Forums > MobyGames > Game descriptions need fixing
Indra was here (20755) on 11/29/2014 8:27 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Fixed by JudgeDeadd.
Indra was here (20755) on 12/13/2014 5:18 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Skyborn. I still haven't fixed this yet. Putting it here so I don't forget.
vileyn0id_8088 (21040) on 4/21/2015 11:31 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Revision is pending... along with Master Miner and Snack Attack II from the same developers.
Indra was here (20755) on 1/26/2015 3:58 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Scania Truck Driving Simulator: The Game. Plagiarism.
piltdown_man (236065) on 9/4/2015 7:23 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
I've got this game as part of the 'Truckin' Collection: T-Shirt Edition' and could give it a go
Edit: Done - awaiting approval
666gonzo666 (67769) on 4/21/2015 1:01 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Rola wrote--]Deadlock: Planetary Conquest [/Q --end Rola wrote--]
Partially fixed (with my awful english grammar).
chirinea (47495) on 1/30/2015 12:16 AM · Permalink · Report
Space Channel 5: Part 2. Plagiarism.
CalaisianMindthief (8172) on 2/1/2015 6:35 AM · Permalink · Report
Well, that thread is newer than our entry by 10 years. It's not unusual for people to plagiarize from us.
chirinea (47495) on 2/1/2015 6:56 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
That could be the case, but that description reads a lot like an ad blurb, that's what made me suspicious about it. Some of the websites that used that description also provide cover art scans, so I thought it was probably from the back of some box (but I couldn't find it, anyway). One thing that seems odd is that the description in those other sites have a "features" section right below the text, which isn't present in our description. Also, bear in mind that they are all the same in the other sites, just here it sports only those 3 paragraphs.
Patrick Bregger (301030) on 2/1/2015 7:12 AM · Permalink · Report
Plagiat or not, the description sucks one way or another. Ad blurby and three paragraphs of story without gameplay.
Indra was here (20755) on 8/4/2018 4:08 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Sent. Awaiting approval.
I could have done better, but the ghosts keep kicking my tropical arse to ectoplasm.
Patrick Bregger (301030) on 2/6/2015 4:33 PM · Permalink · Report
Terok Nor (42008) on 2/6/2015 6:18 PM · Permalink · Report
More of those are in my splits thread, which has unfortunately been locked now.
666gonzo666 (67769) on 5/1/2015 4:16 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Patrick Bregger wrote--]Turok 2: Seeds of Evil [/Q --end Patrick Bregger wrote--]
Fixed.
S Olafsson (59678) on 8/18/2015 4:16 PM · Permalink · Report
Just sent in a kosher description, let's just say I didn't know better ;)
Rola (8483) on 2/25/2015 8:34 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Sub Culture has way too short description for its high MobyRank...
Indra was here (20755) on 2/26/2015 3:47 AM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Rola wrote--]Sub Culture has way too short description for its high MobyRank... [/Q --end Rola wrote--] A submarine merchant game? Why have I not heard of this? -_-
Indra was here (20755) on 3/13/2015 1:42 AM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Cantillon wrote--]You revised the description in 2010 :) [/Q --end Cantillon wrote--]I bear no memory of anything between 1977 and 2015. :p
666gonzo666 (67769) on 5/21/2015 3:24 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Rola wrote--]Seven Kingdoms [/Q --end Rola wrote--] Fixed.
Indra was here (20755) on 3/1/2015 3:45 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
[Q --start JudgeDeadd wrote--]VGA Sharks [/Q --end JudgeDeadd wrote--]Fixed. Though I think I forgot a comma or two. Oh, well.
Rola (8483) on 3/9/2015 9:36 AM · Permalink · Report
Space 1889 could be expanded, having such a unique RPG setting...
