Elvira Duarte Morales controlled several brothels and managed her businesses until she was awarded the lottery.
John Romero, co-founder of id Software and one of the former managers of the Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein sagas, will introduce us to his great-grandmother in the next Brenda Romero video game, Empire of Sin. The good lady acted as criminal chief in the twenties of the last century. He owned several brothels and handled his affairs with an iron hand. Players will be able to get into their skin and experiment with their skills, which will not be few.
Through a new video, Brenda Romero herself introduces the character, Elvira Duarte was then a seventy-year-old woman who was born in the 19th century and who was active until she won the lottery. Without a doubt, a story to tell the grandchildren.
"My great-grandmother's name was Elvira Duarte Morales and she lived in Nogales, Mexico," explains John Romero in the Mother's Day trailer. "Elvira was a real character. He used to walk with a green parrot on his shoulders smoking cigarettes and joking with the parrot, which answered in Spanish. Elvira ran three brothels that he set up in Nogales. He did it for probably two decades until he won the lottery and sold his businesses to retire, "he says.
A tribute to Elvira Duarte
"It occurred to me to use Elvira in the game," reveals Brenda Romero. “Elvira was a powerful woman to take up arms, so she wanted to transfer this powerful woman to Empire of Sin. She was also out there in the 1920s. ” According to Romero, the idea of introducing her to the game arose as a tribute.
Empire of Sin is a strategy video game that will be released on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC. A few months ago, its delay was announced, so it will finally see the light in late 2020. "The challenges of making a video game that no one has done before is precisely that, developing a title that no one has done before," says Brenda Romero.
