Evil Genius

GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">and the day of release</div> Tuesday September 28, 2004

A day less than an hour away for me.

Personally I have the game on pre-order with free overnight <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

I hereby declare this thread the thread of all Evil Genius discussion concerning the release, intial opinions, and general shouts of joy.
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  • docchimpydocchimpy Join Date: 2003-07-19 Member: 18266Members
    And screenshots. You must post screenshots. If you wish to write a story connecting them, then you win.
  • XilentshadowXilentshadow Join Date: 2004-04-01 Member: 27657Members
    Yes you will be t3h win. and i will post a picture of a happy man doing a victory dance. I want to check that game out. You are now my official game checker outer
  • DrSuredeathDrSuredeath Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8217Members
    Is it out? Is it? Is it?

    Anyone got it?

    /do a little dance.

    Come on, give me the good news.

    /Been anticipating this game along with HL2.
  • DrSuredeathDrSuredeath Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8217Members
    edited September 2004
    <a href='http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/evil-genius/551744p1.html' target='_blank'>http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/evil-genius/551744p1.html</a>

    Ok, this is weird.

    When reading the review, they almost made me believe they are going to give them 1/5 stars from all the complaints. Actually, this gamespy review complains from the first to almost the last paragraph, only to give it 4/5 stars.

    Now I'm confused.
  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    Bah, not out till friday over here, and I won't be able to play it till wednesday at least. I WANT this game!
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    Well, it shipped, so it'll be here tomorrow.
  • marcemarce Join Date: 2004-08-24 Member: 30869Members
    i played the demo so many times, even though it was just that one level.

    awesome game, can't wait for it to hit aussie shelves...

    so i'll ressurect this thread in 12 years when i get it <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • Dorian_GrayDorian_Gray Join Date: 2004-02-15 Member: 26581Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-marce+Sep 29 2004, 02:56 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (marce @ Sep 29 2004, 02:56 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> i played the demo so many times, even though it was just that one level.

    awesome game, can't wait for it to hit aussie shelves...

    so i'll ressurect this thread in 12 years when i get it <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yes but did you h4x0r it? You can get a MASSIVE map (unlimited size practically), a whole bunch of new items (including the sniper range for torturing), and some new rooms that don't work yet. You get soooo much cool stuff (and TRAPS). I rigged my base with cameras covering the entire base, with little security outposts where the minions would congregate until an alarm went off. The furthest somebody got into my base was some generic soldier, since I accidentally let him out of the Death Cubicle instead of activating it (giant rollers crush the prisoner paper thin <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->) The rest either got mowed down outside by the concealed autoguns or got caught on the security system as soon as they walked in.
  • HibameHibame Join Date: 2003-11-16 Member: 22974Members, Reinforced - Shadow
  • marcemarce Join Date: 2004-08-24 Member: 30869Members
    holy... no i didn't do that...

    why buy the game when you can h4x the demo?

    no missions i guess, but that still sounds cool
  • Dorian_GrayDorian_Gray Join Date: 2004-02-15 Member: 26581Members, Constellation
    It tends to be buggy when you edit it (adding new land, since if you go over an object, it crashes) however, but its worth it. Theres a tool to edit the package files and unlock the extra items/tilesets and also other threads on the <a href='http://www.evilgeniuschat.com/viewforum.php?f=17&sid=06ad2ce446610c15a1546a4ee67bd55a' target='_blank'>forums</a>.
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    I have the full version in my hand. Updates later.
  • RellixRellix Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13572Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Still waiting for play.com to send me it, im gonna call tomorow if i dont get a dispatch note.
  • StewieStewie Join Date: 2003-08-03 Member: 18795Members
    Couldn't find it over here .... I'll probably check again tomorrow <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • ZelZel Join Date: 2003-01-27 Member: 12861Members
    demo sucked, whats the big deal?

    enemies kept setting fire to my ammo/jail room. (whoever forced me to put jail cells in with the rifle racks was a moron)
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    well I'm back from class now so I can give you a little update


    It's horrible





    *kidding*
    Actually it's great! Though I'm thinking of restarting because I didn't invest enough men quickly enough to various money making deeds around the world... we'll see though.


    Right now I don't have enough money to build a new freezer room and the bags are becoming a problem, and because they're a problem they're generating more of a problem.

    oh well, still very fun.

    I've done some capturing and now have a couple higher level minions.

