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Whether it is news, reviews, features, or guides – we're your source for high quality game coverage since 2013.","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net","2026-04-16","2026-04-21T12:25:16.686278","Indianapolis","jallen@techraptor.net","8df87287-e31d-40dd-bd62-4fe839efbe0e",5,"sam@techraptor.net","aotton@techraptor.net",144,1466,{"id":472,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":207,"author":473,"original_score":480,"normalized_score":81,"review_url":481,"review_date":10,"summary":482,"created_at":483,"updated_at":483,"author_id":474,"last_edited_at":483,"outlet":484},87826,{"id":474,"bio":26,"name":475,"avg_score":476,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":477,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":478,"claim_token":26,"article_count":479,"claimed_by_user_id":26},7066,"Nathan Birch",75.63414634146342,"2025-03-04T06:33:53.575481-05:00","2026-07-01T08:24:39.920531-04:00",205,"6.5\u002F10","https:\u002F\u002Fwccftech.com\u002Freview\u002Fempire-of-sin-disorganized-crime\u002F","Video games and mobsters go together like a dirty rat and a pair of cement shoes. 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The tactical combat has strong bones and some clever design, but fails to live up to its promise due to repetitive, lackluster maps and wildly unbalanced abilities. The strategy layer is shallow and the many ways to roleplay feel meaningless when there is a clear easiest path to victory and the rest are so tedious. The criminal enterprise management is poorly balanced and tediously slow due to a combination of game speed and bad interface. 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