Empyre: Lords of the Sea Gates is a trip into an alternate history New York of 1911 where the rising sea levels have flooded the city.
"In addition to poor audio and visual qualities, including large re-use of assets, Empyre is let down by the poor world and character building. Sadly, in addition to this are poor audio and visual qualities. Sadly, I can't say much positive about the game, besides it having an interesting setting and a decent combat system, neither of which are used as well as they could be."
COGconnected - In a time when top-down RPGs are thriving once more, Coin Operated Games' Empyre shows us why they went away in the first place.
Empyre combines a Brave New World with an interesting story, unique gameplay and a strong cast of characters
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