Comments on: Death takes a Holiday: Venetica

By: tmp

tmp — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:51:13 +0000

Visual style ~~stolen from~~ inspired by World of Warcraft. I was wondering when we’d eventually see that.

what

By: obdicut

obdicut — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:43:39 +0000

So it’s a complete ripoff of Terry Pratchett, or what?

By: James T

James T — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:31:06 +0000

I was ambivalent until I saw the giant prawn

Oh no, I dreamt of Zorro. There needs to be an ENTIRE GAME based on the first 4 pages of the Goaste.com Nemi remixes. The dropoff after that is heartbreaking, but the universe of Egg and bees? Exquisite. I am not interested in this game at all (probably the uninspired character design is lulling me into inattention (It's totally the Middle Ages... with a HOT CHICK! In a BUSTIER!); guess graphics are important!). But the execution is really nice; usually that kind of semi-cartoon smoothness comes with horrible aliasing, but... not here. A bit of promo-screenshot sprucing? Or have they confidently tamed the aliasing demons these days? And yes, she does have a huge head compared to her body, and not even in a "slightly large for stylistic purposes" way -- looks like a woman's face on a 12 year old.

By: Dave F.

Dave F. — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:34:39 +0000

Look, a next-gen Dreamfall!

By: drunkymonkey

drunkymonkey — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:17:02 +0000

Damn you, RPS commenters! I was gonna make a joke about one of the levels having the aim of saving the God of Hangovers, but now you’ve ruined it by pointing out the obvious comparison before I could! :(

By: Kommissar Nicko

Kommissar Nicko — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:37:00 +0000

I had fond memories of Vienetta as a child. A very, very young child. The States mourns its passing…

By: Ozzie

Ozzie — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:24:30 +0000

Except that I like the visual style. Not amazing, but quite good.

And seeing that the developer is Deck13, it could be worse! ;)

By: Hieremias

Hieremias — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:44:01 +0000

Visual style ~~stolen from~~ inspired by World of Warcraft. I was wondering when we’d eventually see that.

By: Albides

Albides — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:12:24 +0000

Now that you point it out, she does look like some sort of ultra-realistic, mildly annoyed blowup doll in a couple shots. Or something like this.

By: Ben Abraham

Ben Abraham — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:05:08 +0000

According to these screenshots, this girl has her mouth open in the same way for 50% of the game!

By: Lorc

Lorc — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:10:17 +0000

I was ambivalent until I saw the giant prawn.

By: Yhancik

Yhancik — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:07:48 +0000

Ryan, you website is already linked in your username :p
(there’s a nofollow anyway).

Oh and Sir Vrittis ! Nice to see you, it sure has been a long !