How you decide to handle it is up to you. Then again, pausing time and setting up a multi-kill with Hector’s shot gun, a double kill with Cooper’s pistols, and a well-placed shot between the eyes with Doc’s sniper rifle may be the proper order of the day. Sometimes, there are just too many and you can’t blast your way out, and a reload may be a better option. In addition, extra guards will filter out of buildings and begin to cut you down with lead. When an alarm sounds all enemies in range will be alerted and have red “!” over their heads and begin hunting you. Should this happen you can either reload and try again, or you can dispense with the silent bare knuckles, knives and traps, and pull out the loud, but easily more effective, guns.
Other times, you may find you overlooked a guard on a cliff in the distance, who caught sight of your “best-laid-plan,” and sounds the alarm. Most times, all guards within range are dealt with, and you can press on. Executing the plan will resume time and let loose the pre-planned carnage. Doing so will allow you to set-up multiple kills with each different party member. By pressing UP on the d-pad you will enter a pause-time state. This is where Showdown Mode comes into play. More often than not, you’ll find yourself in a situation where you can’t take out any one guard without being spotted by another, or several. Whatever you do to one then happens to the other. She can mind-control bandits into killing fellow guards or use her blow-gun to virtually tether two enemies together. Last but not least is Isabelle, the Voodooo woman. Hector is your heavy brute - trapping and killing enemies with Bianca, his trusty bear trap! He can also carry two bodies at that same time with no reduced movement speed (crucial when needing to do some hasty clean-up). Once you do have that disguise, however, she more than makes up for her prior uselessness, distracting guards or luring them around corners to be knocked out.
Though, in almost every mission she’s in, her disguise must first be reclaimed from somewhere mid-map, making her frustratingly useless half the time. Kate is the deceptive beauty who can distract guys with her disguise. He also carries a medicine bag that can be thrown to distract patrols and, upon investigation, will disorient the guard for a short time. Doc McCoy is a hired hand, who lets you know he expects to be paid for his services. John Cooper has a knife that he can throw and silently take down enemies, as well as a pair of colt pistols that can be used to set-up simultaneous double kills. When tackling the challenge of stealth killing your way through missions, Mimimi Productions does an excellent job of giving you a varied team with a diverse arsenal. You’ll use environmental hazards as well as your skills to deal with foes, and move from one hiding place to the next in an effort to complete map objectives. Essentially each mission tasks you with getting your crew through the map unseen, whether that be following a snaking train through the mountain tops, or crossing the swamps of the Louisiana Bayou. You can dolly the camera in fairly close to get a good view of the ensuing battles, or pan way out to take a more strategic approach when planning your moves. Your vantage point on missions is from an overhead perspective. But that’s what you came here for - a western - and that’s what you get. Your party makeup also sticks fairly closely to the stereotypical western tropes. Cut-scenes before and after missions keep the story moving with well voiced dialogue, while also giving you backstory on the members of your crew. The plot-line doesn’t stray too far from that, and doesn’t really need to. It’s no big mystery here, but your ‘pa doesn’t make it, giving you all the motivation you need to track down ‘ole Frank and give him what’s for. Steel your nerves, and un-holster that controller, 'cause I have two guns… one for each of ya.ĭesperados III opens with you controlling a young John Cooper in a tutorial style mission to get you acquainted with the game, when you and your ‘pa encounter Frank and his thugs. Your cunning, as well as your patience, will be tested as you strategically take out one bandit after another, until your final showdown with the man himself. In this real-time tactics stealth game, John Cooper and company will have to use their wits and unique skills as a team to track down and kill the notorious outlaw, Frank. Set in the gun-slinging wild west, Desperados III sets you on a path for vengeance. By Jacob James, posted on 16 June 2020 / 2,436 Views
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