The name is evil genius

Evil genius (evil genius)

Chinese Name: Evil Genius

English name: evil genius

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Manufacturer: VU games

Agency distribution: Elixir Studio

Game language: English (Chinese with Chinese patch)

Game type: strategy game

Stability: stability

Version information: retail

Release date: September 28, 2004

Operating system: Win9x/ME/NT/XP.

In 2003, we watched Evil Genius at E3 video game exhibition, which is the second game of Elixir Studio. The developer basically completed the first game "Republic: Revolution", which was released by Eidos Interactive. But Elixir's second game will be released by Vivendi Universal. As the name implies, evil genius will make you play an evil and arrogant genius, just like the classic super villain in James Bond movies in the 1960s and 1970s.

The background of the exhibition we see is a small village on a tropical island-the perfect cover for the secret base of evil genius. In fact, according to the main design, Demis? According to Hasabis, you can even use your illegally acquired property to buy real estate, hotels or any buildings near the headquarters to attract gullible tourists, and you can get rid of the authorities that track you down. Hasabis also showed us the game's 3D image engine, which is set to display colorful desert islands from top to bottom by default. But you can also switch to a very close distance, especially when the thatched cottage is displayed. When this thatched roof is opened, you can see the titanium door leading to the busy base.

According to Hasabis, the base building of evil genius will make some changes. For example, you may want to use traps and cables to destroy annoying agents who try to break into the base. In the demo version, we saw the highest and most dangerous enemy in the game-Navy SEAL squadron. They arrived on a raft under the cover of night, landed on the beach, and climbed the cliff with chains. Although when you play games, you usually use a panoramic perspective in order to grasp the overall situation, in Evil Genius, you will show each different character with expressive animation and details. We saw navy seals arrive at the beach quietly, marching in a special formation, covering each other with weapons, until Hasabis unexpectedly opened fire on them with a mechanical tree full of coconut bombs and wiped them out.

The enemy soldiers who finally arrived at the base were warmly welcomed by the loyal followers and infantry of Hasabis. Evil genius has two levels of subordinates. The first level is infantry. They are ordinary soldiers and can be trained to complete special tasks. But their level is so low that you can't control them directly (they will do things automatically, such as protecting your base from intruders, etc.). What you can directly control is the second layer, which is your loyal followers. These interesting characters remind you of the top villains in James Bond movies, like Oddjob and Mayday.

You can assign these strong villains to perform various tasks, which Hassabis calls "the task of tying your head to your pants"-because they are all difficult tasks in the movie, such as shrinking the Eiffel Tower or replacing the Soviet president with a robot. After successfully completing these tasks, you can increase your popularity and become a super villain.

In this way, you will be more influential when you want to threaten all countries in the world with special weapons invented by yourself and ask you to pay a huge amount of money. You can also increase your popularity by torturing prisoners (you can put them in a giant blender, you can also throw them into a library with shelves that can hit people), and you can even put Ruby on it? Goldberg riddles are combined with other torture methods.

Looking back at last year's E3 exhibition, we should not only pay attention to masterpieces such as half-life 2 and Doom 3, but also pay attention to other games, such as Evil Genius, which won the title of "Best Original Game" and won this honor just after its debut. Presumably, the game is not idle. Although Elixir Studios is not well-known, they just developed the Republic of China: Revolution, but its chief designer, Demis Hassabis, once stayed in the bullfrog studio for a long time and was called a "game prodigy". Later, in order to complete his new plan, he had to set up a new studio. Can this "evil genius" become a classic of strategy games like "black and white"?

Evil genius, attacking justice.

Evil Genius won the title of "Best Original Game" because there are many differences in the game, and many people think it has many similarities with Bullfrog's Dungeon Guardian. The player plays an evil and arrogant genius, just like the classic super villain in James Bond movies in the 1960s and 1970s. He must control a mysterious island base, take a group of loyal lackeys, and fight justice with various organs and traps. You can plan your territory and war heroes, and develop all kinds of doomsday machines, train your men, develop evil technologies and powerful weapons, and fight the invading just heroes in an instant environment. At the beginning of the game, there was a golden tropical island and a billion dollars, but it was not enough. We must continue to develop and make money, with the goal of developing a destructive device to destroy the whole world. The game has many tasks, some of which can increase players' rights and money, and some can increase popularity. They are all difficult tasks in movies, such as kidnapping famous stars, stealing priceless treasures and works of art, shrinking the Eiffel Tower, or replacing the Soviet president with robots. After successfully completing these tasks, you can increase your popularity and become a super villain.

