The latter aspect is handled through schemes, during which you send some of your minions out into the world to go and commit crimes or sabotage the more well-meaning citizens of the world. Which way you go depends on the choices you make in terms of research and how important you believe that guarding your base is while you’re heading out to make the world yours. After that, the game unfolds more like a sandbox title than an objective-driven affair, which is great for replay value as you get access to a lot of ways in which to build and utilize your headquarters. Gameplay mechanics are extremely well laid out for you through a tutorial scenario that sets the base both in gameplay and (comedic) undertone. In gameplay that echoes Dungeon Keeper a little bit, you craft much of your lair by digging away at rocks to enlarge your underground home. The game mostly resembles a base builder, complete with the ability to build walkways, traps and defenses and of course the rooms that keep your machine of evil powering on. You’ll see that in the game’s cartoon-like art style, which also translates to your protagonist as you build up your secret lair and aim for world domination as you strive for an all-powerful weapon while bossing your servants around. Evil Genius 2 proves that the franchise can stand on its own two legs as well, staying mostly true to the original game and definitely so in spirit and personality. Part of why I wasn’t expecting a sequel was that I always considered the first game to be loosely based on Dr Evil from the then-popular Austin Powers movies, letting you build your own evil empire/lair without ever taking yourself too seriously – and thus never feeling truly evil while doing your evil deeds. As with Spacebase Startopia, I was wrong – but I’m glad I was. After Startopia was brought back by Kalypso, Evil Genius 2 is next – a sequel to a 2004 game I wasn’t expecting to receive a follow-up at this point in time. These are certainly fun weeks if you’re a fan of PC gaming and enjoy older IPs being revived. As a surprisingly lighthearted take on being evil, Rebellion’s Evil Genius 2: World Domination gives PC gamers a fun new management/strategy sim to play around with – here’s our review.
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