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It’s good to be bad….. You know what we’re lacking here - a good, secret underground lair. I mean, look at the place - It’s a desert island, and not the tropical one, it’s more of a sandblasted heap than anything else. But no one comes here, so it’s a good place for Evil. I’m not going to lie. I’ve always wanted to rule the world, but apparently when your a eight foot croctopus from regions unspecified, people don’t want to vote for you. So what do you do? You take over some patsy and have them take over the world for you…. Evil Genius? Yeah, I like that title. Welcome to Evil Genius If you’ve not heard of this game, then your missing out - set in an alternate 60’/70’s, you take control of an evil genius and try to take over the world. It’s a lot like Dungeon keeper, in that you spend a lot of time on the base screen, building a nice place for your minions to live and train, as well as somewhere to store the untold riches that you will steal. The other half of the game is spent on the operations screen, where you send minions on raids to steal money, information and priceless artifacts. This brings in heat, and heat means that the world intelligence agencies send in more and more men, then their not-james-bond like Secret Agents. So this will be a video LP, but to begin with, we need to choose a Evil Genius. Let’s meet the hopefuls then, shall we. Maximilian quote:Raised in rural Austria by foster parents, Maximilian did not have the happiest of childhoods. Already the bully’s favourite because of his stockiness and squint; the young Maximilan became even more isolated from his peers when he developed chronic stress-related alopecia (hair loss) after a weekend-long ritual beating from his foster father, incurred for the crime of looking at him askew. So a small angry Austrian intent on world domination. He’s just missing some artistic leanings without the talent. Wait, no, he’s Blowfeld. Not Hitler. Let’s take a look at his special ability. quote:Maximilian’s industrialist background gives him a strong interest in scientific research. If you select Maximilian to be your Evil Genius, you will be promised a reduction to any cash incentive payment used while doing research. His starting Henchman is Jubei and his aura of influence is average-sized, with average recovery capabilities. quote:Jubei is the starting henchman for Maximilian. Alexis quote:When Alexis’s father died, bequeathing his multi-million dollar fortune and media empire to her; it would have been easy for her to conform to the tradition young heiress template, frittering the money away on wining, dining, and generally living the high life. Despite being spoiled rotten, however, Alexis was also highly motivated and intelligent with a sharp awareness of the way the world works. Her hard work and piercing intelligence saw her take the helm of her father’s media empire with aplomb, and global revenues soon quadrupled under her shrewd leadership. quote:Her beautiful appearance and background in media allows her to command unswerving devotion from her followers. Thus, Alexis has the largest circle of influence, and her minions' loyalty drain rate is much slower. If you choose Alexis, your starting Henchman is Eli Barracuda. quote:Super Headshot: Taking careful aim with his revolver, Eli can deal some serious damage with one shot. Shen Yu quote:Shen Yu’s criminal career began on the streets of Hong Kong, and none of his street urchin peers could possibly have predicted that this humble pickpocket would eventually rise to become one of the most powerful criminal masterminds in the world. As a teenager, Shen Yu joined a local Triad gang and quickly rose up the ranks. Despite his rapid elevation, he would never have risen any further were not for a fortuitous encounter with a pair of A.N.V.I.L. agents. Shen Yu was arrested immediately for his multiple homicides. They gave him a simple choice: be an A.N.V.I.L mole, or be executed. quote:Shen Yu’s nefarious international network of spies and conspirators are constantly at work, misdirecting information and gathering intelligence. If you choose Shen Yu, it takes a longer time for agents to sneak onto your island in response to your actions in the game. His starting Henchman is Lord Kane. quote:With the European aristocracy wrapped around his little finger and the unwashed masses quaking in fear at his very name, Lord Kane is both a master manipulator and deadly combatant. When he uses Smooth Operator on a super agent, the super agent is frozen in place until the super agent is knocked out or when Lord Kane arrives. This can be useful as the super agent can be attacked when frozen in place. So, we have three choices, three evil geniuses, but which one shall we play as?
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I always liked Alexis's starting henchman.
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Lord Kain is clearly the best starting henchman, look at that hat. No one has a better hat then that (of the starting agents.) Also, stabbing people is cathartic for evil geniuses. But I always play as Shen Yu. So I'll second the vote for Alexis. But we need to recruit Lord Kain as soon as possible.
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 18:43 |
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Maximilian for no other reason than being the classic Bond villain.
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 18:52 |
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Maximilian to start an alternate. Always liked Jubei.
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I'll vote for Does his low area of influence mean he needs to take regular tours around the base? e: switching vote to Alexis because while I didn't remember any particulars, I do know I followed the way old Evil Genius LP and it turns out Shen was our Genius that time Zanzibar Ham fucked around with this message at 00:25 on Aug 17, 2019 |
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A vote for Alexis, because I played her the least when I was younger. I used to love this game; super looking forward to the sequel next year.
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 19:06 |
Well this is just a guaranteed companion to my Bond thread. Maximilian
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 19:51 |
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Night10194 posted:I always liked Alexis's starting henchman. This, a dancing afro henchman sounds good.
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 19:54 |
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Alexis because we need that henchman in our lives
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 19:58 |
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There is a right answer here. The right answer is Alexis. Why? Because: Look at this man. Look at that afro. This is a man the deserves our admiration. If he has chosen to follow Alexis, we must listen to him. Follow the Fro. Fear the Fro.
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 19:59 |
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Shen Yu is in practical terms the best one out of the three, so might as well go with him.
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 20:14 |
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Maximilian's special ability doesn't work, so he's kind of the worst by default without an overhaul mod: my favorite one doubles his stat boosts to minions. If Grey Hunter is going Vanilla come hell or highwater, I'd suggest Alexis since she has my favorite henchman and an ok-ish ability. The game really needs mods: some minions are useless, they won't carry guns unless you put up with the yellow alert sound, some henchmen will destroy your own base...yeah. On the bright side, at least fixing the worst of it is more-or-less easy.
