For instance, Cooper however tough he might be, can hardly be expected to solve things the way Tiny did. Practically nothing in this game depends only on one parameter. Spellbound programmers really paid a lot of attention to details while working on this game. The character abilities may seem like they were directly taken from Commandos, but playability sure tells a different story. I personally did not use Kate's blinding ability too much or even Sam's snake, but I guess that's just a matter of taste. Looking at the list of offered characteristics I can tell you I was more than pleased with them. "Grizzly" is an extremely strong hombre, capable of bursting into a house filled with enemies and cleansing it, carrying two enemies at once, firing his shotgun and fooling enemies with his siesta trick. Finally, another one of my favorites, a Mexican called "Grizzly" Sanchez. She is very good at hiding and luring the opponents into traps with her monkey, firecrackers or whistle. However, she is very useful for confusing enemies. Her only offensive weapons are poisonous darts. Mia Yung is a cute eighteen-year-old girl who is not much of a fighter. She can also blind her enemies with a mirror or shoot them with her little handgun. When the enemies spot her, they just start towards her, which frequently ends in a low blow. Kate O'Hara was still my personal favorite, probably because of her capability to neutralize the enemy by showing her legs. Sam is an expert for explosives and tying unconscious men, he is the fastest in the team and his 12-bullet rifle has just a bit shorter range than Doc's sniper. Doc, well it's not too hard to guess that he's a physician, but he also likes to carry several handy items around, like his sniper-rifle, the poison-gas capsule or his coat, which he can use to make a scarecrow. He is also very strong, so he can carry unconscious enemies around (any similarities with Tiny are. Now, what's so characteristic about this little team? Cooper is a typical cowboy good with his faithful Colt, knife and musical pocket-watch, which he uses to lure his enemies. Each time you get a new character you will get to play sort of a tutorial mission to get acquainted with his/her capabilities. I loved the way all characters had been introduced in the story (even if it meant that I had to wait until the second half of the game to get Mia and Sanchez). In the first couple of missions he'll try to find the members of his team: Samuel Williams, Doc and the dangerous Kate O'Hara, and only later when things really get tough, he is joined by Mia Yung and Sanchez. And as he cannot face the numerous Diablo's henchmen alone, he first sets on a quest to gather his old friends. This Bruce Willis-like macho cowboy is in fact a bounty hunter on a difficult mission: He has to catch a bandit called El Diablo. In this western variant of the good-old Commandos, you will get to control several characters gathered around the hero of the story, John Cooper. In order to complete a mission (which usually comes down to exterminating a huge number of enemies), you will have to cunningly use all the advantages of your characters. So, what we have here is a real-time strategy with very few units that cannot be used for cannon fodder. The game offers an isometric perspective on hand-designed scenery as players guide the team of unlikely allies through real-time missions that challenge strategic thinking and move the plot forward.Įven though this is a game that did not promise to bring many novelties, as it was only supposed to use the Pyro's Commandos, gameplay in a wild-west setting, it really made my mouth water. The unlikely band must discover the mysteries behind the figure known only as El Diablo before it is too late.ĭesperados: Wanted Dead or Alive is designed to present a rich narrative through an immersing, multimedia presentation that uses scenery, sounds, and full-motion video to advance the plot through certain key stages. Though skeptical by both nature and necessity, Cooper begins to wonder if there might be some truth in Sanchez' ramblings.Īs they progress through the western adventure, Cooper and Sanchez are joined by four other characters, as diverse in personality as they are in the special talents and abilities that they bring to the group. Easily enough, the wily, sharp shooting Cooper apprehends one of the wanted thugs, a fellow named Inigo Sanchez, and begins to travel back to town for his reward.Īlong the way Sanchez speaks of the king of the bandits, a villain called "El Diablo" who seeks to unite the frontier underworld in a unified assault against the good people of Cooper's New Mexico home. John Cooper was hired for a simple job to put a stop to the repeated raids on the local railroad.
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