Evil Genius 2: World Domination

Alright. So I've spent a good amount of time in this game, trying to get all the achievements (as of writing this review, I only have three more to go). After all those hours, I can't really recommend this game to newer players. Just a clarifier: I have not played the first game, so I won't be making any comparisons to it. Gameplay The base builder aspect of the game itself is pretty good, but that's all I can really think of when it comes to enjoyment. 90% of the game is side questing, to which you can only select one at a time with each taking a sizeable amount of time (if I had to give an estimate, roughly 15-30 minutes per side mission). For me, the gameplay loop consists of progressing the main storyline with the selected genius, getting to a pause where nothing is going on, allowing you to catch up on side missions (some lock out at certain points) before continuing the main story once again. Majority of my time spent on the game is during these built in story breaks. Of course, a person can choose to ignore the many side quests and continue, but that involves missing out on recruiting henchmen, taking down super agents, and loot. Story To put it bluntly, the story is pretty lackluster. To give a rough generalization, each genius has their own way of taking over the world, and the story is pretty much them getting closer and closer to that goal. The side stories/side quests in the game provide more flavor text, but that shouldn't be what carries the narrative. Heck, the side stories barely even affect the main narrative at all. Outside of the side stories, those characters don't exist in the main plot at all. A person wouldn't even know they existed unless they looked them up online or actually did the side quests. The characters that do end up making an appearance in the main story are one off antagonists that are pretty much forgotten within an hour of progression. I don't know if I've been spoiled by Baldur's Gate 3, but each genius in those side stories repeat the same exact lines verbatim. It could've added extra time in development, but having each respective genius' personalities shine more in the side stories could've made it worth sitting through each dialogue line rather than skipping it. Having each genius taking part in a different interaction with each crime lord or super agent would have made replaying the game several times a little more worthwhile. The dialogue scenes themselves are also boring. It's just a still background with the two conversing character models standing across from each other with text bubbles in the middle. This might be a minor nitpick, but when you've played for +340 hours, it gets REALLY old.

unfortunately i cant recommend this game. I would say its very close to being a good game but some of the choices the developers made makes this game really slow and drawn out. i loved the first evil genius game and still play that one. this one feels like it was developed as a free to play game that doesn't have the microtransactions in it so its just a very slow and grindy process to complete objectives.

An incredibly disappointing game that will never be able to even achieve a modicum of a cult following due to their choice of keeping Denuvo as part of the product even 5 years after all the sales dried up. Thus precluding any possibility of a resurgence via community fixes. All in all, several steps backwards from the original and all potential squandered.

It's pretty good, though it lacks an inexplicable, intangible sense of "soul" that the great games of this genre have. It works, it has all the features as advertised, but the lack of polish, attention to details and depth prevents it from being great. Think "The Movies", from back in the day, as an example of the game with soul. One thing to improve for sure is the better distinction between geniuses. Apart from the design of the sanctum and big weapon you build, the gameplay between them is identical. No point of beating the game twice, let alone four times. Though considering this is Rebellion's first break from Sniper Elite series, I say they did a great job here.

Game is typically to buggy to play. Attempted 2 playthroughs now once at release and once years later. Both times hit bugs that broke the play through and realized it so late i lost all progress. honestly its worse than the original

not bad but pretty basic and repetitive, $5-10 game at best

[b]Introduction :[/b] Evil Genius 2: World Domination, sorti en 2021, est un jeu de gestion développé par Rebellion. On y incarne un méchant de cinéma à la Bond qui construit sa base secrète, recrute des sbires et orchestre des plans diaboliques pour dominer la planète. L'idée est cool sur le papier, la patte visuelle cartoon est sympa, mais après une trentaine d'heures, le constat est sévère. [b]Ce que j'ai aimé :[/b] [list] [*]🦹 La direction artistique pulpe espionnage des années 60 est très réussie, les méchants jouables ont du caractère [*]🏗️ Construire sa base avec ses corridors piégés et ses salles spécialisées garde un certain plaisir au début [*]🎶 L'ambiance musicale façon James Bond pose bien le ton... les premières heures [/list] [b]Ce que j'ai moins aimé :[/b] [list] [*]🔁 Les activités criminelles sur la carte du monde se limitent à 4 types qui reviennent en boucle, c'est juste "attends que le timer descende", aucune profondeur [*]😵 La micro-gestion des sbires est sous-cuite : impossible d'assigner finement qui fait quoi, les snipers vont taper sur des ordis pendant qu'on se fait défoncer [*]🚨 Les vagues d'agents ennemis deviennent un spam ininterrompu en fin de partie, on passe son temps à éteindre des feux au lieu de jouer [*]🎵 La même boucle musicale en fond pendant 20h, j'ai fini par couper le son du jeu [*]🧠 L'IA des sbires est catastrophique, ils traversent la base sans faire les corvées affectées, ou se font tuer en boucle sur un piège qu'ils refusent de contourner [*]🌍 Une fois la campagne d'un méchant terminée, recommencer avec un autre c'est exactement la même soupe avec un skin différent, zéro rejouabilité [/list] [b]Conclusion :[/b] Evil Genius 2, c'est typiquement le jeu qui a une excellente idée de base et qui ne va pas au bout. Visuellement charmant, thématiquement séduisant, mais la boucle de gameplay s'épuise à vitesse grand V et la gestion fine qu'on attend d'un city-builder/tycoon n'est jamais là. À 29h je m'étais convaincu que ça allait s'ouvrir, ça ne s'est jamais ouvert. À récupérer en très grosse promo si vous êtes ultra fan de l'univers, sinon passez votre chemin et relancez Dungeon Keeper 2 à la place. [b]Note :[/b] ★★☆☆☆

Played for 7h, and it feels like I'm still in the tutorial. I'm ok with an introduction, but so many things going on that there's still new things to understand at 7h in... Feels like this game should let go of my hand by now. Maybe just not for me.