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: September 27, 2015
KEROGERO
Verified ownerGames: 433 Reviews: 1
Game dont work.
Thats all, game just dont work, all what i see is first lagging as hell and next i see communicat - update your direct X.
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Posted on: July 20, 2018
obry
Verified ownerGames: Reviews: 7
game crashes
game crashes after a couple of minutes playing.
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Posted on: November 12, 2011
axl
Verified ownerGames: Reviews: 3
A timeless classic, a true masterpiece and one of my all-time favorites
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive is among those few games that I pick up from time to time to experience again, yet I can never get tired of it. This is because the well thought-out levels, the unique characters and the nearly endless combinations they make possible. There's room for multiple playstyles from going in "full-Rambo" to a more subtle and sneaky approach, and they all feel natural. The game -- apart from a few missions -- doesn't force nor discourage any of them and depending on your personal taste to do things, each is rewarding in its own right. Despite its age the game still feels fresh to this day (mainly and sadly due to the lack of a proper follow-up and the general scarcity of competitors in the genre) and thanks to their beautiful, hand-drawn 2D nature the graphics aged exceptionally well (there's also a widescreen patch available). The variety is astounding and thanks to it there's actually a point in multiple playthroughs. Not saying that the game itself is short -- on the contrary: the 25 levels will keep you entertained for 15-20 hours (depending on your playstyle and proficiency) and there's still more: the demo has an exclusive level worth about an additional hour of gameplay and it also acts as a loosely connected prequel of sorts to the main story (in my opinion it should've been included as an extra). There's a semi-regular case of freezing on modern systems not exclusive to this release (the demo has them too) where only killing the task helps, nevertheless I managed to finish the game on 2 different computers running Windows 7 (64 bit). Due to the very nature of gameplay it is advised to save often anyway (preferably every 10 seconds or so), but it's up to you to decide if you can / want to live with that. At first it might seem like a blatant Commandos-ripoff (in fact they look and feel so alike that initially I though both were made by the same creators), but this is one of those rare cases when the disciple gets above its master.
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Posted on: January 5, 2019
amir100ir
Verified ownerGames: 4 Reviews: 1
Does not work in Mac
In the third level the mouse pointer is disappered and you cannot interact with the gameplay anymore.
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Posted on: October 22, 2011
SlaterDK
Verified ownerGames: 273 Reviews: 4
Crashes constantly on Windows 7
Love the game, but the crashes are unacceptable.
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