Video Game / Desperados

Desperados is a Real-Time Strategy Stealth-Based Game series, originally developed by Spellbound Entertainment and currently owned by THQ Nordic. Easily described as Commandos set in The Wild West, the protagonists are a team of bounty hunters facing armies of criminals, bandits, outlaws, led by the Arc Villain of the moment. So far, the games of the series are the following:

• Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive (2001, Spellbound Entertainment)
• Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge (2006, Spellbound Entertainment)
• Helldorado (2007, Spellbound Entertainment)^note originally planned as an expansion to Desperados 2, publishers' shenanigans forced Spellbound Entertainment to release it as a stand alone with a different publisher and without "Desperados" in the title
• Desperados III (2020, Mimimi Games)

Wanted Dead or Alive is the first installment of the series, generally appreciated as a nice addition to The Western and the stealth strategy genres. The sequels Cooper's revenge and Helldorado are less popular and not well-regarded, usually seen generic and badly programmed. It took 13 years before Desperados III was released, which is praised as a return to form for the franchise and the stealth strategy genre as a whole.

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