Empire of Sin

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5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 137 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 27 out of 137
  3. Negative: 47 out of 137

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  1. MattBoothDev
    Jul 11, 2022
    4
    This game could've been so good, but has the same pitfalls as XCOM. 1 star racket, 4 guards of 55 health each vs my team of 7 heavily armed gangsters, 75% chance of victory? My whole team dies as a result?

    Total ****

    The RNG is terrible. The consrols are needlessly difficulty in consoles. Load times are still
  2. AlGil_meta
    Dec 2, 2020
    0
    America 30th with woman and afroamericans in gansters? Game destroying real hystory.
  3. Skyyfall
    Dec 3, 2020
    4
    Not bad game. But i have softlock in main quest and cant play more. More bugs and lags bad animation make this game very bad. When we take patches may be this game will be not bad.
  4. EcstaticPlant
    Dec 12, 2020
    3
    funny how half the 10/10s look like they were written professionally
    im going to tell you how this game is really
    its an interesting game. im in no way saying its a bad game.... but... romero games went with a worthless bigger company to release their game. imo paradox is the single worst company to buy a game with the last paradox game i bought full price, bought 3 dlcs. the 3rd    funny how half the 10/10s look like they were written professionally
    im going to tell you how this game is really

    its an interesting game. im in no way saying its a bad game....
    but...
    romero games went with a worthless bigger company to release their game.
    imo paradox is the single worst company to buy a game with

    the last paradox game i bought full price, bought 3 dlcs. the 3rd dlc broke the game and they left it broken for over a year. until of course. you guessed it. more dlc. with another price tag.

    had i known this was paradox i would not have bought it.

    now back to empire of sin.
    by no means am i saying its a bad game. just a horrible choice for a release company
    the ui doesn't fit on the screen (even with the "hotfix")
    missions hang and are unable to finish at times, missing waypoints to misisons.
    saves don't load. i have 30+ saves none of them load

    let me detail my first 4 days and only 4 days playing the game.

    day 1: started with a totally unbalanced character (frankie donovan) who can wipe out full attacks in one turn. got the the cma missions. after 5-6 hours.... blue screen. blue screen. blue screen. (hotfix 1 releases)

    day 2: went to go load up. doesnt work. saves dont work. i start again. i progress 5-6 hours and decide to play something else. half the "hotfix" problems are still there. (hotfix 2 releases)

    day 3: hmm. saves dont work again. whats that 10-15 saves and auto saves that don't work. i start again. i progress 5-6 hours. i leave the game on when i'm not playing. not going to hit me with that no save crap.

    day 4: guess what? blue screen. try and load. nope. theres another 5-7 saves that don't work. i still start again. thinking i better just rush through this game just to get my moneys worth since saves don't work. i cant save my progress.

    day 4 continued: after doing some thinking. why am i buying this game to rush through to the end? it might be the only way to progress. i paid for this game, why am i being forced to just rush through to the end. i will wait for update.

    and thats when i saw it. this is a paradox game.
    i never knew or cared to research. it looked like a good game.

    the chance of getting an update that actually fixes the game is slim to none anytime soon.
    i would not have bought this game if i knew it was paradox.
    i had already felt ripped off buying a game from this company.
    i would not have done it again if i had known.

    funny how all those paid sponsors playing the game before the release, before the patches... forgot to mention all the bugs.

    no wonder they skipped missions and just ran to take people over. because the missions don't all work.

    this game has potential. but that potential will take much time to reach.
    the time i played i enjoyed. but this is like a demo. you can only play 5 hours and then your save doesn't work any more.

    buy this game on sale after checking patch notes to make sure there was a patch to actually fix this mess of a game.

    do not buy this game full price.
    do not buy any paradox game full price. if at all.

