I am a latecomer to this series. The 1st game was thoroughly satisfying and Aiko's Choice fills in a blank nicely. I have just purchased Desperados 3. I hope this company continues the story of our ninjas in the future.
The strength of this game lies in my opinion with the gameplay and the really fun game design overall and mission design in particular; the story was alright and somewhat entertaining, but didn't do much for me.
This is a side plot happening during the main game's story, so you get all the characters with the same gameplay and some extra missions. If you liked the original game then you like this one too. But:-1 stars because it is finished in 8 hours.