Making a game about gangsters, the developer included the great-grandmother who was a crime boss into the game

Empire of Sin is a title strategy game Developed by legendary game designer Brenda Romero. The game is set in the United States of the 1920s, revolving around the war of ruthless criminals. Empire of Sin recently released a new trailer introducing one of the Bosses that will appear in the game, 70-year-old Elvira Duarte. The special thing is that this character is inspired by a real person in real life.
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In the recently posted video, Brenda and her husband reveal that Elvira will be a playable Boss in Empire of Sin. Elvira is a fairly powerful character in the game, having the special ability to control enemy characters for several turns. However, once this ability lapses, Elvira will also die.​

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The real-life image of this character is also called Elvira, formerly ran many brothels in Mexico, after winning the lottery, she sold the brothel and used her wealth to help her family. , improve the local community. It is worth mentioning, Elvira is the great-grandmother of John Romero – husband of game designer Brenda Romero and co-founder of the game. id Software.​

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Brenda Romero shared with Polygon that after researching, she and her husband realized that Elvira used to be worse than John thought, so they thought she would be the ideal character of the game. Elvira’s image in the game was recreated from real photos of his great-grandmother, John Romero also said he felt great when he saw his great-grandmother appear in the game with the Tommy gun in hand and take turns defeating him. out of enemies.​