pendragon? I'm assuming this is the case; if so, perhaps this should be stated.
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known about these games otherwise, so it's always nice to learn new things. Keep up the great work! –
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is actually the first game in the series. I've also added something regarding the sales figure
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Rephrased to "waiting so long", as it's more accurate to the opening sentence in the review
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I was sceptical on including it as it's very similar to the development section I wrote for
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The review score box to the right should clarify what the scores are out of; for example,
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Oops, it was Anderson who said it was "spooky", not Patey. Fixed and rephrased this
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The release date in the infobox should be in chronological order (1984 before 1985).
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In the second paragraph, consider repeating Anderson's position: he wrote for
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Chris Anderson is misquoted again; the article refers to him saying the game
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without founders Tim and Chris Stamper's direct involvement"
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Went with the first option, thanks for pointing this out
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I'm a bit surprised not to see more information from the
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Added, and thanks, I'll be sure to use it for future
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