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Reviewer profile

Carl Batchelor

Current outlet: Niche Gamer

Reviews

23

23 games · 23 scored

Avg score

82

23 scored reviews

Score style

Lenient

+5 vs peer avg · 23 compared

Outlets

1

Niche Gamer

Latest

2018

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.

How to use this

A higher-than-peer score from this reviewer may be less meaningful by itself. Look for cases where they are unusually high or low compared with their own baseline.

Based on 23 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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Pathfinder: Kingmaker

Niche Gamer

Pathfinder: Kingmaker Review - It's My Destiny to be the King of Pain - Niche Gamer

Published 10/9/2018

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

Score

70

-1 vs game avg

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Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk

Niche Gamer

Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk Review - Making Dungeons Great Again - Niche Gamer

Published 9/26/2018

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

Score

90

+14 vs game avg

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Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Niche Gamer

Dragon Quest 11 Review - The King (Slime) Returns to Retake the Throne - Niche Gamer

Published 9/1/2018

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

Score

100

+12 vs game avg

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Octopath Traveler

Niche Gamer

Octopath Traveler Review - Pure, Undiluted, and Joyous Nostalgia - Niche Gamer

Published 7/17/2018

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

Score

90

+6 vs game avg

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Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Niche Gamer

Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Review - A Swashbuckling Late 90s RPG - Niche Gamer

Published 5/10/2018

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

Score

95

+7 vs game avg

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Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet

Niche Gamer

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet Review - Do Android Waifus Dream of Digital Loot? - Niche Gamer

Published 4/25/2018

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

Score

70

+5 vs game avg

Review

Secret of Mana HD

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Secret of Mana (2018) Review - This Ain't Your Daddy's Mana Tree - Niche Gamer

Published 3/29/2018

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

Score

65

+5 vs game avg

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Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Niche Gamer

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Review - Elysium City, Where the Grass is Green and the Girls Are Pretty - Niche Gamer

Published 12/23/2017

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Score

90

+8 vs game avg

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.hack//G.U. Last Recode

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.hack//G.U. Last Recode Review - We Have To Go Deeper - Niche Gamer

Published 12/22/2017

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Score

75

0 vs game avg

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Niche Gamer

Elex Review - It's Gothic, Only Now With Laser Rifles - Niche Gamer

Published 11/16/2017

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Score

90

+31 vs game avg

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Divinity: Original Sin II

Niche Gamer

Divinity: Original Sin 2 Review - Strategic Sinning For The Refined CRPG'er - Niche Gamer

Published 10/25/2017

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

Score

95

0 vs game avg

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Tales of Berseria

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Tales of Berseria Review - Sometimes It's Good To Be Bad - Niche Gamer

Published 3/6/2017

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

Score

95

+16 vs game avg

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Tales of Zestiria

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Tales of Zestiria Review – Change Comes to the Unchanging

Published 2/14/2017

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

Score

85

+13 vs game avg

Review

Niche Gamer

Tyranny Review – Fatebinder? More Like Bookbinder

Published 1/17/2017

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Score

70

-10 vs game avg

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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Review – All Augs (And Choices) Matter

Published 8/24/2016

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

Score

95

+13 vs game avg

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Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness

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Star Ocean: Integrity & Faithlessness Review – Remember When JRPGs Were Cutting Edge? Tri-Ace Remembers

Published 7/12/2016

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

Score

75

+12 vs game avg

Review

Niche Gamer

Grim Dawn Review – The Titan Quest Sequel We Always Wanted

Published 2/15/2016

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

Score

90

+7 vs game avg

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Niche Gamer

Niche Gamer Fallout 4 Review

Published 12/1/2015

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

Score

70

-15 vs game avg

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Sword Coast Legends

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Niche Gamer Sword Coast Legends Review

Published 11/4/2015

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Score

50

-8 vs game avg

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Niche Gamer

Niche Gamer Victor Vran Review

Published 9/2/2015

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Score

50

-22 vs game avg

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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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Niche Gamer The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Review

Published 5/28/2015

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

Score

95

+4 vs game avg

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Pillars of Eternity

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Niche Gamer Pillars of Eternity Review

Published 4/8/2015

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

Score

95

+6 vs game avg

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Niche Gamer

Niche Gamer Blackguards 2 Review

Published 2/4/2015

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

Score

80

+6 vs game avg

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