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Nick Mangiaracina

Current outlet: MonsterVine

Previously at: RPGFan

Reviews

49

49 games · 49 scored

Avg score

73

49 scored reviews

Score style

Balanced

-3 vs peer avg · 49 compared

Outlets

2

MonsterVine · RPGFan

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 -3.

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 49 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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Legacy of Kain: Ascendance

MonsterVine

Legacy of Kain: Ascendance Review – A Disappointing Return for a Classic Series

Published 4/16/2026

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50

-2 vs game avg

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Fishbowl

MonsterVine

Fishbowl Review – Memories Beyond 3 Seconds

Published 3/31/2026

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Score

60

-20 vs game avg

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Demonschool

MonsterVine

Demonschool Review - Demonology 101

Published 11/18/2025

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Score

90

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Arc Raiders

MonsterVine

ARC Raiders Review – Gorgeous, Ambitious, and Deeply Flawed

Published 11/14/2025

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60

-26 vs game avg

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BALL x PIT

MonsterVine

BALL x PIT Review - Put Your Balls in My Pit

Published 10/15/2025

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Score

90

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Deliver At All Costs

MonsterVine

Deliver At All Costs Review - Paperboy: Enhanced Edition

Published 5/20/2025

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80

+10 vs game avg

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Many Nights a Whisper

MonsterVine

Many Nights a Whisper Review - Meditations In A Ritualistic Emergency

Published 4/29/2025

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90

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While Waiting

MonsterVine

While Waiting Review - Main Character Syndrome

Published 2/4/2025

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80

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Demon's Mirror

MonsterVine

Demon’s Mirror Review - Ambitious Concept, Frustrating Execution

Published 9/5/2024

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50

-26 vs game avg

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Cat Quest III

MonsterVine

Cat Quest III Review - A Game of All Time

Published 8/6/2024

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70

-13 vs game avg

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Gordian Quest

MonsterVine

Gordian Quest Review – I Can Knot Recommend

Published 10/27/2023

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50

-25 vs game avg

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Goodbye Volcano High

RPGFan

Goodbye Volcano High Review | RPGFan

Published 9/23/2023

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95

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LISA: Definitive Edition

RPGFan

LISA: Definitive Edition Review | RPGFan

Published 7/18/2023

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86

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Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key

MonsterVine

Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist Of The End & The Secret Key Review – Familiar Places, New Beginnings

Published 5/18/2023

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Review URL updated after audit confirmed redirect to final canonical source URL: https://monstervine.com/2023/05/atelier-ryza-3-alchemist-of-the-end-the-secret-key-review-familiar-places-new-beginnings/

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70

-12 vs game avg

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The Last Spell

MonsterVine

The Last Spell Review – Do Not Mist

Published 3/9/2023

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80

-2 vs game avg

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Fashion Police Squad

MonsterVine

Fashion Police Squad Review – The Thin And Beautiful Blue Line

Published 8/31/2022

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90

+11 vs game avg

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Button City

MonsterVine

Button City Review – Squad Up

Published 9/6/2021

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80

+12 vs game avg

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Minute of Islands

MonsterVine

Minute Of Islands Review – Distant Early Warning

Published 8/29/2021

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80

+3 vs game avg

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Death's Door

MonsterVine

Death’s Door Review – The Lighter Side Of Death

Published 8/16/2021

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100

+10 vs game avg

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Cris Tales

MonsterVine

Cris Tales Review – Form Over Function

Published 7/20/2021

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50

-23 vs game avg

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Backbone

MonsterVine

Backbone Review – Raccoon Noir

Published 6/8/2021

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90

+18 vs game avg

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Essays on Empathy

MonsterVine

Essays On Empathy Review – Deconstructing Narrative

Published 5/18/2021

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90

+8 vs game avg

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Cozy Grove

MonsterVine

Cozy Grove Review – Spirited Away

Published 5/14/2021

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80

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I Am Dead

MonsterVine

I Am Dead Review – A Slice of Life

Published 10/29/2020

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90

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Ikenfell

MonsterVine

Ikenfell Review – Advanced Witches and Wizards

Published 10/22/2020

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100

+25 vs game avg

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Orangeblood

MonsterVine

Orangeblood Review – Orangeblood is the new Black and White

Published 1/29/2020

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70

+9 vs game avg

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Golem

MonsterVine

Golem Review – Nauseating

Published 1/16/2020

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30

-20 vs game avg

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Heroland

MonsterVine

Heroland Review – Not So Lucky

Published 1/15/2020

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50

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