Hello and greetings from Eastern Europe, my name is ColdBeer and this is my short review
of Desperados 3.
If you, like me, never played the prequels before, you probably think that this is a
game similar to X-COM, just with cowboys.
A big no to that, because this game is real time and not turn-based.
Remember Commandos?
Not that excuse of a game remake version with censored nazi flags et cetera, but that old
one, which was actually good back in a days?
That’s it.
Desperados is like that, but modern.
Here you have to distract an enemy, so he won’t see you and your rusty but trusty
knife incoming.
And of course, you know what to do next.
We must hide the body.
Exactly.
So, to be short, this is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a Wild West
scenario.
You play as a protagonist named John Cooper who’s adventures lead him and his gang from
small towns, swamps and riverbanks to a dramatic showdown worthy of Wild West legends.
Drifter, gunslinger, and natural leader Cooper can kill quietly with a knife, or take out
multiple foes with his revolvers.
I especially like the knife part.
Look at one of those moments.
You can immediately realize that the game is not for kids, and it is brutal enough to
catch my attention for the longer period of time.
In game various other characters join Cooper’s team, like trapper, runaway bride, hitman
of some sort and few others.
Every single one of them has uniqueset of skills.
Yu can experience true freedom of choice with countless different ways to overcome any obstacle
and defeat large groups of enemies with careful planning and execution.
You can already imagine that the game is hard.
Even on normal it is quite challenging and not for easy pussy quitters.
Scenarios game presents are far from cliche, situations are quite original, but also familiar,
with a nice vibe of Wild West.
Here you will fight not only in small frontier towns, but also in creepy swamps, riverbanks
and even sprawling modern cities.
Also here you can choose between non-lethal and deadly attacks, meaning that you can finish
the game without killing anyone.
I know that this is not for me.
I would go into eternal boredom by doing that.
Even when I play the famous Hitman game, at first I try to be silent like ninja, crawl
out of sight of my potential victims and later... later I just shoot everyone in the face without
even bothering to be stealthy.
And I know that you do the same.
So, as I said, game is in real time, but the existing Showdown mode allows you to pause
the game anytime and react to ambushes or surprise attacks.
And graphics of Desperados 3 earned a special place in my cold heart.
Visuals are incredible - you know, as Confucius once said, the vodka is in the details, and
here you will find plenty of that.
Not vodka, just details, but you could probably transform Desperados 3 into a first person
shooter and the graphics would still be decent, that's how detailed it is.
Ah, and game has one amazing feature - it is almost always visible how long ago you
have saved your game.
Basically this is a timer showing how much of your life you will waste if you just die
and fail.
And by doing that it literally saves your time, because you save more often.
Although, you know Confucius once said, this is legit, I promise, he said “brave gamers
do not save”.
So, if you spam F5 quicksave button too much, you know you’re a pussy.
Like, like I'm.
I save more often than I actually play, so I guess I waste more time saving the game
than It would take me to replay the scene again in a case of a failure.
But you know, I’m old, so I can’t change anything in my behaviour anymore.
So, would I recommend this game?
Yes.
I had tons of fun playing it and I will continue doing that, but really keep in mind that this
is a hard game, it is meant for people who like to think and who are not afraid to fail.
More than once.
Way more.
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