Evil Genius is a great idea for a game. You take on the role of a nemesis from classic spy films like the James Bond franchise. In your goal for world domination, you recruit henchmen and minions to do your evil bidding, and build the super fortress on a tropical island. Hopefully you can avoid the spy agencies from around the world who will try to stop you. Even seven years later (this review was written in 2011), the idea for the game, as well as its humor and music hold up great. The graphics are stylized, and still look good but simple, and most modern computers can handle the game without any issues. The best part of the game is designing your base. There are a ton of rooms to choose from, and the layout of your base really does effect how well your minions work and recover, or how many spies will try to stop you and your evil plan. It has some similarities to other sims games, and it seems there was another game called Dungeon Master that was the main inspiration for Evil Genius. However, I suspect what frustrates me the most would have been frustrating to players in 2004. The game has a lot of downtime. Minions have to be trained to reach higher levels, and building new rooms in your base take time before they are ready to be used. Later on, to use the advanced items and rooms, research is required before they items are available. All of this makes sense, and fits the time frame in the game, but leaves the player with little to do at times. Usually I play the game with the TV on, and only have to play during the commercials. There are ways to speed up the events above, as well as cheats codes or mods that help, but I found the best trick was to play until about half way through, learn what I did wrong, and then start again. Sites that offer the mods are a great resource too for other information about the game, which isn't presented in the tutorial or help menu. From the sites I've learned that the game designers are out of business, so this is probably as good as the game will get. Remember, the game came out in 2004, and you're probably going to pay $8-$10 for it. It's still worth a few hours of your time. You'll easily get your money's worth from it, but once you finish the game, you won't play it much again.Read full review
Only game of its kind, and it was cut down in its prime. There are a million and one games about bond, or being the "Hero" .. but where's the love for the bad guys? Why are they simply relegated to the footnotes of history, why not tell their story? Well this game does! You start out on a humble island, with a small money vault.. Before you stands a mountain, Maybe it would make a good lair? The combinations are endless! Set up your evil lair to suit your personalities, lay traps, build torture devices.. And Rule the world from the comfort of your arm chair!
Great classic sim game to play. Runs even on a older laptop of mine
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
good doing business with you i like how fast is was sent to my house! the only think i dislike is i have to put at least 100 characters for my review which i think is kind of dumb i already told you that i like the game and it was sent to my house in a weeks time! isnt that enought fou you?
Great James Bond type play. Characters are a bit cartoonish, but appropriate for this game. Awesome music. Simple, but challanging play. Can build hideaways, move and escape. Did I say that the music is great? Like your own James Bond movie.
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