In proud Evil Genius tradition, you have a range of eclectic traps to deploy, ranging from freeze rays and giant fans to searing laser grids and shark-infested plunge-pools. Unwelcome snoops can be dealt with in various ways. The real treat here is the animation, which is both meticulous in its detail and delightfully comic But over time, the agents become more numerous and more capable, including Super Agents like Agent X and Britain's number-one spy John Steele, who can waltz through your security infuriatingly easily. Initially, these are incompetent private detectives who wouldn't know a secret lair if it erupted in their face. This ultimately leads to the various world governments dispatching agents to investigate and sabotage your lair. Schemes bring in much-needed cash, but minions dispatched on them don't come back, while schemes also generate Heat. Each of these provides a small amount of residual income, while also unlocking Schemes, which pull in larger chunks of income. The former involves dispatching groups of minions to establish relay stations in different areas of the world. The emphasis switches to two activities, expanding your criminal network across the globe and defending your base from enemy agents. Once you've built your Inner Sanctum, Evil Genius 2 falls into a holding pattern as your scientists slowly research new traps, upgrades and room objects, while you begin to grapple with your ultimate goal of world domination. It's a fantastic game to watch in motion, which is as well because after this feast of construction comes something of a fallow patch. But the highlight of Rebellion's animation work is found in your interrogation room, where your minions torture captured agents by tickling their feet or dropping sticks of fake dynamite into their laps. I love the way guards lumber through corridors, clad in red spandex like an evil Mr Incredible, a stark contrast to the superior, stiff-backed stroll of your Scientists. But the real treat here is the animation, which is both meticulous in its detail and delightfully comic.
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