Patrick Bregger (301030) on 3/16/2015 5:06 PM · Permalink · Report
click here to win an iPhone9SSSS (2261) on 3/23/2015 7:24 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
This edit only worsened a genre description (and would have never, ever, been approved if, say, the submitter was some of us. [Let's not even think about denying that there are different rules depending on who is the submitter, at least to game descriptions]), something way more important than a game description. Previous text should be restored, straight, all the modifications lessened it. If anybody with the possibility to have such a thing approved (not me at all, hence) wants to fix it...
Havoc Crow (29859) on 3/25/2015 10:01 PM · Permalink · Report
I didn't even know you could edit genre descriptions though, you learn something new every day!
Indra was here (20755) on 3/26/2015 5:58 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start JudgeDeadd wrote--]I didn't even know you could edit genre descriptions though, you learn something new every day! [/Q --end JudgeDeadd wrote--] It takes all the discipline I have not to re-edit the adventure and RPG genre descriptions to: Gamers have no idea what they're talking about. :p
Adventure games: no adventuring going on.
Role-playing games: which game doesn't have role-playing?
Nevermind. :D
Rola (8483) on 3/27/2015 2:01 PM · Permalink · Report
You'd be surprised that even on a forum dedicated to adventure games most people are still clueless as to what an adventure game is ;)
Oh well... related news: the recent (lousy written) video gaming poll in Poland claims that more women than men play simulators! I'll bet that's all because girls loved Tom Cruise in "Top Gun" :P ;)
Indra was here (20755) on 3/27/2015 2:25 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Rola wrote--]Oh well... related news: the recent (lousy written) video gaming poll in Poland claims that more women than men play simulators! I'll bet that's all because girls loved Tom Cruise in "Top Gun" :P ;) [/Q --end Rola wrote--] I refuse to accept dress-me-up barbie variant games as simulators. :p Bite me, Facebook.
Rola (8483) on 3/27/2015 9:35 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
LOL, actually I believe they simply threw in "girlie" games like The Sims or Farmville as simulations. Dress-me-ups aren't even games.
I've been on a dedicated flight simulator forum for over 10 years. I can count women-flyers there on one hand. And I'll bet submarine or tank simulators draw in even smaller percentage of women.
When one of them said she also played TIE Fighter when she was a teen, I nearly wept silently... I thought I'd sooner find four-leaf clover...
OH DAMN WE DERAILED ANOTHER THREAD!
Indra was here (20755) on 3/28/2015 10:52 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Rola wrote--]When one of them said she also played TIE Fighter when she was a teen, I nearly wept silently... I thought I'd sooner find four-leaf clover... [/Q --end Rola wrote--]I vaguely remember when I was a kid, dismissing a conversation with a girl when she said she liked playing computer games, which in my head translates to those platform-kind of games, hence worthy of dismissal.
Turns out she was into KOEI strategy games. That's one possible friend lost. Basically, when we do find a four-leaf clover, I stomp on it. :p
Rola (8483) on 3/28/2015 4:13 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Indra is here wrote--]Turns out she was into KOEI strategy games.[/Q --end Indra is here wrote--] Unbelievable. Women don't play wargames.
I recall when I read one Polish TV journalist who said she likes playing Heroes of Might and Magic... oh, and she looks like this...
Where were such girls when I was younger...?
BdR (7207) on 3/25/2015 12:37 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Maybe the Most Wanted page could be updated with an option "Games without proper description".
So it just searches for games with descriptions shorter than a certain length or with only one sentence or something like that.
Indra was here (20755) on 4/19/2015 7:58 PM · Permalink · Report
A sci-fi adventure in which the player attempts to save Earth from a collision with a mechanically controlled asteroid. Space travel and exploration of the deserted mining colony.
Alaka (106097) on 4/25/2015 3:56 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Indra is here wrote--]European Super League.
Plagarism. [/Q --end Indra is here wrote--]
A fitting username added that one. :D
Indra was here (20755) on 4/25/2015 8:21 PM · Permalink · Report
CalaisianMindthief (8172) on 4/26/2015 1:20 PM · Permalink · Report
Indra was here (20755) on 4/27/2015 5:06 AM · Permalink · Report
FatherJack (61785) on 4/28/2015 6:21 PM · Permalink · Report
Indra was here (20755) on 5/11/2015 1:41 AM · Permalink · Report
Unlimited Saga. Reads more like a review/tutorial than a game description.
