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Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive is the first strategy game ever to combine a movie-based and story-driven atmosphere of an adventure game with the intellectual challenge of a real time tactic game. In this western-style title, discover a game of strategy and tactics played out in exceptional real time. You're in charge of a team of 6 mercenaries and must find a way to complete your missions, be it infiltrating an enemy fortress, saving a team member or escaping an ambush... Combine the different skills of your 6 heroes to lead them to victory. The Story El Paso, a typical Wild West town in th

Release date
December 19, 2014
Platforms
Windows, Linux
Developer
Spellbound Entertainment AG
Publisher
THQ Nordic GmbH
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Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive is the first strategy game ever to combine a movie-based and story-driven atmosphere of an adventure game with the intellectual challenge of a real time tactic game. In this western-style title, discover a game of strategy and tactics played out in exceptional real time. You're in charge of a team of 6 mercenaries and must find a way to complete your missions, be it infiltrating an enemy fortress, saving a team member or escaping an ambush...

Combine the different skills of your 6 heroes to lead them to victory. The Story El Paso, a typical Wild West town in the southwestern United States near the Mexican border. It is the year 1881. For the last few months, the trains belonging to the famous railroad company, Twinnings & Co have been the target of a whole series of hold-ups and ambushes. The management of the company has decided enough is enough and they have to put an end to the raids.

It has offered a reward of $15,000 for anyone who captures the leader of the gang responsible. But no one in and around El Paso has the courage to take on the might of the bandidos, so the outlaws just keep on robbing train after train. Even the local Marshal is keeping well out of it. It’s only when a stranger rides into town that things start to change.…

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★ 8.6/10GOG · 958 ratings
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★ 5 / 5
New Mexico, 1881. A mysterious outlaw, known only as El Diablo, is terrorizing train-bound shipping in the area and you are there to stop him,…
★ 5 / 5
I never was Commandos fan. Didn't like the setting, didn't like the gameplay. That's why I was reserved and rather skeptic when I first played…
★ 5 / 5
Very beautifully created Commandos-like title for wild wild west with charmingly cool characters, still awesome-looking cinematics and engaging story. You start with one bounty hunter…
★ 2 / 5
This is one of my all time favorites and I've been longing to play it through one more time. When I saw that this was…
★ 1 / 5
GOG has dropped the ball on this release. As a long time GOG fan, I have become increasingly disappointed in GOG's "good old game" release…
★ 5 / 5
There is no doubt that this is one of the best strategy games ever. The atmosphere, the characters, the gameplay - everything is unique. It…
★ 1 / 5
It's a great game, and I was hoping they would fix it here in GoG, but now they just released on Steam and it's still…
★ 3 / 5
The game itself is good (played it befor), however with windows 10 the game play like a slideshow (from 0 to 12 fps at best).…

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★ 5 / 5
The first time I came into contact with this game was through the legendary demo that came in a Kellogg’s cereal box. I honestly can’t…
★ 5 / 5
Too bad Mimimi studio was shutted down so there are not many new RTT games :( I constantly go back to Desperados or Commandos and…
★ 3 / 5
The title to this review says it all, it's very similar to Commandoes Behind Enemy Lines (the first one) but overall it's just not as…
★ 5 / 5
A real time tactics game (very similar to Commandos) set in the wild west setting. You control a gang of outlaws trying to capure a…
★ 5 / 5
So nostalgic! I loved playing this game when I was young; I spent hours playing, making strategies, and learning about the story. Unfortunately, I never…

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