Evil Genius 2: World Domination
A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!
Evil Genius 2: World Domination is a strategy, base-building and villain protagonist game
developed and published by Rebellion.
Released on March 30th 2021 is available only on Windows
in 9 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 12,301 reviews of which 8,445 were positive and 3,856 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.8 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i3-8100
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GT 1030 2GB, Radeon RX 550 2GB
- Storage: 18 GB available space
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Two things to understand about the early ratings: Many of the players who played the 1st game wanted a 100% sandbox experience, instead of this one which was largely narrative driven. Just like the Campaign is the way to play Tropico 4, the narrative is the way to play this game. It works. Don't let that detract you. Second, the way global missions work was overhauled. Gold was harder to come by when the game first launched, and now it is a bit......TOO easy to fill your vaults. Morale was also impacted way too harshly for having dead bodies around the base. I believe that was a bug, and it was fixed, but those ratings often never change as we all know. If you are okay with narrative driven base builders in the vein of Tropico 4, give this game a try. It's not perfect, but it is a unique, fun, and engaging experience, with decent replay value due to the 5 different Geniuses and 4 different hideouts. The voice acting isn't perfect, but it is very high quality. The side missions see all the geniuses having the same dialog, and it gravitates around what Max and Ivan would say. I would play those two when trying to get achievements they can all get like every Henchmen and every Loot item. But their main stories are all voiced well enough (Maybe Polar is a little weak, but I've seen people who like her the most so........) The initial model to the game didn't actually favor what they wanted to do this game enough, which was intended to be one where it went for several years with several seasons with lots of different additional minions, loot side stories, henchmen, hideouts and geniuses added. But when you look at Polar and her DLC, it's clear they didn't structure it properly. With that said, even with only a quarter of the addition content this game was wanting to do, I would consider it rather complete as it landed. Even at it's listed price of $60 for the deluxe addition with net you 100s of hours of play (more if you are like me and watching an infant so the game runs while you are tending to the baby lol) This comes highly recommended as a unique experience. The game could have easily been better in a myriad of ways, so people playing this game and showing there is a market for it may get us the 3-4 different directions someone could take a game like this. Imagine a game where you are playing Cobra Commander!! There are plenty of other layers of "bad guys with a secret hideout" that could be explored in the gaming world
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I'm giving the game a thumbs up only because I can't go neutral. It's fun for the most part but I can't exactly recommended it either. It has good base building that's easier than similar games, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's also cheesy but in a fun way. The reasons I can't recommend it are there are a lot of bugs, the descriptions don't tell you nearly enough (lots of things aren't explained at all), and the difficulty is entirely an illusion because one core system doesn't work right. I'm not going to go into details about the system or the difficulty because once you realize how illusory it is some of the fun is lost. It's best enjoyed if you pretend that system works as intended anyway. In general I'd say this would be a good game for newcomers who are intimidated by the genre, or people who already like management sims but want one that's less mentally demanding. Even so, buy it on sale. I got it for $2.99 and even though I've enjoyed it, I'd have been pissed if I paid more for a game that's so broken.
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So this was under £3 for everything (Deluxe Edition has the season pass if it's not clear from the store page), and I'd say at that price it's a 'yes' from me. It's a competent enough take on the original game with the 60s styled spoof James Bond spin on Dungeon Keeper. The original game was released 20 years ago now and you can see where what was magic then feels far less fresh this many years later. And I'd be far harsher of how the little static cut scenes for this are done if I'd have paid more than £3 to see the clumsy interactions between evil boss and cowering minion. Get it when it's this cheap and you can't have too many complaints.
