Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive

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User Score
8.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 176 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 157 out of 176
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 176
  3. Negative: 10 out of 176
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  1. GeorgeB.
    Oct 6, 2002
    10
    This game has a great setting, memorable characters and stylish weapons. You really need to think about what you're doing to finish the missions.
  2. NashG.
    May 17, 2002
    10
    Beautiful game with outstanding graphics and sound effects.
  3. IgorK.
    Jun 16, 2003
    10
    I really enjoyed playing it, if you like Commandos, you'l be in heaven !!!
  4. PHILIP_RULES
    Feb 25, 2014
    10
    Great game with good gameplay and good graphics. It has a lot of nice and paced battles. The story is good too. It gave me a lot of wonderful hours. Buy this game!
  5. Lupanul
    Sep 21, 2017
    10
    This is one of the best western strategy gamest i have ever played in my life ! great story line, great gameplay, very good graphics and so on ! cant wait the next game !
  6. leiwulong
    Feb 7, 2012
    10
    This game is truly stunning. There is still no one to get close its calibre. If you have not played yet, it is fairly to say you have lost somethings as game experience.
  7. piew
    Nov 27, 2018
    10
    Un juego realmente difícil y muy entretenido, la historia está muy bien y es atrapante, los escenarios están muy bien logrados y la ambientación también, los retos están muy bien diseñados y permite resolverlos de distintas formas.
  8. AravinthR.
    Jan 9, 2004
    10
    When i started this game first it was it was to dull but after 4th &5th level it was too intresting now i am i the 17th level i am going to my destine.
  9. WashingtonDC
    Aug 1, 2004
    10
    Good! But i wish that it was 3D, & that i'd rotate, unarm unconscious opponents & my players, see against all buildings, climb or jump over fences & railings, & communicate with NPCs!
  10. DaniL.
    Dec 30, 2003
    10
    Awesome!! Really creative.
  11. HernyZ.
    Oct 24, 2003
    9
    IT's the hardest game I've ever played. It took me 2 hours to get through a level. But it's fun.
  12. O.W.
    Jan 27, 2004
    9
    Hard! Good characters, good story, excellent graphics and the gameplay is so sweet we want more...definatly a good game after you complete commandos and move on to Commandos 2. The in-game save makes it easier but not being able to rotate is a little annoying.
  13. HernyZ.
    Oct 24, 2003
    9
    IT's the hardest game I've ever played. It took me 2 hours to get through a level. But it's fun.
  14. James
    Oct 26, 2003
    10
    The best.
  15. JohnA.
    Mar 14, 2005
    10
    A great game. Memorable characters and settings, good story, great missions, very interesting weapons and skills for each character (some of these weapons and skills are much more useful than the ones your characters have in Commandos), funny dialogues, high replayability. Not very hard either. Definitely worth having and playing.
  16. Herska
    Apr 1, 2013
    8
    Beautiful game with memorable characters, great story and gameplay (excluding the final battle, which felt a bit awkward to me). A classic that offers more than it seems.

    Sometimes the gameplay mechanics make it a bit harder than it should be to execute a command, making a seemingly easy moment frustratingly hard. The puzzles also vary from ridicilously hard to really clever and    Beautiful game with memorable characters, great story and gameplay (excluding the final battle, which felt a bit awkward to me). A classic that offers more than it seems.

    Sometimes the gameplay mechanics make it a bit harder than it should be to execute a command, making a seemingly easy moment frustratingly hard. The puzzles also vary from ridicilously hard to really clever and creative that can make the gameplay a lot easier if you know your characters and their special abilities. If you can get past some quickload-abusing chapters, Desperados will prove to be awesome, though.

    A great wild west game that isn't based on gunning down gangsters, but on focusing on the whole and planning sometimes very complex strategies.    … Expand
  17. iddqd4
    Jan 27, 2018
    8
    Игра для любителей Commandos, игрок располагает несколькими персонажами, с уникальными способностями, комбинируя их можно разработать массу стратегий, под разные игровые задачи, все как в оригинальном Commandos, знакомая механика помноженная на сеттинг вестерна. Не плохой хит того времени.Игра для любителей Commandos, игрок располагает несколькими персонажами, с уникальными способностями, комбинируя их можно разработать массу стратегий, под разные игровые задачи, все как в оригинальном Commandos, знакомая механика помноженная на сеттинг вестерна. Не плохой хит того времени.
  18. saidisawi
    Oct 12, 2020
    10
    We are in October 2020 but still the best game Ive ever played. Best story and best gameplay, and comparing to its time great cinematics and graphics.
  19. Comatose1
    Oct 19, 2022
    10
    One of the best games what I've ever played. Must play! Good old game. 10/10

Awards & Rankings

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#61 Best PC Game of 2001
30
#30 Most Discussed PC Game of 2001
66
#66 Most Shared PC Game of 2001

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Yahoo!
    90
    What makes it great is the fantastic level design and AI, the solid cut-scenes and storyline, the inventive character abilities and the fact that the designers have squeezed so much into it.
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  2. IGN
    81
    An incredibly fun and stylish game.
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  3. Gamezilla!
    80
    The reason the score isn’t higher is because in the second mission of the game I found the subject matter of race not too politically correct for the times we live in. Other than that, this game is as pretty and fun as those vivacious saloon gals that I love so much.
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