Venetica Preview

The folks over at GameOnn have whipped up a preview of Deck 13's Venetica, though it doesn't appear to be based on any hands-on time with the game.
Gameplay consists of that of a standard action RPG. You'll be able to travel all across Venice (and even one area in Africa) to open treasure chests with maps and upgrades, manage your skill points, and customize your character to either be offensive or defensive, based on where you invest the skill points you earn. There will also be branching skill trees and mission trees, providing even greater depth when it comes to figuring out how you'll be playing the game.

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Also unique to the game is the Twilight realm, a spiritual world where ghosts and demons reside. Scarlett will be able to access this realm and converse with the souls of the dead whenever need be, which has been used in few other games before Venetica. How the twilight realm will factor into the outcome of missions has not been mentioned, but the possibilities are pretty exciting to think about.