Originally Posted by Dajjer 
I loved Venetica. I actually like the exterior city of Venetica better than Dishonored's Dunwall (But Dishonored interiors squash Venetica). There is no question Venetica is an easy to play game but I had a lot of fun with the it and hope the developers make a sequel.
It's half a miracle that a 2.5 or so years old Venetica made for ca. 1M€ per platform can compete with a AAA game like Dishonored at all.
Venetica is a remarkably effective game.