Establish a base, set a trap

Your secret base is hidden on a tropical island. Inside the base, there are all kinds of traps full of machine hearts. These traps are interrelated and form a strange and complicated serial device. People who walk in can't get out. Dozens of different types of base rooms can be built, including canteens, biochemical centers, libraries, training centers and so on. All the rooms have different functions and instruments of torture, which are specially used to deal with sneaky spies. For example, if you catch a spy, you can put him in the blender in the canteen or bury him among the books in the library. These instruments of torture are much more fun than in reality, and there will be no violence. You can also use the illegally acquired property to buy real estate, hotels or any buildings near the headquarters to attract gullible tourists.

Of course, the establishment of such an evil base will certainly not be smooth sailing. In addition to attracting tourists or guarding against spies, the base will also face a frontal attack from the US Navy SEAL squadron. They are the highest-ranking enemies in the game. They will arrive by raft under the cover of night, land on the beach and climb the cliff with chains. They will also take special actions to avoid your defense and cover each other with weapons. When you find them, you can give them a surprise attack with a mechanical tree full of coconut bombs. This is what we often say, "Deal with a man as he deals with you".

Base guards, loyal followers

In Evil Genius, there are two ranks of soldiers in the base. First, ordinary soldiers. Players can't control them directly, but they will guard the base under the control of computer AI, or accept your training and tasks. The second is loyal followers. They all have certain special abilities, and you can control them directly. These two types of soldiers constitute all the defense lines of the base, each with its own characteristics, which can make up for each other's shortcomings, so both are indispensable. At present, the official has released a follower's information.

EliBarracuba: Born in the slums of new york, she is often involved in murder and theft. Born in this environment, Eli had only two choices: lying dead on the street or becoming a bully, and Eli chose the latter. At school, he began to blackmail and collect protection money. At the age of nine, the primary school principal begged him not to wreak havoc in the school because he didn't pay the protection fee. Eli soon became the king of crime, suppressing those who dared to resist with fists and silver revolvers. Eli's gang expanded very rapidly, and a few years later, he took control of the whole of new york and arranged a puppet mayor for the police to protect his illegal activities. Soon after, the mayor turned against Eli, and Eli's illegal behavior was investigated by the FBI. As a last resort, he had to return to his underground society and wait for an opportunity to regain his prestige. What Eli is good at is shooting him in the head with his revolver. One blow is Eli's most terrible skill.

3D engine, rendering effect

"Evil Genius" uses a 3D graphics engine, which can change the perspective at will, overlook the whole island at high altitude, and observe the movements of each character at close range. The biggest feature of the game lies in its humorous atmosphere. In order to better show this feature, the game uses cartoon rendering effect, and the character models all have strange and funny shapes, such as the girl on the catwalk, the soldier who looks like an orangutan, the spy in a suit in the 1970 s and so on. In addition, the game also added a lot of cutscenes. For example, after you capture the enemy's subordinates, you can watch a series of interesting animations made by your subordinates facing the prisoners. These behaviors will also increase your reputation as a villain in the criminal world.

[Edit this paragraph] Evil Genius: Introduction of Tongfang Quan

juren, recommended man

Sushi Chef: Juren

Although he looks like a samurai, he is actually a sushi chef and has practiced sushi ten times.

You can only attack at close range, with average attack speed, but high attack power and fast moving speed.

Special skills:

Draw the sword together: heavy chop will cause great damage to the enemy, and most people will be killed with one blow.

The wind goes away: in short, it is teleportation, which is shameless.

Ivan I

General Crazy: Ivan the Red

He used to be an agent of the Soviet Union, hated capitalism extremely and vowed to take revenge.

Attack from a distance with rocket launchers and grenades (! 0_o), the strength and scope are great, but the interval is long; Punch at close range with average attack speed.

