Venetica

German cover art
Developer(s) Deck13 Interactive
Publisher(s) dtp entertainment (Europe)
Rombax Games (NA)
Director(s) Jan Klose
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3
Release Microsoft Windows
  • EU: 4 September 2009
  • NA: 18 January 2011
Xbox 360
  • EU: 2 October 2010
  • NA: 18 January 2011
PlayStation 3
  • EU: 5 November 2010
  • NA: 18 January 2011
Genre(s) Action role-playing
Mode(s) Single-player

Venetica is a fantasy-themed action role-playing video game, released in 2009 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. The game was developed by Deck13 and published by dtp entertainment.

Plot

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

Release

On 26 August, publisher DTP Entertainment announced that the Windows version of Venetica went gold. On 5 November 2010, the PlayStation 3 version of Venetica was released in the United Kingdom. The PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 versions of Venetica were released in North America on 18 January 2011.[1]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings60.50% (PC)[2]
46.50% (PS3)[3]
43.85% (X360)[4]
Metacritic61/100 (PC)[5]
47/100 (PS3)[6]
42/100 (X360)[7]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Eurogamer6 of 10[8]
GameSpot6 of 10 (PC)[9]
6 of 10 (PS3/X360)[10]
IGN6 of 10[11]
RPGamer2.5 of 5[12]

The game got "Mixed or average reviews" for Windows, and "Generally unfavorable reviews" for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 according to Metacritic.

References

  1. ↑ "Shippin' Out Jan. 16-22: Little Big Planet 2, Mass Effect 2 PS3". GameSpot. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Venetica for PC". GameSpot. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Venetica for PS3". GameSpot. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Venetica for Xbox 360". GameSpot. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Venetica for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Venetica for PlayStation 3 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "Venetica for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  8. ↑ Al Bickham (17 November 2010). "Venetica Review". Eurogamer. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  9. ↑ "Venetica PC Review". GameSpot. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  10. ↑ "Venetica PS3 Review". GameSpot. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  11. ↑ "Venetica Review". IGN. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  12. ↑ "Venetica - Staff Review". RPGamer. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
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