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 20:17 |
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Eli Barracuda, and Alexis.
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 20:19 |
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Shen-Yu for that powerful aura.
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 20:43 |
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man, i loved this game when it came out but it did not age well from a QOL perspective, there are some deeply questionable game design decisions like tourists and traps that don't really cohere well with the rest of the game, and seem to be in more for thematic reasonsZanzibar Ham posted:Does his low area of influence mean he needs to take regular tours around the base? as the player you have enough to do without dragging your genius all over the base, normally i just park them somewhere high traffic and forget about them Mr. Fall Down Terror fucked around with this message at 21:00 on Aug 16, 2019 |
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luxury handset posted:as the player you have enough to do without dragging your genius all over the base, normally i just park them somewhere high traffic and forget about them I'm guessing that means you can't set patrol routes or something for the Genius.
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Zanzibar Ham posted:I'm guessing that means you can't set patrol routes or something for the Genius. nope, you just sit them somewhere and their aura does its thing it becomes very important to protect your genius later because as you piss off the world spy agencies they will try to kill you e: call this a vote for Shen Yu because his special ability is the best of the three as well as you can eventually recruit all of the henchmen anyway Mr. Fall Down Terror fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Aug 16, 2019 |
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That's why you make a decoy Genius to sit somewhere looking important while the real one does work. So if you pick Shen Yu you need to do a balancing act of placing him in a place that's both high-traffic for minions but also heavily protected?
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 21:05 |
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I usually pick Max since he's the closest to an old school Bond villain but as someone mentioned is special ability is bugged (not that I use them anyway) and I'm not sure if that would put a dent in Gray Hunter's plans. So in that case I'd have to pick Alexis, she's a close second because of her huge influence radius (so I can just park her in the control room and worry about other things) and because she has always reminded me of Felicity Dumas.
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 21:10 |
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Zanzibar Ham posted:That's why you make a decoy Genius to sit somewhere looking important while the real one does work. Zanzibar Ham posted:So if you pick Shen Yu you need to do a balancing act of placing him in a place that's both high-traffic for minions but also heavily protected? yeah, which is not hard. there are lots of places where you'll absolutely want to keep agents away from. you're just not going to be marching your genius all over the place doing stat boosting except in maybe the very early game good spots are in the control room, security rooms, or creepily looming over your minions as they sleep thetruegentleman posted:The game really needs mods: some minions are useless, they won't carry guns unless you put up with the yellow alert sound, some henchmen will destroy your own base...yeah. On the bright side, at least fixing the worst of it is more-or-less easy. if you double click the alert button the sound fades away thank you, my brain, for remembering this pro tip but not remembering my mom's birthday Mr. Fall Down Terror fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Aug 16, 2019 |
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luxury handset posted:
Ah, Evil ASMR, no wonder it's so effective!
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 21:17 |
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Alexis, I have not seen anyone use her before.
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 21:39 |
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Voting for Alexis; IIRC the previous LP wayyyy back in the day was Shen Yu so let's try something new!
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 21:45 |
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Weed Wolf posted:Voting for Alexis; IIRC the previous LP wayyyy back in the day was Shen Yu so let's try something new! Was it? I tried to check but it's archived here but not on The Archives so I couldn't tell. If true I'll also switch my vote.
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 21:47 |
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Maximilian because Blofeld is one of the few competent evil masterminds, and cheap tech is always a strong advantage.
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 21:51 |
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mllaneza posted:Maximilian because Blofeld is one of the few competent evil masterminds, and cheap tech is always a strong advantage. He doesn't have cheaper tech; a bug prevents that from working. luxury handset posted:if you double click the alert button the sound fades away Really good to know, but still annoying: much prefer to have all my construction people just carry handguns by default, except when hand-to-hand is buffed. Then it's just the scientists who get handguns. thetruegentleman fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Aug 16, 2019 |
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Alexis and also now I have Barracuda stuck in my head
simplefish fucked around with this message at 22:56 on Aug 16, 2019 |
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I want Barracuda so I guess I have to vote for Alexis
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 22:13 |
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Shen Yu is the best master!
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 22:34 |
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I never used Alexis, use her. Also Lord Kane's Smooth Operator ability is busted as gently caress.
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 22:39 |
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Alexis.
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# ? Aug 16, 2019 23:14 |
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Funny enough I just finished another game pf this with a handfull of mods installed, like allowing you to have more minions and making missions take longer but with better results. Play as Alexis because I always play as the other two.
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Zanzibar Ham posted:Was it? I tried to check but it's archived here but not on The Archives so I couldn't tell. If true I'll also switch my vote. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3211877 yep, all the pics are dead but Shen was the voted in genius.
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Weed Wolf posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3211877 yep, all the pics are dead but Shen was the voted in genius. Alright, thanks! I'll make it official/bolded in my original vote post, but I'll switch to Alexis then.
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# ? Aug 17, 2019 00:23 |
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Alexis I never got into the game because the AI forgot how to make an entrance into the base and progress stopped.
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# ? Aug 17, 2019 01:37 |
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Byers2142 posted:There is a right answer here. The right answer is Alexis. Why? I mean...yeah. Alexis That afro, goddamn.
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thetruegentleman posted:He doesn't have cheaper tech; a bug prevents that from working. gently caress. Alexis it is.
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# ? Aug 17, 2019 03:32 |
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All aboard the soul train! ALEXIS
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quote:The Criminal mastermind, the only Evil genius to not start in the 1%. Eat the rich. Shen Yu.
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