Empire of Sin

 Switch
Metascore
50

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 4 out of 8
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  1. Nintenderos
    Jan 4, 2021
    70
    Empire of Sin is a title with very good ideas from the 1920s. However, its technical issues and bugs, some of them quite annoying, can be detected by players despite being a really attractive proposal on Nintendo Switch.
  2. NintendoWorldReport
    Jan 22, 2021
    65
    There are a lot of good things in Empire of Sin. The combat has a lot of room for variable play styles. The diplomacy systems make every play through unique. I love the neighborhoods they crafted. This is a game built around the idea that emergent gameplay is fun, and it is. That’s why the technical problems are such a bummer. Empire of Sin is a good game, but the Nintendo Switch is the worst place to play it.
  3. CGMagazine
    Mar 12, 2021
    50
    I honestly don’t think Empire of Sin knows what it wants to be. It seems like it wants to be something like Mafia or even Grand Theft Auto, but assumed a game about micromanaging criminal enterprises needed to play like X-Com. It shouldn’t have been this hard to make a mafia game this uninteresting but Romero Games sure found a way. Do yourself a favor and just skip this one.
  5. Pocket Tactics
    Dec 2, 2020
    50
    Empire of Sin is a great mafia management simulator with some fantastic ideas, but sadly the Switch version specifically is currently too graphically compromised.

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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. Conkeydon18
    Sep 16, 2021
    3
    Terrible optimization, many bugs, broken balance, there are critical expected.
  2. Mcmardigang
    Dec 21, 2020
    8
    Es un juego que requiere que inviertas algo de tiempo para poder sacarle partido. Sí lo haces y le das una oportunidad, tienes muchas horas deEs un juego que requiere que inviertas algo de tiempo para poder sacarle partido. Sí lo haces y le das una oportunidad, tienes muchas horas de diversión. Los gráficos son mejorables. El balance en general es positivo si te gustan este tipo de juegos de estrategia.… Full Review »
  3. Malebranche
    Dec 17, 2020
    8
    Personally, i am really enjoying my time with Empire of Sin on Switch. Performance is mostly great, even the loading times between levels ofPersonally, i am really enjoying my time with Empire of Sin on Switch. Performance is mostly great, even the loading times between levels of the city are flawless, and scrolling fast or rotating the camera fast, things that normally cause lags in "map games" are working with constant FPS. I encountered some bugs, but just the usual stuff in an open world RPG, e.g. some characters bugging out, some quests bugging out, especially if multiple things happen at once. Think similar bugs in games like Skyrim or witcher, that result from the sandbox nature of the game. They are annoying and sometimes mean you have to load an earlier save, which sucks but isn't the biggest deal.

    Content-wise, the medium difficulty is a bit on the easier side. In the early game there are a lot of quests, which are great and present the personalities of the NPCs. In the late game there could be more of those to mix up the expansion of your empire. There is a lot of minmaxing and micromanagement to be had in the economy aspect of the game, although the AI could be a bit more aggressive in attacking you, to make securing that economy more important. The combat is so far satisfying enough, although the normal encounters with generic baddies are a bit too easy. Assaulting safehouses on the other hand is great - challenging, has roleplaying implications and drama.
    Overall it is a great experience for people liking paradox games, total war games, or civilization and provides more of an RPG experience than i had thought.    … Full Review »
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