Game Classification

Set in the 1960's of James Bond, master-minds and bad hair cuts; you play one of the 3 available "Evil Geniuses" with the overall master-plan to rule the world.

To do this, you must send your minions and henchmen all over the world on secret missions to increase your criminal infamy rating and steal cash to fund operations for your "secret island at an undisclosed location" (Operation: World Conquer costs money...a lot of money!)

However, the 5 (five) major world governments are not unaware of your evil plotting. They will send agents at your "secret island at an undisclosed location" to gather evidence of your misdeeds. Eventually after enough evidence, they will have just cause to send a strike team or worse...send Super Agents to hamper your plans of ... WORLD DOMINATION!

Gameplay
In Evil Genius, you can play one of the 3 (three) Masterminds in the game. Each "Evil Genius" has their own traits (advantages and disadvantages) that will effect gameplay (but not the plot).

After choosing the Evil Genius of your liking, gameplay will fall under the following categories:

World Domination Map
The most important feature of the game revolves around the top-down perspective World Domination map. Although it only takes a few minutes at a time to check this feature, it is most important because this is where you plot all your plans of world domination. The World Domination map consists of the following actions:Sending minions and henchmen on "Act of Infamy" missions around the world to raise your criminal reputation rating. Successfully accomplishing these missions will increase your criminal reputation. The higher your reputation, the more access you have to other missions, henchmen and infamy object to be stolen;Sending minions and henchmen undercover around the world to steal cash and funds for your operations. The money will then be sent to your "secret island at an undisclosed location" to be stored at your treasury;Recruit new henchmen. If your reputation is high enough, you may have the option to recruit new henchmen.Secret Island at an Undisclosed Location Map
This is where most of the gameplay occurs. It's basically an isometric building simulation game in this section, where you can interact with buildings, minions and enemy agents. Overall, the in this section the available actions are as the following:Build your secret base and construct facilities and rooms;Build a trap system to guard your bases secrets from enemy agents as well as using them to kill, stun or interrogate enemy agents;Research new traps, objects and weapons. [source:mobygames]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : PC (Windows)

Links

• http://www.mobygames.com/game/evil-genius/