I'd play him because of the military look. He looks cool. Plus it turns out his voice actor is the guy who played Dawson from the Invizimals franchise.
@@ivanivan744 red Ivan was my favourite, sure he wasn’t the best, sure he probably did more damage to my base than any spy, agent or saboteur, killed more than any agent.... he was cool
Emma seems like James Bond's boss in the films. Like the idea of playing as a classy brooding older lady, it's a rarely touched upon type of character to play as
Emma for sure. I get the vibe she's inspired by criticism of the hectic nature of the first game and built around the "run the tutorial until you're filthy rich" exploit. I also get the sense that she's the closest option to being able to play "Lovely Genius", at least until you get bored and want to ramp it up. Also the whole idea of "M" going rogue and her reasons for doing so absolutely intrigue me.
lol I used the tutorial money exploit in the original a lot, although it definitely broke the flow of money in the early game. Hopefully they something like that this time around.
The moment I saw Zalika, I knew she was the one I was going to play first. I've always had a thing for technocrats in video games and her design is so sleek and stylish. Cute voice, too.
@@andreasottohansen7338 Yeah, I though he was supposed to be a strategic genius at first but a side quest character literally tells Ivan he has no strategical skill
@@danburgs Her approach also makes most sense - if you want to conquer the world, you want to stay under radar, until your doomsday device is ready. Other evil geniuses make more noise...and we don't want some snoopy agent investigate our totally-not-cover-for-evil-lair casino.
*Small Brain:* Zalika stole Maximillian's research buff ability from Evil Genius 1. *Big Brain:* Maximillian's research buff didn't work in the unpatched EG1 anyways, so Zalika didn't steal anything. *Galaxy Brain:* Maximillian's money gathering buff is in line with his old research buff, which would/should have reduced research costs by 90%.
I'm between Emma or Ivan honestly; and not really because they have star power. Emma's got that unique game feel of "I'm going to take over the world in a way where no one will even know that anything ever happened" as well as the unique thrill of constantly tricking my enemies and sending them away before they ever get too deep. Red Ivan however is just because of "Soviet Dictator" esque fantasy. Step 1. Lots of Red. Step 2. Lots of people with weapons. Step 3. Throw the Casino into the ocean. Step 4. ???? Something about Rockets. Step 5. Good old military conquest of the world!
I picked Red Ivan for the same reason. (And also because when I played as max, I didn’t realize how hard medium difficulty is for the first play through of this series)
RIP Alexis. There was something so smug about playing as a spoiled rich brat in a nice coat She also got the funniest personal bodyguards out of the three.
Emma, because its JUST a casino guys thats it. Spend your money have fun, and kindly refrain from bothering the staff they are simply ensuring you will have... a simply gilded time
Ah, yes, my biggest frustration on my last playthrough of the original. It's just a Hotel with a few empty cabins, guys, no need to go shooting the employees, and please don't go into the staff only area!
I'm going to play them all in this order: Red Ivan, Zalika, Emma, and finally Maximilian Von Klein! The reason for Red Ivan first being I just like playing the most destructive option in games, you say "Friendly Fire" I say "Acceptable Casualties", you say "Serious Structural Damage" I say "A New Skylight For The Casino!"
I am curious if with Emma you can play very slow and safe, making money from casino and minor thefts, and reducing the small bits of heat, until you are very well established and take the world by storm.
@@aaronwilliams8887 i mean you can scam tourists in the casino, we just need to see how much money it gives us, also taking the iland with the biggest casino might not be the worst choice for that
I’m fairly certain that the genius who succeeded in ruling it all was Alexis. Simply because it would be in her character to get it all, then give it up because it was boring, just like her media empire, just like her movie roles. Truly not even the world was enough for Alexis... Bringing her back as an evil genius from there would be difficult, but possible if she realised there really was nothing else to do. Except maybe to explore the stars and find other intelligent beings to bask in her radiance. She probably figured out how to stop aging or something too.
