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[BigD145]

If it is being tailored even remotely like a facebook game, NO. All my no forever.

From the article it looks like there will be two separate games, the evil genius online facebook game and a more regular evil genius 2 pc game.

Going to be keeping an eye on this.

Yes, but which will be a version of the other? One will most likely be a stripped down version of the other. It sounds like they will just do kickstarter with stretch goals.

[timferius]

I've decided to setlle on Cautiously Optimistic, minus the Optimism. So I'm just Cautiously.

[Viken]

Maybe if the games have some integration where you can set up a base with a bunch of traps and get money in the PC version for however many good-guys you shock or roast into a grave on FB; but otherwise I'm just going to ignore any sort of Online game for it.

But I am totally happy with the idea of a full fledged Evil Genius 2.  I've played Evil Genius to its grave over the years.  (Literally corrupted the game world that required a re-install with a cross between modding and some things best left unsaid). Anyway! I'm hyped, and I'm not going to bother to deny it.  I just hope it comes out good.  Otherwise the entire world is going to boo this video game company into bankruptcy.  Especially with Zygna having its claws in the Online version.

[Zangi]

... How about a very cautious "yay"?

I'm in the same boat...

[Moogie]

Struggling to think of any game sequel that was built by a different company than the original, that didn't turn out to be a pile of horse shit. Examples are welcome, because I would so love to discover some reasons to look forward to this!

[Fikes]

Struggling to think of any game sequel that was built by a different company than the original, that didn't turn out to be a pile of horse shit. Examples are welcome, because I would so love to discover some reasons to look forward to this!

I am pretty sure Heroes of Might and Magic changed hands many times and none of those have been been piles of horse shit. I thought the company who owns them now did a good job of returning to the glory days of the series (HoMM 3).

I also think Civilization has changed hands, although they have always kept the same guy at the helm.

Anyways, I will throw my hat in the "That's cool, I enjoyed Evil Genius," pile. I fired it up not that long ago and thought about how nice a sequel would be.

[10ebbor10]

Struggling to think of any game sequel that was built by a different company than the original, that didn't turn out to be a pile of horse shit. Examples are welcome, because I would so love to discover some reasons to look forward to this!

Dota 2
Command and Conquer 3

On a side note, I don't really know about Rebellion. Their track record isn't impressive, and they haven't done something like this before. (Mainly FPS, from what I can see)

[CognitiveDissonance]

PTW

Struggling to think of any game sequel that was built by a different company than the original, that didn't turn out to be a pile of horse shit. Examples are welcome, because I would so love to discover some reasons to look forward to this!

Dota 2
Command and Conquer 3

On a side note, I don't really know about Rebellion. Their track record isn't impressive, and they haven't done something like this before. (Mainly FPS, from what I can see)

And for reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebellion_Developments

[Sensei]

Struggling to think of any game sequel that was built by a different company than the original, that didn't turn out to be a pile of horse shit. Examples are welcome, because I would so love to discover some reasons to look forward to this!

Pretty much everything Obsidian did that was good? It's basically always been their jobs to fix Bioware and Bethesda games that get rushed out the door. See: Fallout New Vegas. Non-ending aside (apparently not Obsidian's fault), I really liked KOTOR II as well.

[Neyvn]

I.... Just.... Do..... Not..... CARE!!! GIVE ME EVIL GENIUS 2!!!!

[Leonon]

Struggling to think of any game sequel that was built by a different company than the original, that didn't turn out to be a pile of horse shit. Examples are welcome, because I would so love to discover some reasons to look forward to this!

Irrational Game's System Shock 2 and SWAT 4 were pretty good. Robot Arena 2 had a different developer but was published by the old developer/punlisher and was much better than Robot Arena. Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast was also pretty good.

And then there's Spec Ops: The Line.

[BurnedToast]

Struggling to think of any game sequel that was built by a different company than the original, that didn't turn out to be a pile of horse shit. Examples are welcome, because I would so love to discover some reasons to look forward to this!

Xcom: EU was seriously dumbed down, but I don't think I'd call it a pile of horse shit, it was still an OK game

[Thexor]

Oooh... a proper EG sequel? If it's similar to the original, and if the developers aren't forced to rush out the game before going bankrupt, this will be very interesting.

Not liking the Facebook version, but hey, maybe it'll act as a suction for terrible, dumbed-down mechanics and thereby improve the real game! 

[BigD145]

Struggling to think of any game sequel that was built by a different company than the original, that didn't turn out to be a pile of horse shit. Examples are welcome, because I would so love to discover some reasons to look forward to this!

I am pretty sure Heroes of Might and Magic changed hands many times and none of those have been been piles of horse shit. I thought the company who owns them now did a good job of returning to the glory days of the series (HoMM 3).

Never liked HoMM. Not helping.

Struggling to think of any game sequel that was built by a different company than the original, that didn't turn out to be a pile of horse shit. Examples are welcome, because I would so love to discover some reasons to look forward to this!

Dota 2
Command and Conquer 3

Still not helping.

[Neonivek]

The thing about Evil Genius is that it is a great game lowered to just being good because of execution but ultimately just needed tweaking.

It had every ingredient to be a great game but it needed to fix them up. It certainly needed a lot of fixing at every section of the game, but another few months with play testing would have completely turned the game around.

Heck the only reason I havn't beat it is because I hit a game breaking glitch both times, that being caused by resorts (and I have hit that but more often then that), and I even got good enough to take down multiple super agents at once.

I can get a bit more detailed but anyone who played the game can spot the flaws.