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Gonna be honest. This game is AMAZING for it's genre. Instead of exchanging graphics for gameplay, they increase both. This game looks so good, even on lower-end PCs. Now, how about the gameplay? Is it really good? If anyone is reading this review to buy the game, then this is a good game according to me. This fits into the strategy game mode, so I do have a few tips. But before that, let me explain. So, the game is about attempting to dominate the world. There are 4 Geniuses in the base game, and one from the Oceans Campaign DLC. Each Genius has it's own respective Doomsday Device that will help you on your way to world domination. And there are three islands to choose (4 if you have OC DLC.) You each acquire henchmen, and a lot of things are referenced from the first Evil Genius (I recommend checking that out, too.) There are tons of Minion classes to choose from as you progress. You need to build a Cover Operation to protect against Investigators. Research new tech to improve your lair. Build an Inner Sanctum. Now, what do I think should be added to improve the game? For one, I think there should be Casino Stairs for Tourists to use. Currently, at the time of this review, visitors can only go on the floor of the Cover Operation. So, in order to expand this, I suggest adding a special type of stairs for the Casino Stairs, like the Casino Door, but for stairs. Another thing I suggest is more space. You see how there is so much structure for the Casinos? I think that these should be able to be filled with items and rooms. Why would that be just a facade? Once again, another suggestion is the addition of Doomsday Devices into Sandbox Mode. In the Sandbox Mode, Doomsday Devices aren't able to be used in Sandbox. I think that should be changed. Now, what about some tips? Always research the traps. (SPOILER ALERT: LEAVE IF YOU DO NOT WANT EXPOSURE TO SPOILERS) Near the end of the game, there is a section where you have to survive an onslaught of Crime Lords and Super Agents. Do the Missions where you can stop these people once and for all. My recommendation of Henchmen is in this list for Red Ivan, personally the best Genius. Eli Barracuda Jnr. Pyro(the TF2 DLC is free) Jubei Full Metal Jackie Janet Bombe Make sure to put Worker's needs in the high priorities. Doing other stuff not related to this could make your minions desert OR not work. Always go to max minions. This is so you can increase your forces for the final onslaught. Anyways, this is my review. I recommend playing this if you are a good strategist, interested in the genre, or love world domination. This is where I get off. With respect and adoration, funny guy with insanity (aka. SanityLoser).
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I was waiting for this game to on sale with the season pass since all the negative reviews scared me. I played the first game and to be honest I didn't really liked it that much. Many people complain about your minions to be slaughtered in this game, but this is definitely not the case. In Evil Genius 1 I had moments where my minions left the chopper and were all killed on their way to the base. To be honest, I prefer Evil Genius 2 by far to Evil Genius 1. I like the art, the animations, the sound, the combat, the research ... nearly everything. Building the lair can become tedious sometimes since I like building square rooms in all games, but here you are sometimes limited due to the formation of the rock/map. But it is cool that you can research digging so you can also remove the harder stones during your playthrough. What I hate are the heaters and airconditioners in this game. They are not worked out very well. The problem i.e. is that the heat spots etc. make no sense at all. The heat/cold can penetrate walls so I somehow heat up rooms next the the heater etc. I will upload a screenshot for this game, where you can see what I mean. There is like a bunch of airconditioner but for some reason, they are all "hot" while the surroundings are cold as the heart of our politicians. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2452843872108471225/A44777E2236741259E9CBB9954E7774EA47A151E/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false Else the game is pretty solid. Maybe this is due all the patches and since I bought it inlcuding the season pass. Maybe this added the missing content so I don't see the original "bad" game it was in the beginning. Regarding the traps: some are right somehow ... I nearly never used them. Usually I place some mercenaries at the entries and some small traps to annoy the agents. In most cases it will end in a fight ... no problem. All my minions got weapons and I have a lot of them. The minion limit of 300 seems more or less random to me. Don't know why we couldn't have more. I like the henchmen. They are well done and unique. I would give the game in its current state easily a 7/10. Maybe the world map is a little boring, but I also don't know how to make it better. Maybe it would be interesting if the "world" map missions would be like in XCom. Sending troops somewhere and then in a turn based game getting the goal. But meh ...
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Online players
195
Developer
Rebellion
Publisher
Rebellion
Release
30 Mar 2021
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