Speaking as someone who played a lot of the first Evil Genius, I think this is a good update. In a lot of ways, Evil Genius 2 is very similar to the original but with modernized graphics and updated systems. The developers have been responsive toward player feedback and have greatly improved the pace of the game with patch 1.3. Hopefully future updates will allow us to run more than one side mission at a time, and bring the things I mention as being missed, below, into this game.

EG2 does lack some of the things the first game had, such as the blueprint mode for pre-planning expansions to your base, without actually committing to them until a later time. This was a great feature of EG1. Also miss the biofreak minions and the disguised & regular sentry guns. At the same time, I do not miss the freezers & racks, briefcases, or Mariana Mamba.

Overall, I would recommend this game. It is a worthy sequel.

Speaking as someone who played a lot of the first Evil Genius, I think this is a good update. In a lot of ways, Evil Genius 2 is very similar to the original but with modernized graphics and updated systems. The developers have been responsive toward player feedback and have greatly improved the pace of the game with patch 1.3. Hopefully future updates will allow us to run more than one side mission at a time, and bring the things I mention as being missed, below, into this game. EG2 does lack some of the things the first game had, such as the blueprint mode for pre-planning expansions to your base, without actually committing to them until a later time. This was a great feature of EG1. Also miss the biofreak minions and the disguised & regular sentry guns. At the same time, I do not miss the freezers & racks, briefcases, or Mariana Mamba. Overall, I would recommend this game. It is a worthy sequel.