I gotta say I’m almost convinced I’m going Emma first. I’d normally go Zalika but Emma just sounds far more interesting. Also if she’s former head of H.A.M.M.E.R, she probably knows Frostonova. Always thought rather than tearing her teddy bear apart, you should have been able to recruit Frostonova for yourself to rid the world of H.A.M.M.E.R’s cruelty, so that no one would experience the terror she did as a child, ultimately concluding that there is no good in the world, just different types of evil. Plus she could use Mr. Snuggles as an ability.
(I'm probably going to do Zalika first. She looks like the sort to merrily invent bio-weapons! And I have an unhealthy obsession with those. With that said, they all look good! I'll be doing a playthrough with all of them, probably with Emma as the second option, I like her style.)
I like to go with Red Ivan and keeping the heat low as possible. A bit counter productive, but there is nothing quite like parking Ivan's inner sanctum right at the front door and using him to blast the few who actually manage to come through.
So we have: An arms dealing splice of Ernst Starvo Blofeld's appearance, Goldfinger's mind, and a pinch of mad scientist for flavor. A de-aged M who has gone to the dark side. Wa-Hawk, Comrades, Wa-Hawk! Onward to glory! Groovy space age
OMG rebellion you guys have worked so hard i cant wait I wish I knew about the collectors edition before it sold out so anyway i think you guys outdone yourself and i have already placed my order
I love you guys, I saw a gameplay preview on ign, thought realized you guys where the people behind the Sniper elite series, which i love as well, bought and played the original and i have now pre ordered no 2. If it’s anything like the original with all its charm, unique ideas, fantastic gameplay (God, i love the traps), BANGER OF A SOUNDTRACK( i can not thank you enough for bringing back the composer) im sure ill love it. Keep doing what you do guys, ITS AMAZING
You forgot the number one reason to play as Red Ivan He's voiced by BRIAN BLESSED Who doesn't want to take over the world with that kind of voice shouting orders?
you know, I've always thought that you don't actually play as the evil genius as they are just another piece that you move around, but rather an unseen evil overlord that the genius acts as the mouthpiece for
I'll probably stick with Max at first, but I'm definitely going to try Ivan at some point! (Also I love how the "old photo" in Ivan's description is how he looked in the original game! Nice touch!)
The only thing I’m annoyed about is that they changed the agency locations around. Like Sabre no longer has Western Europe, India, South Africa, or Australia, or Patriot no longer has Japan.
It’s because after a certain genius took over the world before being most likely killed, the agencies scrambled to rebuild, and country borders changed, etc
fun fact about max. the reason its stated most of his inventions go awry is because in the first game, he was intended to be the science genius but because of a bug, his benefits didn't do anything
3:33 Well that or you'll choose her if you've seen TehSnakerer's video on the first game and are well acquainted with how much leading people out of the base can save you a lot of headache vs killing and angering every agency on the globe.
I got questions on minions jobs priorities? Does the speed priority work on specific genius class. Like examples, my old playthrough is Zalika and she's a scientist one. She help speed up resources, but can she speed up other jobs? Other job like training, broadcast, room construction and other stuff.
if playing on hard, ivan makes things easier early on since you can spam muscles around with less money and he is quite capable of dealing with agents in combat, i would advise to only use his rocket launcher against super agents (he shreds them hard)
Well, as of right now it's Emma, then Max, then I'll decide between Ivan and the new gal. But I am expecting DLC, Rebellion... *Shen Yu* , *Alexis* ... You know ?
You know who Emma kinda reminds me of? Jonna Mendez, the ex-CIA Chief of Disguise who worked in the Soviet Union and made a couple of videos for WIRED. Similar vibes. :D
*Red Ivan The Red Alert Memes are simply to tempting.*
Make more
He'll probably go to space as a final achievement
I'd play him because of the military look. He looks cool. Plus it turns out his voice actor is the guy who played Dawson from the Invizimals franchise.
The composer of the game actually composed for Red Alert
he will escape to the only place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism.
