Critic Atlas

Reviewer profile

Sam Chandler

Current outlet: Shacknews

Reviews

47

47 games · 47 scored

Avg score

75

47 scored reviews

Score style

Balanced

-1 vs peer avg · 47 compared

Outlets

1

Shacknews

Latest

2026

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.

How to use this

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 47 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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Marathon

Shacknews

Marathon review: Pathways into greatness

Published 4/2/2026

Text · Full review

Score

90

+8 vs game avg

Cairn

Shacknews

Cairn review: Reaching for greatness

Published 1/29/2026

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Score

90

+4 vs game avg

Arc Raiders

Shacknews

ARC Raiders review: I'm a f(r)iend!

Published 12/1/2025

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Score

90

+4 vs game avg

Borderlands 4

Shacknews

Borderlands 4 review: Taste of chaos

Published 9/11/2025

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Score

90

+8 vs game avg

Elden Ring Nightreign

Shacknews

Elden Ring Nightreign review: Soulsborne distilled

Published 5/28/2025

Text · Full review · Reviewed on PC

Verified original outlet page. Page states review was based on a Steam code.

Action RPGRoguelikeCo-opSoulslikeFromSoftwareBandai NamcoMultiplayerSteam

Score

90

+12 vs game avg

Recommended

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Commandos: Origins

Shacknews

Commandos: Origins review: Courageous, dutiful, glorious basterds

Published 4/9/2025

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Score

90

+19 vs game avg

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

Shacknews

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review: For king and country

Published 2/3/2025

Text · Full review · Reviewed on PC

Verified original outlet page. Page states review is based on a Steam code.

Historical RPGOpen worldMedievalImmersive simPlayer choiceWarhorse StudiosSteam

Score

90

+1 vs game avg

Recommended

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Frostpunk 2

Shacknews

Frostpunk 2 review: Icy wasteland, frozen indecision

Published 9/17/2024

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Score

90

+3 vs game avg

Deathbound

Shacknews

Deathbound review: Two's company, three's a crowd, four is an identity crisis

Published 8/7/2024

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Score

60

-1 vs game avg

South Park: Snow Day

Shacknews

South Park: Snow Day! review: Grab your sword and snowballs

Published 3/25/2024

Text · Full review

Score

80

+24 vs game avg

Sons of the Forest

Shacknews

Sons of the Forest review: Maybe camp somewhere else

Published 3/8/2024

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Score

60

-22 vs game avg

Baldur's Gate 3

Shacknews

Baldur's Gate 3 review: A natural 20

Published 11/30/2023

Text · Full review · Reviewed on PC

Verified original outlet page.

CRPGDungeons & DragonsTurn-based combatChoice-drivenParty-based RPGCo-opLarian Studios

Score

100

+3 vs game avg

Recommended

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Ghostrunner II

Shacknews

Ghostrunner 2 review: Slo-mo thriller, katana killer

Published 10/23/2023

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Score

80

+1 vs game avg

Remnant II

Shacknews

Remnant 2 review: Rootin' tootin' boogaloo

Published 7/20/2023

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Score

90

+8 vs game avg

MADiSON

Shacknews

MADiSON review: A snapshot of true terror

Published 7/6/2022

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Score

90

+17 vs game avg

Elden Ring

Shacknews

Elden Ring review: The transcended soul

Published 2/23/2022

Text · Full review · Reviewed on PC

Verified original outlet page.

Open worldAction RPGSoulslikeFromSoftwareFantasyExplorationSteam

Score

90

-6 vs game avg

Recommended

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KeyWe

Shacknews

KeyWe review: Two birds, one job

Published 8/31/2021

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Score

80

+4 vs game avg

Pokemon UNITE

Shacknews

Pokemon Unite review: A divisive battle

Published 7/27/2021

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Score

70

+2 vs game avg

Last Stop

Shacknews

Last Stop review: Missed connections

Published 7/21/2021

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Score

60

-11 vs game avg

Ghostrunner

Shacknews

Ghostrunner review: Elegance, precision, and power

Published 10/26/2020

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Score

90

+9 vs game avg

Torchlight III

Shacknews

Torchlight 3 review: Just one more dungeon

Published 10/13/2020

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Score

70

+6 vs game avg

Mortal Shell

Shacknews

Mortal Shell review: No heir to the flesh

Published 8/17/2020

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Score

70

-9 vs game avg

Disintegration

Shacknews

Disintegration review: Troubleshooting

Published 6/10/2020

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Score

40

-18 vs game avg

Wildfire

Shacknews

Wildfire review: Starting fires? It's my desire

Published 5/29/2020

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Score

70

-6 vs game avg

Nioh 2

Shacknews

Nioh 2 review: Crouching yokai, hidden samurai

Published 3/10/2020

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Score

80

-6 vs game avg

Warlander

Shacknews

Warlander review: War, what is it good for?

Published 2/25/2020

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Score

30

-31 vs game avg

Disco Elysium

Shacknews

Disco Elysium review: Drunk on ambrosia

Published 11/21/2019

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Score

90

-1 vs game avg

Code Vein

Shacknews

Code Vein review: Take my blood

Published 9/26/2019

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Score

80

+7 vs game avg

Void Bastards

Shacknews

Void Bastards review: Permission to come aboard

Published 5/28/2019

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Score

80

-3 vs game avg

Anno 1800

Shacknews

Anno 1800 review: Revolutionize and synergize

Published 4/17/2019

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Score

80

-2 vs game avg

Apex Legends

Shacknews

Apex Legends review: A better battle royale

Published 2/18/2019

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Score

80

-1 vs game avg

Crackdown 3

Shacknews

Crackdown 3 review: The boom stops here

Published 2/14/2019

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Score

70

+8 vs game avg

A Way Out

Shacknews

A Way Out Review: Bring a Friend

Published 3/21/2018

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Score

70

-9 vs game avg