Empire of Sin
Release Date: December 1, 2020
Strategy, economic, turn-based, gangster, tactics, historical, interwar period, PS Plus Premium, PS Plus Extra, singleplayer
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Paradox Interactive's strategy to lead a mafia organization in Chicago in the age of Prohibition. In Empire of Sin, a player must both manage the economic side of criminal activity and command gangsters in turn-based tactical battles. The production is developed by the Romero Games studio, headed by the famous John Romero.
Last Update: December 3, 2020
Empire of Sin Guide
Empire of Sin Guide contains beginner's guide and useful combat, finance, equipment, business and diplomacy tips. Learn about all the bosses, how to control districts, avoid police and what synergy is.
Videos and Screens
[1:03] Empire of Sin Make It Count DLC trailer
[1:56] Empire of Sin gamescom 2019 trailer
Screen Rant: 3 / 5 by Peter Morics
All the chaos of a gang war, for better and worse.
PlayStation Universe: 4 / 10 by Joe Apsey
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.
PC Gamer: 49 / 100 by Fraser Brown
Empire of Sin's many bugs, balance issues and competing systems undermine what could have been a novel mob management game.
GAMERS Score
Average score from 88 votes. 112 players anticipated the game.
Empire of Sin Description
Empire of Sin is a strategy game set in the times of Prohibition. The game was developed by Romero Games studio and the main designer was John Romero, one of the fathers of the early Doom series.
Plot
The action of the game takes place in the 1920s, in the city of Chicago. The player takes on the role of the boss of a small criminal organization and his goal is to transform it into a powerful mafia and take control of the entire crime world of the metropolis.
Mechanics
In Empire of Sin, players start with a small gang, dealing with e.g. trade union extortion, gambling or illegal alcohol trade.
With time, the organization grows. Players will be taking over other gangs' territories and expanding criminal activity into new businesses. Virtual Chicago is inhabited by many vivid characters and the player has a lot of freedom to interact with them, including seduction, bribery, intimidation or, ultimately, murder. During the game players also have to give bribes to policemen, make and break alliances and trade on the black market.
Although one's business is criminal, it is still a business. Players must therefore balance their expenses and revenues properly so that their organisation does not lose liquidity.
The gameplay is not limited to the economic side. The management of a criminal empire is enriched with turn-based battles, during which players take command of a team of trusted subordinates. Ggangsters have different personalities and specializations, so one has to make sure that they work well together.
Game modes
Empire of Sin was developed exclusively for solo play. The authors have not provided any option for multiplayer mode.
Technical aspects
Most of the time players watch the events from the top-down perspective. The game offers nice three-dimensional visuals, which well reflects the atmosphere of the Prohibition era.
Last updated on June 26, 2019
Empire of Sin Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows
Switch
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Developer: Romero Games
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Empire of Sin System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core i3-530 2.93 GHz / AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 1 GB GeForce GTX 460 / 2 GB Radeon R7 250 or better, 10 GB HDD, Windows 8.1/10 64-bit
Recommended: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 3.7 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 770 / 4 GB Radeon RX 470 or better, 10 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit
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