Desperados 3 Review

Reviewed by Tristan Ogilvie on Xbox One X. Also available on PlayStation 4 and PC.

"Desperados 3 is an uncompromising tactical stealth game that tests your patience and rewards your willingness to experiment. Playing with a charming team of toy soldier-sized assassins in a series of deadly and detailed dioramas is tough and requires a lot of trial and error, but success is more rousing than a whiskey chaser. Dormant for 14 years, in Desperados 3 the series enjoys the most triumphant comeback in the Western genre since Clint Eastwood made Unforgiven."

[noctisman]

No wonder the gameplay looks so familiar, it’s the same people who created shadow tactics blades of the shogun

[BlockheadJiujitsu]

I remember sinking hours and hours into Desperados 1 as a kid/teen and falling in love with the stealth isometric genre without anyone to share it with. Nobody I spoke to had ever heard of Desperados! I could never find an equal over the years, even in Commandos or the like until Blades of the Shogun. So happy they brought this back in the way it deserved <3

[satyamsharma]

After getting 10 levels in, i have to say the most satisfying part about this game's mechanic is when you set up your ambush just right in showdown mode and watch it getting executed to perfection. With Cooper and Isabella having ability to get 2+ kills each, with the rest of the gang involved, you can get a very imaginative and colorful ambushes.

[matthz]

Looks like the old Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines.
Loved that game.

[refahel]

I love stealth and silent kills. Their previous game, Shadow Tactics, was pure brilliant and Desperados 3 has a very similar... everything so it's a must buy for me

[irfanlateef]

We need more games like this. I hope they make a commandos remake after this.

[SwellGod]

I have so many fond memories of playing deperados 1, this really brings me back :)

[west]

Probably some of the best work Iv'e seen in a long time, narrated, explanation and everything else 9/10. Great work Tristan

[zawadalam]

Just finished this game...A lot of patience is needed for this game...Truly amazing...Love this game

[diegosouzacardoso]

The first one was one of my most played PC games of the early 00's. It seens both new and nostalgic at the same time. Hope that they bring similar franchises like Commandos back too.

[morten]

I have to buy this.
Blades Of The Shogun was amazing, and this looks to be the same style

[fahadhossain]

Really loved the first desperados game, seeing doc, cooper and kate really brings back memories!

[guancongm]

Give us a new Commandos! Who's with me?

[kratos]

Does anyone remember John Cooper’s “Okay Let’s move”?

[maizee]

I was waiting for this game and am happy that it fulfills my expectations

[Ratsaaja]

First Desperados came in 2001. I loved that game, played it through so many times.
Then 2005 came Desperados 2. It was horrible.
2006 Came Helldorado, it was an upgrade from 2 but waaay behind what the first game was.

And now finally, 2020 we finally get Desperados 3. I cant wait to get my hands on this game. After all these years. I hope this isn't gonna be disapointment.

[Anonimka]

I also want new Robin Hood Legend of Sherwood, please! ☺ We got new Desperados, so it's time for Robin. That was the game of my childhood. It's got the same mechanics too! Those castles were amazing and beautiful...

[lesterdesalvo]

Oh man, I remember playing the first one. Seeing it on the gamepass made me remember a game I loved but forgotten about.

[acamarkovic]

This game is criminally underrated. A true masterpiece, especialy for all us "Commandos" lovers.

[imed]

Desperados 1 still on my pc till this day