Ventio Mortis Demo

The undead are part of the fantasy lore for quite some time, especially since they make for such great villains. Usually, most zombies or undead warriors are not exactly sentient, since they are raised by necromancers to do their bidding. Because of this, there’s little to no guilt when it comes to killing entire armies of them, given the fact that you are basically slaying moving corpses.

Ventio Mortis is an interactive visual novel that tells you the sad story of Hollowelle Neaera, a cursed woman walking the Earth in order to spread her hatred. The game allows you to make certain choices every now and again, but the demo at hand is mostly a presentation of what’s to come in the full release. Hence, although you get to change a few things, the experience is pretty linear most of the time.

As mentioned before, the main focus of the story is Hollowelle Neaera, a girl who had her heart broken in the past and could not handle going into the afterlife. Instead, she remained among the living, even going as far as to recruit other hurt individuals into her clan. However, things start to get complicated once her loyal servants start to question their purpose and even their queen.

Since Neaera feeds with fresh corpses, it doesn’t take long until someone notices the pattern, which is why a detective starts tracking her down. All of these elements come together to make Neaera’s life very difficult, and her fate is up to you. You can interact with quite a few characters in the demo at hand, and your relationship with them affects how the plot evolves and how the story ends.

In terms of graphics, you shouldn’t expect an awful lot, mainly because this is an indie production with a very limited budget. However, the artwork is very much in tune with the atmosphere, which means that everything is pretty bleak and depressing. The same can be said about the music, and it’s actually nice to hear some interesting ideas in this regard for a change.

In the end, it’s nice to see some new ideas in a visual novel, and Ventio Mortis features interesting characters that could be memorable. Hence, we can only hope that the full version is going to be just as intriguing as this demo.