Special skills:

Cossack dance: throwing grenades in all directions when dancing folk dance, causing large-scale damage.

Buried mines: 9 mines were buried in a certain area, and the people who stepped on them were unlucky.

This character is really abnormal. Be careful when you put him in the base! This man is good at dealing with large-scale enemy forces.

Is Europe big?

Epilepsy grandma: European aunt

The kind-hearted old lady worked in a mental hospital, and later her temperament was greatly reversed because of eating psychotropic drugs by mistake.

Can only attack at close range, with low attack power and average attack speed.

Special skills:

Motherly love: it can only be used by other colleagues, which can increase the speed of skill recovery.

Electroshock therapy: shock others, affecting the brain power of recruits.

Inca men

Inca men

An ancient guardian resurrected from the Inca tomb.

Can only attack at close range, with average attack speed and strong attack power.

Special skills:

Warroar: Shouting loudly will distract people around you from what they are doing now.

Earthquake ground: Slap the ground suddenly, and everyone around you will fall down.

Another pervert, one of the sharp tools to deal with super agents, can knock people down at will.

Voodoo master

Voodoo master

Master of voodoo, who often takes pleasure in manipulating zombies and passers-by.

Attack with voodoo from a long distance, with low attack power, and punch at close range.

Special skills:

Voodoo: You can turn an agent against you and let him attack your own people. You can't use it on people with high brains.

Voodoo miasma: Agents surrounded by voodoo miasma will forget everything they saw and leave your island immediately. They can't be used by people with high brains.

Sir Kane

Young Godfather: Sir John

A mythical figure in gangster history, it is said that he sank the Titanic.

You can only attack at close range, with average attack power and average attack speed.

Special skills:

Intimidation: You can intimidate a group of enemies in front of you. These people will kneel for mercy, then go crazy ... and recover after being attacked.

Induction: a very shameless move. For anyone, this person will remain static and unable to attack. Before Jon finds him, the agent will lose all the current heat without being attacked.

butcher

Let no one fall behind: Ethan the butcher

The masked man used to be a doctor, but later he began to experiment on the living dead and became a butcher.

You can only attack at close range, and the attack power is average, but the attack speed is fast and slow, and the overall attack speed is fast, so it can do great damage to the enemy.

Special skills:

Play dumb: pretend to be nothing, so that you won't be attacked by anyone.

Fear tactics: Threaten the slaves around them so that they can ignore the current low state value and continue to work.

On the whole, this man is very practical. Close combat takes a lot of damage every second. If you can't beat him, you will play dumb.

Valerie

The Beauty of Tragedy: Dr. Valerie

She used to be a researcher in a famous cosmetics company, but she was unfortunately disfigured.

Can only attack at close range, with low attack power and average attack speed.

Special skills:

Mist: To emit a cloud of smoke to cause confusion.

Toxic perfume: causing serious endurance loss to people within the scope of action.

Hypnotist

Hypnotist

He was born in a worker's family in London and later came to Australia to perform hypnotic magic.

Can only attack at close range, with low attack power and average attack speed.

Special skills:

Mind control: direct control of an agent and complete control of his actions. People with high brains can't use it. (can control biochemical weirdo)

Hypnotic fog: release a hypnotic fog, reducing the loyalty of surrounding drugs.

Underworld leader: Eli

Typical American loquacious black donkey with his head blown off. Now he is the boss of the underworld in new york.

Attack with a pistol at a long distance, attack with a fist at a close distance, and the attack speed is average.

Special skills:

Head shot: ranged attack. When used, aim at the target for a period of time, causing great damage to the enemy at a time.

Music: Play a dynamic music to make people around you dance and forget the enemy and me, but they will wake up when they are attacked.

Colonel Black Heart *

He is an arrogant hunter, but unfortunately, his leg was bitten off by a Bengal tiger.

Shotgun long-range attack, boxing close-range attack, average attack power, average attack speed.

Special skills:

Trap: similar to red Ivan's mine skill, but the damage is relatively small and will not explode.

Leader: Just like Ian's threat, throw a monkey playing with a bomb, scare away people around, and finally explode.

Note: This role will only appear if the reward package is installed.