{"id":122108,"date":"2020-12-15T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/12\/empire_of_sin_is_getting_a_massive_patch_to_fix_a_whole_host_of_problems"},"modified":"2020-12-15T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T20:00:00","slug":"empire-of-sin-is-getting-a-massive-patch-to-fix-a-whole-host-of-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/15\/empire-of-sin-is-getting-a-massive-patch-to-fix-a-whole-host-of-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire Of Sin Is Getting A Massive Patch To Fix A Whole Host Of Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Empire of Sin<\/a><\/strong> sure promised a lot. The premise was fantastic, and the pedigree<\/a> of the team behind it \u2013 led by none other than Brenda and John Romero \u2013 gave plenty of reason to be optimistic about this “gangsters meets XCOM<\/strong>” turn-based offering.<\/p>\n

Sadly, as you’ll know if you consulted our review<\/a>, Empire of Sin didn’t quite<\/em> live up to its tantalising potential. Some of this is down to basic game design \u2013 its management and combat systems don’t work as well as they should \u2013 but it’s also riddled with technical issues which drag the experience down even further.<\/p>\n

We said in our review that we hoped future updates can solve some of these problems, and one such update \u2013 the seductively-named 1.02.38645M \u2013 certainly appears to be having a good bash at it.<\/p>\n

Here are the patch notes, which should be digested with a hot beverage whilst sitting in a comfortable chair:<\/p>\n

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UI<\/p>\n

\u2013 Fixed issues around UI notifications overlapping other game UI
\u2013 Fixed icon issues
\u2013 General UI polish
\u2013 Radial menu unclickable icon fixed
\u2013 Implemented additional tooltips<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Tutorial<\/p>\n

\u2013 Fixed issues around skipping tutorial
\u2013 Tutorial polish
\u2013 Fixed tutorial disabled buttons that should be active
\u2013 Additional tutorial text<\/p>\n

Combat<\/p>\n

\u2013 Fixed camera issues
\u2013 Improved combat AI
\u2013 Polished combat abilities
\u2013 Fixed issue with characters spawning off the nav mesh so not engaging
\u2013 Combat balance polish
\u2013 Throat slit execution fixed
\u2013 Fixed pooling blood issue<\/p>\n

Art<\/p>\n

\u2013 Updated character flags
\u2013 Adjusted lighting in sitdowns
\u2013 Safehouse interior variants
\u2013 Animation polish
\u2013 Lip syncing polish
\u2013 Improved particles and lighting
\u2013 General fixes and polish<\/p>\n

Miscellaneous<\/p>\n

\u2013 Fixed various VO bugs
\u2013 Updated localisation
\u2013 Implemented Paradox SDK for telemetry
\u2013 Fixed issue with sitdowns timing out
\u2013 Fixed issues with selling buildings
\u2013 Mission fixes
\u2013 Sound effects polish
\u2013 General audio polish
\u2013 Fixed issue with game saves delaying loading
\u2013 Softlocks fixed
\u2013 Faction AI polish
\u2013 Optimisations implemented
\u2013 Gameplay balance
\u2013 General bug fixing<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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