- May 25, 2007
- Spellbound
- 100h median play time
Helldorado
Platforms
About
"Helldorado" is a single-player Real Time Strategy game set in the Wild West of 1883 Santa Fe. Experience authentic locations and historical weapons while playing as six different characters, each with unique skills and abilities. With 60 smart enemies and various challenging missions, the game offers an immersive Wild West adventure that takes about 100 hours to complete. Additionally, the Movie Mode allows you to record and share your heroic deeds.











- Helldorado offers a unique blend of strategy and action, improving upon the mechanics of Desperados 2.
- The game features interesting missions and a variety of character abilities, enhancing the tactical gameplay experience.
- The graphics and sound design are praised for bringing the environment to life, making it visually appealing.
- The game is criticized for being too short, with repetitive maps and a lack of depth in its mechanics.
- There are numerous bugs and technical issues, including crashes and problems with AI pathfinding.
- The story is considered generic and unengaging, failing to provide a compelling narrative.
- story68 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The story has been criticized for being generic and poorly written, often compared unfavorably to more engaging western narratives. While some players appreciate the humor and character development, many feel that the missions lack creativity and that the overall plot fails to captivate, leading to a sense of boredom. Improvements in mission design and character abilities are noted, but they do not compensate for the overarching narrative shortcomings.
“This is how D2CR should have been: interesting story, stealth tactics, minimal bugs, and every character has its unique abilities used.”
“Comes with a pretty funny story, though.”
“Good characters, good storytelling; AI could be better, but this was published in 2009, so what do you expect?”
“The story is yet again so generic that you may as well watch 'Fistful of Dollars' in the background or some other more entertaining (literally any other) western story.”
“The story picks up right when 'Desperados 2' ended, but it's still cheesy as heck and absolutely terribly written, while gameplay still feels cheap and rough.”
“This sequel is an outrage, with poor story, terrible level design, abysmal AI, uninteresting gameplay, and shallow graphics.”