Desperados III Xbox review: My unexpected game of the year so far

From the developers of Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, Desperados III is a wild-west tactics game that is one of the most satisfying games I've played in ages.

Desperados is a storied IP. The franchise passed to THQ Nordic a little while ago, having not received a new title since 2007. Mimimi Games of Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun fame jumped on board to bring the franchise back to life, and they have done so in a big, big, big way.

Desperados III is the game I never knew I needed. A perfect blend of satisfying Wild West tropes, a surprisingly compelling story, and an endlessly-gratifying tactical layer that will make you feel like the architect of a bandit-murdering Rube Goldberg machine. With guns.

This is Desperados III, a real-time tactics game in the Old West.



Cowboy tactics

Desperados III

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