Rola (8483) on 5/14/2015 11:22 PM · Permalink · Report
MicroProse Entertainment Pack 1 is an old entry, apparently...
Indra was here (20755) on 5/30/2015 5:32 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Took all my energy just to add this stupid game. :p
Indra was here (20755) on 6/2/2015 8:26 AM · Permalink · Report
Majority of it needs to be moved into the trivia section. Though not much left for the main description. Last paragraph definitely needs to be moved to the trivia section.
Indra was here (20755) on 6/5/2015 9:21 PM · Permalink · Report
SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year Edition.
Just needs to mention what the game contents are. Individual descriptions not required.
Indra was here (20755) on 6/10/2015 11:35 PM · Permalink · Report
Kabushi (261204) on 6/15/2015 6:52 PM · Permalink · Report
Rola (8483) on 6/16/2015 8:02 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Perfect General II and perhaps the first one as well.
The Road to Baghdad & Close Combat: Modern Tactics
Don't even ask me how complex Emperor of the Fading Suns is.
Havoc Crow (29859) on 6/18/2015 10:21 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Air Traffic Control Rome barely has a description at all...
Harmony♡ (21848) on 6/19/2015 6:23 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
disregard
Rola (8483) on 6/27/2015 2:45 PM · Permalink · Report
One would've thought that popular games should get decent sized descriptions; no so in the case of Warlords II...
Pseudo_Intellectual (66360) on 6/27/2015 3:03 PM · Permalink · Report
Hey, that description is a pinnacle of minimalist elegance! Every word counts.
chirinea (47495) on 6/27/2015 9:19 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Pseudo_Intellectual wrote--]Hey, that description is a pinnacle of minimalist elegance! Every word counts. [/Q --end Pseudo_Intellectual wrote--]I think the "Still has a devoted following on the internet" part was a waste of space.
Pseudo_Intellectual (66360) on 6/28/2015 4:31 AM · Permalink · Report
There was still room to tighten it up a little, I'll concede, but once you get things down to a certain tight Platonic ideal, you actually need to pad it with a little filler to get it accepted here.
666gonzo666 (67769) on 8/15/2015 8:37 PM · Permalink · Report
Fixed.
Rik Hideto (473489) on 8/16/2015 12:00 AM · Permalink · Report
Thank you very much, Gonzo. But next time instead of "minor edit", please choose "major edit" or "major update". The change you made is clearly not a "minor" one.
Harmony♡ (21848) on 7/19/2015 6:29 AM · Permalink · Report
Pseudo_Intellectual (66360) on 7/19/2015 10:27 PM · Permalink · Report
OK, I wrote that one: what else would you like to see that's not there?
Harmony♡ (21848) on 7/19/2015 11:00 PM · Permalink · Report
It just seems a little bare-bones on describing the plot of the game? Though maybe I was rash in posting it here and it just has a really threadbare plot.
Pseudo_Intellectual (66360) on 7/20/2015 4:46 AM · Permalink · Report
Have you played it? Memory suggests the plot consists of: "move the ball through the path using the mouse without coming into contact with the walls", horrifically skinned. All the Kloonigames quick monthly prototypes could be summed up in a single sentence.
Lain Crowley (6629) on 2/8/2016 6:27 AM · Permalink · Report
Done
Havoc Crow (29859) on 8/6/2015 4:49 PM · Permalink · Report
Terok Nor (42008) on 8/16/2015 11:25 AM · Permalink · Report
Patrick Bregger (301030) on 9/9/2015 3:56 PM · Permalink · Report
666gonzo666 (67769) on 10/24/2015 9:14 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
[Q --start chirinea wrote--]Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf [/Q --end chirinea wrote--] and....finally fixed. (Waiting for approval)
Rik Hideto (473489) on 9/18/2015 3:59 AM · Permalink · Report
About the other ZX Spectrum entry, it was me who accepted it. Ok, actually it was not me, but I'll take the hit then. Who cares who approved it...
