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This thread contains extra information for some of the help fields in the Detailed Report form.
Update: Most of this information has been included in the DR now.

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Genre: Select what you feel is the most appropriate genre from the drop down. You can select multiple types. The full list is available here, along with an example of a game:
Action > 3D Shooter > FPS (first person shooter) eg. Call of Duty
Action > 3D Shooter > Tactical eg. SWAT4
Action > 3D Shooter > Third Person Shooter eg. Just Cause 2
Action > Action-Adventure eg. Assassin's Creed
Action > Arcade eg. Mortal Kombat
Action > Fighting eg. Ninja Blade
Action > Open World eg. Grand Theft Auto
Action > Platformer eg. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Action > Racing (Arcade Style) eg. Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Action > Rhythm eg. Audiosurf
Action > Shmup (Shoot em up) eg. Alien Breed Impact
Action > Sidescroller eg. Aquaria
Action > Stealth eg. Metal Gear Solid 2
Adventure > Action-RPG eg. Fallout 3
Adventure > Adventure (misc) eg. Bee Movie Game
Adventure > Conventional Adventure eg. The Secret of Monkey Island
Adventure > Puzzle Adventure eg. Myst
Adventure > RPG eg. Final Fantasy VII
Adventure > Survival Horror eg. Left 4 Dead
Simulation > City Building eg. SimCity 4
Simulation > Economic eg. Farmer Simulator
Simulation > God Game eg. The Sims
Simulation > Sim (Misc) eg.
Simulation > Sports Sim eg. FIFA08
Simulation > Theme Park eg. Rollercoaster Tycoon
Simulation > Transportation eg. Railroad Tycoon 3
Simulation > Vehicle Simulation > Combat Flight eg. IL-2 Sturmovik
Simulation > Vehicle Simulation > Flight eg. Microsoft Flight Simulator
Simulation > Vehicle Simulation > Motorcycle eg. MotoGP 2
Simulation > Vehicle Simulation > Naval Combat eg. Silent Hunter V
Simulation > Vehicle Simulation > Off-Road eg. Colin McRae Dirt 2
Simulation > Vehicle Simulation > Racing Sim-style eg. GT Legends
Simulation > Vehicle Simulation > Railroad eg. Railworks
Simulation > Vehicle Simulation > Ship eg. Ship Simulator 2008
Simulation > Vehicle Simulation > Space Combat eg. X3: Terran Conflict
Simulation > Vehicle Simulation > Tank eg. World of Tanks
Strategy > 4X eg. Civilization
Strategy > Puzzle eg. Lemmings
Strategy > Real-Time Tactical eg. Medieval: Total War
Strategy > RTS (Real Time Strategy) eg. Command and Conquer
Strategy > Tower Defense eg. Defense Grid
Strategy > Turn-Based Strategy eg. Worms 4
Strategy > Turn-Based Tactical eg. Domination


If you have any generic questions about the DR form or what to enter, please post them here. If you have questions about a specific game DR, please post in the thread for that DR.

Peace.

Love the new way of doing DRs, well new to me. Soooo much easier and clearer

The new way of making DR's is simply great now, its easy, robust, automatic and clear, all thanks to AussieTimmeh spending a large amount of time formatting the input form and creating rule-sets for us to handle grading automaticly which gives us a reduced turn around time in getting games graded.

Is there anyway to include an image someone else has loaded into the DR? I haven't got multi mon and others have uploaded images for me, I wish to add them to the DR but can only upload not just point to an image link.

Not really, however when I add a url to an image, my browser, firefox and crome, have both worked, I think they download the image to temp internet folder than they automaticly upload them.

Delphium wrote:Not really, however when I add a url to an image, my browser, firefox and crome, have both worked, I think they download the image to temp internet folder than they automaticly upload them.

I'm doing the exact same for BoxArts every time ^^ Right click "Copy picture url" and then upload image, enter the url in the windows explorer header and go.

Yeah not a huge problem so I'll just do that

Not really the DR form but more the MasterGameList.

IMHO the "Release Year" is missing! That should be displayed in the list as well!

If you take a look: http://clipboard.com/clip/LQSZocYZN7ctP ... qDHruMOf5e
(P.S yes i was to lazy to use Screenshot, crop and upload it! hence, clipboard!)

It would be usefull to have the Year shown, maybe even instead of the Setting! Genre alone should tell enough.


Good idea? Bad idea ?

Haldi wrote:Not really the DR form but more the MasterGameList.

IMHO the "Release Year" is missing! That should be displayed in the list as well!

If you take a look: http://clipboard.com/clip/LQSZocYZN7ctP ... qDHruMOf5e
(P.S yes i was to lazy to use Screenshot, crop and upload it! hence, clipboard!)

It would be usefull to have the Year shown, maybe even instead of the Setting! Genre alone should tell enough.


Good idea? Bad idea ?

So drop the setting, and insert the year at the end?
Extremely easy to implement if this is what users would like to see?

drop the setting and add the year after the title ?

Any reason why access is denied to the Detailed Widescreen Report form for me??

rene13cross wrote:Any reason why access is denied to the Detailed Widescreen Report form for me??

Slight permissions issue. You're all set now.

skipclarke wrote:

rene13cross wrote:Any reason why access is denied to the Detailed Widescreen Report form for me??

Slight permissions issue. You're all set now.

Thanks, appreciate it. By the way, do ye generally rate games that are still in alpha? My friend bought the Arma III Alpha and let me play it on my system. I took screenshots for several aspect ratios while playing but not sure whether ye officially rate games that are still in Alpha stage.

rene13cross wrote:

skipclarke wrote:

rene13cross wrote:Any reason why access is denied to the Detailed Widescreen Report form for me??

Slight permissions issue. You're all set now.

Thanks, appreciate it. By the way, do ye generally rate games that are still in alpha? My friend bought the Arma III Alpha and let me play it on my system. I took screenshots for several aspect ratios while playing but not sure whether ye officially rate games that are still in Alpha stage.

Yes. There is a field to mark that the game is "In Development" and you can list the version as Alpha or Beta as appropriate.

rene13cross wrote:Any reason why access is denied to the Detailed Widescreen Report form for me??

Same here, I can't add a new game. Can it be fixed please ?

glocK_94 wrote:

rene13cross wrote:Any reason why access is denied to the Detailed Widescreen Report form for me??

Same here, I can't add a new game. Can it be fixed please ?

Should be all good.

skipclarke wrote:

glocK_94 wrote:

rene13cross wrote:Any reason why access is denied to the Detailed Widescreen Report form for me??

Same here, I can't add a new game. Can it be fixed please ?

Should be all good.

Thanks a lot !

Have all the discussions from detailed reports been removed? I can't find them anywhere.

Holocaust wrote:Have all the discussions from detailed reports been removed? I can't find them anywhere.

Not at all, they are all located here.. http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=61
and also when viewing the DR each has a link back to the forum thread for discussion.

This thread is ear-marked for a full review since the changes to the DR form, for info. On my list.