Evil Genius 2 (Rebellion)
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zmed




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PostPosted: Tue, 30th Mar 2021 13:23    Post subject:
Eh, I'll keep it then. Razz
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PostPosted: Tue, 30th Mar 2021 13:38    Post subject:
I hope EMPRESS is on the case Smile


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JHawkins




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PostPosted: Tue, 30th Mar 2021 13:58    Post subject:
JackQ wrote:
I hope EMPRESS is on the case Smile


I wonder if this game isnt too niche to satisfy her ego.


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PostPosted: Tue, 30th Mar 2021 14:07    Post subject:
I think I'll get my 4€ worth, lol.
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Prandur




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PostPosted: Tue, 30th Mar 2021 14:41    Post subject:
Any word on difficulty settings/options? I've read in reviews that it might be easier than the original, which would probably make it an insta-pass for me.
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JackQ
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PostPosted: Tue, 30th Mar 2021 15:35    Post subject:
JHawkins wrote:
JackQ wrote:
I hope EMPRESS is on the case Smile


I wonder if this game isnt too niche to satisfy her ego.

Explain.


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Photish




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PostPosted: Tue, 30th Mar 2021 16:03    Post subject:
What the good sir above me meant to type: Would you please be so kind as to enlighten me further, as I can´t seem to understand fully.

Thank you! Yours - JackQ xoxo
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JHawkins




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PostPosted: Tue, 30th Mar 2021 16:40    Post subject:
JackQ wrote:
JHawkins wrote:
JackQ wrote:
I hope EMPRESS is on the case Smile


I wonder if this game isnt too niche to satisfy her ego.

Explain.


She is after as much recognition and spotlight as possible, to the point of starting drama with Repackers cause they got thanked for releases instead of her.
She also got mad at a poster on Crackwatch cause they didnt include her name in the Title even though it was against the rules to do so. Overall she seems to care a lot about getting Fame for cracking those games so im not sure a smaller title like this would spark any interest in her.
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dethy




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PostPosted: Tue, 30th Mar 2021 16:54    Post subject:
Prandur wrote:
Any word on difficulty settings/options? I've read in reviews that it might be easier than the original, which would probably make it an insta-pass for me.


The only difficult part was that Ivan henchman that would blow up half the base everytime it was under attack. Had to keep him locked up outside Laughing


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Sin317
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PostPosted: Tue, 30th Mar 2021 18:58    Post subject:
I'm bored already, 60 minutes in. Not even finished the tutorial.
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PostPosted: Tue, 30th Mar 2021 19:47    Post subject:
I'm waiting for nostalgia glasses to fall off in reviews. I like the base building aspect of the original but the mission part was always meh and weird.
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Sin317
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PostPosted: Tue, 30th Mar 2021 20:25    Post subject:
Click mission, wait for it to complete, next.

Anyway, refunded.
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dethy




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PostPosted: Tue, 30th Mar 2021 21:49    Post subject:
Great game so far. Plays just like the original Very Happy


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PostPosted: Tue, 30th Mar 2021 22:45    Post subject:
JHawkins wrote:
JackQ wrote:
JHawkins wrote:


I wonder if this game isnt too niche to satisfy her ego.

Explain.


She is after as much recognition and spotlight as possible, to the point of starting drama with Repackers cause they got thanked for releases instead of her.
She also got mad at a poster on Crackwatch cause they didnt include her name in the Title even though it was against the rules to do so. Overall she seems to care a lot about getting Fame for cracking those games so im not sure a smaller title like this would spark any interest in her.


It's more about money than ego, the problem was that repackers were receiving much more donations than the actual person that was cracking the games lol.
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zmed




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PostPosted: Tue, 30th Mar 2021 23:36    Post subject:
dethy wrote:
Great game so far. Plays just like the original Very Happy

Enjoying it so far too. Smile

I used to play Max in the original, now he's the "generic" genius. Went with the venom lady instead, kinda like the idea of an ex spymaster turned super-villain. Also chose Eli as my first henchman, he was an old favourite in EG1, and he's just as effective as his daddy was before.

So far I finished the first side-story about the roboticist. Neat little rivalry developing there. I wonder if I'll end up recruiting her, or that android version of the base computer that was offered as an alternative to Eli as a starter hanchman. Smile

So far the old valet-army trick seem to be working just as well as in EG1. But it seems agents now able to disguise themselves, and I bet higher level ones can fool my automated defenses much more easily than the rookie investigators I've seen so far.
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Prandur




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PostPosted: Wed, 31st Mar 2021 09:51    Post subject:
What are the difficulty settings?
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zmed




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PostPosted: Wed, 31st Mar 2021 13:02    Post subject:




I'm playing on Medium, still quite early on, and while I was doing the first Roboticist henchman story she managed to wipe out my base twice, mostly because I'm concentrating on social minions so I can bamboozle the agents before they even reach the main operation, but she was using hard to kill robots that exploded on death, so it was a clusterfuck, that was only saved by Eli's heavy-hitting ranged ability.

