Desperados III Review (AshHinton)
I decided to buy this game after playing Mimimi's newest, Shadow Gambit, as I liked the mechanics of sneaking and using different character's skills to get the job done while having the option of "showdown mode" which lets you line up a sequence if you have to take out more than one enemy at a time. The top down asymmetric view works extremely well, I've played 100% on controller, it works fine on steam deck, its a western version of Shadow Gambit (and I'm told their first game like this, too, name I can't remember right now) and if anything its a little harder than Shadow Gambit - the enemies seem more keen to see you, the guard dogs can sniff you out, so be careful and plan or indeed just try out different ideas to get to the next stage - the instant save/reload mechanic works well here although if you've picked this up after Shadow Gambit be warned there are not as many active save slots (3x total in Desperados III)
Its the kind of game you'll be thinking about when not playing - an idea will come to you about how to get past some enemies and you'll be keen to try it out as soon as you can.
Overall a good game, not overly repetitive, the character voices are not too annoying (I found some in Shadow Gambit a bit grating) and for me a pretty much perfect sneak-em-up with just the right balance of sneak vs. kill. Its a shame Mimimi studio are closing as I loved both Shadow Gambit and Desperados III so would have bought whatever they came up with next in the same sneak-em-up genre.