Empire of Sin

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
43

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 5 out of 8
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  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jan 8, 2021
    40
    A game that while atmospheric, turns monotonous very quickly, and whose ideas are never developed in a way that makes it interesting to play. [Issue#184, p.86]
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  2. PlaySense
    Dec 23, 2020
    40
    Great concept, horrible execution – that’s the long and short of it. Repetitive levels, gameplay depending on chance over skill, bugs that regularly force you to reload old save files… Empire of Sin just isn’t very good.
  3. PlayStation Universe
    Dec 8, 2020
    40
    Empire of Sin is a poor and skeleton-thin management game at its core with complicated systems, menus, and tutorials that do a poor job at getting you acclimated to the experience. Add on top of that a library worth of bugs that force you to restart, ruin pivotal moments of the game, and just make the experience more frustrating and you have a game that is not worth even worth a slight bit of consideration. Empire of Sin is a massive disappointment.
  5. Push Square
    Dec 7, 2020
    30
    Oh dear. Empire of Sin has a fantastic idea at its core, and the jolly soundtrack perfectly complements the over the top character designs. But the game is a technical mess, littered with a spectacular array of bugs, and crippled by poor design choices that derail whatever little momentum the game may otherwise have had. Empire of Sin? They should have called it Buggy Malone.
  6. Metro GameCentral
    Dec 4, 2020
    30
    The potential for an exciting period strategy game is clear but that only makes the buggy mess of unbalanced combat and simplistic tactical decisions all the more frustrating.

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User Score
4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
  3. Negative: 10 out of 17
  1. Jtalk
    Sep 15, 2022
    2
    This game is an amateurishly broken mess. It lacks basic features (I can’t compare two weapons side by side in the inventory, what??), itsThis game is an amateurishly broken mess. It lacks basic features (I can’t compare two weapons side by side in the inventory, what??), its interface is nightmarish (changing a load out for one of your goons and want to switch to another goon? Go all the way back to the map, switch your active goon, go back to the inventory menu). The “big” map is too zoomed in, you can’t just look at it and find your waypoint, you need to scroll it street by street, looking for the marker. My goons randomly stopped following me at some point, so I got into a shootout with 5 guys alone, but when I died, the game condescendingly told me I would’ve lost if not for the tutorial.

    Unbelievably bad.

    On the plus side, the music and visuals were nice.    … Full Review »
  2. Nasum
    Dec 17, 2020
    8
    Have about six hours in on the Ps4 Pro, no crashes or bugs for me. Animation can stutter a bit during combat but that's all that I have found.Have about six hours in on the Ps4 Pro, no crashes or bugs for me. Animation can stutter a bit during combat but that's all that I have found.

    So far I am having a blast. For this to have been made by a team of thirty people is quite impressive. The systems are in depth and enjoyable. Booze storage maxed? Producing more than you can use? Set up a weekly agreement to sell some off to a rival family.

    I will update my review once I complete a play through but I wanted to chime in to maybe encourage someone to give the game a shot. I see many reviews that are posted after only a few hours of game play and I don't think that is near enough time to make an accurate assessment. So far I am loving it.    … Full Review »
  3. GameRogue
    Dec 11, 2020
    4
    I’ve played betas with more polish than this monstrosity; I was very much looking forward to Empire of Sin. Paradox publish most of myI’ve played betas with more polish than this monstrosity; I was very much looking forward to Empire of Sin. Paradox publish most of my favorite games but this one Romero Games have released half finished. The connection they have to paradox I suggest leaning on it for support, it’s a big hole the game needs to be pulled out of. It has a great concept that is clearly suffering from a rushed delivery, in its current state I’m let down by it, I will give it another chance when the developer has had time to finish it.… Full Review »
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