EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates

Borderline recommendation. The negative reviewers are not wrong - it is clunky and linear, the combat is unsatisfying, there is a lot hinted at but never realized. It's not just poorly documented but a lot of the skills you'll bother developing are never actually used. I suspect they planned a much bigger game and had to dramatically scale back. They aimed for Wasteland 2 and fell a bit short of Shadowrun. Having...

61 found this helpful, 2017-10-07

I am very disapointed in this game. Obviously, the selling point of this game is the setting. Underwated alternated reality steam punk new york is a great idea. Unfortunately, the execution is lakeluster to say the least. The presentation is fine. It's comparable to wasteland 2 but with less originality and more repeating assets. The gameplay in general is very clunky. The whole game is very linear and lacks...

53 found this helpful, 2017-10-06

Really enjoying this so far, it reminds me of the original Fallout games but with updated graphics and a Steampunk feel. The default keyboard layout was a bit off for me but after setting up my own keybindings I'm loving it. Pros Steampunk genre with some nice alt earth twists RPG storyline with choices Nice but simple graphics Good atmospheric soundeffects tactical battles Cons Would have liked to see voice acting...

31 found this helpful, 2017-10-05