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The list was not promoted 18:54, 21 May 2008.

List of songs in Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s[edit]

Self-nomination - Following from similar FLC's for List of songs in Guitar Hero and List of songs in Guitar Hero II, this list follows many of the same formatting that bore out from those respective FLCs. It's also a much shorter list this time around w/ no bonus songs or additional content. --MASEM 14:16, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

  • Do not link the bold lead, per WP:LS#Bold title
  • "Rocks the 80s was sold only as a game, and did not include a bundle version with a guitar controller" better as "Rocks the 80s was sold only as a game, rather than as a bundle version which includes a guitar controller"
  • Is there a reference for gameplay?
  • "namely" seems unnecessary
  • "Songs are presented in tiers in the Career mode as listed below" but then they aren't. They're alphabetised.
    • This is a problem I see with all the Guitar Hero song lists.. Players will want to see what songs are available for them to unlock by each tier, not by alphabet. I think the default order for them all should be by tier. I'm not sure a lot of visitors will know that the lists are sortable, perhaps.
      • Well, based on the other two GH lists, we can either approach them from the gamer's POV, or from those that may be just interested in the songs. The sugggestion from the previous FLCs was that the alpha-list was more reasonable for this approach. Also, note that "the tiers ...as listed below" is true, it's just not sorted on these tiers. I don't exactly see the specific problem here. --MASEM 02:57, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • "5-star scale", "3—4". Numbers under ten should be written, not given as figures
  • "Most songs in Rocks the 80s are cover versions of the original title, though there are some master recordings" Can this be referenced?
  • All the notes are citeable, and so should be
  • The image caption: "Judas Priest is one of the few bands able to offer master recordings for Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s." The band was able to, or the record company was able to? If it's the record company that was able to offer, I'm sure they would have been able to offer more, but perhaps the price was deemed too high by the game makers? Basically, check the wording on this one

That's all I have -- ṃ•α•Ł•ṭ•ʰ•Ə•Щ• @ 03:37, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    • I will add refs shortly for the other points. --MASEM 02:57, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Refs have been added for above points.

Comments only a few issues I see: the list should be in it's own section. An external links section would be good. The width of the columns seem inconcsistent with the other GH song lists. Also the link in the bolded title. Also, I'm not sure what the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs have to do with the topic. Drewcifer (talk) 00:32, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • The 2nd/3rd para (now moved) were asked for in the previous lists, as to provide context for those that may not play the game to understand the general concept, it would seem to be necessary to continue here. The year column was off but otherwise is the same as the other two lists. --MASEM 02:57, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Made a few minor tweaks, list appears to meet all the criteria, and all concerns appear to be addressed. -RunningOnBrains 13:58, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Perhaps you should explain what a master recording is (I'm assuming it means the original version of the song?) and why there are so few of them (I'm assuming it's because using that version is more expensive?) -- Scorpion0422 22:40, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • I can wikilink to what master and cover means (with respect to the game) (and which I have done), but as to why there's so few, there's no answer supported by sources without engaging OR; it could be cost of the master vs licensing the song for a cover (citable for the first GH game, but not here), or it could be that attempting to use master recordings that are not split into per-instrument tracks make it harder to prepare the song for the game. --MASEM 22:57, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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