![]() | This is the template sandbox page for Template:Video game reviews (diff). See also the companion subpage for test cases. |
![]() | This template is used on approximately 15,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.
Preview message: Transclusion count updated automatically (see documentation). |
Related pages |
---|
![]() | This template uses Lua: |
{{Video game reviews}}
is a template which presents review aggregator and individual publication review scores in a video game article. It supports a game's reception section, which for released titles is necessary for an article to be broad in its coverage.
Things to remember:
{{Video game reviews}}
is not required. Traditional reviews, or those that provide some type of score, may be few and far between for some games. If you only have a couple of such reviews which could be used to fill the table, consider foregoing the table and instead simply state these in the body of reception text.Aggregators present readers with a quick gauge of the critical consensus.
The following sources comprise the most popular and influential voices in the games industry. They provide a core selection of reviews to build a reception section:
For older games, particularly fifth generation and earlier, web based publications lacked the reach and influence of print publications. Consider these sources:
Single platform publications may offer specialist insight to platform-exclusive games, and allow readers to compare the reception across platforms of multiplatform games. Consider sources such as Nintendo Power, Official Xbox Magazine, PC Gamer, PlayStation Official Magazine – UK, and others.
For niche genres, genre publications may offer specialist insight. Consider sources such as Adventure Gamers, RPGamer, PC Pilot, and others.
Games which have strong cultural ties to their country of origin should have reception from that same country. Japanese games and Japanese ports of American games, for example, are best served with a Famitsu review (See below).
Consider coverage from outside traditional video games media. High quality sources such as The New York Times, Wired, and the BBC do not cater to a "gamer" audience, but may on occasion cover video games. Wikipedia is both a generalist and specialist encyclopedia. Opinions from these sources may be more accessible to a non-gamer audience and place the subject in a greater cultural and societal context than is possible at a narrowly focused video gaming publication.
Consider the aggregate scoring breakdown. The review aggregators used in the table are considered reliable sources and are trusted to provide the critical consensus. However, some games may divide opinion and there may be no true consensus. This division of opinion may already have been captured following the guidelines above, but if not - consider including further reviews expressing these "outlier" opinions.
All of the following fields are optional:
autocollapse
– The table will start out collapsed if there are two or more tables on the same page that use other collapsible tables. Otherwise, the table will be expanded. For technical details, see MediaWiki:Common.js.collapsed
– The table will be collapsed (hidden) by default. This is useful for very long tables.expanded
– The table will be expanded (shown) by default. This is useful if autocollapse is not showing the table in a section that it wouldn't matter.right
– Displays the table on the right. This is default.left
– Displays the table on the left.inherit
– Specifies that the value of the float property should be inherited from the parent element.none
– The table is not aligned, and will be displayed just where it occurs in the text on the page.Aggregator | Code | Example |
---|---|---|
Metacritic | MC |
83/100 |
GameRankings (See note above—only use when Metacritic data is unavailable) |
GR |
84% |
OpenCritic (See note above—only use OpenCritic Top Critic Average if Metacritic data is unavailable) |
OC |
96% recommend |
Use "wikidata
" as the rating for the above fields to pull from aggregator reviews declared on the game's respective Wikidata page. This will automatically build references from Wikidata as well. The default date format is MDY. To change it, specify another format with "|df=<format>
" such as DMY, YMD, etc. See WP:VG/WD for a quick guide on editing Wikidata.
