Thank goodness for the saving option saving your hide from the unavoidable screw-ups that are expected to happen. You’ll always be facing overwhelming odds, and gameplay is usually a slow grind as you carefully knock, kill or distract your way into places you shouldn’t be in. Just like Desperados and Commandos, in Robin Hood you spend a lot of time sneaking around and finding the best ways to dispatch enemies without stirring too much of a ruckus. Little John is strong enough to carry bodies out of sight, Maid Marian can heal, Will Scarlet can knock people out with his slingshot and Friar Tuck, when not swilling ale, can tie up and gaggle guards that are unconscious.
Robin can deliver instant kills with his trusty bow but is hardly useful in a swordfight. Unfortunately, while Robin Hood isn’t a bad game, it doesn’t match up very well with Desperados, and it seems curiously flat and unimaginative, especially after the slick, over-the-top feel to Desperados.Įverybody you’d expect to be in the game is there, along with some extras, and each character has its own attacks used to dispatch or distract guards.
Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood continues to travel on that same beaten path, but with an English medieval spin to it. You’ll probably remember playing Spellbound’s Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive from 2001, a squad-level tactical game that owed its weight in gold to the Commandos series.
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