Side N
The Verdict Before the Game
Which sources back which section of this article, and what its evidence base looks like.
Which sources back which section
| Section | Sources behind it | Count |
|---|---|---|
| What happened | The Steam listings and review summaries for the sequel, its demo and the first game; both current-player readings; Metacritic and OpenCritic for the sequel; the combat dev log; the announcement press release; PC Gamer; Gamereactor; WN Hub. | 13 sources |
| Timeline | The Steam announcement feeds for both games; the store data for the first game and the three paid expansions; Metacritic’s review dates for the sequel; OpenCritic’s review list for the first game; the announcement press release. | 8 sources |
| The argument | Metacritic’s page for the sequel and OpenCritic’s review list for it — the two documents whose difference the section is about — together with the demo’s own store page, which is where its stated length comes from. | 3 sources |
| What others add | Metacritic and OpenCritic for the first game, including both critic-review lists; the Steam store data and review summaries for the first game, the sequel and the three expansions; the two Steam announcement feeds; the announcement press release. | 15 sources |
| Conclusion | Metacritic and OpenCritic for the sequel; the demo’s review summary; the store data for both games; the combat dev log; Gamereactor. It introduces no source the sections above have not already used. | 8 sources |
What the evidence base looks like
- 29Sources used on the page
- 29Read in full at their own address, none second-hand except where the page says so
- 18Of them come from one storefront’s own records
- 6Aggregator pages, split evenly between two competing sites
| Function | How many | How they were read |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor record | 16 | Full text — storefront pages and their own machine-readable store and review endpoints |
| Reference | 6 | Full text — two review aggregators, three pages each, scores and review lists alike |
| Origin | 3 | Full text — the developer’s and publisher’s own announcements and press release |
| Reporting | 4 | Full text — four independent publications, three of them relaying a figure they attribute to the publisher |
Reliable
Reliable, but with an interestWorth believing and reliableWeak on both, and used with careHonest, but thin
Worth believing