Almost two years after asserting it, Rebellion have given us our first glimpse of James Bond-ish super-criminal sim Evil Genius 2 at E3’s PC Gaming Show, plus plans to launch subsequent 12 months. Sequel to Elixir’s entertaining 2004 Dungeon Keeper-alike, it’s all about balancing the (evil) books and designing your volcano isle hideout for max work effectivity and resistance to super-spies. From the transient glimpse we get at the moment, the sequel presents extra of the identical, however with the surprisingly main addition of multi-floor lairs, all the higher to carry the loot your minions steal. Below, a trailer.
The trailer is nostalgic stuff. The ’60s retro-futurist aesthetic stays nearly fully unchanged, with probably the most stark change being to the burly guards, who at the moment are Brock Samson ranges of beefy. They additionally are available in girl kind, equally able to snapping a person in half but additionally able to pulling off that good smokey eye look. Being a game about environment friendly development and logistics (whenever you peel all of the cartoon villainy away), the addition of elevators appears vital. Here’s hoping that constructing chains of traps to catch sneaky spy-folk is expanded as nicely.
Once once more, the yellow-suited minions are the spine of your operation. Equal elements indispensable and fully disposable. They deal with digging out the within of the volcano, putting in the retro-kitsch decor, sustaining the traps and stealing the Crown Jewels of England should you want a money infusion or PR enhance. They’re a lovable lot, however not fairly sufficient to make you’re feeling dangerous once they get picked off en-masse by a knockoff James Bond wannabe. It’ll be good to have them again.
Evil Genius 2 is scoping out potential volcano lairs till subsequent 12 months. Rebellion, being the villains they’re, aren’t giving us any extra information until we half with 5 BILLION Swiss Francs in bearer bonds. There’s a public beta take a look at to join on its official site here. There’s additionally a Steam store page here, with screenshots of a number of the crime-fighter-foiling traps you possibly can construct.
See our E3 2019 tag for extra protection from the present. Our Brendy and Matt are on the market in Los Angeles, taking part in games and taking names. They’ve additionally been liveblogging the big announcement events with fiercely opposing stances.
