I did not play any old Desperados games, but I played many many ours of Shadow Tactics. So I was looking forward do Desperados a lot. The game is a stealth game based on the gameplay of the Commandos series. First of, it is a very good game. The beginning plays a lot like a reskinned Shadow Tactics, Mimimis last game before Desperados. And I thought would "only" give this game 4/5 stars (Still very good). But after the introductory missions, Mimimi shows that they could build on top of Shadow Tactics and produce an even more polished experience. Personally I like the settings and characters of Shadow Tactics more. But objectively Desperados is probably the better game. For the price you get a lot of content. Just the base game will take you many hours to finish. And if you try to do the challenges there are many more hours to put into this gem. I highly recommend it.