Great great fun....just a tad frustrating

User Rating: 8 | Evil Genius PC
I LOVE THIS GAME! and as Rock,Paper, Shotgun just had a small 'Past games' kind of feature today, I thought I would post my thoughts here also.

Despite how much I love this game, it can get really annoying...BUT cheating in this game is never a bad thing, you are evil right? so use the extra cash cheat and make the game a little more enjoyable. I know that is a pretty bad way to start a review, but you the simpleton have not played Evil Genius yet...or perhaps you have in which case you allready know why this is a good idea.

I relise it's not exactly the point of playing a game which is to have a bit of a challenge. However after you have played through it and found that during island 2 it becomes a bit of a "there is only 1 way to win otherwise you are f***ed".
Try it without the cheat and find yourself being a bit annoyed at the number of super agents that destroy your bits and traps, be a bit annoyed that many of your minions leave for whatever reason, and essentially have a pretty hard game turn into a 1 play wonder that you never touch again because of the frustrating bits.

Or be better at it than me I guess :)

In my defence however, I have played it on and off since release and only since I could basically make and remake my base with the various traps at my disposal, doing whatever I wanted due to having ALL THE CASH! had I any real fun and could just enjoy the dasterdly traps and henchman that I had installed within the complex. At this point the game turns into a game that focuses mainly on being evil to the poor agents and conjoring up the various ways to make your base super awesome impregnable, stealing various bits from around the world.

So cheating, allowing you to focus on the fun in the game rather than the aggravating tedium of painfully watching your base explode and collapse around you as your evil plans go awry due to a respawning super agent that just minutes before destroyed a large section of your base.

It is a really fun game overall and the one game I feel cheating is not only just, it is expected from an Evil Genius....ok so a genius doesn't really need to cheat but hey, the 'Evil' comes first.

EDIT: I have completed this game now, took me forever and a few on/off terms but now I have done it and I can tell you all it is bags of fun, great artwork, great fun, great humour. PLAY THIS GAME!