    The demo is such an oversimplification of the game.

    specific questions so I can give you better updates?


    note that I here and now note that all my future posts could be *SPOILERS* so be careful what you read.
  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    Yay! Someone I can quiz!

    I'm not particularly bothered about spoils seeing as the game has a fairly limited plot anyhow.

    1. Who is the HAMMER super-agent?
    2. What sort of enemy agents show up right near the start of the game, and what do they do? I ask because the soldiers in the demo were apparently quite high-level agents.

    Actually that's all I can think of right now <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • DrSuredeathDrSuredeath Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8217Members
    Are the micromanagement and inadequate notification (between world map and your base) really that bad?
    That's the way I read it from the review.
  • docchimpydocchimpy Join Date: 2003-07-19 Member: 18266Members
    Do agents continually assault your base, like in the demo?
  • Dorian_GrayDorian_Gray Join Date: 2004-02-15 Member: 26581Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-docchimpy+Sep 29 2004, 10:16 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (docchimpy @ Sep 29 2004, 10:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Do agents continually assault your base, like in the demo? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Apparently not. In the demo, Elixir said they didn't use the ingame system for "heat", but used a ridiculously high level. To get that many agents, you need to have practically done a Dr. Evil and threatened the world with some big superweapon apparently.

    Oh, and as for the fires in the prison, as soon as a soldier sees a cell, he'll try to blow it up. They're some of the highest-heat objects in the game. Hence the disguised cells you can buy. Oh, and always make your prison at the very end of your base tunnel network. So they have to wander through the barracks and stuff first.
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    almost all the agents at the start are investigators, they'll come in and you just try to make them leave without them gaining any heat.

    As for heat notification, I don't know what that guy was talking about. On the world map you can get a read out for each group as to how much heat there is. Also each agent in your base will have a blue circle at his/her feet if no heat was picked up or a red percentage bar if he/she has.

    That red notification on the world map is actually after the fact. You have to watch out of those guys yourself though. Kinda like in your base except there's no version of red alert. If you see an agent in the same region, hide, unless you are in a mission, hiding will make you fail it if you do.

    no idea who the hammer super agent is, but here's smash's:
  • marcemarce Join Date: 2004-08-24 Member: 30869Members
    looking at that screenshot makes me wish i had the game <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    I guess i'll just have to wait <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • UKchaosUKchaos Join Date: 2002-08-10 Member: 1132Members
    I loved the demo, its definetly on my 'buy' list.

    Also Cadaver, author of ns_origin deserves props for being on the dev team <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    for a little short term history and added hilarity, here's a shot from just before the moment in the first shot:
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    to be fair, I think I've come across a horrible bug. I've captured a quantum sci twice and put him in the chair twice but it didn't make a quantum sci that'll work for me <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> first time that's happened. And it's not always easy to go out and capture those guys. Especially since he's in patriot territory and patriot has > 90% heat with me right now...
  • KaliasKalias Superskulk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2560Members
    Hmm, I'm overdue a game spending spree... suppose I should include this in my list.
  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    *spoiler (kinda)*****************************

















    I shall call him, same-size-me
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    I remember playing that. Someone walked into my dorm room and saw me changing henchies and thought it was some kind of bondage game.


    The reason I don't care about the game, though: I captured an agent and prepared him for interrogation. While they were transfering him to the chair another agent broke in and got shot, but the two guys transporting the prisoner stopped. He miraculously reacquired his C4 (because apparently when you capture secret agents, soldiers and spies you don't disarm them) and blew up the armory he was in...


    Anything that retarded doesn't get to go on my computer.
  • spinviperspinviper Join Date: 2003-05-08 Member: 16151Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-UltimaGecko+Oct 1 2004, 01:46 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UltimaGecko @ Oct 1 2004, 01:46 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I remember playing that. Someone walked into my dorm room and saw me changing henchies and thought it was some kind of bondage game.


    The reason I don't care about the game, though: I captured an agent and prepared him for interrogation. While they were transfering him to the chair another agent broke in and got shot, but the two guys transporting the prisoner stopped. He miraculously reacquired his C4 (because apparently when you capture secret agents, soldiers and spies you don't disarm them) and blew up the armory he was in...


    Anything that retarded doesn't get to go on my computer. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Give it to me then ! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • PithlitPithlit Join Date: 2003-05-07 Member: 16120Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    how large can your lair be in the final version?
    the one in the demo was very small and cramped, so does anyone has an overview of an fully built lair?
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