Venetica (Xbox 360)

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Description

Scarlett had a nice life up there in the mountains above Venice. Living in a small miner village called San Pasquale and being in love with a future hero, everything seemed possible. But in truth she never really fit in because she was an orphan of questionable heritage. When one day the village is attacked by assassins searching for her, this becomes more clear than ever. The village gets destroyed and her betrothed Benedict is killed. The next day, the survivors tell Scarlett to leave. Her goal is Venice, where the so-called Undead Five threaten the cosmic balance.

Venetica is an action role-playing game with the player looking over Scarlett's shoulder while traveling around the world. Several typical role-playing tasks await the player in the game, including different quests, conversations with NPCs through multiple-choice dialogues, fighting many enemies, collecting items and earning experience points to level up and learn new abilities. Quests and dialogues often require the player to make decisions that influence not only the overall story, but in part also how the world around Scarlett reacts to her.

Scarlett can deal with the enemies by performing powerful combo attacks with her weapons. She has access to four types of weapons and two skill-trees littered with active and passive talents, and can acquire new weapons and armor over the course of the game. Hammers and axes allow Scarlett to destroy closed doors. She can also wield the Moonblade, a legendary upgradable weapon which alone can destroy undead creatures. Killing someone with the Moonblade restores Scarlett's shadow energy.

The latter is needed for Scarlett's special gift: as the daughter of Death, she doesn't die that easily. If enough shadow energy is available, she will instead rise again after a few seconds with half her hitpoints restored. However, is Scarlett is low on that energy, her death is permanent. Shadow energy is also used to enter the Shadow World for a short period of time. Everything in the Shadow World frozen, allowing Scarlett to escape from her enemies or get behind their backs. By entering the Shadow World, the player can also find portals and doors to areas which are hidden and inaccessible in the normal world. The player can also learn the ability Shadow Path to walk in and out of the Shadow World at will.

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Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: OGRE
• Middleware: Scaleform GFx SDK
• Physics Engine: PhysX
• Protagonist: Female
• Setting: City - Venice

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The Press Says

Gamezone (Germany)	Dec 23, 2009	7.7 out of 10	77
MAN!AC	Jan, 2010	70 out of 100	70
Meristation	Feb 25, 2010	7 out of 10	70
GamingBolt	Jan 17, 2011	6 out of 10	60
InsideGamer	Feb 25, 2010	6 out of 10	60
411mania.com	Jan 22, 2011	5.2 out of 10	52
GameSpot	Jan 26, 2011	5 out of 10	50
Official Xbox Magazine (UK)	Jan 05, 2011	5 out of 10	50
Brash Games	Nov 23, 2010	3 out of 10	30
Games Radar	Jan 25, 2011	2 out of 10	20

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• Official Website (The official web site of Venetica.)