Venetica Reviews

Based on 16 critics - Overal Score: 66 / 100

GameInfo: This is action/role-playing game (epic world) from German developer Deck 13. It has good graphics and an entertaining story-line.

Story

The story of Venetica takes place in a 16th century styled world where Death is a physical being. Death follows the instructions of a group known as Corpus. Every generation, Corpus must select the successor for Death. In the game's story, the council has accidentally chosen a necromancer who intends to bring complete death and destruction upon the world. This necromancer has immortalized himself through death. The current Death and Corpus cannot stop him. The only person capable of stopping him is Scarlett, who is the daughter of Death. She must cultivate and grow her powers to save her father and the world from the necromancer.

Critic Review Scores for Venetica PC

Critic		Score
Guardian	Worth shopping around for, to see if you can pick it up on the cheap	3 out of 5
Games.it	Good Job	7.9 out of 10
Eurogamer.de	Good but not very good	7 out of 10
Gamer	Interesting story	6 out of 10
InsideGamer	Review	6 out of 10
Metro GameCentral	Rpg elements are fairly basic	4 out of 10
GameStar	Great introduction	83 out of 100
Absolute Games	Review	4.4 out of 10
Pc Games	Beautiful and Unique	79 out of 100
LEVEL	Crappy RPG elements	60 out of 100
Gamer.nl	Little problems	6 out of 10
VandalOnline	Review	6 out of 10
StrategyInformer	Not classic	6.5 out of 10
SpazioGames	Good Fable clone	68 out of 100
Cynamite	Fascinating story	7 out of 10
Eurogamer	Review	60 out of 100
Joystiq	Review	2 out of 5

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Details

Developer(s) Deck13 Interactive
Publisher(s) dtp entertainment
Atari US
Engine OGRE (graphics engine)
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Release date(s)US 20110118January 18, 2011
Genre(s) Role-playing
Mode(s) Single-player