1UP
) A+ to D-4P
)ACE
)AdvGamers
)Allgame
)ASM
)AmAction
)AmComputing
)AmForce
)AmFormat
)AmPower
)AmUI
)AAction
)Amtix
)AVC
)BMD
)CNG
)CGR
)CGM
)CGSP
)CGW
)CP
)CRASH
)CVG
) 9.2 (0 to 10)Destruct
)DT
)Dragon
)EZA
)Edge
) 6/10 (1 to 10)EGM
) 9.5/10 (0 to 10)EPD
)EuroG
) 1 to 10 (1999–2015), no scores (2015–2023), 1 to 5 (2023–present)Fam
) 0 to 40, based on four individual reviewsG4
)GI
)GP
)GD
)GameFan
)Gamekult
)GamePro
)GameRev
) A to D- (1996–2012), 5-star rating (2012–2020), 10-star rating (2020–2022), 0 to 10 rating (2022–present); always use the rating system from the time of the reviewGMaster
)GSpot
) 7/10 (1 to 10); used decimals prior to 2013 (7.3/10)GSpy
)GRadar
)GStar
)GTM
)GX
)GT
)Gamezebo
)GameZone
)GPCE
)Gen4
)GB
)HCG
)HC
)Hyper
)IGN
) 9/10 (1 to 10); used decimals prior to 2020 (9.3/10)IW
)JXV
) 16/20 (1 to 20)JP
)JS
)Joystiq
) Ceased scoring reviews in January 2015KS
)MG
)ML
)MW
)MPCE
)MaxPC
)MMS
)MF
)MS
)MIC
)N64
)NGen
) 5-star ratingNG
)NGC
)NLife
) 10-star ratingNP
)NWR
)NME
)ONM
)OPMAU
)OPMUK
)OPM
)OXMUK
)OXM
)PALGN
)PCA
)PCEF
)PCF
)PCGUK
)PCGUS
) 72/100; also use for reviews on the PC Gamer websitePCG
)GPPCG
)PCPP
)PCZone
)PCGN
)PCM
)Play
)PG
) Published by Steel Media; not to be confused with single-issue magazine by Imagine MediaPoly
) Ceased scoring reviews in May 2018PO
)PSM
)PSM3
)PSQ
)Raze
)Retro
)RPG
)RPGFan
)SN
)SUser
)STAction
)STFormat
)STRev
)SJ
)SGP
) Only non-GamePro reviews should be usedSP
)TX
)TR
)TELE
)TGM
)TGMIt
)TG
) 5-star ratingTILT
)TOT
)TA
)USG
) 5-star ratingVB
)VGC
)VG247
)VGS
)VG
)VGCE
)XPlay
)YSinclair
)Zero
)Z64
)Publication | Award |
---|---|
BAFTA | PC Game of the Year (2000) |
PC Zone | Best PC Game of All Time |
Example Blank Template
{{Video game reviews
| title =
| subtitle =
<!-- Formatting -->
| state = <!-- blank/collapsed/collapsed/expanded -->
| align = <!-- left/right/none/inherit -->
<!-- Awards; no limit -->
| award1Pub =
| award1 =
| award2Pub =
| award2 =
}}
Aggregator | Score |
---|---|
Metacritic | 3DS: 61/100 PS3: 68/100 PS4: 70/100 VITA: 70/100 NS: 70/100 XONE: 73/100 |
Publication | Score |
---|---|
1Up.com | PS4/XONE: C PSP: C- |
Electronic Gaming Monthly | PS4/XONE: C, C, B- |
Game Informer | PS4/XONE: 8.75/10 |
GameSpot | 3DS: 5.5/10 PS3: 6.0/10 PS4/XONE: 7.5/10 VITA: 7.0/10 NS: 6.0/10 |
GameTrailers | PS4/X360: 6.9/10 |
IGN | PS3: 7.2/10 VITA: 7.5/10 PS4/XONE: 7.3/10 NS: 7.8/10 |
Official Xbox Magazine (US) | 7.5/10 |
X-Play | PS4/XONE: 2/5 |
Custom Reviewer | With score |
Other Custom Reviewer | Can skip numbers |
Publication | Award |
---|---|
BAFTA | PC Game of the Year (2000) |
PC Zone | Best PC Game of All Time |
Example Blank Template
{{Video game reviews
| title =
| subtitle =