SPACE
Would love an option for some of the henchmen to eventually become Evil Geniuses too!
or maybe create your own Evil Genius
I mean, if Red Ivan can, anyone is possible
@@ivanivan744 red Ivan was my favourite, sure he wasn’t the best, sure he probably did more damage to my base than any spy, agent or saboteur, killed more than any agent.... he was cool
@@alexreznov45 custom evil geniuses would be cool
i ve heard that every Evil Genius has a got a personal rival as well. is that true?
So we've got:
The James Bond villain
Margaret Thatcher back from the dead
RED ALERT THEME INTENSIFIES
Doctor Olivia Octavius
mate we have the same thought!!😂 Especially Emma😂
joke so good even krauts laugthing af
The only one missing is doctor evil
@@omegaprime9794 where's mini-me
Spider verse lol
Everyone who is going to play Ivan is going to blast Red Alert ™ music like a madman
Hell March Chanting Intensifies
Yesss
His Doomsday device is a giant rocket, so he can escape to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism...
SPACE.
Perhaps someone should then use Red Alert announcer phrases for game, too ("New construction options" when new type of room is available).
Damn, I've been found out.
I love how the bottom of her platform boots can activate touch screens
It's there for that extra bit of comfort and smugness. Being a supervillain is all about the presentation, after all.
Imagine a simian EG who uses their toes to type while plotting evil plots.
Who?
@@lydiahe6790 Zalika
Here's a little fun fact: Maximiliam's last name klein is german and means small
He is quite short.
@@paulmahoney7619 exactly
Maximiliam Of Small.
Maximilliam small
@Mauro Meerschaert cool
Emma seems like James Bond's boss in the films. Like the idea of playing as a classy brooding older lady, it's a rarely touched upon type of character to play as
Well, she is voiced by Samantha Bond who played Moneypenny during the Brosnan films.
Emma looks like Hillary Clinton, change my mind.
@@ГригорийГ-ч4н You aren't the first to point that out. It is an amusing thought.
@Григорий Грачёв she is. Lmao. Now they should make a vladimir putin too!
IT'S THE WICKED WITCH
Emma for sure. I get the vibe she's inspired by criticism of the hectic nature of the first game and built around the "run the tutorial until you're filthy rich" exploit. I also get the sense that she's the closest option to being able to play "Lovely Genius", at least until you get bored and want to ramp it up. Also the whole idea of "M" going rogue and her reasons for doing so absolutely intrigue me.
lol I used the tutorial money exploit in the original a lot, although it definitely broke the flow of money in the early game. Hopefully they something like that this time around.
@@aeroripper tbh the mechanism of getting money in the game itself (beyond the point of tutorial exploit) was annoying af.
I’ ll choose Red Ivan because i admire Brian Blessed’s voice
Mainly this. Can only assume this fact was left out of the video as there wouldnt even be a competition to chose otherwise.
Red Ivan - Brian Blessed
Emma - Samantha Bond
Max - Glen McCarthy
Zalika - Rakie Ayola
He sounds like Brian Blessed and he looks like M. Bison. I'm still leaning towards Max for the nostalgia factor, but he's a strong contender.
@@niliq what could be more nostalgic than having Red Ivan to set half of your base on fire?
@@vantuz8264 Having Red Ivan set John Steele on fire.
Rebellion: "Who are you going to play as?"
Me: "Yes."
exactly
The moment I saw Zalika, I knew she was the one I was going to play first. I've always had a thing for technocrats in video games and her design is so sleek and stylish.
Cute voice, too.
So extremely muffled is cute
Four wonderful masterminds, but there is only ONE with a rocket launcher.
Ivan does seem less like a master-mind and more of a master-muscle
@@andreasottohansen7338 Yeah, I though he was supposed to be a strategic genius at first but a side quest character literally tells Ivan he has no strategical skill
he's still more intelligent than i expected tho
Love how different they're, going to play with all of them but first, probably Emma!!
@@danburgs Her approach also makes most sense - if you want to conquer the world, you want to stay under radar, until your doomsday device is ready. Other evil geniuses make more noise...and we don't want some snoopy agent investigate our totally-not-cover-for-evil-lair casino.
@@danburgs or just farm torture farm agents nonstop
*Small Brain:* Zalika stole Maximillian's research buff ability from Evil Genius 1.
