Hello friends,

Today I will review the game Evil Genuis. This game is quite hard as it is a strategy game to setup your evil lair against government forces and spys who can go into the players base and blow up and mess up parts of it. By designing different traps and setups on the base, the player can lower the amount of damage to their base, but it will still happen. The game is very addictive and can be one of those game where the player wants to play it for "one more minute".

While playing it myself, i found 2 bugs unfortunately. Thankfully, some very helpful people on the steam forum helped me out of these bugs. The first bug was that autosave causes the game to crash when loading. The fix to this bug is to disable auto save, but remember to quick save in case the player wants to save their game. The second one is the lab research bug. This bug makes the game crash when researching stuff in the laboratory. This bug can be fixed by doing this:

Go to <path-to-game>\DynamicResources\Layouts\
Open the desired save game with a text editor.
Push Ctrl+H and in the Find field, type ResearchSubject=0 and in the Replace with field, type ResearchSubject=12008.
Click on the Replace button.
Launch the game and load the desired save game, then open the research screen and click on the current research icons, located at the top.
Cancel the research by clicking on the red icon and it should be fixed afterward

I would like to personally thank the steam users "MrJohnSteele" and "Nebgama" for really helping me with the crashing issue. Since i fixed these issues, i have not personally had a crashing incident in the game since. This steam forum for this game is very friendly and good for newer players of the game too. People on there can give great tips too, which they provided me with.

The game is really great, even on modern machines. It is very addictive as i mentioned above, and can be very fun if a player takes the time to build up their base. Anyways, here is my PROS and CONS list:

PROS:

- A game where the player is the main villain and can choose different villans to be the main character.
- Availability of henchmen that can be hired by players. Be careful as they can die.
- Many world events that can be done to increase notoriety of the player's villain.
- Kidnapping and learning new jobs to increase minion functionality.
- Stealing items to decorate the players base with weath and status.
- This game does not require a controller, nor does it use one. It only works on Keyboard and Mouse.
- Works on windows 11 OS.


CONS:

- For me, i got into a strategic dead end. Basically every move i made, the AI of the pc countered it. I tried even to beat the game on easy, but i got stuck in a stalemate basically with the AI who would not let me go any further. I even changed difficulty from normal to easy but it did not help me.
- The 2 bugs above can be reproduced and maybe experienced by other players.
- Some players might be upset there is no controller support for this game.
- Old style graphics of game might not be for everyone.

Do I recommend the game? Yes, I do. Although my experience will differ from other players, they may not get into a stalemate with the AI of the game. The game is a great building game with base building and learning to expand it by kidnapping certain people and learning their specialized skills. If a player like the dungeon maker or dungeon keeper game, they would really enjoy this game too.

Hello friends, Today I will review the game Evil Genuis. This game is quite hard as it is a strategy game to setup your evil lair against government forces and spys who can go into the players base and blow up and mess up parts of it. By designing different traps and setups on the base, the player can lower the amount of damage to their base, but it will still happen. The game is very addictive and can be one of those game where the player wants to play it for "one more minute". While playing it myself, i found 2 bugs unfortunately. Thankfully, some very helpful people on the steam forum helped me out of these bugs. The first bug was that autosave causes the game to crash when loading. The fix to this bug is to disable auto save, but remember to quick save in case the player wants to save their game. The second one is the lab research bug. This bug makes the game crash when researching stuff in the laboratory. This bug can be fixed by doing this: Go to <path-to-game>\DynamicResources\Layouts\ Open the desired save game with a text editor. Push Ctrl+H and in the Find field, type ResearchSubject=0 and in the Replace with field, type ResearchSubject=12008. Click on the Replace button. Launch the game and load the desired save game, then open the research screen and click on the current research icons, located at the top. Cancel the research by clicking on the red icon and it should be fixed afterward I would like to personally thank the steam users "MrJohnSteele" and "Nebgama" for really helping me with the crashing issue. Since i fixed these issues, i have not personally had a crashing incident in the game since. This steam forum for this game is very friendly and good for newer players of the game too. People on there can give great tips too, which they provided me with. The game is really great, even on modern machines. It is very addictive as i mentioned above, and can be very fun if a player takes the time to build up their base. Anyways, here is my PROS and CONS list: PROS: - A game where the player is the main villain and can choose different villans to be the main character. - Availability of henchmen that can be hired by players. Be careful as they can die. - Many world events that can be done to increase notoriety of the player's villain. - Kidnapping and learning new jobs to increase minion functionality. - Stealing items to decorate the players base with weath and status. - This game does not require a controller, nor does it use one. It only works on Keyboard and Mouse. - Works on windows 11 OS. CONS: - For me, i got into a strategic dead end. Basically every move i made, the AI of the pc countered it. I tried even to beat the game on easy, but i got stuck in a stalemate basically with the AI who would not let me go any further. I even changed difficulty from normal to easy but it did not help me. - The 2 bugs above can be reproduced and maybe experienced by other players. - Some players might be upset there is no controller support for this game. - Old style graphics of game might not be for everyone. Do I recommend the game? Yes, I do. Although my experience will differ from other players, they may not get into a stalemate with the AI of the game. The game is a great building game with base building and learning to expand it by kidnapping certain people and learning their specialized skills. If a player like the dungeon maker or dungeon keeper game, they would really enjoy this game too.