Evil Genius (PC game)

[skippythegator]

Just started playing Evil Genius - it's kind of like Dungeon Keeper, or for those of you who aren't familiar with that game, imagine something like Theme Hospital - except you play as an "Evil Genius" bent on taking over the world. You build a secret island base, recruit henchmen and minions to do your dirty work, and research & build doomsday devices, while keeping your base secure from secret agents who have come to disrupt your plans.

It's REALLY fun ;D ;D ;D ;D

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00012FN9U/qid=1100788862/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/104-9658468-9789524?v=glance&s=videogames&n=507846

• Play a malevolent mastermind bent on global domination through the construction of the ultimate doomsday device
  
• Control a secret island fortress staffed with henchmen, minions, femmes fatale, and a host of hilarious gizmos
  
• Master base building, real-time combat, minion training, techno-research, and mission deployment
  
• Manage your minions as you train them to develop evil technology and super-weapons
  
• Build your secret base and defend it against attacks by obnoxious action heroes and government agents in real time
  

[Witcher Wolf]

Allow me to shed some more light on the subject, since EG is a wickedly cool game.

www.gamesxtreme.net/review/351.shtml

[Deimos]

Sounds fun! I loved Dungeon Keeper (and of course the episode of the Simpsons with Hank Scorpio ), and it seems to be in that similar style of humour. Must check it out sometime.

Deimos

[Witcher Wolf]

Both the reviewer's name and mine are: Wolf, could there be a link?

Yeah, EG is a fine fine game...the sense of humour is outrageous and some of the later deathraps are really twisted.

[skippythegator]

AAAaaaaaah I think I need to upgrade now the more items I added/built, the slower the game ran on my machine. I'm still on the first island, I have stolen Excalibur, the Ark of the Covenant, the mummy and the samurai armor, I have 100 minions and am almost out of tunneling space - and the game is crawling. I'm running at 800x600 already as it is.

CW, what machine do you play it on?

[Witcher Wolf]

1.8GHZ Athlon w/750MB RAM, 128MB Gfx card.

[skippythegator]

I guess I'll have to turn down the detail a little more, for now at least....

[Witcher Wolf]

Upgrade, you need to -- I get to upgrade this machine sooon.

[skippythegator]

I hope to switch jobs soon - if everything works out, I may upgrade my 1.2Ghz Duron to an Athlon 3000 (Barton, if I can get one - don't want to waste a perfectly good Socket A motherboard that won't take a Sempron). The video card will have to wait though - so far I'm not too happy with nVidia's FX line, so I'll stick with my old 64Mb Ti4200.

I had to start the game over - seems a bug corrupted my save game. will post pics from my new trap room soon ;D

[Witcher Wolf]

Ooooh, must see traps!

[skippythegator]

This was inspired by something I read in an FAQ on gamefaqs.com. A false entrance to my lair leads to a series of wind traps, ending in a poison gas cage. It looks great on paper, but unfortunately sometimes intruders bypass the first set of pressure pads, meaning Trap #1 doesn't activate. And when they start to panic, they sometimes shoot the place up instead of setting off the traps and dying like they should.



After installing a fan-made patch from evilplanet.com, I was able to build sentry guns inside my base (the way they should be!) and I now have all the super agents in a safe place - safe for me, that is! ;D

In the cells, from left: Dirk Masters, the Rambo lookalike; Katerina Frostonova; and Jet Chan. In separate cells off screen are Mariana Mamba and the famous John Steele, whom my sentry guns have now shaken and stirred. *laughs wickedly*

That unofficial patch works great. Now I can rule my evil empire in complete concordance with the tenets set forth on www.eviloverlord.com (thanks for the link, Deimos!).

[Witcher Wolf]

LOL!

Those traps are classic!

That looks like a nice patch to have!