Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge

Game Info

Desperados 2 is the sequel of the successful wild west title "Desperados - Wanted Dead or Alive". The gameplay is based on its predecessor but with brand new tactical possibilities in a beautiful 3D environment. The player is able to switch from an isometric view to a third person view whenever he wants, for example for duels, brawls and shoot-outs. There will be a great variety of setting for example dusty canyons, ghost towns, Indian villages and forts creating a breathtaking atmosphere. Take on the role of up to 6 heroes including the famous bounty hunter John Cooper and experience in a thrilling story with surprising turns. Real-time-strategy and tactic involved in an exciting story and a thrilling Western atmosphere Varied settings including towns, Indian villages, dusty canyons, forts, wagon convoys and ghost towns Double 3D view: pivotable isometric view and 3rd person view for fights and very close action Several levels of difficulty and a new A.I. with more tactical opponent behaviour and more interaction with allies 4 individual actions per hero Improved mission briefings A new hero: Hawkeye, the Indian 5 actions per hero planable in advance with headword overview (Quick Actions) More interaction with the environment due to full 3D interior views of buildings and movements like climbing, sneaking and hiding The new physics-engine allows movie-like stunt effects

Name

Companies

Spellbound Entertainment

Released

4/25/2006

Platforms

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Type

Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical

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Reviews

Tuesday, December 26, 2023 12:03:45 AM

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Imja

Steam user

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IF YOU LOVED THE ORIGINAL DESPERADOS- WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE! JUST SKIP RIGHT TO THE THIRD GAME. THIS IS JUST SOME OVERAMBITIOUS MESS.
I just finished playing the original: Desperados - Wanted Dead or Alive and i abosolutely loved it. It was charming, the actions were responsive, unlike this sequel.
Note: Couldnt get farther that the start of the 2nd mission on this game.
1. The actions have this weird delay since character slow-motions the stopping and start of actions. this makes all actions come with awful delay. EVEN walking to hide is taken with 3sec minimum delay since they need to show the character unequip the knife, revolver, makeup. etc..
2. Graphics are bloody awful. The first game's graphics looked so good this 3d nonsense is just awkward and cheap looking and it distracts. Even cutscenes look cheaper.
3. UI and pointers to attack enemy is worse that the first game. Harder to get hits in and taken the actions delay it makes you think if its you that is having a stroke. Overall, map is bad, seeing where enemies are is tedious in this graphic style. zooming in and out is done not by your mouse but with - and +. mouse rotates the skills which will cause a lot of grief, since activating ability will make your char move delayed when it goes to move.
4. Tutorial first mission wont even teach you the buttons for anything, like the camera movement keys. I searched for ages for those cans i needed to shoot since devs probs thought people would change immediately into the "first person" cameramode, which wasnt taught either.
Like why you didnt just make the charming game the first one was with lil graphic improvement is beyond me. Everything on the first one was quite okay. but no, they tried to be ambitious and failed so bad that the next game was from different studio over a decade late. And that one, i have heard great things about. more honest to its strengths.
Overall awful experience directly after the first game. 0/10, regret buying this in bundle with the first game.