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Taking+the+hit ---- "When one brave man sacrifices himself for the greater good of the team."
feels brave
Flapco (46055) on 9/20/2015 5:34 PM · Permalink · Report
Super Monkey Ball probably deserves better than it is now.
Harmony♡ (21848) on 9/20/2015 6:01 PM · Permalink · Report
All things considered, it's not too bad, but I'll go elaborate on the different game modes a bit more.
Havoc Crow (29859) on 9/25/2015 7:34 AM · Permalink · Report
chirinea (47495) on 9/28/2015 12:50 PM · Permalink · Report
NHL FaceOff 2000. That's not the only sports game needing a rewrite, actually.
Havoc Crow (29859) on 9/30/2015 8:11 AM · Permalink · Report
Ball Attack's description was copy-pasted from the official website, and it's an ad-blurb to boot rather than an objective description.
Cavalary (11445) on 10/28/2015 1:56 PM · Permalink · Report
MX vs. ATV Unleashed. Seems ad blurb.
Harmony♡ (21848) on 12/21/2015 12:24 AM · Permalink · Report
Pulseman needs some serious expanding.
Havoc Crow (29859) on 1/13/2016 10:50 AM · Permalink · Report
Havoc Crow (29859) on 1/14/2016 7:37 AM · Permalink · Report
Road Rash: Jailbreak for the PlayStation
Alaka (106097) on 2/1/2016 6:26 PM · Permalink · Report
Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory
incestuously-popular? lol
A term I'm sure you can use in a search engine and see all the sites that copy our game descriptions.
Havoc Crow (29859) on 2/7/2016 8:41 AM · Permalink · Report
Night Shift's description consists mostly of an ad-blurb quote.
Terok Nor (42008) on 2/17/2016 11:12 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Deep Fighter. Taken from back cover of what seems to be a pirate release.
Victor Vance (18100) on 2/19/2016 10:48 AM · Permalink · Report
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/blackstar-agent-of-justice
Harmony♡ (21848) on 2/19/2016 8:42 PM · Permalink · Report
Dae (7182) on 2/20/2016 1:31 PM · Permalink · Report
Castle of the Winds has a pretty terrible description, same goes for the two physical releases from the same game series.
Patrick Bregger (301030) on 2/27/2016 4:12 PM · Permalink · Report
Alaka (106097) on 4/13/2016 12:50 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - No gameplay details.
Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 - reads like a review abstract.
Havoc Crow (29859) on 4/13/2016 6:39 AM · Permalink · Report
Tank2 (one sentence, no gameplay)
Havoc Crow (29859) on 4/24/2016 4:30 PM · Permalink · Report
Havoc Crow (29859) on 5/5/2016 8:08 PM · Permalink · Report
Pyrotechnica. Nothing about gameplay (and the story could use a rewrite too.)
Havoc Crow (29859) on 5/28/2016 4:53 PM · Permalink · Report
Havoc Crow (29859) on 6/4/2016 4:16 PM · Permalink · Report
Harmony♡ (21848) on 7/19/2016 4:52 AM · Permalink · Report
New Super Mario Bros. 2's current description was plagiarized from an ad blurb.
Havoc Crow (29859) on 7/21/2016 9:31 AM · Permalink · Report
Description stolen from the developer's website
Evolyzer (21842) on 7/21/2016 9:40 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
The company overview of the developer Beachware is c&p too. I have submited a one-line description as replacement. [Approved; Jul 24, 2016]
Evolyzer (21842) on 7/21/2016 10:06 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Lady Luck 750 Plus Slots Jackpot Gold is c&p (source)Texas Hold 'Em Poker sounds like an advertisement, but at least it doen't seem to be c&pTournament Blackjack is not descriptive, but at least not c&pTournament Poker is c&p (source)Vegas Jackpot Gold is c&p (source)Slot City sounds like an advertisement
The reason is simpe: The website of the contributor is http://www.beachware.com
Evolyzer (21842) on 8/25/2016 8:01 PM · Permalink · Report
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty isn't descriptive in any way
S Olafsson (59678) on 9/26/2016 9:23 PM · Permalink · Report
So, how does this comply with the "standards"?
