What used to be a trend of defending your kingdom or personal property from invaders has evolved to include the other side of the coin. Instead of setting up defenses against villains, the Evil Genius series puts you in the role of the namesake as you protect your lair from pesky agents seeking to stop your evil plans.
Thankfully, being a criminal mastermind, you have access to a lot of traps and deterrents to weaken and eliminate intruders. With the sequel Evil Genius 2, the trap list has expanded and with some being more effective and popular than the rest.
8 Laser Wall
Of all the different contraptions most associated with evil lairs, lasers are towards the top of the list. Lasers can be worked into live-action and animated scenarios for a variety of uses from triggering alarm systems to cutting right through anything that comes into contact with them.
Therefore, it makes practical sense to outfit your lair with Laser Wall that will burn into any intruders unlucky enough to encounter them. They’re entirely damage-focused dealing a chunk of damage once an agent walks into them and will drain more the longer they remain.
7 Bubble Cannon
There are a lot of scientific designs associated with curves and smoothness. There are plenty of instances where films and series have attempted to capture the idea of the future by making everything rounded and dome-like. From that, it’s not surprising that future-looking technology would incorporate the same aesthetics in their design or functionality.
The Bubble Cannon is an example of such technology that you can aim at intruding agents. It shoots bubbles that trap agents and lowers their resolves. It also allows them to be easily pushed around by other devices and into other traps.
6 Giant Magnet
Magnets are both simple and complex at the same time. The fact that there are minerals and materials that are naturally magnetic is fascinating. Magnetization has revolutionized industry and technology in so many ways while still serving a purpose in everyday life.
However, it can be easy to overlook how powerful magnets can be so it’s understandable why masterminds would think of ways to weaponize it. As an Evil Genius, the Giant Magnet was created to mess with agents on a larger scale. When activated, it pulls agents towards it lowering both their vitality, resolve and draining more as long as they’re stuck.
5 Venus Spy Trap
The discovery of the Venus flytrap changed human perception of plant life. Realizing that there are plants that consume as animals do was unexpected. Since then, numerous other types of plants have been discovered that lure in insects and other small creatures only to consume them when they least expect it.
Despite this selection, the flytrap is the most well-known as it has appeared in various forms throughout media. It appears once again as an Evil Genius trap, reborn as the Venus Spy Trap. This cartoonishly oversized plant has one goal: To eat any agent that comes within range. Although it can only consume one at a time, its power allows it to eliminate almost any time of agent instantly.
4 Puppy Of Death
Puppies are one of the cutest creatures to ever grace the face of the earth. Though dog breeds differ from adults, they are all adorable as puppies and can grab the attention of almost anybody. To confront such cuteness is to block out everything around you and focus on the small sweet little doggie in front of you.
Now, what if an Evil Genius were to take such disarming power and weaponize it? They would end up with the Puppy Of Death. This trap summons a robotic puppy with goofy features that are able to lure in agents with its cuteness, stun them with adorability and then explode in their faces.
3 Killer Bees
Bees are important to the very fabric of the environment and have a history of contributing to the health of all plant life. In addition to this, bees have also developed a reputation for being very dangerous especially to those allergic to their venom.
Even so, whether allergic to them or not, enough bee stings will put anyone into critical condition. So, it makes sense to want to outfit your evil lair with hives of Killer Bees. They will swarm around any approaching agents and will rapidly drain their resolve to send them fleeing from your property.
2 Shark Tank
Sharks are incredible species that serve a much larger and significant purpose than they’re given credit. Unfortunately, years of films showcasing sharks as monstrous creatures have worked against them when they in fact need to be protected.
One way to do this is to build a series of aquariums to keep your sharks safe and well-fed. On that note, since you’ve got so many Shark Tanks to spare, you may as well try to kill two birds with one stone. By placing these tanks around your lair, agents will fall right in and feed the sharks as they take a huge bite out of their health.
1 Knockout Gas
The concept of secret agents taking down villainous organizations has been around for quite some time. Simply looking at the exploits of 007, there have been a number of different henchmen, gadgets, and deathtraps encountered.
One of the most classic and traditional is the hero getting sprayed with a gas that knocks them out long enough to be placed into an overly elaborate trap. The Evil Genius brings it back as Knockout Gas that sprays the area where its setup and drains a solid amount of both vitality and resolve which makes agents even more vulnerable to the traps that lie ahead.