Critic Atlas

Reviewer profile

Brendan Lowry

Current outlet: Windows Central

Reviews

107

107 games · 107 scored

Avg score

80

107 scored reviews

Score style

Lenient

+6 vs peer avg · 107 compared

Outlets

1

Windows Central

Latest

2025

Most recent saved review

Reviewer scoring style

This reviewer currently scores about +6 points above the peer average on games where Critic Atlas has comparable scored reviews.

How to use this

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Based on 107 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.

Showing 1-50 of 107 reviews

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Windows Central

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an Xbox Game Pass triumph that expertly weaves two RPG genres together, and I'm into it

Published 4/22/2025

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Score

90

-2 vs game avg

Black Myth: Wukong

Windows Central

Black Myth: Wukong review — It's good, but it could have been great | Windows CentralWindows Central

Published 8/16/2024

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Score

70

-12 vs game avg

Dead Island 2

Windows Central

Dead Island 2 review: One Hell-A of a good time | Windows CentralWindows Central

Published 4/18/2023

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Score

90

+14 vs game avg

Destiny 2: Lightfall

Windows Central

Destiny 2 Lightfall review: A return to mediocrity | Windows CentralWindows Central

Published 3/16/2023

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Score

60

-8 vs game avg

Battlefield 2042

Windows Central

Battlefield 2042 review: Great ideas with much work to be done | Windows Central

Published 11/14/2021

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Score

70

+7 vs game avg

Back 4 Blood

Windows Central

Back 4 Blood review: The Left 4 Dead 3 we've been waiting for | Windows Central

Published 10/11/2021

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Score

80

+3 vs game avg

New World: Aeternum

Windows Central

New World review in progress: So close, yet so far | Windows Central

Published 10/1/2021

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Score

70

-2 vs game avg

Deathloop

Windows Central

Deathloop review: This suave immersive sim is one of Arkane's finest | Windows Central

Published 9/13/2021

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Score

90

+1 vs game avg

Chernobylite

Windows Central

Chernobylite PC review: Eerie survival horror in a 3D-scanned Chernobyl Exclusion Zone | Windows Central

Published 7/28/2021

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Score

80

+6 vs game avg

Chivalry 2

Windows Central

Chivalry 2 Xbox and PC review: Anything but chivalrous | Windows Central

Published 6/11/2021

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Score

90

+6 vs game avg

Nioh 2 - The Complete Edition

Windows Central

Nioh 2: The Complete Edition PC review — This samurai Soulslike doesn't hold back | Windows Central

Published 2/4/2021

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Score

90

+6 vs game avg

Airborne Kingdom

Windows Central

Airborne Kingdom review: This city-builder soars to new heights | Windows Central

Published 12/15/2020

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Score

90

+13 vs game avg

Crysis Remastered

Windows Central

Crysis Remastered Xbox One X review: This classic FPS deserves better | Windows Central

Published 9/28/2020

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Score

60

-3 vs game avg

Drake Hollow

Windows Central

Drake Hollow review: Put down roots and defend against monsters | Windows Central

Published 9/14/2020

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Score

80

+14 vs game avg

Paradise Killer

Windows Central

Paradise Killer review: A unique vaporwave-style whodunnit | Windows Central

Published 9/8/2020

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Score

100

+17 vs game avg

Mortal Shell

Windows Central

Mortal Shell review: A snack-sized Soulslike with a clever twist | Windows Central

Published 8/25/2020

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Score

80

+1 vs game avg

West of Dead

Windows Central

West of Dead Xbox One review: This Wild West roguelike falls short of greatness | Windows Central

Published 7/8/2020

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Score

60

-10 vs game avg

Valfaris

Windows Central

Valfaris Xbox One review: A brutally tough platformer that's good, but could be better | Windows Central

Published 11/15/2019

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Score

70

-6 vs game avg

Niffelheim

Windows Central

Niffelheim for Xbox One review: Hardcore survival with a Norse theme | Windows Central

Published 10/4/2019

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Score

80

+17 vs game avg

GreedFall

Windows Central

GreedFall PC review: This role-playing adventure is as ambitious as it is engaging | Windows Central

Published 9/9/2019

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Score

80

+6 vs game avg

Children of Morta

Windows Central

Children of Morta PC review: Roguelike dungeon crawling done right | Windows Central

Published 9/3/2019

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Score

100

+17 vs game avg

Blair Witch

Windows Central

Blair Witch Xbox One review: A creepy horror game that does the film series justice | Windows Central

Published 8/30/2019

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Score

80

+14 vs game avg

Control

Windows Central

'Control' Xbox One review: A solid game that fails to meet its potential | Windows Central