I was also raided by my first super-agent, she popped into my vault with a squad of heavy hitting thieves, and tried to walk out with my gold. The fight spread to my inner sanctum and had to reload because my genuis was killed. Eli was just coming out of a heavy session of smooth-talking agens at the front so he was low on morale, and had to send him for a bit of a breather REAL fast after I reloaded so I could use his ability so save my hide again.

So if you're ill-prepared, it can smack you around even on medium. These moments seem to be few and far between, but I still managed to get my ass handed to me.

It's also a good idea to keep an eye on the casino. Soldier agents cannot seem to be tagged for distraction like investigators (makes sense), so they keep getting in and start shooting once past the casino. And if the minions are slowly trickling in from all over the base, the concetrated fire can cause some serious damage. Again, henchmen deal with soldiers REAL quick, but that requires you to know they are coming and have them ready and able to use their damage dealing abilities.
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PostPosted: Wed, 31st Mar 2021 18:19    Post subject:
It feels like heat management is more important now. Also, don't let investigators escape with evidence either.


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Prandur




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PostPosted: Wed, 31st Mar 2021 19:52    Post subject:
Those difficulty settings... look good, thanks.
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dethy




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PostPosted: Wed, 31st Mar 2021 20:04    Post subject:
The way I deal with soldiers is to use Ivan's rocket launcher and just wipe them out. Investigators are finicky, they can disguise themselves as your henchman and get to places they shouldn't.


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zmed




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PostPosted: Wed, 31st Mar 2021 20:06    Post subject:
I just learned that Ivan is voiced by Brian Blessed, being his usual delightfully over the top self, and Emma is voiced by Samantha Bond, who played Moneypenny during Pierce Brosnan's tenure as Bond. Very Happy

Now I know my next playthrough will be as Ivan. Razz
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PostPosted: Wed, 15th Jun 2022 09:16    Post subject:
Empress's crack soon:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CrackWatch/comments/vcgf8h/0xempress_beta_testing_for_evil_genius_2_will/


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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jun 2022 23:47    Post subject:
Evil.Genius.2.World.Domination-EMPRESS
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pho08




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PostPosted: Fri, 17th Jun 2022 12:34    Post subject:
never played the franchise but i know a friend played the shit out of the first one


the second one wasn't received quite as well... any unbiased nfohump mini reviews?
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PostPosted: Fri, 17th Jun 2022 12:49    Post subject:
Mixed on Steam, 75% on Metacritic with a 5.0 average for user scores (49 ratings...) : I think it's safe to say it's not as good as the former game Very Happy

(not what you were asking for but this gives a rough idea of what not to expect)


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PostPosted: Fri, 17th Jun 2022 14:14    Post subject:
Well, was mixed on steam but recent was a lot more positive so maybe that's coming from players after they patched it? People rarely go back and didn't their reviews once things are fixed


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PostPosted: Fri, 17th Jun 2022 16:28    Post subject:
The words "tedious" and "grind" popped up more often than never in the reviews
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keewee23




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Jun 2022 12:29    Post subject:
unfortunately, game has no replayability like 1st game, they put to much stuff in game, more does not mean better in some cases like in this case, i mean game is not bad, but later in game game became little overwhelming that you just give up and dont care about stuff and speed up the game. Less is way more.


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PostPosted: Sun, 26th Jun 2022 20:07    Post subject:
pho08 wrote:
The words "tedious" and "grind" popped up more often than never in the reviews


Seriously.

I just played this for like 4-5 hours yesterday, holy fuck it sucks ass.

The first hour or 2 is fun when you're unlocking shit. After that, it's fucking pointless to do ANYTHING. I couldn't build vaults and shelves fast enough to the point where I just stopped fucking trying. Outside building a couple big rooms and SOME equipment being around 30K, having anything over a 250K is pointless because there's nothing to spend it on. Room excavation is the only thing that really costs a lot of money and when you're sitting on 750K on a non stop basis, it's pennies. Take over all the continents within 3 hours and you never run out.

There's nothing to do other than stupid side missions. Every continent has these missions you can do that....just makes you more money or rewards you minions. The story part of it is.....you get a cutscene for something, then you just click an icon on the map and send minions to collect it. That's it. Once you have the money, there's no other fun varying missions that are risky or whatever. It's all automated trash.

The AI is even fucking worse than the first one. Security serves 0 purpose in this game and literally doesn't do anything, at all. All enemy AI will get in your door, immediately disable traps, walk in your doors and just walk on by your guard posts with 0 issue. I have the upgraded guard stands that keeps guards at my entrances on rotation, there's always someone by, so investigators, saboteurs, whatever all just walk in looking suspicious as fuck. I even watched them disable a trap in view of a camera. Nothing. The ONLY time anyone responds to them is if they're military coming in with their guns, or if you tag them. Which you can do easily because they arrive by the same little black speed boat in the same area with the same notifications in the top right. Just tag them to die and go do something else and they'll get gunned down the moment they step in your facility. Which also doesn't matter where they die because if guests see it, they just run away scared. There's no penalty for watching government agents getting gunned down in a casino.


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keewee23




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PostPosted: Sun, 26th Jun 2022 21:02    Post subject:
worst shit in game that you have to find intruders and tagged them, without tagging security will do nothing.


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