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New RPG Venetica announced for 360 and PC

2:25 PM on 05.27.2008, Colette Bennett 32 comments

New RPG Venetica announced for 360 and PC photo
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While the name of this upcoming RPG leaves a little bit to be desired for me personally (it reminds me of the elaborate efforts to make one's name unique that you sometimes see on clerk nametags in Miami), I can't complain much about new RPGs heading to the 360 (or the PC)! Deck 13 and DTP Entertainment have teamed up to present Venetica, which will be released in 2009.

A snippet of story from the press release (hit the jump for the rest):

In the era of Venetica, Death walks among the living as a flesh & blood being, carrying out the deeds of an ancient council known by a few as Corpus. Each generation of the Corpus is set with the task of selecting the next predecessor of the bringer of death. Unfortunately, the most recent council had unwittingly selected a crafty necromancer who is determined on bringing death and destruction to the world.

Hmm ... definitely not the usual save the princess business. I might be into this, but I'll have to wait until more details surface to be sure if it's my cup of tea. In the meantime, check out the full press release after the jump and discuss, discuss, discuss.

[Via Strategy Informer -- Thanks, Jamie]

Deck 13, one of Germany’s most successful game developers, has teamed up with dtp entertainment to present Venetica, a visually stunning role-play game with a cryptic storyline. Venetica mixes emotions and action in a unique free roaming and living sixteenth century world full of surprise.

In the era of Venetica, Death walks among the living as a flesh & blood being, carrying out the deeds of an ancient council known by a few as Corpus. Each generation of the Corpus is set with the task of selecting the next predecessor of the bringer of death. Unfortunately, the most recent council had unwittingly selected a crafty necromancer who is determined on bringing death and destruction to the world.

This conniving imposter has managed to transform into an undead fiend, which no mortal man can kill. This power-crazed necromancer is hell-bent on destroying the reinstated Death and the council of Corpus. Only one person stands in his way, Scarlett, the daughter of Death.

Up to now she has known nothing of her origins, her powers and the capabilities that she possesses – now she is challenged to learn how to develop and use her powers to save her father and curse the necromancer and his henchmen to the eternal hereafter. dtp entertainment is going to release Venetica in 2009 for PC and the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

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Tubatic's Avatar
Tubatic at 05/27/2008 14:36
This one picture looks alright. I'll be interested in hearing more. The setting is interesting.
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 05/27/2008 14:40
Ugly ass screenshot is ugly
Def JM's Avatar
Def JM at 05/27/2008 14:48
The preview trailer can be found here


Still really not sure about it.
Matthew Blake's Avatar
Matthew Blake at 05/27/2008 15:01
Reminds me a lot of Terry Pratchett's Mort, especially the idea of playing Death's daughter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mort
Demtor's Avatar
Demtor at 05/27/2008 15:16
Something is just wrong with that girls hips. Either put more clothes on or figure out how to 3D model better, yikes!
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Joseph Leray at 05/27/2008 15:21
The concept sounds interesting enough, but I don't know how I feel about the art direction. It's like they tried to take the art style from those old adventure games and modernize it, with questionable results. I'm no graphics whore, but something about these shots just throws me off.

I want to take a look at the combat before I make a ruling on this. From the trailer, it looks more like a 3rd person action game.
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AltDelete at 05/27/2008 15:39
Is that.. in picture 3.. is that a giant enemy crab?
SLiFE's Avatar
SLiFE at 05/27/2008 15:41
@Orcist
You don't have to be a g-whore to have a problem with a games artistic direction.

But yeah, this game gets a resounding meh from me til they drop more gameplay deets.
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Cowzilla3 at 05/27/2008 15:47
The combat looks like it could be itneresting and the games saving grace. I'm gussing graphics will improve but the artistic direction actually reminds me a bit of Beyond Good and Evil but doesn't seem to fit as well.
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Itchy at 05/27/2008 15:53
I don't really understand this, everything looks average.

C'mon! Particle effects, bloom, lack of colour! This needs to be ne- current gen!
Teta's Avatar
Teta at 05/27/2008 16:02
After watching the trailer I have one word: MEH!
My graphic whoreness is too high for this game.
PaperBowser0's Avatar
PaperBowser0 at 05/27/2008 16:05
Looks like shit.
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naib at 05/27/2008 16:10
She's a bowling ball headed fool.
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Peronthious at 05/27/2008 16:17
Not liking the screens, but it's relatively early, so there's still time for improvement. My only concern is the developer; Deck 13 has only done point and click adventures in the past, their most recent being Jack Keane and most well known Ankh. Decent games, to be sure, but since this is their first foray into the pure RPG realm...we shall see.
Qipsy's Avatar
Qipsy at 05/27/2008 16:29
Ugh, agree about the unfortunate name. Here's a good one, gratis:

"Death Council"
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Spitfire at 05/27/2008 16:34
i was initially put off by this game, but the trailer dragged me back in. Dunno if i'll buy it, but i'll keep an eye out now.
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plastictrash at 05/27/2008 16:39
I think it looks okay. However, being german myself, I can safely say that my people haven't developed a good game in the last like 10 years. Plus I've had the pleasure of working with DTP before.. memories not too fond..
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Cowboy TTop at 05/27/2008 16:41
Storyline sounds a bit too...I don't know....Bleachy. I'll try to keep my mind open. Nice to see someone trying something different, but they have to look at that name again.

Reminds me of Sudeki (yes i know its japanese, for wonderful but the game was a bit meh). Please don't end up like that game, and think about renaming it.
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B-Radicate at 05/27/2008 16:42
After checking the preview trailer on IGN I hafta say I'm interested, but the graphics definitely need more flash and polish. Right now it looks like an uglier version of Fable 1.

Here's to hoping the game is simply that early in development. I'll keep an eye on it for sure, though.
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Eschatos at 05/27/2008 16:47
One part interesting and one part generic mixed together. This could be good.
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Kyousuke Nanbu at 05/27/2008 16:49
The concept seems interesting and I'm not so shallow that I don't want to play something just because its not covered in brown and bloom.
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Elandarex at 05/27/2008 17:56
I'm with Matthew Blake on this one. It sounds eerily familiar to Terry Pratchett's Mort. For that matter, with Pratchett's take on Death in mind, I sincerely doubt this would engage me simply because I would constantly compare it to Pratchett's Death.

Dammit! Why can't we get another Discworld game?!
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mr geo at 05/27/2008 18:20
FTM! (For The Meh...)
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naia-the-gamer at 05/27/2008 19:00
I don't know. This might be an okay game, the problem is that it's an original IP so regardless of whether or not it's good or bad, it'll most likely get ignored.

I'll keep an eye on it anyway.
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 05/27/2008 19:24
Don't care about the graphics, it's about the story and gameplay. So far the story has me hooked.
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TrailerParkJesus at 05/27/2008 19:25
What kind of RPG is it? Is this DTP's first game? Why did they name it after a font?

I'm optimistic about this game. More Xbox RPGs are always welcome.
yaisuah's Avatar
yaisuah at 05/27/2008 19:27
I was tricked, this ain't no RPG, it sounds more like button smashing with RPG elements.

Well, they shoulda used my Revolutionary JRPG Fighting Engine!
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 05/27/2008 19:27
I'm not finding anything intriguing about it. Hopefully something nice pops up as development continues.
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Crunshii at 05/27/2008 21:01
looks like Tomb Raider meets Viva pinata. Play the video and you will see.
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Holyetheline at 12/19/2008 19:01
This article was posted around the same time that I was in Texas to see Radiohead.
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