    i'm going to rate this in 3 catagories game 7/10. its good i like it. it is lacking some on the business side of the game. and i wish you could hire guards along with the characters. if you end up in a war you get 5+ events in a row where you can't even move. you have to use guards at your rackets to defend attacks over and over. i don't mind it but many want auto-resolve function. update quality & frequency 1/10. these updates suck. one was the size of the game. which actually triggered no saves working for me atleast. the ui still hangs off the screen. the updates didn't fix anything major. they had one day 1 patch. another day 2 patch. seems to have made the game worse for me since i can't turn off the game or i have to start the the beginning release choice 1/10 with games like doom, wolf 3d, quake... you have a name, people love you why would you go with some bum company. they are trash. paradox games is the worst i have EVER seen for updating, fixing games. games i played for countless hours on pc, have ported with paradox. lets just say i no longer play those games. paradox will make you no more. if you want to release a good game. then neglect the game. all the bugs. put out 2 hotfixes that don't fix everything you list. until you release a dlc. how many people do you think are really going to buy the dlc? the game has a 4 user score. your losing customers your scaring off repeat customers and anyone who researches before buying won't buy your games again this is good business policy? this is a demo game i payed for. no saves work im going to put this edit in: if they update this game in a reasonable amount of time i will change my rating its already an unreasonable amount. but i am willing to be more reasonable for now    … Expand
  5. mamamomo
    Dec 2, 2020
    3
    The game wants to do everything at the same time and failed to succeed atgetting things right. It is the worst combat and level design I ever saw in the genre.
  6. Hidalgo15
    Dec 8, 2020
    3
    - Plenty of bugs that makes you load previous save games.
    - Bad animations and face expresions.
    - Weird voice acting - Economy and diplomacy so simple and limited options. - Boring combat against the same npcs in the same interiors all the time. Dumb Al just push foward. - The police does nothing. - Unfair for the player sometimes. If you own a business its guarded by 2 weak npcs but    - Plenty of bugs that makes you load previous save games.
    - Bad animations and face expresions.
    - Weird voice acting
    - Economy and diplomacy so simple and limited options.
    - Boring combat against the same npcs in the same interiors all the time. Dumb Al just push foward.
    - The police does nothing.
    - Unfair for the player sometimes. If you own a business its guarded by 2 weak npcs but if the AI owns the same place is guarded by 5 with better skills and weapons. While you can only manage to attack with 3 gansters the AI can attack you all the time with 20 even if you own more territory and have more money the AI gangs starts with tier 2 holdings...and a big etc.
    - The black market seens pontless, just for sell your crappy gear.
    -As others said dumb mechanics like drive a taxi to an enemy safehouse and finish a war in 1 combat and no way to avoid killing your gansters friends in those fights.
    - No multiplayer, just a skirmish kind game mode flavored with uninteresting background history with only one victory type: Elimination.
    - The background music is acceptable.

    Basicly this games gives a mix of features from other successful games but noone of them well developed for the price of 40€ plus a 20€ dlc from the release day, obviously formed by cut content just for grab more money from our wallets with this unfinished game not even tested properly. I have no hopes for this game since paradox is the publisher not the developer. Avoid this game for now.    … Expand
  7. AllNewSuperfake
    Dec 2, 2020
    3
    There is a lot of things that “Empire of Sin” wants to be. And if you are looking for good news under a bad score: It’s all there. But like most Paradox games that just came out, especially new franchises, they are not yet in place, badly balanced, bugged out or so disconnected that they hold up the flow a game of this scale needs to stay a game and not become busywork.

    There is the    There is a lot of things that “Empire of Sin” wants to be. And if you are looking for good news under a bad score: It’s all there. But like most Paradox games that just came out, especially new franchises, they are not yet in place, badly balanced, bugged out or so disconnected that they hold up the flow a game of this scale needs to stay a game and not become busywork.

    There is the promised round-based combat, comparable to the X-Com-franchise, but right now it lacks tactical depth, and an AI that is able to think a round ahead, having it’s units work together. It offers a lot of inventory choices, specializations and classes, but only one kind of encounter in one type of 2-dimensional environment.

    There are the promised management and empire-building aspects, coming with a very pleasant presentation that makes this procedurally generated Chicago more than just a map. But only 5 different business types with 5 very generic “ambiance” upgrades don’t make it feel like your business. There is borderline no customization or actual management happening; you don’t set prices, you don’t actually hire staff except for guards that come with upgrades. There is no personal touch possible, and while you can get some moodlets in your joints they can be safely ignored outside their respective spreadsheet entries. There are very disjointed events that influence the demands of the neighborhood, but in the end all your rackets are little more than targets – for you and your enemies.

