Template:Metacritic video game/doc

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Template:Metacritic video game displays an external link to a web page for a video game at the Metacritic website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

For a film, use {{Metacritic film}}

For a television series or made-for-TV movie, use {{Metacritic television}}

For a music album, use {{Metacritic album}}

Usage

Unnamed parameters: {{Metacritic video game | ID }}; {{Metacritic video game | ID | TITLE }}

Named parameters: {{Metacritic video game | id= ID }}; {{Metacritic video game | id= ID | title= TITLE }}; {{Metacritic video game | id= ID | title= TITLE | qid= WIKIDATA ITEM ID }}

Using Wikidata property Metacritic game ID (P12054): {{Metacritic video game}}; {{Metacritic video game | title= TITLE }}

Using Wikidata property Metacritic game ID (P12054) with qid: {{Metacritic video game | qid= WIKIDATA ITEM ID}}; {{Metacritic video game | title= TITLE | qid= WIKIDATA ITEM ID}}

Instructions

id: the game's Metacritic.com URL after https://www.metacritic.com/game/.
E.g.,

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/psychonauts

redirects to https://www.metacritic.com/game/psychonauts/
→ use psychonauts

https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/fez

redirects to https://www.metacritic.com/game/fez/
→ use fez

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/tokyo-jungle

redirects to https://www.metacritic.com/game/tokyo-jungle/
→ use tokyo-jungle

https://www.metacritic.com/game/baldurs-gate-3/
→ use baldurs-gate-3

It should have hyphens instead of spaces.
title is the game's title (optional, otherwise defaults to the Wikipedia article's title)

Examples

When listing in a bulleted external links section, remember to add an asterisk (*) before the template for the bullet.

Unnamed parameters

URL: https://www.metacritic.com/game/dreamcast/power-stone-2; redirects to https://www.metacritic.com/game/power-stone-2/

Usage: * {{Metacritic video game | dreamcast/power-stone-2 | Power Stone 2 }}; * {{Metacritic video game | power-stone-2 | Power Stone 2 }}

Output

Power Stone 2 at Metacritic
Power Stone 2 at Metacritic

URL: https://www.metacritic.com/game/resident-evil-4/

Usage: * {{Metacritic video game | resident-evil-4 | Resident Evil 4 }}

Output

Resident Evil 4 at Metacritic

Named parameters

URL: https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/portal; redirects to https://www.metacritic.com/game/portal/

Usage: * {{Metacritic video game | id= pc/portal | title= Portal }}; * {{Metacritic video game | id= portal | title= Portal }}; * {{Metacritic video game | title= Portal | qid= Q274897 }}

Output:

No ID in template or Wikidata

Usage: * {{Metacritic video game}}

Output

{{Metacritic video game}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

Tracking categories

The following are also used by {{Metacritic album}}, {{Metacritic film}}, and {{Metacritic television}}: