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.
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...
© 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.
Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.
Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.
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Posted on: March 26, 2014
snkboarder
Verified ownerGames: 121 Reviews: 14
Guess I should have looked...
But it's not compatible with Windows 8.1. And in turn it does not work in Windows 8.1.
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Posted on: January 19, 2016
allator
Verified ownerGames: 4 Reviews: 1
Does it work on windows 10 ?
I remember beeing 6 years old, watching my dad play this game while eating peanuts. Great game, so many memories. I bougth it on ebay a while back when i had windows 8, and it lagged really hard., so im woundering if it works on windows 10, does anyone know ?
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Posted on: October 24, 2016
carogwenoline
Verified ownerGames: 98 Reviews: 1
WORKING ON WINDOW 10
WORK ON WINDOW 10
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Posted on: June 5, 2011
Jamsven
Verified ownerGames: 50 Reviews: 1
Awesome Game
This one proves, that lovely drawed isometric grafics can be more moody than cold 3d rendering. In my opinion it is even better than commandos 1, because you'll get a whole storyline between the mission.
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Posted on: November 15, 2011
peterregiel
Verified ownerGames: 249 Reviews: 7
An acquired taste?
The good - The artwork and level design are top notch. First few missions are challenging and fun. The bad - Gameplay quickly becomes very repetitive. Maybe I just don't play this game as it should be played, but levels end up taking me forever to complete, and I spend most of my time repeating the same actions over and over again. Non-existent friendly AI, meaning your other characters won't do anything unless you tell them to. So instead of having to worry about your current character, you have to be all over the place at the same time. Cinematics are in exactly the same style as Diablo 2's cutscenes. These however don't appear nearly as polished. The ugly - Voice acting is abysmal, and like the storyline, is filled with stereotypes. Oh, Mexicans saying CARRRRRRAMBA every 10 seconds? How witty. None of the voice actors even speak spanish, so get ready for the worst fake Mexican accents you'll ever hear in a game. How many times can Sam finish a sentence with "TEEEHEEE?" Too many. Or how about Sanchez' special ability - leaving a tequila bottle around so the bad guys can get wasted? Pure genius. When the credits finally rolled, I realised that this game was made entirely by Europeans. Is this the notion that they have of the wild west and its denizens? I shudder to think. Anyway, if you're greatly appreciative of fancy hand-painted backgrounds and the commando-style gameplay, this is the game for you. Otherwise, skip it entirely. CARRRRRAMBA!
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