Published 8/26/2019

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Score

70

-17 vs game avg

Age of Wonders: Planetfall

Windows Central

Age of Wonders: Planetfall for PC review — Civilization-style strategy meets XCOM-like tactics | Windows Central

Published 8/14/2019

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Score

80

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Mutant Year Zero: Seed of Evil

Windows Central

Mutant Year Zero: Seed of Evil DLC for PC review — This expansion makes a great game even better | Windows Central

Published 7/30/2019

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Score

90

+13 vs game avg

Sea of Solitude

Windows Central

Sea of Solitude PC review: Exploring the depths of a mind drowned in sorrow | Windows Central

Published 7/9/2019

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Score

80

+11 vs game avg

American Fugitive

Windows Central

American Fugitive for PC review: A criminally underdeveloped homage to old school GTA | Windows Central

Published 6/5/2019

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Score

60

-7 vs game avg

Layers of Fear 2

Windows Central

Layers of Fear 2 for Xbox One review: A solid and atmospheric horror game that falls short of greatness | Windows Central

Published 5/28/2019

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Score

70

-2 vs game avg

Darkwood

Windows Central

'Darkwood' Xbox One review: A thrilling top-down horror game that will eat you alive | Windows Central

Published 5/22/2019

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Score

80

+5 vs game avg

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Windows Central

A Plague Tale: Innocence PC review: A gripping stealth title that will keep you glued to your seat | Windows Central

Published 5/13/2019

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Score

90

+7 vs game avg

God's Trigger

Windows Central

God's Trigger PC review: A Hotline Miami-inspired shooter that'll blow your mind | Windows Central

Published 4/17/2019

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Score

90

+10 vs game avg

Tropico 6

Windows Central

Tropico 6 PC review: One of the best city-building simulators, ever | Windows Central

Published 3/29/2019

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Score

90

+10 vs game avg

Outward

Windows Central

Outward Xbox One review: A groundbreaking, yet flawed, open-world RPG | Windows Central

Published 3/28/2019

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Score

70

+4 vs game avg

Warparty

Windows Central

Warparty Xbox One review: A solid real-time strategy game in a unique setting | Windows Central

Published 3/28/2019

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Score

80

+24 vs game avg

ONE PIECE World Seeker

Windows Central

One Piece World Seeker PC review: Bold idea, horrible execution | Windows Central

Published 3/20/2019

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Score

40

-20 vs game avg

Anthem

Windows Central

Anthem review: A fantastic foundation buried beneath countless issues | Windows Central

Published 2/21/2019

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Score

60

+2 vs game avg

Sunless Skies

Windows Central

Sunless Skies PC review: Explore the cosmos in a train in this wacky, wonder-filled RPG | Windows Central

Published 1/31/2019

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Score

90

+4 vs game avg

Absolver

Windows Central

Absolver Xbox One review: Master the power of the martial arts | Windows Central

Published 1/16/2019

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Score

80

+5 vs game avg

Onimusha: Warlords

Windows Central

Onimusha Warlords Xbox One review: A wonderful blast from the past | Windows Central

Published 1/15/2019

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Score

80

+7 vs game avg

Ashen

Windows Central

Ashen Xbox One review: Familiar but addictive RPG experience that will blow you away | Windows Central

Published 12/18/2018

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Score

80

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BELOW

Windows Central

BELOW PC review: An atmospheric world can't save a shallow experience | Windows Central

Published 12/17/2018

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Score

60

-9 vs game avg

Subnautica

Windows Central

Subnautica for Xbox One review: An underwater adventure packed with detail and wonder | Windows Central

Published 12/10/2018

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Score

80

-2 vs game avg

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

Windows Central

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden review — A satisfying blend of exploration and XCOM-style combat | Windows Central

Published 12/4/2018

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Score

90

+13 vs game avg

Just Cause 4

Windows Central

Just Cause 4 review: A chaotic and addictive open world experience | Windows Central

Published 12/3/2018

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Score

100

+30 vs game avg

Darksiders III

Windows Central

Darksiders III review: Don't sleep on this relentlessly engaging, macabre action RPG | Windows Central

Published 11/26/2018

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Score

80

+14 vs game avg

Project Highrise

Windows Central

Project Highrise for Xbox One review: Is this building management simulator worth buying? | Windows Central

Published 11/22/2018

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Score

100

+14 vs game avg

Call of Cthulhu

Windows Central

Call of Cthulhu review: A twisted adventure of mystery and horror | Windows Central

Published 10/30/2018

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Score

80

+11 vs game avg

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