Empire of Sin - Released

[HiddenX]

The Strategy-RPG Empire of Sin has been released:

Empire of Sin | Release Trailer

Build your criminal empire and rule Chicago

This character-driven, noir-inspired game puts players smack dab in the glitz and glamour of the roaring 20s, all while working behind the scenes in the gritty underbelly of organized crime. It's up to you to hustle, charm and intimidate your way to the top of the pile and do whatever it takes to stay there. Empire of Sin's gameplay is structured around three pillars:

Roleplay: Choose one of fourteen unique bosses based on fictional and real-world gangsters, then set out to build and manage your criminal empire in Chicago's infamous Prohibition era. Go to the mattresses as Al Capone or Goldie Garneau and send the rest of Chicago's underworld to sleep with the fishes!

Empire Management: Build your Empire of Sin and run Chicago's underworld economy with business savvy, brutality or city-wide notoriety. Strategically manage your establishments such as speakeasies, supply chains, casinos and more.

Turn-Based Combat: Assemble a killer gang from Empire of Sin's more than fifty recruitable gangsters and slug it out in turn-based combat to defend and expand your territory - or send a message to opposing gangs.

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[Capt. Huggy Face]

Mixed feelings so far, and I'm not terribly far into it. The combat isn't spectacular and very vanilla, launch-day XCOM in style. The empire management isn't spectacular. But it's still pretty fun for me. Full disclosure, I've been waiting a long time for a game like this. So, maybe I just appreciate the setting a lot, which I do, and setting is often very important to me.

It's better than Omerta for sure. It feels like a lot of Paradox games in having a ton of potential to become a great game, if more and more-complicated systems are added for the next five years of continuous development. Personally, I hope that happens, but the game has gotten a lot of mixed reviews on Steam, too.