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Reviewer profile

Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Current outlet: Rock Paper Shotgun

Previously at: Eurogamer · GamesRadar+ · PC Gamer · The Guardian · VGC

Reviews

131

131 games · 127 scored

Avg score

76

127 scored reviews

Score style

Balanced

-1 vs peer avg · 126 compared

Outlets

6

Eurogamer · GamesRadar+ · PC Gamer · Rock Paper Shotgun · The Guardian · VGC

Latest

2025

Most recent saved review

Reviewer scoring style

This reviewer currently scores close to the peer average on comparable games, with an average delta of -1.

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Their scores are not strongly harsh or lenient in the current data, so individual game deltas may be more useful than the overall style label.

Based on 126 compared reviews against other scored reviews for the same games.

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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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Blue Prince

Rock Paper Shotgun

Blue Prince review

Published 4/7/2025

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review: a bastard for all seasons

Published 2/3/2025

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Animal Well

Rock Paper Shotgun

Animal Well review: an unmissable creature feature

Published 5/9/2024

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Starfield

Rock Paper Shotgun

Starfield review: surely, the best Starfield game you'll ever play

Published 8/31/2023

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Exoprimal

Eurogamer

Exoprimal review - a surprisingly rich blend of dino-killing and team vs team

Published 7/18/2023

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60

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Amarantus

Eurogamer

Amarantus review - a superb visual novel that gives you revolutions within revolutions

Published 7/10/2023

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80

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Final Fantasy XVI

Eurogamer

Final Fantasy 16 review - easy to like, hard to adore

Published 6/21/2023

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60

-27 vs game avg

Aliens: Dark Descent

Eurogamer

Aliens: Dark Descent - more stand-up fight than bug hunt

Published 6/19/2023

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60

-18 vs game avg

Darkest Dungeon II

Eurogamer

Darkest Dungeon 2 review – a Lovecraftian roadtrip RPG of thrilling and suffocating intricacy

Published 5/8/2023

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80

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Dead Island 2

Eurogamer

Dead Island 2 review - it's still 2011 in Los Angeles

Published 4/18/2023

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75

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Dredge

Eurogamer

Dredge review – a clever fishing sim, but an underwhelming horror game

Published 3/23/2023

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75

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Wanted: Dead

Eurogamer

Wanted: Dead review - a shambolic yet hypnotic barrage of nods to PS2 action games

Published 2/14/2023

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75

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Dead Space (2023)

Eurogamer

Dead Space remake review - a horror original re-engineered as a franchise prequel

Published 1/26/2023

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75

-14 vs game avg

High on Life

Eurogamer

High on Life review - a mediocre shooter with an unfunny attitude problem

Published 12/12/2022

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0

-59 vs game avg

Dwarf Fortress

The Guardian

Dwarf Fortress review – a grand chronicle of inevitable disaster

Published 12/6/2022

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100

+8 vs game avg

Tactics Ogre: Reborn

Eurogamer

Tactics Ogre: Reborn review - a genre-forming TRPG gets another terrific revival

Published 11/10/2022

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80

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Overwatch 2

Eurogamer

Overwatch 2 review - a brilliant teamplay experience in the grip of an existential crisis

Published 10/14/2022

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75

-1 vs game avg

Roadwarden

Eurogamer

Roadwarden review - one of the finest historical fantasies you’ll play

Published 9/13/2022

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100

+14 vs game avg

Live A Live

Eurogamer

Live A Live review - a game's worth of occasionally excellent, always intriguing JRPG side stories

Published 7/21/2022

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80

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Card Shark

The Guardian

Card Shark review – cheat the French aristocracy in this dashing period caper

Published 6/2/2022

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80

-1 vs game avg

Kaiju Wars

Eurogamer

Kaiju Wars review - a gigantically clever strategy spoof

Published 4/27/2022

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80

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Weird West

Eurogamer

Weird West review - almost, but not quite, a Dishonored CRPG

Published 3/31/2022

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75

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FAR: Changing Tides

The Guardian

Far: Changing Tides review – a stirring apocalypse fable

Published 3/24/2022

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60

-20 vs game avg

Sifu

Eurogamer

Sifu review - gripping kung fu time management through a Western lens

Published 2/7/2022

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80

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JETT: The Far Shore

Eurogamer

Jett: The Far Shore review - a profound but extremely irritating space odyssey

Published 10/4/2021

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75

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Deathloop

Eurogamer

Deathloop review - not Arkane's most surprising game, but possibly its best

Published 9/13/2021

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100

+11 vs game avg

Psychonauts 2

Eurogamer

Psychonauts 2 review - a feast for the wandering mind

Published 8/23/2021

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80

-9 vs game avg

The Ascent

Eurogamer

The Ascent review - a breathtaking cyberpunk world in thrall to a tedious RPG-shooter

Published 7/29/2021

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75

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Wildermyth

The Guardian

Wildermyth review – fantasy RPG with real heart and soul

Published 7/2/2021

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100

+15 vs game avg

Hood: Outlaws & Legends

Eurogamer

Hood: Outlaws & Legends review - rangy multiplayer heists in a hopeless alternate England

Published 5/13/2021

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75

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Tasomachi

Eurogamer

Tasomachi review - Breath of the Wild's sky-faring little sister

Published 4/13/2021

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80

+19 vs game avg

Hitman 3

Eurogamer

Hitman 3 review - a satisfying end to a beautiful stealth trilogy

Published 1/19/2021

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80

-5 vs game avg

Airborne Kingdom

Eurogamer

Airborne Kingdom review - sunny skybound city-building that needs a touch more gravity

Published 12/16/2020

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75

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BPM: Bullets Per Minute

The Guardian

BPM: Bullets Per Minute review – Doom meets Rock Band in a pulsing retro blaster

Published 9/22/2020

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80

+7 vs game avg

CARRION

Eurogamer

Carrion review - an unforgettable monster chews its way out of a solid Metroidvania

Published 7/23/2020

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80

+2 vs game avg

Creaks

Eurogamer

Creaks review - great puzzles in an eerie underworld of living objects

Published 7/20/2020

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80

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In Other Waters

Eurogamer

In Other Waters review - an ocean sanctuary for the meditative explorer

Published 4/2/2020

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80

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Doom Eternal

Eurogamer

Doom Eternal review - the same orgiastic thrills with a creeping weight of story

Published 3/17/2020

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75

-11 vs game avg

Nioh 2

Eurogamer

Nioh 2 review - a vast and engrossing if dutiful follow-up to a landmark Soulslike

Published 3/10/2020

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80

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Hunt: Showdown 1896

Eurogamer

Hunt: Showdown review - a sweaty, stinking, cat-and-mouse masterpiece

Published 2/18/2020

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80

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The Suicide of Rachel Foster

Eurogamer

The Suicide of Rachel Foster review - a Shining-esque riff on Gone Home that doesn't quite dazzle

Published 2/17/2020

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75

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The Pedestrian

Eurogamer

The Pedestrian - a short, summery 2D platformer that turns signs into playgrounds

Published 1/30/2020

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80

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The Outer Worlds

Eurogamer

The Outer Worlds review - RPG comfort food that never stretches the imagination

Published 10/22/2019

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75

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Blasphemous

Eurogamer

Blasphemous review - a grotesque but surprisingly clean take on Souls and Castlevania

Published 9/13/2019

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80

+2 vs game avg

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