Evil Genius 2: World Domination

我是玩了1代后过来的，老实说，比较失望。画面，各种元素肯定是多的，但不足的地方太多：首先，这玩意不像一代，没有小地图，特工什么时候摸过来，摸到了基地哪里，根本没概念，那监控探头装了和没装基本没区别，特工在监控下，手下看到了也是无视，要我自己贴标签，而且还不能CTRL标记整队，要一个一个标；然后，楼梯功能就扯淡了，几个层面，有大有小，很多时候楼梯会被自己房间的东西挡住，本来应该能上能下的，就只能光上或光下，直接固定一个楼梯位置就好了嘛；还有，有的任务莫名其妙，像有一个铁腕伊莱的二回任务的第三个小目标是要造邪恶天才频道，就不知道去哪里完成，但这剧情任务又无法取消，导致其它的支线剧情也接不了，如果这任务我当时的游戏进度能够完成，到底该怎么做请提示明显一点，如果科技什么的还达不到，请不要让我可以接到任务。 总之，玩得莫名其妙，不像1代那么有层次感，知道该怎么做，2代令人失望。。。

actually pretty fun! some of the voice acting feels like they pulled in random devs and gave them zero voice direction, but generally the vibe is there, the game is decently fun, and the music is great if you have the oceans dlc thing, one major criticism is that the temperature mechanic follows you into all other locations, and having to place air conditioning boxes everywhere is really ugly and annoying. also, the game can be painfully slow to progress since research itself is very slow. i'm also actually very impressed with how reliable the room construction system is! this is something that 99% of other games completely ♥♥♥♥ themselves and die on, including evil genius 1. in other games, if _anything_ isn't where it _must_ be at this precise moment, the entire construction process will gridlock. units in other games will happily trap themselves in a room and die rather than ensuring they have a way out. (shoutout to an old playthrough of evil genius 1 where my armory was colonized by an immovable cube on the floor. wanna demolish the armory? gotta move the cube. can't move the cube boss. cube is sacred.) this game's building system manages to let you freely swap between designing different room types, at the same time, in completely different parts of the map. items can be moved, while the game is un-paused and those items are actively being used, and they'll continue to be usable until you finally commit to the new building plan! you can de-construct rooms by filling them in with dirt and your units won't bury themselves, or others! there's an undo/redo system! the game warns you if you're going to go over-budget on money or power consumption! i shouldn't be so excited about that, lol, but it's rare to see such a complex system work so cleanly. very well done! back when this game had just released, i found it to be decent. not great, but fun enough. coming back, i ended up playing it for most of the day and enjoyed it a lot! i don't know if my expectations are lower, or what, but it felt pretty good! the game does have its flaws. slow pacing, bad voice acting, and other design quirks that you'll probably find stupid or poorly balanced. (why on earth can a camera not see through a laser door?) but i could look past all that and still have fun! and it feels cool to hit the alarm button and watch the entire base just ACTIVATE. KILL ALL INTRUDERS. DEFEND THE ISLAND. that feels pretty sick (also, the aperture science DLC was surprisingly close to realizing a game idea i once had after playing portal 2, which was personally really fun to see realized! the side story for that DLC is a bit long, teaching in excruciating detail every possible way of using the few new traps, only to then limit those traps to only being placeable in the portal rooms. which is... a choice, alright?? i would argue it's the worst choice? but ok, fine. it just means some of my corridors are now aperture science themed, lol) on a more negative note, the most evil person in evil genius 2 is the developer(s) that decided to put missable quests and content in a game that will take double digits of hours to finish a playthrough in. it gives you a vague warning that progressing the main story past a certain point "may result in lost side story opportunities". but what it doesn't warn you about is that certain side stories, done in the wrong order, will also result in lost side story opportunities. some missable side stories will only appear if you fulfil hidden requirements, so without a guide, you won't know until later if you missed out on something interesting. and you won't know until the end whether you managed to earn the two most cruel achievements: get all the loot in one playthrough, and recruit all henchmen in one playthrough. hey, if you worked on this game, and you read this... don't ever do that to your players again, okay? that's a really cruel thing to ask people to do. don't make your players scared of progressing the main story because you decided to make things missable in a 20+ hour game. don't make your players sit through hours and hours of slow side quest progression because the sunk cost of _trying_ for the achievement will sting too hard to give up on. they will absolutely not forget the slog that you put them through. and when the game is over, whether they got the achievements or not, they will only remember it as a thoroughly negative experience of spending tens of hours wondering if they missed something, or if the game bugged out at any random point. i recommend anyone going for 100% just finds someone's completed save file and use that, because it's truly not worth your time. is it cheating? sure! is the game worth that much of your time and energy? hell no! it's fun, but it's definitely not THAT fun. i cast stubbed toe on whoever decided to design it like this.

English: Evil Genius 2: World Domination is a well-crafted niche base-building game. While it shares similarities with other titles in the genre, it stands out with its unique gameplay and distinctive style. The humorous tone and the fantasy of being the villain are handled exceptionally well. Its story is surprisingly detailed and engaging, offering more than just the standard base-building experience. It delivers a character driven and vibrant narrative. A refreshing and enjoyable title that fans of the genre should definitely check out. Türkçe: Evil Genius 2: World Domination, niş bir kitleye hitap eden, güzel ve eğlenceli bir üs kurma oyunu. Diğer base building türündeki yapımlara benzese de, kendine özgü oynanışı ve atmosferiyle fark yaratıyor. Özellikle mizahi tonu ve kötü adam olma fantezisini başarıyla işlemesiyle öne çıkıyor. Hikayesi beklenenden daha detaylı ve ilgi çekici klasik üs kurma deneyiminin ötesine geçerek oyuncuya karakter odaklı, renkli bir anlatım sunuyor. Türü sevenlerin mutlaka şans vermesi gereken farklı ve keyifli bir yapım.

Feels like a soulless mobile game. Go back to first game if you want the real evil genius experience.

I found this more annoying and tedious than engaging. Maybe it becomes more bearable later on, but my patience ran out after about 90 minutes.

You're better off just playing the original EG.

thumbs down, denuvo

I'm actually split between recommending this game or not. On one side, it's a beautifully stylized experience that addresses many issues its predecessor had, while manages to retain the spark what the old game had. However, on the other side sits an incredibly clunky UI experience that I strongly believe needs some serious work. Often used options are buried under multiple click menus, with slow responding animations. The camera is slow and also not sufficiently responsive and the mouse needs some acceleration too. The experience feels more sterile now that is modernized. Workers work with their big "guns" on pretty much anything. No body-bags, freezer or dynamite. It's faster, cleaner, but with that, you lose a lot of the charm. The experience to fight a little against the game, to figure out the best approach and not be flooded with body bags or some other issues. The simulation is too good to its own detriment. But on the flip side, it's as enjoyable to build your evil layer as I remember it from the old game. In the end, it's not perfect. It could be much better, and i hope the devs have the opportunity to improve it.