Evil Genius - Judge Mathas
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Evil Genius is a PC game from the early 2000's in the vein of Dungeon Keeper! Mixed with things like XCOM. Is Evil Genius good? Let's find out... Muahhahahaha
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bloody daniel cutty shut up
sorry, Indian Marcus.
DeanCutty is your real name dean or daniel?
Glen is my real name!
Oh man...Indei, Mathas and Dean Cutty all in one place? Nerds unite
@@DeanCutsforth Your accent sounds like you're from Hull.
I've played *so* much Evil Genius when it was released over a decade ago. Good to see it in the spotlight - (almost) nothing but fond memories of that game!
(...unless you're about to trash it, which I highly doubt - it was a great game despite its flaws)
The main flaw is the transition from the desert island to the jungle one...
I wouldn't even call it the main flaw - Mathas makes some good additional points too, but yeah, the transfer is definitely awkward. Expecially the first time when you don't know what to expect and you might be pretty unprepared.
All of your loot scattered around this tiny shack, agents arriving in mere minutes, and meanwhile you're scrambling to get your workers to dig a treasury - because even if you saved up, you have to be able to *store* your gold before you can spend it! :D
I loved this game a lot but I hope they do something about the issues that Mathas pointed out.
Plotting and Hiding are basically Idle game mechanics
Yeah definitely something you see a lot more in idle games nowadays!
Maya just like, NAH, NOT BEIN A PART A THIS SHIT.
I think evil genius is a perfect example of developers thinking outside of the box having a great idea but lacking experience since nothing like the game they made existed before
In such cases it's always the question will the sequel iron out the errors bye expanding on the grate core mechanics or ruin everything bye returning to "proven" mechanics
FYI, agents tunnel in when parts of your base are blocked by objects. They should have been clear about that
This game really needs a sequel that takes all the great things and fixes the problems.
As a diehard fan of Evil Genius--it was the first playthrough I did--I definitely agree with you about how complicated and at times tedious it is. There's a LOT to do and it can take forever to finish a game.
Another game that's very similar, and you may want to review at some point, is Kaiju-a-Gogo on Steam. You play a mad scientist who's created his or her personal giant monster, and send your creature to attack cities around the world.
It's not a classic but I think PUBG is one of the most overrated games in videogame's history.
I will neither roast nor toast. You are quite right: It's not a bad a game at all, but it does have quite a number of problems. I hope you can at least see why people are so excited about a sequel. If it can deliver on the bags of promise it has, it could be really terrific. I'm rather cautiously skeptical though, as Rebellion have a very spotty history when it comes to quality.
If I was to name one over rated classic PC game, it would probably be Myst. The whole series, to me, was just terrible in every way. I can't think of any best selling point 'n' clicks I'd rather play less than those. *shudder*
I want more games to have deathtraps. Odd that you mention doors to nowhere, as I swear the AI once it gets inside your base, knows exactly where every room is. I had a cash generating trap that would slowly murder nosy investigators, on the path to the inner sanctum where my evil genius was. Guess where the investigator went. That's right, he didn't even go into the same corridor, er always took a left in the previous corridor, entered my barracks, and make either a beeline for the freezer, or head towards my money. They were all just pathetic thieves and investigators too so I'm pretty sure they're guided towards rooms with high heat.
As a prospective game developer of a similar style of game, your views and thoughts were very valuable to help avoid similar pitfalls. Thanks for your honest review, cheers!
I pray for a remake or sequel of this even more than for dungeon keeper. (I am not counting the mobile phone trash fire)
God, i love this game. Please let the sequel come out soon.
I played the shit out of Evil Genius when it first came out, and I never really ran into the waiting problems you seemed to have. Sure, there was some of it, but it didn't seem excessive because there was always stuff to do while waiting. The missions/notoriety/heat mechanics got a little old, but EG was a fantastic base building game. I spent hours and hours optimizing layouts and trap networks and such, so I never felt like I was sitting around waiting for stuff to happen. What I felt like it lacked on pacing, it more than made up in time and space to tinker. The one thing that really irked me about the game, personally, is no option to auto-tag invading enemy agents as hostiles for the gun turrets; you reach a point where you've captured all the super agents (designing a prison that would hold them indefinitely was quite a challenge) and the mooks are just in the damned way. Anyway, I guess it's a matter of perspective: I saw EG as a base building game with some stuff to do on the side. I could see how those who didn't spend tens of hours optimizing alert networks to automatically handle all situations might get a little bored/frustrated with the world map, but feel it's being a bit unfairly judged on that basis.
Well said. Let us hope the devs listen to your advice for the upcoming sequel.
