Hello Friends,

Today i will review the game Evil Genius 2. This is a sequel to the game Evil Genius 1. Made by the same publisher company that made the original game called REBELLION. The game also has the cartoony aesthetics as the original game, but also goes down the DLC route making many DLC's to charge extra money for the game. They also added some free DLC too, which reference other games like Portal and Team Fortress 2.

As for technical issues with this game, i ran into some crashes using the Vulkan version of the game. Players can also opt out and use the Dx 12 version. I did not test the Dx 12 version and used only the Vulkan version. I did post the crash report on the forum, and i also sent reports to Rebellion when it popped up with the crash report, but i am unsure if anything will be done with these crash reports.

The game plays very similar to the first game. The player chooses a evil villain, then a island to set up their base, and then start to build a evil lair full of traps and rooms so their minions can evolve into stronger minions also using training. Also, the player must provide facilities for their minions to be happy such as break rooms, mess halls, and medical rooms. In fact, there are much more rooms the player can build in this compared to the original game. Some of the charm of the original game is lost in this game, but it still has funny things that can happen. One thing i personally miss from the first game is the moonwalking when interrogating enemies.

Compared to the first game, I found the difficulty of the second game not as bad. Perhaps the developers made it more accessible to more players by changing how difficult the game is on. Regardless, I personally played the game on easy because I thought the game would be as hard as i had on the original version. If a player wants it to be harder, there are settings to make it harder, such as a difficulty setting in case some players find it too easy. Anyways, here is my pro and con list:

PROS:

- A new evil genius game with easier playing of it compared to the original game. It makes it more accessible for everyone.

- Cartoony aesthetics and silly things can happen in the game.

- Build your own evil lair and try to control the whole world.

- Players can choose their own mastermind villain. The game changes events depending on what mastermind the player chooses.

- A big selection of henchmen to hire to help with security in your base.

- Ability to upgrade minions to better positions to help the mastermind to control the world.

- Lots of rooms compared to the first game. More furniture and decor to add to each room. Also the ability to make items be auto buildable in case somehow they get destroyed.

- Works on windows 11, but did have some crashes.

- Players can use a controller, but it works better with a keyboard and mouse, and that is personally the way i played the game.


CONS:

- Some crashing may occur if you use the Vulkan mode. I have reported this to REBELLION using the auto report feature in the game. I also posted it on the forums in a couple places.

- Some of the magic from the first game was removed in the second game, such as the moonwalking henchmen during when you interrogate enemies in the lair.

- Some DLC to add more stuff increases price of game. Buy the season pass on sale if you want them.

Do I recommend the game? Yes i do, but be aware i personally crashed several times playing it, but only using the VULKAN graphics settings. The other setting i did not test out, and may not crash the game like the Vulkan setting did. The amount of DLC also shows the developers went the route of making as much money off the game by releasing alot of dlc. At least there are some free dlc. Some of the magic of the first game was lost with less funny interactions, but they replaced this with others. The game is accessible to even me, who is disabled, as i found the first game to be very difficult, even on the easy setting. I do think the game is a improvement of the first game, but long time fans maybe mad about the removal of some funny gags that were in the fist game. Also, from what i read on the forum, people do not like the new world map. Still, i liked the game and found it to be better than the original game.

Pretty fun but kinda a lot

Great Game, excellent DLC. Expands on the fun and concepts of the first game without losing the nostalgic feel.

i got 44 hours and im still not bored so trust me this game is one of them best base building game out there rebellion is also a amazing studio i have played this game since launch and havent had one bug yet so 100% recommend

hehe evil

Simple casual fun, I like it.

good

its good

Very very fun and creative