Evil Genius focuses on building an island lair and the management of minions that are employed by the Evil Genius, allowing the player to progress through the main storyline with achieving world domination as the end goal of the game. Although not explicitly stated the use of historic regions the Eastern Block and events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis within the game suggest that it is set in the 1960s and 70s and that the game is progressing through an alternate timeline.
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A very fun game. think Dungeon Keeper, but where you play a James Bond-esque villain where you try to take over the world. You get henchmen to build your base, guard it and even fool tourists to try and keep your activities unknown.
Sadly there are only 2 levels, but with all the research and the length of time missions can take this is a game you can play for hours on end with the many different traps and science devices you can strap agents too, including a laser like the classic bond film, Gold Finger. One hell of a buy if you ask me :)
A suggestion when playing this game is to alter the files so you can get more minions as I find 100 is too few, especially when you run into secret agents who can end up killing over 50 henchmen before collapsing and you can't get rid of them until you learn their secret weakness on the second level.
Also I believe the research file needs to be fixed. Research on google to find out the fix.
I've heard that there is meant to be a sequel in the works, but it's on the back-burner at the moment and I hope it doesn't become like DK3 where it became a mobile game instead. This is a really fun game that you can get many hours out of and with a lot of dungeon keeper like humour.
Edit: Since the new one has released, I've not yet played it, but from what I've seen from the gameplay that have certainly improved upon this game and can't wait to try it out. That said, I believe many of those bugs mentioned are still present in this game, however, we'll see if they decide to fix or not. Regardless, this review is still very useful for those in the future.
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Sadly there are only 2 levels, but with all the research and the length of time missions can take this is a game you can play for hours on end with the many different traps and science devices you can strap agents too, including a laser like the classic bond film, Gold Finger. One hell of a buy if you ask me :)
A suggestion when playing this game is to alter the files so you can get more minions as I find 100 is too few, especially when you run into secret agents who can end up killing over 50 henchmen before collapsing and you can't get rid of them until you learn their secret weakness on the second level.
Also I believe the research file needs to be fixed. Research on google to find out the fix.
I've heard that there is meant to be a sequel in the works, but it's on the back-burner at the moment and I hope it doesn't become like DK3 where it became a mobile game instead. This is a really fun game that you can get many hours out of and with a lot of dungeon keeper like humour.
Edit: Since the new one has released, I've not yet played it, but from what I've seen from the gameplay that have certainly improved upon this game and can't wait to try it out. That said, I believe many of those bugs mentioned are still present in this game, however, we'll see if they decide to fix or not. Regardless, this review is still very useful for those in the future.
Gameplay + Stream
Evil base building. It's just super cool to be an evil genius and rule the world from your secret lair. The radio messages that appear after you complete/fail a mission are all super charming. It's also fun to have battles between the spies and henchmen. Unfortunately the base building can be tedious at times.
I abandoned it after I got to the second base since it's basically just playing the game over again for the second time.
I abandoned it after I got to the second base since it's basically just playing the game over again for the second time.
A fantastic, original game for its time. It can be tremendously difficult in moments (as were many games of its time) but the humor, style, and overall panache cannot be beaten. Highly recommended for anyone who likes original strategy games.
Love this game, but never actually completed it.