Critic Atlas

Reviewer profile

Dean Takahashi

Current outlet: GamesBeat

Reviews

46

45 games · 46 scored

Avg score

87

46 scored reviews

Score style

Lenient

+8 vs peer avg · 46 compared

Outlets

1

GamesBeat

Latest

2024

Most recent saved review

Reviewer scoring style

This reviewer currently scores about +8 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 46 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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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

GamesBeat

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 review — A quality campaign and wider gameplay variety

Published 10/27/2024

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Score

100

+16 vs game avg

Alan Wake II

GamesBeat

Alan Wake 2 — A tardy review reminding you not to skip this gaming masterpiece

Published 1/3/2024

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Score

100

+11 vs game avg

Company of Heroes 3

GamesBeat

Company of Heroes 3 review — Capturing the chaos of war in a real-time strategy game

Published 2/20/2023

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Score

90

+13 vs game avg

Dead Space (2023)

GamesBeat

Dead Space Remake brings an amazing classic to life for modern gamers

Published 2/8/2023

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Score

100

+11 vs game avg

As Dusk Falls

GamesBeat

As Dusk Falls review: The line between drama and soap opera

Published 7/18/2022

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Score

60

-19 vs game avg

The Quarry

GamesBeat

The DeanBeat: The wonderful tropes of horror in The Quarry

Published 7/1/2022

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Score

80

+2 vs game avg

Horizon Forbidden West

GamesBeat

The DeanBeat: Why flying and swimming bring the world of Horizon: Forbidden West to life

Published 3/11/2022

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Score

100

+14 vs game avg

Call of Duty: Vanguard

GamesBeat

Call of Duty: Vanguard review-in-progress — Aligning history, narrative, and gameplay

Published 11/4/2021

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Score

90

+18 vs game avg

Life is Strange: True Colors

GamesBeat

The DeanBeat: Life Is Strange: True Colors — discovering emotions, identity, and your story

Published 10/15/2021

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Score

80

-5 vs game avg

Road 96

GamesBeat

Road 96 review — A game that tests your border politics

Published 8/16/2021

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Score

80

+2 vs game avg

Empire of Sin

GamesBeat

Empire of Sin review — Beating Al Capone at his own game

Published 11/30/2020

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Score

80

+19 vs game avg

Tell Me Why

GamesBeat

Tell Me Why review — A parable for diverse perspectives

Published 9/11/2020

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Score

80

+2 vs game avg

The Last of Us Part II

GamesBeat

The Last of Us Part II review: A brilliant game that is not what it seems

Published 6/12/2020

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Score

95

+3 vs game avg

Doom Eternal

GamesBeat

GamesBeat Doom Eternal Review

Published 3/17/2020

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Score

90

+4 vs game avg

Concrete Genie

GamesBeat

Concrete Genie review -- Heartwarming story, beautiful art, but tough controls

Published 10/9/2019

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Score

78

-2 vs game avg

Gears 5

GamesBeat

Gears 5 review -- The Coalition nails action and emotion in one of series' finest games

Published 9/4/2019

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Score

90

+5 vs game avg

Telling Lies

GamesBeat

Telling Lies review -- Deciphering lies within lies using only a video database

Published 8/21/2019

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Score

80

-1 vs game avg

Days Gone

GamesBeat

Days Gone review -- A great game that loses itself in the wilderness of bugs

Published 5/10/2019

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Score

75

+5 vs game avg

Donut County

GamesBeat

Donut County review -- It's fun to swallow the world with a donut hole

Published 8/27/2018

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Score

83

+8 vs game avg

Detroit: Become Human

GamesBeat

Detroit: Become Human review -- 3 android tales come together as a powerful AI fable

Published 5/24/2018

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Score

88

+10 vs game avg

A Way Out

GamesBeat

A Way Out review — a jailbreak that doesn't f*** the Oscars ... but comes close

Published 3/21/2018

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Score

84

+5 vs game avg

Call of Duty: WWII

GamesBeat

Call of Duty: WWII review -- a welcome reminder of heroes and sacrifice

Published 11/3/2017

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Score

94

+15 vs game avg

Total War: Warhammer II

GamesBeat

Total War: Warhammer II review -- strategy game brings the Warhammer universe to life

Published 10/3/2017

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Score

86

0 vs game avg

Battlefield 1

GamesBeat

Battlefield 1 delivers memorable moments from the horror of World War I

Published 10/19/2016

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Score

88

+1 vs game avg

Mafia III

GamesBeat

Mafia III has a gripping tale about racism in 1968, but bugs and weak gameplay hold it back

Published 10/17/2016

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Score

75

+7 vs game avg

Gears of War 4

GamesBeat

Gears of War 4 could build a new generation of fans for chainsaw bayonets

Published 10/6/2016

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Score

87

+3 vs game avg

Quantum Break

GamesBeat

Quantum Break takes interactivity, video, and time travel in a riveting direction

Published 4/5/2016

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Score

90

+11 vs game avg