    There are some Sims-like elements, giving your characters and goons more backstory and traits, sometimes even supposed relationships. But in the end it’s little more than a game of cards where sometimes two cards match, and sometimes they don’t, and the results are numbers going up or down in a spreadsheet.
    No matter which family you play, the cards are always the same, and especially in the beginning there is almost no pool to really choose from. If you lose your cards, they are just out of the game – they won’t come back working for one of your opponents, and they don’t have any real agenda. Even if they leave you due to terrible morale you can just rehire them. Even with all their stats and inventory and traits they never become actual characters that you care for.

    And on top of that there is some diplomacy in the tradition of civilization, the so called “sit-ins”, where you could theoretically make deals from alcohol to non-aggression-pacts. But unfortunately the game has only one goal, and that’s eradicating everyone else. Leaving only one viable strategy that you are shown in the tutorial, and that from there on out will be the 15-minute-gameplay-loop you'll do over and over again.

    There are little quests and story-bits presented as missions, but all of that doesn’t feed into the actual game right now, it’s little more than flavor text that is unfortunately generic. The voice-acting sounds too mechanical and out of place most of the time to shine; the wooden animations don't help in that regard.

    Like everything else it feels like ingredients for a giant thanksgiving-meal they had been planning and shopping for, and they found the perfect center-piece and brilliant flowers and the single best receipts, but then they ran out of time, and you will have to dip your cold turkey leg into the ice cream while listening to Romero talking about all the great visions they had.

    So give this a few years, or even better: See if there’s going to be an “Empire of Sin 2” because they sold enough DLC with it. Right now the asking price is ridiculous given the fact that you get little more than a -very polished – alpha version of the game. Have a look into their forums from time to time if they listen to the feedback.

    Stop rewarding great ideas only because there’s a big name on the front and some nostalgia for a game you loved 20 years ago on the back. Give your money to finished games when they are worth it.    … Expand
  8. godeban
    Dec 9, 2020
    2
    Empire of Sin - Attack of the Clones

    GANGSTER +++++ optical design - 60 ++--- class spells variety +---- specific equipment ----- relationships ----- hire system BOSSES +++++ optical design - 14 ++--- boss spells +---- economic bonuses ----- DANIEL MCKEE JACKSON over all ----- gang hierarchy system WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT +++++ range ++--- melee & explosives +---- armor &    Empire of Sin - Attack of the Clones

    GANGSTER
    +++++ optical design - 60
    ++--- class spells variety
    +---- specific equipment
    ----- relationships
    ----- hire system

    BOSSES
    +++++ optical design - 14
    ++--- boss spells
    +---- economic bonuses
    ----- DANIEL MCKEE JACKSON over all
    ----- gang hierarchy system

    WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT
    +++++ range
    ++--- melee & explosives
    +---- armor & equipment
    ----- blackmarket
    ----- loot system

    GAMEPLAY
    ----- the same 4 buildings over and over again
    (5 with the enemy HQ)
    ----- the size of the building has no effect
    (ALL ONLY ONE FLOOR)
    ----- only clone opponents @ buildings
    (exception HQ)
    +---- street fights (cops inc)
    ----- boring very quickly

    "CITY"
    ++++- districts
    +---- district size
    ----- district variation
    ----- city size
    ----- split areas
    (feels like villages - instead of a city)

    IS THIS A BETA GAME ? a crystal clear YES from me!
    where are the pawn & gun shops, banks?, betting offices?,
    residential buildings?, construction system?

    a better option would be :
    make all gangstars to unique bosses
    with different bonuses for all syndicate positions like lieutenants atm

    after defeated :
    option1 - integrate into the gang hierarchy (underboss, consigliere) option2 - control a district (capo) option3 - squadleader option4 - Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes footsoldier classes/specializations/subclasses (active and automated actions) all previous & burglar?, pimps?, ruffian?(extortion system!) ...car fleet? ...training rooms for the footsoliders? ...money laundering? ...multisquads (1squad 1boss with 4-5 footsoliders) ...defence system with squads start a building takeover on the street with matching floors of the building!!!    … Expand
  9. RaiMaX
    Dec 17, 2020
    0
    By the looks of the hype that came around this game we can definitely see that Gang war Chicago as turn based strategy got a big potential! But long story short this game is nothing But an ok graphics! Game play vise it is SOO broken that fixes and patches just wont get the job done, its much more efficient to start all over instead of trying to save this piece of Carp.

