Empire of Sin

"Fantastic mafia management game with a good combat system. Employee relationships make up for bad artificial intelligence and some illogical situations."

"A refreshingly deep and customizable turn-based tactics game lets you reign supreme in a 1920s criminal empire."

"Despite a couple of negative aspects, if you are fans of the mafia genre, strategy and management, Empire of Sin will make you an offer that you will not be able to reject."

"Cruel Gangs of Chicago fighting for dominance of the city. Show them, who is the boss! There are some weak parts in the game, but still amusing gangster experience."

"Despite of it&s;s very successful atmosphere and its interesting management mechanics, the game suffers from many bugs. Moreover, the fight is not dynamic enough and not interesting enough to captivate the player over time."

"Empire of Sin has potential, and I look forward to revisiting it after six months of patches that will hopefully address some of these issues. As it stands today, the game is buggy, poorly balanced, and blatantly half-finished. The initial …"

"Empire of Sin isn&s;t a bad game, just a simple game, not deep enough to catch the attention of the genre&s;s veterans. The organized crime theme is, as always, interesting, but it could have been developed better: as it is, …"

"But the current implementation, especially that of the battles, is frustrating. Romero Games needs to make management more important and to bring the characters to the front more. Patches also should include auto-resolve and a big balance update. Empire of …"

"Empire of Sin is a competent hybrid that borrows mechanics from tycoon games, turn-based tactics and RPGs. Unfortunately, the game is plagued by numerous bugs and glitches that risk compromising the experience."

"An RPG, a grand strategy, a tycoon game and with a final touch of turn-based tactics, this is Empire of Sin, a game that skilfully manages to keep its various souls together."

"Empire of Sin has its bugs and some rough cinematic moments. But Romero Games pulled this project off with a team of just 30 people. For a game of its ambition, that seems like a small team. It’s pretty much …"

"Empire of Sin has too many bugs and too many balancing issues to make it worth putting up with its insanely uninspired combat and lacklustre story."

"Empire of Sin&s;s many bugs, balance issues and competing systems undermine what could have been a novel mob management game."

"A few details here and there would have made the Empire of Sin experience much better, but the truth is that I can&s;t say that the title is bad either, rather the opposite, it&s;s just a pity that an idea …"

"Empire of Sin delivers a clever, genre-melding experience that perfectly marries the world of 1920s organized crime with strategy gameplay. Bugs and a lack of combat speed or automation options can grind its pace to a halt, but it does …"

"The complexity of the interlocking systems in Empire of Sin feel like more than the game can handle. For every time a story emerges about love and loss as I described above, there are times when your speakeasy suddenly starts …"

"Despite an overwhelming number of strategic options and features, many of Empire of Sin&s;s mechanics just don&s;t mesh well or they can be completely ignored. Playthroughs will feel roughly similar to what you&s;ve done previously, and it becomes a repetitive …"

"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 …"

"It&s;s hard to ignore the need for a little extra TLC to smooth out the edges, but the fundamentals of an arresting tactics-and-strategy game about building a criminal empire are in place."

"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 …"

"Empire of Sin&s;s criminal management sim and turn-based tactical combat combo sounds brilliant on paper, but it completely fails to live up to its aspirations due to major imbalances and bugs."

"Empire of Sin has a lot of potential. Unfortunately, it&s;s buggy and full of odd design choices, never really reaching the heights it sets for itself."

"Empire of Sin is definitely an offer you can refuse."

"Empire of Sin gets lost in a maze of design decisions that lead to an unfocused and sprawling game. The management and RPG mechanics cannibalize each other, meaning that neither works on its own and they definitely don&s;t work well …"

"This is a game built around the idea that emergent gameplay is fun, and it is. That&s;s why the technical problems are such a bummer. Empire of Sin is a good game, but the Nintendo Switch is the worst place …"

"The way Empire of Sin combines diplomacy, turn-based combat, and narrative gameplay mechanics is incredibly ambitious. While there’s plenty to keep you engaged, the format doesn’t always work, and sometimes it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of …"

"Empire of Sin is a sincere love letter to a fascinating moment in American history and delivers all the style, swagger, and Tommy-Gun-inflicted violence you&s;d expect. Unfortunately, somewhat shallow sim elements, pushover AI, and a serious lack of polish means …"

"Empire of Sin is a promising strategy game but one that feels woefully incomplete. I can&s;t recommend it, but I can recommend following it&s;s hopeful transition into something genuinely wonderful."

"All the chaos of a gang war, for better and worse."

"Empire of Sin is undoubtedly an excellent idea, a clever meshing together of management sim and turn-based tactical action that&s;s set in a hugely compelling era of Chicago&s;s criminal history. There are some cool mechanics here, too; the well-executed overworld …"

"As a prohibition-era mob boss, you&s;re at war with rival gangs as well as the police in this ambitious, if uneven, gangster sim"

"Empire of Sin brings X-COM-style combat and in-depth strategy to 1920s Chicago in a package with tons of great ideas, but a lack of real focus."

"A charismatic and enjoyable gangster sim that gets a bit bogged down in admin."

"A seamless blend of genres and high replayability make Empire of Sin and excellent choice for strategy gaming fans."

"There’s a lot going on in Empire of Sin. Romero Games and Paradox Interactive build quite a hybrid of business management, character growth, and turn-based combat, and the 1920s Prohibition-era backdrop makes for an interesting story. The gang leaders are …"

"Not quite the single malt, but not the cheap swill either."