Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive

4.7 out of 5
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About Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive

About this game

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. Bounty hunter John Cooper pays a visit to the local Twinnings & Co manager offering to end the railroad company’s problems once and for all. He gathers together a gang of his old partners and declares war on the bandidos. But during his pursuit, which will take him through half of the southwestern United States, Cooper soon discovers that on this mission nothing is quite what it seems...

Features

  • More than 20 enemies with different profiles, from the lazy and cowardly bandit, to the fearsome mercenary.
  • A team of 6 characters, each with their own very distinct characteristics, to manage in real time.
  • 25 different levels provide nail-biting intrigue, with cinematic transition scenes and landscapes that will take your breath away. Amazing artificial intelligence!
  • Each enemy is ranked on 10 different criteria, including intelligence, courage, marksmanship, resistance to alcohol, etc.
  • An array of different settings: day-time, night-time, storms, dusk, villages, ghost towns, fortresses, gold mines, saloons, prisons, boats 6 training levels to allow the player to really get into the story

Game Details

Platform:
steam
Release Date:
November 20, 2013
Developer:
Spellbound
Publisher:
THQ Nordic
Supported Languages:
English
Franchise:
Desperados
Genre:
Real Time Tactics
Themes:
Western
Tactical

Isometric

Classic
Play Styles:
Stealth
Singleplayer
Feature:
Singleplayer

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Windows XP/7
  • Processor: 1 GHz Processor
  • Memory: 256 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7.1

Recommended:

  • OS: Windows XP/7
  • Processor: 1.4 GHz recommended
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9

Critic Reviews

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IGN

IGN
81 / 100
"An incredibly fun and stylish game."

Yahoo!

90 / 100
"What makes it great is the fantastic level design and AI, the solid cut-scenes and storyline, the inventive character abilities and the fact that the designers have squeezed so...

Electric Playground

90 / 100
"Striking graphics, realistic environments, interesting and diverse characters--what’s not to like? Really nothing."
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Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive Statistics

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>= 80 Hours
2.78%
Achievement Hunter?
2.78% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!

Difficulty Statistics

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Easy
3.45%
Just Right
37.93%
Tough
53.45%
Unforgiving
5.17%
Don't Ragequit! 53.45%  of players consider this game to be Tough

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Play Behaviour

Tried It
12.5%
Played It
13.64%
Halfway
11.36%
Beat It
26.14%
Conquered It
36.36%
Completionist! 36.36%  of players have Conquered It

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive User Reviews

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User Rating

Average score from 3 ratings
100% of users would recommend this.
4.7

User Ratings Breakdown

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One of my oldest favourite games!

Hobb7t
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Great mechanics, back on the days that physics didn't played such a role, this one had a great storyline, offering many happy hours of gameplay
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Recommended

Net
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Game from my childhood, still holds up as a great tactics game.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are you ready for a challenge? 38% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 59% of GameFAQs users said Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive is Tough or Unforgiving.
Yes, Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive is not fully Steam Deck Verified but the publisher says it is "Playable" on Steam Deck. Valve’s testing indicates that Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive is Playable on Steam Deck. This game is functional on Steam Deck, but might require extra effort to interact with or configure.
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
Minimum:
  • OS: Windows XP/7
  • Processor: 1 GHz Processor
  • Memory: 256 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7.1
Recommended:
  • OS: Windows XP/7
  • Processor: 1.4 GHz recommended
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 26 hours. 92% of users played Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive for over 12 hours.
75% of critics on Metacritic recommend Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive. The Metascore is 78 out of 100.
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive was released on November 20, 2013
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive is published by THQ Nordic
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive was developed by Spellbound
Fanatical users tagged Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive as Western, Tactical, Isometric, and Classic
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive as Real Time Tactics
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive as Western
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive as Tactical
© 2013 by THQ Nordic AB, Sweden. Published by THQ Nordic GmbH, Austria. Developed by Spellbound. All other brands, product names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

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