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Desperados iii ps4 review8/1/2023 ![]() It does take some thumb gymnastics at times to do everything you want. You have all the tools needed to make progress it’s just up to you to learn them. You can also place a marker which will draw a line to any enemies that have a view of that area. You can only highlight one enemy at a time to see their cone so scoping out the area and visualising a safe path is key. Kate and McCoy can only drag bodies which is slow but as they are crouched when doing so they are harder to spot at a distance.ĭesperados III keeps the same vision cone system as Shadow Tactics, with solid sections near to the enemy and near any light sources which you want to avoid at all costs and a faded section which you can be crouched within and not be spotted. Hector can carry two bodies and still move at pace. Cooper and Isabelle can carry one body and can swim and climb vines and ropes whilst others can’t. Different enemy placements and types will also dictate how you advance, with grunts being easily distracted and lead away by Kate (unless they’re women) and anyone can kill or knock them out in hand to hand, whilst enemies wearing ponchos won’t deviate from their path and long coats are stronger, requiring Hector to take them out in hand to hand or to be shot first before another character slaps them down.ĭifferent characters also have different abilities for moving around the environment and carrying bodies. She can link two living beings so that whatever happens to one happens to the other and she also has a cat who she can tell to distract enemies, reducing their vision cone for a short time.Ĭombining all the characters powers to clear out levels is the key to success and each level will have a different character pool to use meaning you can’t just pick some favourites and stick with them. She can take control of an enemy at the cost of her health a limited number of times to make them kill their allies or simply move them out of the way. Isabelle has voodoo powers which are a lot of fun to play with. I’m assuming the developers thought the same thing though as there is a fifth character with a lot of unique abilities. Players of Shadow Tactics will recognise all of these abilities but they were in the originals too so you can’t be too mad about it. Kate can use disguises to wander into areas the others cannot, distract and lure enemies with her womanly ways and can temporarily affect an enemy’s vision cone with a thrown bottle of perfume. Dr McCoy has a sniper rifle to take enemies from distance, knockout gas that can stun a group of enemies for a short time, his medical bag can draw enemies towards it if left within sight and he can pick locks. His friend Hector is along for the ride, he can whistle to draw enemies over to an area, has a bear trap he can place on the ground and a shotgun that will kill anyone within its cone. ![]() He can distract an enemy’s attention briefly with a coin toss, throw a retrievable knife for a silent ranged kill and shoot with his pistols, including killing too people at once. ![]() The main protagonist is Cooper, following his quest for revenge in the Old West. It’s not instant game over if you are spotted but you’ll make things a lot harder for yourself if you are as the characters have small health pools, limited ammo and alarms draw more enemies into the level. You directly control a character from an isometric perspective rather than using a mouse pointer and you need to observe enemy movement, vision cones and environmental aids and hazards to sneak through. Luckily this is a prequel so you don’t have to have a grasp of those games to play this one, but if you have you’ll recognise the characters that you’ve not seen for nearly thirteen years.ĭesperados III is a real time, stealth strategy game. ![]() A quick bit of YouTube research shows that the modern games owe a lot to the originals with far more similarities than not. ![]() I haven’t played the first two Desperados games (or the third expansion-esque one) but quickly found myself at home with Desperados III as it very much feels like a sequel to Shadow Tactics by the same developers, Mimimi Games. I really enjoyed Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun back when I reviewed it three years ago. Jin PS4 tagged blades of the shogun / cowboy / desperados / old west / shadow tactics / stealth / strategy / tactical / voodoo by Gareth ![]()
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