

Venetica - Gold Edition
Deck13 · 2015 · RPG, Female Protagonist, Action, Adventure, Singleplayer
PC
Mostly Positive80% · 67861Metacritic
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About Venetica - Gold Edition
✦ AI summary
Play as Scarlett, the hidden daughter of Death itself, as you battle through a dark and atmospheric Venice to stop a rogue necromancer from destroying the balance between the living and the dead. Master supernatural powers, explore a dynamic open world, and uncover a rich story of love, destiny, and salvation in this visually stunning action RPG.
Set in the fantastic world of long ago Venice, the young Scarlett falls victim to a terrible mystery, which begins with the murder of her companion by a secretive alliance of mighty necromancers. Thus fate takes its inevitable course and threatens to throw the world out of order.
Scarlett finds out that she is the daughter of death incarnate and is blessed with his ultimate powers. She is the only one who can stop the gruesome powers that threaten to destroy the entire living world.
Now it’s your chance to reverse fate! Get ready for a fast-paced adventure set in an epic world filled with dark dangers and merciless adversaries. Arm yourself with mighty weapons, rally together powerful allies and master the dark powers of death. Can you conquer the powers that threaten to inescapably destroy the world of the living? Follow your path down into the deepest abyss to death itself – and back again, if you are worthy!
To become death in Venetica is a calling, fulfilled by a man of flesh and blood – equipped with special supernatural skills in order to be able to carry out the duties of the office. A new death is selected regularly by “Corpus”, a secret council. This time however Corpus really makes a wrong decision: The “new” death, Victor, turns out to be a crazed necromancer who manages to turn himself into an overpowering undead with seedy tricks and dark rituals and thus attains almost unlimited power in addition to immortality. As it is strictly forbidden for the chosen death to devote himself to necromancy, the committee revokes Victor’s nomination immediately and declares a new death in his stead without delay.
The power-hungry Victor however does not want to relinquish his position again. He continues to practice the dark arts in order to gather numerous dark and dangerous creatures and tainted souls from the underworld around him. He thus succeeds in eliminating the newly designated death and takes over his power for his own purposes. The effects on the world’s balance are calamitous and – should Victor be able to keep himself in power – its dark consequences are irreversible. Only a person who has the same mighty powers as Victor can prevent his prevailing and vent him his deserved punishment.
Scarlett, the daughter of the real death does not know anything about her ancestry and the hidden talents which slumber within her. She is immersed suddenly in this story due to the brutal attack on her home village and the tragic loss of Benedict, the love of her life. It is a story which she now begins to write herself, a story during the course of which she unleashes her capabilities, a story in which she tries to save Benedict from the world of the dead and a story in which she must protect the world of the living from the dark threat posed by Victor and his henchmen.
Scarlett finds out that she is the daughter of death incarnate and is blessed with his ultimate powers. She is the only one who can stop the gruesome powers that threaten to destroy the entire living world.
Now it’s your chance to reverse fate! Get ready for a fast-paced adventure set in an epic world filled with dark dangers and merciless adversaries. Arm yourself with mighty weapons, rally together powerful allies and master the dark powers of death. Can you conquer the powers that threaten to inescapably destroy the world of the living? Follow your path down into the deepest abyss to death itself – and back again, if you are worthy!
key Features:
- Experience a visually stunning action RPG with a unique and captivating atmosphere
- Follow the hero journey of Scarlett through a rich and original story
- Conquer a host of merciless nightmarish creatures that pounce on the threatened world in a raged frenzy in action-packed battles and ultimately confront their masters
- Explore palaces, villas and numerous dark alleyways in a living dynamic Venice filled with merchants, rogues, allies and traitors
- Learn how to use the powers of the “Twilight World” and wander between the worlds of the living and the dead. Put the ultimate powers of death to your advantage in battle.
- Use the advantages of the “Twilight World” and the ultimate powers of death
- Experience an open game world with dynamic night and day cycles
- Clear, easy to pick up rule system and intuitive game-play
- Experience a dynamic and open game world in which you can freely develop your own character and decide on different game strategies yourself.
To become death in Venetica is a calling, fulfilled by a man of flesh and blood – equipped with special supernatural skills in order to be able to carry out the duties of the office. A new death is selected regularly by “Corpus”, a secret council. This time however Corpus really makes a wrong decision: The “new” death, Victor, turns out to be a crazed necromancer who manages to turn himself into an overpowering undead with seedy tricks and dark rituals and thus attains almost unlimited power in addition to immortality. As it is strictly forbidden for the chosen death to devote himself to necromancy, the committee revokes Victor’s nomination immediately and declares a new death in his stead without delay.
The power-hungry Victor however does not want to relinquish his position again. He continues to practice the dark arts in order to gather numerous dark and dangerous creatures and tainted souls from the underworld around him. He thus succeeds in eliminating the newly designated death and takes over his power for his own purposes. The effects on the world’s balance are calamitous and – should Victor be able to keep himself in power – its dark consequences are irreversible. Only a person who has the same mighty powers as Victor can prevent his prevailing and vent him his deserved punishment.
Scarlett, the daughter of the real death does not know anything about her ancestry and the hidden talents which slumber within her. She is immersed suddenly in this story due to the brutal attack on her home village and the tragic loss of Benedict, the love of her life. It is a story which she now begins to write herself, a story during the course of which she unleashes her capabilities, a story in which she tries to save Benedict from the world of the dead and a story in which she must protect the world of the living from the dark threat posed by Victor and his henchmen.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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.3 found this helpful
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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
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