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Nick Cowen - Review Scores & Disparity | ReviewDisparity

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Nick Cowen

73.2

Avg Score Given

-8.5

Steam Disparity

+4.6

MC Disparity

-0.3

Combined Disparity

Reviews

6 early (22%)19 launch window (70%)2 late (7%)

Scoring Pattern

Lowest Score

100

Highest Score

11.6

Score Spread(variance in their own scores)

Disparity by Outlet

The journalist's average disparity score per outlet

TrustedReviews

13 reviews

-1.2

Critical Hit

9 reviews

-1.1

Guardian

5 reviews

+3.3

Review summary

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Updated Aug 28, 2026

Based on 27 scored reviews, Nick Cowen gives games an average score of 73.2/100. Nick Cowen scores games 8.5 points lower than Steam users and 4.6 points higher than Metacritic users.

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Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 27)+

Life is Strange 2 - Episode 5 : WolvesviaCritical Hit
Mar 6, 2020Late review
60/100View review
Steam 73.0/100 · -13.0 ptsMetacritic 67/100 · -7.0 pts
Life is Strange 2 - Episode 4: FaithviaCritical Hit
Sep 19, 2019Launch window
60/100View review
Steam 47.5/100 · +12.5 ptsMetacritic 48/100 · +12.0 pts
JudgmentviaCritical Hit
Jul 31, 2019Launch window
85/100View review
Steam 94.1/100 · -9.1 ptsMetacritic 85/100 · 0.0 pts
Life Is Strange 2 - Episode 3: WastelandsviaCritical Hit
Jun 28, 2019Launch window
70/100View review
Metacritic 56/100 · +14.0 pts
Trover Saves the UniverseviaCritical Hit
Jun 21, 2019Launch window
75/100View review
Steam 90.7/100 · -15.7 ptsMetacritic 82/100 · -7.0 pts