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In a fantastical Venice, The Corpus are deceived by a cunning necromancer. Transformed into an undead fiend, the conniving imposter is hell-bent on destroying the reinstated Death and the council of Corpus. Only Scarlett, the daughter of Death, can stand in his way.
Venetica - Gold Edition is a rpg, female protagonist and action game
developed and published by Deck13.
Released on January 23rd 2015 is available only on Windows.
It has received 708 reviews of which 562 were positive and 146 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
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- OS *: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
- Processor: Pentium 4 CPU 2.4 GhZ
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GeForce 7600 GT with 256 MB Ram
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 16 GB available space
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I really love this game, You have a strong female lead with a revenge story, all aspects of fantasy, a beautiful yet eerie world. Sure, the game might not be aesthetically as pleasing, but the gameplay and the fantay world make up for it! I really recommend it giving it a shot!
Venetica is a very ambitious eurojank RPG and in my opinion a hidden gem for people who enjoy those. Unfortunately the game suffers from some technical issues. It crashed a few times and sometimes areas wouldn't load correctly. There were also some cases of minor stutters and frame drops. Also, being an older title, the game wasn't developed with modern resolutions in mind. Playing the game at 1440p made the UI pretty small in many cases, but it was still bearable. There are also many loading screens, but fortunately the load times are very short. Even though the graphics are very dated, I still think that the game can look quite good. The comic-inspired art style gives the important characters a lot of personality, and some of the boss designs look very interesting. But my personal favourite were definitely the locations. Especially the starting village and Venice itself look very cool. Instead of keeping it realistic, they leaned heavily into more fantastical elements, giving the city a unique look and feeling. The vibrant colour palette also adds to the sometimes fairy-tale-like atmosphere of the game. Exploration isn't as rewarding as I would like, and most side quests also aren't worth it in my opinion. But at least you don't get punished for exploring immediately without picking up all the quests. Usually, if you find a quest item and don't have the respective quest at the moment, you can still pick it up and complete the quest later without having to backtrack again. The story is alright but nothing innovative or special. Dialogues are mostly fine, and there were some chuckle-worthy moments. The combat system was deeper than expected at first but suffers from long stagger animations. If you fight only one enemy at a time, you can easily stunlock them just by spamming attacks. But the problem also exists the other way around. In my playthrough, when I died it was almost exclusively because I got stunlocked by a group of enemies without a way to escape the CC chain. While not being mechanically challenging and suffering from the usual janky controls which most eurojank RPGs have, I still enjoyed a lot of it because of the hit feedback, which is very satisfying in this game and, in my opinion, often the redeeming quality of low-budget RPG combat. Throughout the game, there are a few more enemy types that require you to use new strategies or weapon types, making the encounters a bit less repetitive, but towards the end, combat does get a bit tedious. The boss encounters leaned heavily towards gimmicks, but at least they were creative. All important bosses even have multiple phases. Some of them would have had the potential to be very impressive and memorable if it wasn't for the janky controls, hitboxes, and confusing camera movement. The progression is alright but nothing special. There is only a handful of armor sets and also not that many different weapons in the game. Unfortunately, you also get most of the best gear from the vendors instead of exploration or quests. The skill tree is bigger, and there were more different skills and abilities than expected, but unfortunately, the skill bar is very small, which limited my choice of skills a lot. The presentation itself is also solid for a eurojank RPG. There are multiple cutscenes for the story, and the German voice acting is very good. I only played a bit of the English version, but it was also fine. The soundtrack is also nice, but there are only a few tracks, and they tend to repeat themselves rather quickly.
Good game. It's a product of its time and has issues but it was pretty fun. Pros: + Fun story. Doesn't take itself too seriously and has good humour. + combat is pretty fun. Can get repetitive but the upgrades in abilities and skills made it enjoyable. + Nice protagonist + Good artstyle. Cons: - Lots of crashes. Always save your game before loading into the next area. - Too much walking, even after unlocking fast travel. It's fine when the game forces you to walk so that you can explore, but there isn't much to explore in this game. - Quest markers aren't very helpful. - The environment sometimes does not load and you have to restart the game to fix it. Would love to see a new modern game with a similar style to this. I miss the odd and obscure b-games that came out in the 2000s
Full disclosure, I paid 89 cents for this game. Secondly, this game has some installation issues and general functionality issues. I had to use mods, compatibility mode get it going as well as a 3rd party intervention to play at high FPS smoothly. All that said. If you can get the game working, it is a delightful game. Its a 2008 game, so have expectations. But it looks very good at 1080p. Very good story, fun progression. Fun combat. Except the bosses. Great exploration and discoverability. A genuine joy to play and finish this game. Took me 40 hrs. Hard to complain about an 89 cent game, but if it was trash I wouldn't have bothered finishing the game. Good stuff that holds up in 2026, if your willing to fix her up a bit.
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Venetica - Gold Edition is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
No, Venetica - Gold Edition is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Venetica - Gold Edition received 562 positive votes out of a total of 708 achieving a rating of 7.53.
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Venetica - Gold Edition was developed and published by Deck13.
Yes, Venetica - Gold Edition is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Venetica - Gold Edition is not playable on MacOS.
No, Venetica - Gold Edition is not playable on Linux.
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This information about Venetica - Gold Edition is not available yet.
No, Venetica - Gold Edition does not support VR.
Venetica - Gold Edition is a single-player game.
No, Venetica - Gold Edition does not currently offer any DLC.
No, Venetica - Gold Edition does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Venetica - Gold Edition does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Venetica - Gold Edition is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Deck13
Publisher
Deck13
Release
23 Jan 2015
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