*Big Brain:* Maximillian's research buff didn't work in the unpatched EG1 anyways, so Zalika didn't steal anything.
*Galaxy Brain:* Maximillian's money gathering buff is in line with his old research buff, which would/should have reduced research costs by 90%.
*Red brain:* Research is finite but the hordes of agents to kill are limitless.
Sly Brain: Max's research buff didn't work because Zalika stole it so she could build IRIS when she was 6.
Brain?: Zalika getting the research buff from the divorce the divorce
I will continue to pull for Evil Genius 5 - LORD KANE
KANE LIVES.
KANE LIVES IN DEATH
Peace through Power
PEACE THROUGH POWER!
DEATH TO GDI!
You can’t kill the messiah!
In the name of Kane!
Red Ivan is voiced by BRIAN BLESSED? Oh, that is going to be a wonderfully hammy job.
true BRIAN BLESSED makes ham a legit art form :)
I'm between Emma or Ivan honestly; and not really because they have star power. Emma's got that unique game feel of "I'm going to take over the world in a way where no one will even know that anything ever happened" as well as the unique thrill of constantly tricking my enemies and sending them away before they ever get too deep.
Red Ivan however is just because of "Soviet Dictator" esque fantasy. Step 1. Lots of Red. Step 2. Lots of people with weapons. Step 3. Throw the Casino into the ocean. Step 4. ???? Something about Rockets. Step 5. Good old military conquest of the world!
Red Ivan is also voiced by BRIAN BLESSED as an extra plus in his favor.
I picked Red Ivan for the same reason. (And also because when I played as max, I didn’t realize how hard medium difficulty is for the first play through of this series)
But Ivanian!!!
I see Dr Evil from Austin Powers, Mom from Futurama, M. Bison from Street Fighter, and Olivia Octavia from Into the Spiderverse
Funniest thing I seen today
RIP Alexis.
There was something so smug about playing as a spoiled rich brat in a nice coat
She also got the funniest personal bodyguards out of the three.
Emma, because I really like the idea of her basically being M as a bond villain. That and Spider Chair tm.
Emma, because its JUST a casino guys thats it. Spend your money have fun, and kindly refrain from bothering the staff they are simply ensuring you will have... a simply gilded time
Ah, yes, my biggest frustration on my last playthrough of the original. It's just a Hotel with a few empty cabins, guys, no need to go shooting the employees, and please don't go into the staff only area!
Zalika's earpiece looks very similar to the one Spock used with Captain Kerk's run in Star Trek.
Gosh! These villains are so incredible its hard to pick one
I'm going to play them all in this order: Red Ivan, Zalika, Emma, and finally Maximilian Von Klein!
The reason for Red Ivan first being I just like playing the most destructive option in games, you say "Friendly Fire" I say "Acceptable Casualties", you say "Serious Structural Damage" I say "A New Skylight For The Casino!"
Torn between Zalinka and Ivan. I like base building but I also like blowing stuff up. Lol
“Their strengths and their other strengths”
Lmao
Im going to throw the world into chaos with Red Ivan!
I love how these are all bond villains
dr evil is not a bond villian
@@Redd_Nebula I KNOW THAT YOU IDIOT
i think i plan on playing emma and just running a legitimate casino
I am curious if with Emma you can play very slow and safe, making money from casino and minor thefts, and reducing the small bits of heat, until you are very well established and take the world by storm.
@@aaronwilliams8887 that would be cool very sneaky and very in character for emma
@@aaronwilliams8887 i mean you can scam tourists in the casino, we just need to see how much money it gives us, also taking the iland with the biggest casino might not be the worst choice for that
We absolutely need a DLC with the original 3 Evil Geniuses. Can you imagine how great will be to play like Alexis or Shen Yu?
So nostalgic.
You mean the other 2 right 1 is in the second game
You mean the two that are missing right? Since we do get Max.
I’m fairly certain that the genius who succeeded in ruling it all was Alexis. Simply because it would be in her character to get it all, then give it up because it was boring, just like her media empire, just like her movie roles. Truly not even the world was enough for Alexis...
