Desperados 3 [PC, PS4, XBone] - June 16th

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Desperados 3 [PC, PS4, XBone] - June 16th

Post by Sly Boots » Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:46 am

To be developed by the Mimimi, the team behind the fantastic Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun:
Developer Mimimi, which made the excellent stealth game Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, is reviving the Wild West, real-time tactics series Desperados.

Desperados 3 will arrive at some point next year, and you'll control five characters—outnumbered every time—across missions in "frontier towns, desert canyons, Mississippi swamps, sprawling modern cities and many more". The gang is led by John Cooper, hero of the previous games.

The developers promise you'll have multiple ways to tackle each mission. You'll be able to go in loud or keep to the shadows, taking out enemies one by one, and you'll also have non-lethal options, if you're feeling kind.

That variety is highlighted in the trailer, above: it doesn't show any actual gameplay, but it gives you an idea of the different ways you could approach a scenario, which includes, apparently, taking out a Gatling gun nest by using a black cat.

The previous two games in the series were made by German developer Spellbound Entertainment, which folded in 2002. Nobody from Mimimi worked on them, according to this Reddit AMA from last year, but the team is "good friends" with those that did.

Look out for a preview of Desperados 3 in the next issue of PC Gamer, which is out on Thursday.


https://www.pcgamer.com/desperados-3-an ... er-mimimi/

Well colour me interested.

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Re: Desperados 3 announced :o

Post by Maturin » Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:57 am

Oh yes! Blades of the Shogun was an absolute classic game. If they can replicate that magic again this should be brilliant.

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Re: Desperados 3 announced :o

Post by Alan » Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:20 am

Very interesting! I wonder if the Commandos licence was too sullied for them to bother with.
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Re: Desperados 3 announced :o

Post by DjchunKfunK » Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:03 pm

Kalypso has the Commando license and I think they have their own plans for that.

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Re: Desperados 3 [PC]

Post by Sly Boots » Wed Jun 19, 2019 6:03 pm

Preview on RPS:

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/0 ... /#comments

Sounds like it's coming along nicely. I'm unreasonably excited about the prospect of being able to tie up enemies you've knocked out :lol:

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Re: Desperados 3 [PC]

Post by Lee » Wed Jun 19, 2019 6:52 pm

Kinky git :lol:
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Re: Desperados 3 [PC]

Post by Medicine Man » Wed Feb 19, 2020 8:52 pm

New trailer...



Out Summer 2020

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Re: Desperados 3 [PC]

Post by Raid » Wed Feb 19, 2020 10:18 pm

Damnit Jim, he's a doctor, not a sniper.

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:lol:

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Re: Desperados 3 [PC, PS4, XBone] - June 16th

Post by Sly Boots » Fri Jun 12, 2020 7:18 pm

Looks like it's a good'un:

86% PCG:

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/desperados-3-review/

RPS Bestest Best:

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/0 ... -3-review/

And there's a demo available, probably in multiple places but certainly on GOG.

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Re: Desperados 3 [PC, PS4, XBone] - June 16th

Post by Sly Boots » Thu Jun 25, 2020 5:49 pm

Pretty good discount already, £24:

https://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/desperados-3-steam-pc

Quite tempted at that price :-k

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Re: Desperados 3 [PC, PS4, XBone] - June 16th

Post by Maturin » Tue Sep 08, 2020 4:51 pm

This has just dropped to £14.99 on that cdkeys link above, so I'll dive in and pick this up now! :D

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Re: Desperados 3 [PC, PS4, XBone] - June 16th

Post by Alan » Tue Sep 08, 2020 5:00 pm

Ooooh! Cheers for that!
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