Evil Genius, the 2004 minion-gathering, Bond-defying base-builder is free proper now, should you hyperlink your Rebellion account to Steam. This is after all to whet appetites for the upcoming Evil Genius 2, which is predicted out this yr.
You’ll want a Steam account and a Rebellion account, and to reply a number of questions, however then it will likely be yours to maintain totally free. You can get began with at Rebellion’s site. It usually goes for £7/€10/$10 on Steam. Rebellion say this provide is obtainable for “a limited time” however not when it is going to finish.
Evil Genius was all the time good, and has aged fairly properly. It compares finest to Dungeon Keeper, as you play a villain who should construct a base and fill it with jumpsuited mooks, that you could be do cartoonish crimes like abducting scientists and shrinking the Eiffel tower. Goodies will consistently pry into your base on the lookout for proof, and you have to see them off with violence, deception, or better of all, laying a needlessly elaborate community of interacting traps. Rebellion have posted a quick information to go together with the announcement:
Interestingly, they suggest utilizing cheat codes to rush earnings technology and merchandise unlocks alongside, on the grounds that it enables you to play at your individual tempo. This is sweet and candid recommendation of a form I wasn’t anticipating from a writer’s official account. As I’ve said before, Evil Genius has a few flaws that sadly maintain again its enjoyable idea, traps, and glorious artwork model. But it’s nonetheless typically nice, and properly value making an attempt. Slightly gentle dishonest to rush issues alongside does certainly slice off a few of its weaker bits.
Evil Genius 2: World Domination continues to be anticipated later this yr. It’s a promising game to revisit, and it goals to be greater than a mere retreading, as Brendan (RPS in peace) discovered when he spoke to the builders last year. They wouldn’t be a Bond villain in the event that they didn’t come again for an additional go, would they?