Bringing her back as an evil genius from there would be difficult, but possible if she realised there really was nothing else to do. Except maybe to explore the stars and find other intelligent beings to bask in her radiance. She probably figured out how to stop aging or something too.
I gotta say I’m almost convinced I’m going Emma first. I’d normally go Zalika but Emma just sounds far more interesting. Also if she’s former head of H.A.M.M.E.R, she probably knows Frostonova. Always thought rather than tearing her teddy bear apart, you should have been able to recruit Frostonova for yourself to rid the world of H.A.M.M.E.R’s cruelty, so that no one would experience the terror she did as a child, ultimately concluding that there is no good in the world, just different types of evil. Plus she could use Mr. Snuggles as an ability.
Mad scientist.
Just for the undying trope of showing said madness in hairstyle.
I’m probably choosing Emma or max because I’m new to the franchise
Same here, I'm knew to the franchise, and I think I'll try first with Max.
So we have Dr Evil, Margret Thatcher, Tim Curry and Nichelle Nichols
I'm going with Emma. What better way to bring down the world then one who knew how to save it?
(I'm probably going to do Zalika first. She looks like the sort to merrily invent bio-weapons! And I have an unhealthy obsession with those.
With that said, they all look good! I'll be doing a playthrough with all of them, probably with Emma as the second option, I like her style.)
Same here. I have an unhealthy obsession with elaborate evil devices.
Zalika of course. It's all about the goggles.
I like to go with Red Ivan and keeping the heat low as possible. A bit counter productive, but there is nothing quite like parking Ivan's inner sanctum right at the front door and using him to blast the few who actually manage to come through.
Zalika is best, how can you not be the one with gravity defying hair? Also, really hope more come later on
Zalika's attitude and look and abilities are amazing. Great job on the new character cant wait to go forth and partake in evilness with her!
So we have:
An arms dealing splice of Ernst Starvo Blofeld's appearance, Goldfinger's mind, and a pinch of mad scientist for flavor.
A de-aged M who has gone to the dark side.
Wa-Hawk, Comrades, Wa-Hawk! Onward to glory!
Groovy space age
Red Ivan, and only Red Ivan.
yes
I've always been partial to Max, but it's going to be so hard not starting with a different genius.
I'm torn between Zalika and Maximilian. Having an advantage in minion recruitment and maintennance of the base struck me very hard in the first game.
Instant wishlist after Brian Blessed was cast as Red Ivan
Did you folks send a review copy to The Spiffing Brit? Great way to catch some last minute exploits, and get a load of eyes on the game haha
Zalika, gotta love the science and clean white look of her lair
OMG rebellion you guys have worked so hard i cant wait I wish I knew about the collectors edition before it sold out so anyway i think you guys outdone yourself and i have already placed my order
My nostalgia says Maximilian but my heart says Zalika.
Such fun commentary!
‘People are disposable, why else would their be weapons’
0:23 POV you are a housefly annoying her and she about to smack you
Gonna play zalika because upgrade trees in video games enthrall me
So did Emma take S.A.B.E.R down on the way out? I swear I saw western Europe as H.A.M.M.E.R territory in one of the previews
I think so, or at the very least she certainly did good, considering Emma trained bloody John Steele of all people.
Zalika reminds me of Sara Bellum from Carmen Sandiego 2019....I love her and must play as her
Zalika. Gonna tag team her with iris. Plus science increases
I’m choosing Emma first because I like the deception and I like her big spider chair
I love you guys, I saw a gameplay preview on ign, thought realized you guys where the people behind the Sniper elite series, which i love as well, bought and played the original and i have now pre ordered no 2. If it’s anything like the original with all its charm, unique ideas, fantastic gameplay (God, i love the traps), BANGER OF A SOUNDTRACK( i can not thank you enough for bringing back the composer) im sure ill love it. Keep doing what you do guys, ITS AMAZING
I like playing Emma. Think of her as "M" from 007. But instead of dying, she's paralyzed and seriously pissed off at EVERYONE!! (MWAHAHA)
Brian Blessed...yep, know who I am picking.