    First and the    By the looks of the hype that came around this game we can definitely see that Gang war Chicago as turn based strategy got a big potential! But long story short this game is nothing But an ok graphics! Game play vise it is SOO broken that fixes and patches just wont get the job done, its much more efficient to start all over instead of trying to save this piece of Carp.

    First and the most broken thing seems time! Getting out of a building can easily take your team 2 freaking days! Getting to other side of building or getting inside alley will probably also take 2 days. Talking with quest NPC can easily take few weeks of in-game time as the time doesn't auto stop when you talk with NPC. Or at the same time you can insta teleport to entrance of any building with a car leading to ability to spend almost no time at all to move, and you can defeat all bosses within 2 weeks of in-game time!
    Upgrading buildings makes close to no sense at all especially when you can take out every enemy within 2 weeks while 1st upgrade takes 25 days and every next one will take even more time.
    Trading with bosses is both broken AND ridiculous! 1st off you can sell to bosses any garbage you don't want and they will keep on buying it as long they can afford it and you trade items at almost 1:1 value rate, leading to you trading 4 lowest tier pistols for unique boss rifle or any other gun of top tier. 2nd that leads to even more ridiculous situation that you can trade out all items that opponent boss has equipped, then start a war with that boss go to their safe house and enjoy how opponents boss is aimlessly running around with no weapons or equipment, making boss fights even more easyer (not that they are hard in general).
    AI....... holy $¤¤t it is dumb. continuously will run in your overwatches, sumetimes will just run away from you without attacking you even thou you are standing right next to him! Will stand without covers etc. And if this would be a multiplayer game I could forgive that but this is a freaking single player project!!! AI cannot be retarded in single player projects! Even on hardest difficulty AI does the exact same nonsense and only difference that occurs with changing difficulty levels is starting money amount and opponent boss starting equipment as on hardest difficulty bosses has unique weapons, but otherwise no difference at all.
    And BUGS you get a freaking royal flush of them! Characters sliding around instead of walking animation, your units spawning in the same room as opponents boss, forced to restart to game due to visual UI overlapping, game crashes, all units spawning on 1 block, after you use car to get to location units stand in T pose, scenes that just wont ever start when talking with opponent bosses leading to restart, and the list just goes on and on and on!
    This game gets 0.2/10 from me 0.1 for ok graphics and 0.1 for ok music overall 0!    … Expand
  10. RiccD
    Dec 4, 2020
    3
    A lot of wasted potential. Nice graphics cannot hide the missing depth and missing immersion.

    Game tries to be a lot of things but is falling flat on all of them. - Not enough depth and missing uniqueness on the business sim. Very repetetive - Missions are walking simulators - Missing immersion due to flat conversations and nearly no visual character movement. I cut off a finger of a    A lot of wasted potential. Nice graphics cannot hide the missing depth and missing immersion.

    Game tries to be a lot of things but is falling flat on all of them.
    - Not enough depth and missing uniqueness on the business sim. Very repetetive
    - Missions are walking simulators
    - Missing immersion due to flat conversations and nearly no visual character movement. I cut off a finger of a person in the middle of the street and other ppl are just walking by - and the other person just stands there with no reaaction says "aaah" -" anyway - I will leave now"? Really? I even cannot see that my Character is doing something. It's just in the dialogue.
    - To few building types
    - First three fights are fun then it's just repetetive. No auto-resolve.
    - Totally unbalanced boss abilities
    - Missing feeling of the roaring twenties. My boss is driving Taxi? Really? No Damsel in Distress? There are so many movies to get inspired by.

    Again as nice as the visuals are - everything else falls flat, and I really doubt that it can be fixed even with tons of DLC.    … Expand
  11. effectcre
    Dec 4, 2020
    4
    bad depth, boring play. it's too light for this genre. we want more strategy and RPG-like contents.
  12. Retromancer76
    Dec 12, 2020
    4
    Was so hyped for this game. As soon as it came out, I ordered the Deluxe Edition. Spent the 100$ CAD instantly. 12 hours later, I have major regrets.

    The game simply lacks all aspects it has in its arsenal. From the economy, to the turn-based combat. Unbalanced in all aspect. Way to easy even on the highest difficulty. What a let down. Biggest purchase regret this year. I wanted to    Was so hyped for this game. As soon as it came out, I ordered the Deluxe Edition. Spent the 100$ CAD instantly. 12 hours later, I have major regrets.

