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Reviewer profile

Ben Rayner

Current outlet: Digital Spy

Reviews

16

16 games · 16 scored

Avg score

84

16 scored reviews

Score style

Lenient

+5 vs peer avg · 16 compared

Outlets

1

Digital Spy

Latest

2025

Most recent saved review

Reviewer scoring style

This reviewer currently scores about +5 points above the peer average on games where Critic Atlas has comparable scored reviews.

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Based on 16 compared reviews against other scored reviews for the same games.

Review history

How this reviewer maps across games

Review history follows the reviewer as a person, even if they have moved between outlets. Each review keeps the outlet where it was originally published.

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Cronos: The New Dawn

Digital Spy

Cronos: The New Dawn review

Published 9/3/2025

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Score

80

+1 vs game avg

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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Digital Spy

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach review

Published 7/26/2025

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Score

100

+8 vs game avg

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Digital Spy

Atomfall review

Published 3/26/2025

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Score

100

+24 vs game avg

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Assassin's Creed Shadows

Digital Spy

Assassin's Creed review

Published 3/19/2025

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Score

80

-1 vs game avg

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Lost Records: Bloom & Rage - Tape 1

Digital Spy

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Tape 1 review

Published 3/10/2025

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Score

80

+7 vs game avg

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Dungeons of Hinterberg

Digital Spy

Dungeons of Hinterberg review - a trip worth taking

Published 7/29/2024

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Score

80

-1 vs game avg

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Digital Spy

Crow Country review - a love letter to the PS1 era of horror

Published 5/8/2024

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Score

90

+7 vs game avg

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Alone in the Dark

Digital Spy

Alone in the Dark review - Jodie Comer and David Harbour star

Published 3/19/2024

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Score

70

+4 vs game avg

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Another Code: Recollection

Digital Spy

Another Code Recollection is a cosy tale of conundrums

Published 2/13/2024

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Reviewer assigned from OpenCritic API author data during automated unresolved-reviewer resolver.

Score

80

+8 vs game avg

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Digital Spy

Alan Wake 2 is a mind-blowing game that was worth the 13-year wait

Published 11/3/2023

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Score

100

+11 vs game avg

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Digital Spy

Blasphemous 2 is a beautifully disturbing Metroidvaniaplay icon

Published 9/5/2023

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Score

80

-6 vs game avg

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Digital Spy

Strayed Lights review - a cosy Souls-lite game that's worth playing

Published 4/28/2023

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Score

80

+6 vs game avg

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Digital Spy

Dead Island 2 review: Is the zombie-slaying sequel worth playing?

Published 4/18/2023

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Score

80

+4 vs game avg

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Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon

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Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon review

Published 4/12/2023

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Score

80

+1 vs game avg

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Digital Spy

Scars Above review: A competent Souls-lite that struggles to stand out

Published 2/27/2023

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Score

60

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Dead Space (2023)

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Dead Space review: A stunning remake

Published 2/2/2023

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Score

100

+11 vs game avg

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