DOTA, its a game my friends play and I do not know why they like the same map with only different teams and with over used Heroes are pretty much what they think the only key to win the game. I would've liked the game if it were not so competitive(just a little less). I would've tried some weird item builds that would make it funny but no. People are serious, even in Dota 2 its all about those "right timing" to initiate the team fight and will judge you if your build isnt what they're used to.
Classic game from the 2000s that was a lot of fun to play. Can’t wait for the second game.
I remember playing this at a friend's house, and having a good time. Not as much fun as dungeon keeper, mind you! But it was still a worthwhile experience.
Another great video and we even got a guest appearance from Maya! Thanks guys!
Sure, I'll contribute to the engagement. For me, it's Shadow of Mordor. People gushed so much about it, and I picked it up a couple months ago. It's ok... but not as great as I was led to believe.
Same. It was almost pushed into my hands to play it and after I realized its essentially "press x to win" I decided to break it and make it fun for me. After I told the guys that let me borrow it how I was able to get almost infinite arrows and focus through headshots and pins, they asked why did I make it boring... -.- I mean, cmon, in the span of a few seconds I can obliterate dozens of orcs and from their perspective, it would've all happened in 1 second.
Hopefully as you said they build on the good and short change the bad.
glad somebody remembered quill 18's LP of baldurs gate. too bad he never finished.
Man, do the little big adventure series, brings me back so man memories!!
all of the zeldas.... really overrated if you ask me. i was a nintendo guy until i got my first pc and i never liked any zelda games.
Joonas Vihlman I've only liked 2 Zelda games. The original, and breath of the wild. But for the most part I never really enjoyed the series
I can only really disagree with two points. The first point I disagree with is the "shorter more focused missions" bit, that's down to personal taste of course but I absolutely loathe that aspect of dungeon keeper, just when a mission starts getting good it ends; Of course the Evil Genius method had it's flaws too, with the transition being way too severe.
As for the 2nd? Plotting; if it takes more than 30 seconds to reveal a mission then chances are you don't meet a secret requirement for it. Which yeah sucks, but it sucks because of obscured game mechanics rather than a pacing problem. (There are plenty of other places with pacing problems and god yes a fast forward button would help so much)
Yes I agree that the pacing can be slow at times.
if you are using workers to plot no wonder you aren't getting anywhere, science minions plot the best
i feel your main issue with your "i ran of space" is you oversized every room. rooms should be be back to back equipment. and as small as possible.
Mathas most of been annoyed that dean was putting out his own content had to keep him in line.
One of my favourite games!
That intro tho :D the princess
oh boy those graphics..
I loved this game so much!
Nice to hear about this game.
As much as I love this game, (and I do) I agree the pacing is a bit wonky, as well as the AI.
Good work as always :D
Thanks!
I actually liked Evil Genius a lot. It's flawed, but there's a lot of value playing it even today. It is good, but at the same time very limited. For a game that is about being the evil mastermind, it doesn't provide enough options all around.
I think the original Gabriel Knight is a bit hyped up by nostalgia and doesn't really have great storytelling.
Scientists are the best at plotting, base minions are useless for that, but i will admit it is unclear how much is left to reveal in a zone, is mostly try and error but it doesn't take long with the correct minions.
My biggest complain are the traps and doors, maybe im stupid but aside the air turbine i find most of the traps just more unnecessarily hassle, agents work around them effortlessly and most of the time your minions are the ones dying by them. Doors are just plain useless agents appear to be the only ones with a little semblance of common sense and just wait for a minion to open it to bypass that super huge laser door it cost you so much to make, I end up even having more tourists in the base than in the damn hotel.
Evil Genius...Man I wanted that game so much when it came out.
I got it 6 years later. It was so exciting for (as you said) 90 minutes, then the friendly AI kept setting off my traps all the time and i had to give in. It was a good idea, really poorly executed.
roasted and toasted for that lame af 'doors to
nowhere' _home shopping network_ sequence.
It definitely has its issues, but I like the idea.
Games that I think are overrated? Definitely Dota, League of Legends and CS Go, these games are played by tons of people and most of my friends play them but I just find them quite boring.
Dean Cutty!!!!
What? No that was daniel who dean?
Overrated game? To me, Halo Combat Evolved. I remember it came out the year I started secondary school (high school to you Americans) and my friends would not stop going on about Halo this, Halo that. I had a PS2 and was looking forward to the Gamecube but the Xbox had not really interested me (I did get one in the end). I went round to a friends house and he got me play Halo...and I just thought "meh". I played FPS games all the time, but to me it did not feel special or amazing, and I certainly did not get why people were getting so hyped about it. Even today I don't get the appeal of Halo, or the series as a whole.
While I personally completely disagree with you, I do respect your opinion. For you information, part of the reason at least for me why people love Halo is how they built the world around it, the great music, cool art style, and fascinating story are some of the draws. While these points are subjective, I would strongly reccomend you watch someone like the Act Man if you want to better understand why we love Halo. Though I will say Halo under 343 have been soul crushingly disappointing so far.