<!-- Formatting -->
| state = <!-- blank/collapsed/collapsed/expanded -->
| align = <!-- left/right/none/inherit -->
<!-- Aggregators -->
| MC =
<!-- Reviewers -->
| XPlay =
| IGN =
<!-- Custom aggregators; limit is set to 10 -->
| agg1 =
| agg1Score =
| agg2 =
| agg2Score =
<!-- Custom Reviewers; limit is set to 10 -->
| rev1 =
| rev1Score =
| rev2 =
| rev2Score =
<!-- Awards; no limit -->
| award1Pub =
| award1 =
| award2Pub =
| award2 =
}}
Aggregator | Score | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
3DS | NS | PC | PS4 | |
Metacritic | 71/100 | N/A | N/A | 91/100 |
Publication | Score | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
3DS | NS | PC | PS4 | |
1Up.com | B | N/A | N/A | N/A |
GameSpot | 7.9/10 | 7.3/10 | 7.2/10 | 8.2/10 |
GameSpy | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A | N/A | N/A |
IGN | 7.0/10 | N/A | N/A | 8.7/10 |
Custom Reviewer | With score | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Other Custom Reviewer. | N/A | N/A | Can skip numbers. | N/A |
Publication | Award |
---|---|
BAFTA | PC Game of the Year (2000) |
PC Zone | Best PC Game of All Time |
You first need to put any platforms that are being used.
The code to use is as follows:
Enter "true" into any platform used.
If not used, set to non-true value, leave blank, or delete the parameter.
Example Blank Template {{Video game reviews
| title =
| subtitle =
<!-- Formatting -->
| state = <!-- blank/collapsed/collapsed/expanded -->
| align = <!-- left/right/none/inherit -->
| na = true/false; default is false and can be omitted
<!-- Turn on platform etc. -->
| DS = true
| iOS = false
<!-- Aggregators etc. -->
| MC_DS =
| MC_iOS =
<!-- Reviewers etc. -->
| XPlay_iOS =
| IGN_X360 =
<!-- Custom reviewers; limit is set to 10 -->
| rev1 =
| rev1_PC =
| rev1_X360 =
| rev2 =
| rev2_PC =
<!-- Awards; no limit -->
| award1Pub =
| award1 =
| award2Pub =
| award2 =
}}
|
|
Go to Module:Video game reviews/data and add {'wiki url/title', 'short code for the system'}
within the system array.
Go to Module: Video game reviews/data and add {'wikilink/title', 'short code for the reviewer'}
within the reviewer array.
![]() | This template data section contains only key parameters. |
TemplateData for Video game reviews
A template to show the review scores, aggregator scores, and awards given to a title.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
title | title | Title of the template.
| String | optional |
subtitle | subtitle | Subtitle of the template. | String | optional |
state | state | The tables collapsable settings.
| String | optional |
align | align | The tables horizontal alignment settings.
| String | optional |
na | na | This will set a fill of N/A grayed out.