GTramp (81965) on 10/26/2016 5:50 AM · Permalink · Report
http://www.mobygames.com/game/gameboy-advance/sega-smashpack
Evolyzer (21842) on 10/27/2016 5:55 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
The Nations sounds like an advertisement and isn't informative in any way
Harmony♡ (21848) on 11/29/2016 6:27 PM · Permalink · Report
Tetris with Cardcaptor Sakura: Eternal Heart reads like an advertisement and barely describes the gameplay.
Havoc Crow (29859) on 12/15/2016 11:13 AM · Permalink · Report
The Punisher. Reads like an advertisement.
Havoc Crow (29859) on 12/22/2016 7:19 PM · Permalink · Report
The Crack of Doom - Just a copy of the blurb from the box.
Havoc Crow (29859) on 4/10/2023 10:01 AM · Permalink · Report
This is now fixed
Havoc Crow (29859) on 12/25/2016 8:05 AM · Permalink · Report
Sim Farm has a two-sentence description.
Havoc Crow (29859) on 12/25/2016 12:34 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
New description for Bomber submitted, pending.
Cavalary (11445) on 1/7/2017 2:45 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Pirates of the Burning Sea. Ad blurb.
Alaka (106097) on 1/8/2017 6:52 PM · Permalink · Report
Spidedroid. Description appears to be lifted directly from the instruction manual.
Havoc Crow (29859) on 2/7/2017 10:44 AM · Permalink · Report
Warbirds for Lynx
Tracy Poff (2094) on 2/7/2017 6:46 PM · Permalink · Report
I wrote up a replacement.
S Olafsson (59678) on 2/26/2017 4:21 PM · Permalink · Report
Pretty poor description... What can you control, is it a simulation or an action game?
lino1 lino1 on 4/16/2017 2:43 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
spam
GTramp (81965) on 12/12/2017 2:15 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Game Gear version of Ninja Gaiden http://www.mobygames.com/game/game-gear/ninja-gaiden__ has the same description as the NES version, which is wrong.
Havoc Crow (29859) on 3/4/2018 12:07 PM · Permalink · Report
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear. "More of the same" or not, the description should be more elaborate.
Havoc Crow (29859) on 4/5/2018 10:33 AM · Permalink · Report
Uprising: Join or Die. Barely anything about the gameplay.
OmegaPC777 (8238) on 4/8/2018 1:31 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
http://www.mobygames.com/game/macblaster (PS: Better description sent and approved!)
Plok (214112) on 5/16/2018 1:10 PM · Permalink · Report
Gunman Chronicles (2000)
Indra was here (20755) on 8/3/2018 1:15 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Sent. Pending approval. Not much to go on.
chirinea (47495) on 5/29/2018 1:44 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Planet Ring. The description is the ad blurb taken from the back cover.
Havoc Crow (29859) on 6/27/2018 12:35 PM · Permalink · Report
Myth II: Soulblighter. Two sentences long.
Havoc Crow (29859) on 7/7/2018 6:29 PM · Permalink · Report
The Ring: Terror's Realm — Nothing whatsoever about gameplay.
Havoc Crow (29859) on 7/12/2018 3:12 PM · Permalink · Report
Fields of Glory. Two-sentence description.
Rik Hideto (473489) on 7/20/2018 1:42 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Gotta love one of the sources: http://www.mobygames.com/approval/game_comments/gameId,92875/
Indra was here (20755) on 8/3/2018 12:22 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Sent. Pending approval.
Indra was here (20755) on 8/5/2018 1:07 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
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