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

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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

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Examples

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

Unnamed parameters

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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

URL
https://www.metacritic.com/game/resident-evil-4/
Usage
* {{Metacritic video game | resident-evil-4 | Resident Evil 4 }}
Output

Named parameters

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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

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Usage
* {{Metacritic video game}}
Output

Tracking categories

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