Unlike other objects in the database which have all their details contained in a single page, game pages have multiple sub-sections, which sometimes have sub-sub-sections. It's a deep rabbit hole.
Thus, it's worth having an article explaining how game pages are organized.
Layout
Each game page is divided into roughly 5 sections:
Breadcrumbs
The familiar breadcrumbs show the current location in the game page. They also link to the franchise of the game, if it belongs to one, and to the base game, if it's an expansion.
The breadcrumbs bar also contains buttons to add or remove the current game from your wishlist, gamelist, manage playthroughs and edit the game's information.
Header
Contains various basic information about the game, such as genre, theme, release date, cover art, various community statistics, etc. Each item is generally self-explanatory, but three of them aren't very intuitive. They are Average Review Rating, Average Gamelist Score and Approval.
- Average Review Rating is the average of all user-submitted reviews for the game.
- Average Gamelist Score is the average of all scores given to the game in user's gamelists.
- Approval is the percentage of positive opinions in relation to all user-submitted opinions for the game.
Sections Menu
The vertical menu to the left links to all most sub-sections of a game's page, as well as links to external domains related to the game, such as its wikipedia entry or official website.
Sub-sections are grouped into 4 categories for easier reading: Information, Contents, Community and Other. We'll describe each of them at the end of this article.
Contents
The contents of each sub-section are shown to the right of the sections menu.
Footer
Show some internal information about the game. This is most relevant to developers and contributors, otherwise it's mostly just some funny names and numbers. It also contains a link to the change history of the game.
Sub-Sections
As mentioned before, a game's page contains multiple sub-sections, divided into 4 groups. Here's a short description of each sub-section and their groups:
Information
Contains meta-information about the game, that is, information that you are unlikely to find inside the game.
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| Alternative Names | Contains other names of the game, such as popular-but-unofficial names, abbreviations, foreign names and such. |
| Developers & Publishers | Displays the companies involved with the game, including developers, support developers and publishers. |
| Editions | Lists the various editions a game received, such as GOTY/Complete/Definitive editions, ports, remasters, in some even remakes, and the differences or extra content in relation to the base game. |
| Data Files | Contains information about the user-related files a game generates while being played, generally configuration or save games. |
| Patch Notes | Lists patches a game received, as well as what changed. |
| Playtime | Shows various information about how long users have taken to beat the game. This section is powered by user's Playthroughs. |
| Related Games | Displays games that have some kind of relation to the current game (this is not a "similar games" section, the relation must obey objective criteria). |
| Releases | Lists the game's various release dates by platforms, regions and editions. |
| Staff / Credits | Displays the names and position of all known people who worked in the game. |
| Stores | Lists stores that are currently selling digital versions of the game, regardless of region. |
| Vendors | Displays vendors in which the game is available. |
Content
Contains information about in-game contents, such as game modes, dlcs, story, etc.
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| Achievements | Lists all known achievements of a game by platforms and vendors. Achievements are marked are for spoilers, being missable (limited time-frame to achieve it) or being hidden (does not show on the vendor's achievement list until achieved). |
| DLCs | Lists all known DLCs of a game. This includes expansions, add-ons and add-on bundles (but not mods or any community content). |
| Modes | Contains information about the modes the game offers, such as if they are single or multiplayer, co-op or versus, if the offer online capabilities, available difficulty, etc. It also contains an itemized list of the game's contents. This is a pretty T H I C C section. |
| Points of No Return | For non-linear games, lists moments when, after passed, previous content becomes unavailable. Both the trigger and the content that becomes unavailable are shown. |
| Soundtrack | Lists the songs in the game's soundtrack, along with composer, performer and a link to listen to the full song. |
| Story | A summary of the events that happen during the game. This section is not for background details of the story or to dump lore. |
Community
Contains contents created by the community, such as discussions, questions, reviews, recommendations, etc.
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| Boards | Links to the game-specific board in the website, where you can find various discussions about the game. |
| News | Shows news pieces in which the game is featured, sorted from most recent to least. |
| Problems and Fixes | Lists technical problems the game has, and possible its solutions, if there are any. |
| Questions | Here you can freely ask questions about the game and share your knowledge with others by answering them. |
| Recommendations | Lists games that are unrelated but similar to the current game. |
| Reviews and Opinions | Here your can leave your deep, well-thought analysis and criticisms about the game, or just rant about how much you love/hate it. |
Other
Contains various information that don't fit very well into the other categories.
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| Database Stats | Shows numerical information about all the other sections. This is useful to help find sections in a game that are particularly devoid of content. |
| Images | Various categorized images related to the game. These range from concept arts to screenshots. |
| Tips and Trivia | Bits and pieces of interesting information about the game, some helpful, others not so much. They are categorized to make it easier to find the desired bit of information. |
And that's mostly it for the game details page. We hope you can find everyt