Critic Atlas

Reviewer profile

Rick Lane

Current outlet: Eurogamer

Previously at: GamesRadar+ · PC Gamer · The Guardian

Reviews

111

110 games · 110 scored

Avg score

70

110 scored reviews

Score style

Harsh

-4 vs peer avg · 109 compared

Outlets

4

Eurogamer · GamesRadar+ · PC Gamer · The Guardian

Latest

2026

Most recent saved review

Reviewer scoring style

This reviewer currently scores about -4 points below the peer average on games where Critic Atlas has comparable scored reviews.

How to use this

A lower-than-peer score from this reviewer may be part of their normal baseline. Their positive reviews may be especially worth noticing.

Based on 109 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 111 reviews

007 First Light

Eurogamer

007 First Light review - a narrative tour-de-fource, though one lacking the replayability of Hitman's fathomless sandboxes

Published 5/26/2026

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Score

80

-8 vs game avg

Saros

Eurogamer

Saros review - a tremendous action experience, although its ambitious narrative gets lost in the fireworks

Published 4/24/2026

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Score

80

-8 vs game avg

Marathon

Eurogamer

Marathon review - ignore the noise, this game speaks for itself

Published 3/31/2026

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Score

80

-2 vs game avg

High On Life 2

Eurogamer

High on Life 2 review - skateboard-powered sequel is much easier to like than its painful predecessor

Published 2/16/2026

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Score

60

-12 vs game avg

Arc Raiders

Eurogamer

Arc Raiders review - a smartly designed extraction shooter marred by one inexcusable decision

Published 11/10/2025

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Score

40

-46 vs game avg

Battlefield 6

Eurogamer

Battlefield 6 review - the best entry in ages, when it's actually being Battlefield

Published 10/9/2025

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Score

80

-3 vs game avg

Borderlands 4

Eurogamer

Borderlands 4 review - still frustrates as much as it thrills, but for different reasons this time

Published 9/23/2025

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Score

60

-22 vs game avg

MindsEye

Eurogamer

MindsEye review - calling it outdated is an insult to old action games

Published 6/16/2025

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Score

20

-17 vs game avg

Shadows of Doubt

Eurogamer

Shadows of Doubt review - an unmatched detective simulation, when it works

Published 10/2/2024

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Score

60

+2 vs game avg

Concord

Eurogamer

Concord review - a hero shooter that nails the shooting, but fumbles the heroes

Published 8/27/2024

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Score

60

-5 vs game avg

Tactical Breach Wizards

The Guardian

Tactical Breach Wizards review – hilarious, quietly radical strategy game is the best since XCOM 2

Published 8/20/2024

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Score

100

+11 vs game avg

SKALD: Against the Black Priory

Eurogamer

Skald: Against the Black Priory review - a robust but inessential throwback to the RPG's primordial era

Published 6/2/2024

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Score

60

-14 vs game avg

Hauntii

The Guardian

Hauntii review – a ghost searches for understanding in the afterlife in this imaginative debut

Published 5/29/2024

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Score

80

+6 vs game avg

Homeworld 3

GamesRadar+

Homeworld 3 review | GamesRadar+GamesRadar+GamesRadar+NewsaramaTotal FilmEdge

Published 5/10/2024

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Score

70

-6 vs game avg

Alone in the Dark

The Guardian

Alone in the Dark review – Jodie Comer and David Harbour can’t save this soporific horror

Published 3/19/2024

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Score

20

-46 vs game avg

Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster

Eurogamer

Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster review - a meticulous overhaul of a shooter that still blasts with the best

Published 2/29/2024

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Score

80

-2 vs game avg

Helldivers II

GamesRadar+

Helldivers 2 review: "Astonishing to behold" | GamesRadar+GamesRadar+GamesRadar+NewsaramaTotal FilmEdge

Published 2/14/2024

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Score

80

-5 vs game avg

The Finals

Eurogamer

The Finals review - mechanically thrilling, thematically wanting

Published 12/19/2023

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Score

60

-19 vs game avg

The Day Before

GamesRadar+

The Day Before review: "It has no redeeming qualities" | GamesRadar+GamesRadar+GamesRadar+NewsaramaTotal FilmEdge

Published 12/11/2023

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Unscored

RoboCop: Rogue City

Eurogamer

RoboCop: Rogue City review - double-A throwback too faithful for its own good

Published 10/31/2023

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Score

60

-10 vs game avg

Alan Wake II

The Guardian

The Guardian Alan Wake II Review

Published 10/26/2023

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Score

80

-9 vs game avg

Immortals of Aveum

GamesRadar+

Immortals of Aveum Review | GamesRadar+GamesRadar+GamesRadar+NewsaramaTotal FilmEdge

Published 8/22/2023

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Score

60

-4 vs game avg

Gord

PC Gamer

Gord review

Published 8/15/2023

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Score

48

-18 vs game avg

Turbo Overkill

Eurogamer

Turbo Overkill review - the new cyber-god of retro shooters

Published 8/10/2023

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Score

100

+15 vs game avg

System Shock

The Guardian

System Shock review – you versus a murderous AI in revived sci-fi horror classic

Published 5/30/2023

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Score

80

+6 vs game avg

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun

Eurogamer

Warhammer 40k: Boltgun review - a signature weapon so good it breaks the game

Published 5/23/2023

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Score

60

-13 vs game avg

Tron: Identity

The Guardian

Tron: Identity review: moody sci-fi detective game is all light, no cycle

Published 4/21/2023

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Score

40

-32 vs game avg

Wartales

PC Gamer

Wartales review

Published 4/14/2023

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Score

83

+9 vs game avg

The Last Worker

The Guardian

The Last Worker review – unconvincing takedown of capitalist megastructures lacks conviction

Published 4/5/2023

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Score

40

-25 vs game avg

Dead Space (2023)

The Guardian

Dead Space review – an intensely horrible sci-fi classic returns

Published 2/1/2023

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Score

80

-9 vs game avg

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

GamesRadar+

Warhammer 40k: Darktide Review | GamesRadar+GamesRadar+GamesRadar+NewsaramaTotal FilmEdge

Published 12/2/2022

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Score

70

-3 vs game avg

Victoria 3

Eurogamer

Victoria 3 review - gripping grand strategy fuelled by a powerhouse economic simulation

Published 10/24/2022

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Score

80

0 vs game avg

A Plague Tale: Requiem

The Guardian

A Plague Tale: Requiem review – rat-infested sequel raises stakes and spectacle

Published 10/17/2022

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Score

80

-2 vs game avg

Prodeus

Eurogamer

Prodeus review – a fearsome hybrid of old and new FPS ideas

Published 10/6/2022

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Score

80

-3 vs game avg

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