| String | optional |
GameRankings | GR | Only use for older games when Metacritic data is unavailable | String | optional |
OpenCritic | OC | Only use the Critics Recommend metric. The Top Critic Average should be omitted when Metacritic data is available | String | optional |
Metacritic | MC | no description | String | optional |
1Up.com | 1UP | A+ to D- | String | optional |
ACE | ACE | no description | String | optional |
Adventure Gamers | AdvGamers | no description | String | optional |
AllGame | Allgame | no description | String | optional |
Amstrad Action | AAction | no description | String | optional |
Amtix | Amtix | no description | String | optional |
Computer and Video Games | CVG | 9.2/10 (0 to 10) | String | optional |
Computer Games Magazine | CGM CGSP cdmag | no description | String | optional |
Computer Gaming World | CGW | no description | String | optional |
Consoles + | CP | no description | String | optional |
Crash | CRASH | no description | String | optional |
Destructoid | Destruct | no description | String | optional |
Digital Trends | DT | no description | String | optional |
Dragon | Dragon | no description | String | optional |
Edge | Edge | 6/10 (1 to 10) | String | optional |
Electronic Gaming Monthly | EGM | 9.5/10 (0 to 10) | String | optional |
Eurogamer | EuroG | 1 to 10 (1999–2015), no scores (2015–2023), 1 to 5 (2023–present) | String | optional |
Famitsu | Fam | 0 to 40 | String | optional |
G4 | G4 | no description | String | optional |
Game Informer | GI | no description | String | optional |
GameFan | GameFan | no description | String | optional |
Gamekult | Gamekult | no description | String | optional |
GamePro | GamePro | no description | String | optional |
GameRevolution | GameRev | A to D- (1996–2012) | String | optional |
GamesMaster | GMaster | no description | String | optional |
GameSpot | GSpot | 7/10 (1 to 10) | String | optional |
GameSpy | GSpy | no description | String | optional |
GamesRadar+ | GRadar | no description | String | optional |
GStar | GStar | no description | String | optional |
GamesTM | GTM | no description | String | optional |
GameTrailers | GT | no description | String | optional |
GameZone | GameZone | no description | String | optional |
Giant Bomb | GB | no description | String | optional |
Hyper | Hyper | no description | String | optional |
IGN | IGN | 9.5/10 (1 to 10) | String | optional |
Impress Watch | IW | no description | String | optional |
Jeuxvideo.com | JXV | 16/20 (1 to 20) | String | optional |
Joystiq | Joystiq | Ceased scoring reviews in January 2015 | String | optional |
Joypad | JP | no description | String | optional |
M! Games | MG | no description | String | optional |
Mega Fun | MF | no description | String | optional |
Maximum PC | MaxPC | no description | String | optional |
N64 Magazine | N64 | no description | String | optional |
Next Generation | NGen | 5-star rating | String | optional |
NGamer | NG | no description | String | optional |
NGC Magazine | NGC | no description | String | optional |
Nintendo Life | NLife | 10-star rating | String | optional |
NME | NME | no description | String | optional |
Nintendo Power | NP | no description | String | optional |
Nintendo World Report | NWR | no description | String | optional |
Official Nintendo Magazine | ONM | no description | String | optional |
PlayStation Official Magazine – Australia | OPMAU | no description | String | optional |
PlayStation Official Magazine – UK | OPMUK | no description | String | optional |
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | OPM | no description | String | optional |
Official Xbox Magazine(UK) | OXMUK | no description | String | optional |
Official Xbox Magazine(US) | OXM | no description | String | optional |
PALGN | PALGN | no description | String | optional |
PC Format | PCF | no description | String | optional |
PC Gamer(UK) | PCGUK | no description | String | optional |
PC Gamer(US) | PCGUS | 72/100 | String | optional |
PC PowerPlay | PCPP | no description | String | optional |
PC Zone | PCZone | no description | String | optional |
PC Games (DE) | PCG | no description | String | optional |
PCGamesN | PCGN | no description | String | optional |
Play | Play | no description | String | optional |
Pocket Gamer | PG | no description | String | optional |
Polygon | Poly | Ceased scoring reviews in May 2018 | String | optional |
PlayStation: The Official Magazine | PSM | no description | String | optional |
PSM3 | PSM3 | no description | String | optional |
RPGamer | RPG | no description | String | optional |
RPGFan | RPGFan | no description | String | optional |
Shacknews | SN | no description | String | optional |
Sinclair User | SUser | no description | String | optional |
TeamXbox | TX | no description | String | optional |
TechRadar | TR | no description | String | optional |
Total! | TOT | no description | String | optional |
TouchArcade | TA | no description | String | optional |
USgamer | USG | 5-star rating | String | optional |
VentureBeat | VB | no description | String | optional |
VideoGamer.com | VG | no description | String | optional |
Video Games Chronicle | VGC | no description | String | optional |
Video Games (DE) | VGS | no description | String | optional |
X-Play | XPlay | no description | String | optional |
Your Sinclair | YSinclair | no description | String | optional |
Zzap!64 | Z64 | no description | String | optional |