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Game wikis just aren't as popular anymore? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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Has anyone else noticed that Wikis for most games just aren't as complete anymore?

I'm the one helping to fill in stuff these days when I swear most games had pretty fully Wiki pages within a week of release. Have most of these just moved to actual Gaming article websites? They sure as hell haven't gone to Gamefaqs lol.

I've recently played Diablo 4, Remnant 2, 30XX, Armored Core 6, and just started Have a Nice Death... and I've had to help with additions on nearly every free Wiki... Never used to have to do this...

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[–] LazyBane@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wikia/fandom swallowed up the market but are also just bad at running a wiki network.

Along with all the problems that come with fan wikis. There's like two F-Zero wikia right now because the first one was just overrun by fannon and at one point some random person's OCs and fan theory. And then there's the Xenoblade wikia repeatedly making edits and then locking pages because the owners have something against the newer games being connected to the older ones, even denying thing's like weapons that are called Monados, work like Monados and even use the same arts as Shulk's Monado being "real" monados.