    The game simply lacks all aspects it has in its arsenal. From the economy, to the turn-based combat. Unbalanced in all aspect. Way to easy even on the highest difficulty. What a let down.

    Biggest purchase regret this year. I wanted to love it, but the lack of depth made this title boring. No point in the economy system, no point in making alliances or not, not point in a lot of things.

    What a let down. DON'T BUY if you're on the fence about it.    … Expand
  13. zakudru
    Dec 12, 2020
    2
    Aside from crashes, shotty RNG implementation, and poor VA this is an interesting game. But if you don't want to waste you time don't buy.
  14. Edwardbrooks87
    Dec 29, 2020
    2
    If you look at the creators past games, it all makes sense that this game is absolutely terrible. The bugs are egregious, the story basically ends after 20 minutes. Most of the bosses are unplayable, and the bosses that can be played without tremendous bugs, is really only Capone. This game should have been finished the day it was released. Instead, I have a useless game I already paidIf you look at the creators past games, it all makes sense that this game is absolutely terrible. The bugs are egregious, the story basically ends after 20 minutes. Most of the bosses are unplayable, and the bosses that can be played without tremendous bugs, is really only Capone. This game should have been finished the day it was released. Instead, I have a useless game I already paid for, and now need to wait months/2022 until the game can be played in its fullest? We waited literally years for the games debut, and what a god d shame. These creators should drop out of the business and start new careers, far away from the gaming community.… Expand
  15. Nokturnalex
    Dec 4, 2020
    4
    Released way too early. The balance is completely off on like every aspect of gameplay. Your boss becomes an unstoppable killing machine, certain hired goons are Overpowered and certain ones are useless. It is way too easy to take out enemy bosses. The list goes on.
  16. Voodoo964
    Dec 5, 2020
    3
    Good visuals. Good idea. Other than that, a huge disappointment due to the lack of depth, repetitive (including the 1 liner voice overs), is unpolished (bugged as hell). Therefore, simply boring. OK, the bugs might eventually go away, but It will still be boring. Unfortunately, a lame game doomed to be soon forgotten. Steer clear. If you're out for a good CRPG look elsewhere.
  17. Clementine87
    Jan 19, 2021
    1
    Worst mafia game ever. but the game idea is good, also every mafia boss have a diffrent story. This is more like Empire Of Bug.
  18. SirDubrovskiy
    Dec 2, 2020
    2
    I always knew that in the 1920s, society was as tolerant as it is now. Neither racism nor sexism existed then, as the developers say.
    Gameplay like mobile games for kids.
    The 1920 America setting is completely lost But they did something else at the highest level. 1) No objectification. All female characters are ugly 2) Full tolerance in the USA in 1920. Neither racism nor sexism (I    I always knew that in the 1920s, society was as tolerant as it is now. Neither racism nor sexism existed then, as the developers say.
    Gameplay like mobile games for kids.
    The 1920 America setting is completely lost
    But they did something else at the highest level.
    1) No objectification. All female characters are ugly
    2) Full tolerance in the USA in 1920. Neither racism nor sexism (I am neither racist nor sexist, but their absence does not allow me to feel the atmosphere of that time).
    When you play, the feeling that you are playing a beta version does not leave. Apparently Paradox put their hand here and the game was sawn by many DLCs.
    The game will be playable in 3 years, but for now it's trash    … Expand
  19. Soroush1368
    Dec 6, 2020
    3
    This game has lots of problems. I don't know which one I should mention!! Too boring, bad design, very easy to finish and after finish game is done there is nothing to do. I don't know what they had in their mind to make the game like that there's no chance to be successful with this kind of games these days when there are lots of interesting games to play instead
  20. JGama
    Dec 6, 2020
    0
    Game freeze during tutorial. Can't play more.
    75 characters.....

    Don't buy it.
  21. seelenpfluecker
    Nov 5, 2022
    1
    Völlig unausgeglichener Schwierigkeitsgrad.
    Saudumme KI.
    Unfaires Gameplay. Beknackte Steuerung. Bugs. Abstürze. Und natürlich ist es, auch auf dem leichtesten Schwierigkeitsgrad, so, daß man beinahe keine Chance hat. Man muß sich mit zig Fraktionen auseinandersetzen, die einem ständig den Krieg erklären. Man hat keine Zeit, sich etwas aufzubauen. Nimmt man sich die Zeit, um Geld    Völlig unausgeglichener Schwierigkeitsgrad.
    Saudumme KI.
    Unfaires Gameplay.
    Beknackte Steuerung.
    Bugs.
    Abstürze.

