PCGamingWiki:Editing guide/Introduction

This is a draft and work in progress and should not be implemented onto articles at this time.

The aim of a new 'Introduction' section is to incorporates changes discussed here:

The aim is to provide:

More relevant qualitative information for gamers researching a new PC game that is not constrained to single bullet points.
Information about the history and current state of the game.
Additional natural content for improving search engine ranking.

Introduction structure

Introduction - this section has no header, it is simply prose separated by paragraphs:

{{Introduction
|intro-sentence    = 
|release-history   = 
|current-state     = 
|community         = 
}}

intro-sentence

game is a taxonony/perspective/mode/genre etc. featuring key/unique gameplay features made by company.
game is a sequel/prequel in the series or related series.
game is important/noteworthy because reasons.

release-history

game was first released on platform on date.
history including: e.g. platform changes, platform exclusivity, crowdfunding, major technical issues etc.

current-state

major issues/controversies game including major bugs, inability to access the game, DRM, missing advertised features, features missing from console counterpart, missing endings, etc.
improvements link to anchors of essential mods or quality of life improvements further below

community

major communities outside of the standard Steam/GOG forum, describe each link.
multiplayer describe the scene, is it alive or dead, or where are the players located.