RPG for Dummies.
posted by ikeredwolf (BLOOMINGTON, IN) Jan 14, 2011
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RPGs are demanding games by nature, they demand more then their fair share of time commitment, patience in ways too varied to count, and they frequently demand repeated re-engagement with the story and its characters.
Venetica has these characteristics in spades. There are frequent graphical anomalies which the player has to simply ignore. There is a huge gap in audio quality between a lackluster score and sub-par voice acting, which the player simply can’t ignore, and must accept. There is a complex UI which requires a player to frequently learn by guessing. The game leaves all camera control to the player but the camera itself is exceedingly slow and since combat is real-time this can lead to losing sight of your target, or simply waiting awhile to get a lay of the land. Another issue the game has is the frequent loading screens, sometimes between surprisingly trivial areas.
All these issues have to be accepted in order to progress though the game, a die-hard RPG Fan will probably accept these flaws in order to follow if not a superb story at least a reasonably unique one. However if you are considering renting this game I doubt you would consider it worth the spot in your Q for the month or so it will stay there as you work your way though the game. Its simply not that good.
That said if you have played RPGs long enough to remember when they were really slow, and mind-bogglingly complex, and you've seen how shallow the current crop of RPGs are, you may find a diamond in the rough in the way Venetica recalls the glory days of the genre.
And if you’ve bothered to read this review all the way to here, I hope you recognize the irony of the Review heading.
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