    Und natürlich ist es, auch auf dem leichtesten Schwierigkeitsgrad, so, daß man beinahe keine Chance hat.
    Man muß sich mit zig Fraktionen auseinandersetzen, die einem ständig den Krieg erklären. Man hat keine Zeit, sich etwas aufzubauen. Nimmt man sich die Zeit, um Geld zu verdienen, werden die anderen auf magische Weise stärker, und zwar mit Lichtgeschwindigkeit.
    Will man sich erstmal andere Gebiete sichern, kackt man ab, weil man kein Geld verdient, keine Leute hat…
    Ich habe das Spiel auf zwei unterschiedlichen Schwierigkeitsgraden gespielt, sehr leicht und mittel, und auf leicht war es sogar schwerer.
    Das Spiel ist win total verworrener und absurder Mix aus Civilization, Xcom und einem RPG.
    Vielleicht hätte man sich auf ein Genre konzentrieren sollen, aber ich glaube, auch dann wäre es in die Hose gegangen.
    Ich liebe Rundenstrategie, aber das hier ist einfach nur Mist.    … Expand
  22. sohronery
    May 3, 2022
    0
    Je n'y ait pas jouer, mais j'ai des sources sures qui me disent que c'est broken ass F comme jeux. Je ne le recommende a personne. Nullam et nisi volutpat, elementum elit ac, sollicitudin lectus. Maecenas eu ultrices orci. Donec tincidunt fringilla augue et tempus. Orci varius natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Praesent rutrum nulla suscipit aliquetJe n'y ait pas jouer, mais j'ai des sources sures qui me disent que c'est broken ass F comme jeux. Je ne le recommende a personne. Nullam et nisi volutpat, elementum elit ac, sollicitudin lectus. Maecenas eu ultrices orci. Donec tincidunt fringilla augue et tempus. Orci varius natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Praesent rutrum nulla suscipit aliquet blandit. Duis auctor ipsum sit amet mi convallis scelerisque. Mauris sed laoreet dui. Vivamus varius sodales mi sit amet lobortis. Nullam malesuada, metus ut egestas laoreet, velit augue condimentum dolor, ac volutpat justo lacus nec velit.… Expand
  23. Deltium
    Nov 7, 2021
    0
    The game is VERY buggy, with highly questionnable game mechanics. Huge disappointment.
  24. Pac3232
    Feb 16, 2023
    0
    The idea of the game is actually good but it has several errors that cost me my progress of 1 week like the error when you want to save your progress sometimes it says "error 0X000000 couldn't save the game" and sometimes the game crashes and when I try to get inside again my alcohol says "NaN" and i start loosing money from the bars, I cant make alcohol or buy it from the other gangs andThe idea of the game is actually good but it has several errors that cost me my progress of 1 week like the error when you want to save your progress sometimes it says "error 0X000000 couldn't save the game" and sometimes the game crashes and when I try to get inside again my alcohol says "NaN" and i start loosing money from the bars, I cant make alcohol or buy it from the other gangs and it's very frustrating… Expand

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Metascore
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 49 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 30 out of 49
  3. Negative: 5 out of 49
  1. CD-Action
    Jul 23, 2021
    70
    Set in atmospheric Chicago in 1920s, Empire of Sin puts you in a role of a crime boss aiming to become the biggest fish in the underworld. It borrows from many genres and all its intertwined gameplay mechanics (business management, RPG elements, turn-based combat that bears a striking resemblance to the XCOM series) are deep enough to create an engaging experience that requires constant attention. Apart from shallow diplomacy and unsophisticated enemy AI, Empire of Sin’s problem is that while it was skillfully put together from tried-and-true components, it doesn’t bring anything new to the table. [02/2021, p.56]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Apr 12, 2021
    40
    All around a very mediocre gangster strategy game. Its greatest strengths are its greatest problems crowned with way too much repetition and unbalanced difficulty. [Issue#309]
  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Feb 17, 2021
    79
    John and Brenda proved that they still have the skills to make a passable game, but with a duet like that, we’ve expected a lot more creativity. [Issue#251, p.60]
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