I’m in a cross between Zalika & Res Ivan because they both seem like really great Evil Genius.
That DB Cooper theme for Emma-
You forgot the number one reason to play as Red Ivan
He's voiced by BRIAN BLESSED
Who doesn't want to take over the world with that kind of voice shouting orders?
you know, I've always thought that you don't actually play as the evil genius as they are just another piece that you move around, but rather an unseen evil overlord that the genius acts as the mouthpiece for
Emma or Max.
The evil and frown look is a plus for me
Emma looks like shes boutta invade the falkands
I'll probably stick with Max at first, but I'm definitely going to try Ivan at some point!
(Also I love how the "old photo" in Ivan's description is how he looked in the original game! Nice touch!)
7:00 the stupendium great charisma
The absolute madmen put BRIAN BLESSED in.
FYI, dunno if it's fixed in the final build, but I'm pretty sure "The citizen's of Ivania" shouldn't have an apostrophe.
Just four, and they’re already so awesome. They need to add more.
I have my eye on Emma because I like her mech thing.
The only thing I’m annoyed about is that they changed the agency locations around. Like Sabre no longer has Western Europe, India, South Africa, or Australia, or Patriot no longer has Japan.
It’s because after a certain genius took over the world before being most likely killed, the agencies scrambled to rebuild, and country borders changed, etc
fun fact about max. the reason its stated most of his inventions go awry is because in the first game, he was intended to be the science genius but because of a bug, his benefits didn't do anything
I thought this was a guid to how to write genius villains for a second lol
3:33 Well that or you'll choose her if you've seen TehSnakerer's video on the first game and are well acquainted with how much leading people out of the base can save you a lot of headache vs killing and angering every agency on the globe.
I got questions on minions jobs priorities? Does the speed priority work on specific genius class. Like examples, my old playthrough is Zalika and she's a scientist one. She help speed up resources, but can she speed up other jobs? Other job like training, broadcast, room construction and other stuff.
if playing on hard, ivan makes things easier early on since you can spam muscles around with less money and he is quite capable of dealing with agents in combat, i would advise to only use his rocket launcher against super agents (he shreds them hard)
Zalika - for science!
I have to say, though, that I wish the aura abilities were a bit more distinct.
EMMAAA AND THE SCIENCE GIRL
Team Emma! Deception is the best medicine!
Emma for my first play definitely.
Zelika sounds fun :)
max looks like a shorter version of gru, but with a monocle and a scar
Well, as of right now it's Emma, then Max, then I'll decide between Ivan and the new gal.
But I am expecting DLC, Rebellion... *Shen Yu* , *Alexis* ... You know ?
Gonna play with my ol boy Max.
You know who Emma kinda reminds me of? Jonna Mendez, the ex-CIA Chief of Disguise who worked in the Soviet Union and made a couple of videos for WIRED. Similar vibes. :D
Emma or Zalinka. I love being able to play the bad gal, and Emma and Zalinka fill that.
Lack of Shen Yu makes me cry. Emma looks like a certain former Secretary of State rofl.
I'll choose Emma first maybe and her inner sanctum is truly evil
Zalika looks strangely familiar to me. Was her design inspired by some Silver Age comic villainess?
Zalika just feels like she should have been voice acted by Aisha Tyler
Oh that would have been so perfect
-Zalika. Zalika! Zalika!!
-WHAAAAAT?!
@@ИванСкороходов-н1ы .....Danger Zone!
you think I'm NOT gonna pick somebody with a spiderchair!?
Commander you need to set up a base and take put red Ivan as fast as possible
Honestly, I'd pick Zalika, because I know the least about her and I want to know what she's about.
How could you forget to mention that Red Ivan is voiced by Brian Blessed? That's the most important thing about him!
Maximilian, the doctor evil with a golden gun!
"I AM GOING TO THE ONE PLACE UNTOUCHED BY CAPITALISM!
SPAAAAACE!"
I think I'll probably play Maximillian because he's who I played in the original. Also he gets more money and I like buying things.
While I'll miss my favorite, Alexis, I'm looking forward to playing Zalika.