![]() ![]() ![]() Last, but certainly not least is Isabelle, a voodoo practitioner from Louisiana whose set of skills makes her one of the most fun characters I’ve ever played in a stealth game like this - what she lacks in firepower she more than makes up with her black magic and movement speed.Įvery member of the team has their own set of strengths and weaknesses that really force you to learn how to use them effectively on their own and as part of a group, a posse if you will. Hector is a newcomer to the series, a mix-up of some of the previous games’ characters into one burly man that loves to lure and ambush suspicious foes into his gigantic trap which he affectionately calls Bianca, as well as break out his sawed off shotgun to blast away the opposition. Another old friend from previous Desperados is Doc McCoy, who Cooper meets at the start of the game - “doc” isn’t merely a cute nickname as he’s deadly with chemicals and can temporarily put out enemies by distracting them with his medicine bag, or shoot them dead with his long range and comically, Tim Burton Batman ’s Joker long-barreled gun. Kate is a master temptress and can distract all male opposition with the exception of special units, but she’s not just a looker either, as her purse gun is almost silent and deadly at close range. Such is only one of many examples of the creativity that went into Desperados III ’s mission design that doesn’t let up until and including the very last segment in the game which is damn right amazing and a really cool closer to the story.Ī desperado is nothing without friends at his side, and dual Colt shooting, knife tossing Cooper’s got some great companions to ride along with in Desperados III. ![]() You can imagine the lengths that you have to go through in order to make that happen while inside such an attire. Donning a wedding dress, you’re to escape from the party and somehow infiltrate your husband-to-be’s office for some sort of document. One of the early missions in the game, for instance, sets a lot of limitations that really amp up the difficulty: it’s the one where Kate is introduced as she’s about to get married. Kate showing that there’s more to that gal than just good looks. Every stage in the game also manages to be unique on its own, whether is through the objectives set before you, or your group’s composition and the state which they start at, which sometimes varies wildly. The normal missions do a tremendous job at carrying the story along thanks to some really well put together pre and post-level banter among the characters in your team, not to mention their exchanges as the action is going on. To anyone familiar to Shadow Tactics, Desperados III should feel similar since it plays pretty much the same, only further polishing up and improving on the already solid gameplay found in the studio’s previous game.ĭesperados III ’s campaign is split into three chapters, each taking place in a different region in 1870s USA and containing around five missions not including some bonus ones that are unlocked around 2/3s into the game, which reuse maps and objectives are changed, including more restrictions, that come in the form of contracts laid out by the mysterious Baron. The task to bring Desperados back fell to Mimimi Games, whose last release, 2016’s incredible Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, managed to reignite the flame of isometric real-time tactical stealth games while at the same time retaining the feel classics such as Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines, Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood, and of course, the original Desperados. You read that right: Desperados III is actually the fourth entry in the franchise, following Helldorado which was released in 2007, but differently from all the games that came before it, it’s not developed by the company formerly known as Spellbound Games, now called Black Forest Games, the folks responsible for the upcoming Destroy All Humans! remake. Serving as a prequel to the very first game in the series Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive, it dives into protagonist’s Cooper backstory and shows how he met the femme fatale Kate, the second half of the deadly duo that starred all four Desperados games as they tackle a greedy mining company who happens to be in cahoots with an old enemy from Cooper’s past. Like the best of spaghetti westerns, Desperados III is a story about revenge. ![]()
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