EVERYBODY wants to rule the world.....
User Rating: 6.7 | Evil Genius PC
You can't really be that mean to a game which lets you carry out one of mankind's base fantasies aver since James Bond first donned his tuxedo: taking over the world. Unfortunately, I didn't quite get from Evil Genius what I was expecting. I mean, graphically it wasnt bad and the sound was alright but I just felt a bit...you know...unattached. I mean sure I sent my minions off to take over the world but I didn't actually get to see any of it happen, whilst the base side of things spent too long as just a simple tycoon-style thing and then suddenly flooded you with saboteurs, at the same time expecting you to send all your gaurds to another country to gain funds. At the same time, whilst some actions flew past, others seemed to drag on for ages. Oh yeah, and surely an "Act Of Infamy" which apparently causes the brink of nuclear war between America and Russia would have some sort of effect of the rest of the game? No? Maybe I'm just picky...
Anyway, it's hard to stay mad at a game which despite all its faults, is truly stylish and has some AMAZINGLY cool theme music. And there is so much satisfaction from seeing some hapless agent turned upsidedown and dunked in your bioactive goo. Oops, that didnt sound right...
