What do you get when you combine a 1960s spy thriller with a classic management sim?Evil Genius 2: World Domination, the sequel to the 2004 cult classicEvil Genius, just got an official gameplay trailer.
The upcoming game will let players build an evil lair, train and recruit minions, and fight off invading forces, all from the perspective of an affably evil supervillain. The cartoonish style and tongue-in-cheek genre humor of the trailer are reminiscent ofTeam Fortress 2. Sure, players are attempting to defeat the good guys and possibly even take over the world, but they’re doing so in a cheery, colorful world that looks about as violent asZoo Tycoon.
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This trailer is a follow-up to E3 2019’sEvil Genius 2reveal trailer, where its jack-of-all-trades developer Rebellion unveiled the long-awaited sequel. Rebellion announced the project back in 2017, but stayed pretty quiet until the first trailer came out. The gameplay trailer follows the same sort of theme as the game, by revealing parts of the game with a series of files entitled “How to Take Over the World.”
Evil Genius 2is a villain protagonist game, but not in the grimdark style of games likeTyranny. Most games that follow the villain tend to be violent, dark, and dramatic.Evil Genius 2and its predecessor focus less on the murdering-the-good-guys side of things and more on recruiting goofy-looking “special henchmen” and, as with all management sims, placing every room in the optimal place (and then obsessively re-placing it).
Although a very different game tonally, fellow villain protagonist gameIratus: Lord of the Deadhas recently been well-received. And management sims likeRimWorldandCities: Skylinesoften do well, especially when they have a unique concept. The gameplay trailer forEvil Genius 2looks distinctive and just plain fun. Players will have to wait until later in 2020 to see for themselves.
Evil Genius 2: World Dominationwill be available in 2020 for PC.
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