I played part 2 n it has a lot of the same problems.
i agree with most of what you said.
i fucking loved it back in 2006! Never could get really far, i didn't understand it too well.
Coming back to it in 2015 was fun but it was kinda of a... meh!
Fun but it suffers the ''2000 games era'' IMO
Popplus the beginning.. its alittle overrated acording to me.
i mean, WoW is a pretty easy pick.. i loved the warcraft games and was never really a warhammer fan and i still liked the warhammer mmo a LOT more. wow was just a dull chore most of the time
Overrated game? For me the GTA series. I don't think they are bad games, and I even ended up loving Red Dead Redemption, but I don't care for the gameplay or characters or humour or any of that. It just puts me off for some reason.
You have issues with this game and running out of space because you just building big rooms for no reason. Spend a day researching livable space and stop treating this game as an exciting drug that should fulfil your excitement. Its a slow paced game and it seems that you want to play it like a modern grindie mobile game. This game is from a different generation and you should consider that. Lootbox and grind weren't really around back then. You'll need imagination and empathy to really enjoy it. Calm down and enjoy the different universe. It's not a dungeon keeper and newer was.
Hollow Knight's pretty good but I have a much better time with Guacamelee.
Swabbleman heresy
Most overrated game? Honestly pick pretty much any super popular open world game. Horizon Zero Dawn specifically comes to mind but honestly id add any far cry or AC game or anything else in the Ubisoft open world vein. It's not that they're bad, some are decent but overall they really just don't engage me or retain my interest at all....
Er... there is a pause button? Just press P.
Final Fantasy VII
Your not gonna get roasted for the game but for saying toasted
So what you're saying is that the game has pacing issues.
For my overrated game, I'll stick to genres I actually love. There'd be no point in picking The Sims or something since its genre itself doesn't appeal to me - it'd be impossible for me to objectively judge it for its faults.
With that, my pick has to be Halo. There were quite a few things I actually liked about the game, but the level design absolutely ruined it for me. The majority of the game was: enter boring, bland room, kill wave of enemies, move to next similar looking / copy-paste section of the map, repeat. The Library has to be the worst level design in a respectable game, ever. I also didn't get the hype about the AI (it was extremely predictable) and found the multiplayer rather lackluster compared to the Unreal Tournaments.
overrated? half life 100% The game is pretty boring imo and I can't play it without getting nauseous cause of a little known issue with the framerate.
Half-Life2. To be fair I never played the first but the second was a snooze.
Minecraft, it's not a classic persay but it's over rated.
Ugh, I hate fans. They always bring a good game to a expectation that it can't meet.
DayZ
A really overrated game? The first two that come into mind are Oblivion and Skyrim. So. Much. Fandom. For what are really not even that great RPGs. Maybe Fallout 3 too.
PHeMoX skyrim I agree, especially the longevity of it. I mean I like it and played it, but I was often pissed at finding bugs and weaknesses that were the exact same as in oblivion. Oblivion gets a pass from me cause it was great for its time and while I prefer new Vegas, I give fallout 3 credit for reviving one of my favorite series and converting it into a solid 3d game
gj
overwatch...
For me when I think of an overrated game, it's Street Fighter. Not any one entry in particular, just the series as a whole.
Overrated game?
That's easy - OVERfuckingWATCH!
Overrated games, I can't think of only one, like Bethesda games (Skyrim was fun, but Fallout 4 is a disaster from my point of view) but also indie games (Five Night at Freddy's are so overrated and Undertale's a good game, but the fandom, jeez). Although I have to choose, and my choice is Life is Strange. Its story is so cliché and so badly told it's annoying. The dialogues and the characters are poorly written. The worst of the game part being the use of Max's power to solve puzzles". The only interesting parts to me are the end of chapter 2, and the part from the end of chapter 3 to the beginning of chapter 4. The rest is really forgettable.
Oh and as a bonus, I think that Senua's Sacrifice is a pretty boring game and fails in making the game a "unique" video game experience.
Most overrated game?
Gta: San Andreas. Seriously, I did not like the game and I personally still prefer Bully and L.A Noire over every gta title yet.
The halo games were dramatically overated back in the day, same goes for final fantasy and morrowind.
Fallout 2 feels a bit overrated. It is good but not as good as Fallout New Vegas.
Dont know if Matfat has a real moustache or a taped on one 🤔
Knights of the Old Republic is praised by everyone but unplayable today :-/
overrated games: the bioshock series. Especially Infinite. The best in the series, bs2, funnily enough is the least well-regarded by many people.
another highly overrated series is probably the assassin's creed franchise, but I'm still a total fucking mark for those games.
DARK SOULS
i can see why people like it but i just don't have the patience to play it