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Wanted: Dead

Reviews
90

GAMEPLAY Fluid combat and satisfying finishing moves

GAMEPLAY Minigames are very hard

553
by lex

64 Critic Reviews

GAMEPLAY When combat works, it feels intensely satisfying

There’s an action game underneath all of Wanted: Dead’s problems that is not half bad, especially if you liked games like No More Heroes, Devil’s Third, and Wet. It’s ridiculous in its context and action.

550

GAMEPLAY Samurai sword melee combat feels good

GAMEPLAY Androids are a chore to fight

Despite its clear and comprehensive flaws, Wanted: Dead is still weirdly likeable, and will undoubtedly find a similarly strange and unique fanbase to worship at its feet.

533
by LadyRed

Wanted: Dead isn’t as bad as the worst games to come out recently but sloppy game design and story-telling has let down what could have been a decent game to play.

525
by saSeFoc

GAMEPLAY Incredible combat

A genuinely gleeful throw back to a time when gaming was jsut starting to bring the best of out the fifth and sixth generation console era. Wanted: Dead draws on eighties and nineties influences and dives head first into a riotous hack...

525
by admin

Violent, ridiculous, and occasionally fun, Wanted: Dead misses a lot of its marks but is still worth a look for the devoted.

523

story Interesting back-story

graphics The camera can be a pain at times

But the bulk of the game is those combat sections, and this is where it runs itself into the ground eventually despite its great ideas and competent execution. Your fun and optimism in the first few levels transform into tedious frustration...

520

GAMEPLAY Satisfying swordplay, with a ridiculous story that walks the path of so many PS2-era games before it

GAMEPLAY Punishing enemy hordes, infrequent checkpoints, lacklustre gunplay

The visuals, while reminiscent of yesteryears' games, are good-not-great. It enhances the action, fills out the levels, and builds a distinct world. The characters look well thought-out.

513
by Pacman

Wanted: Dead has glimpses of greatness but is held back by mediocre systems and design choices that keep it from flourishing. Brief flashes of brilliance can’t help but be overshadowed by combat that feels repetitive...

511

Wanted: Dead is too janky to happily exist in mainstream gaming in 2023. But it'll definitely strike a chord with a niche audience—one I'm sadly not a part of. Soleil had a vision, and it can be proud that it damn well achieved it. It won't be for ev

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77 Gamer Reviews

90

GAMEPLAY Fluid combat and satisfying finishing moves

GAMEPLAY Minigames are very hard

553
2023-02-25
71

GAMEPLAY Cool finishers if you can pull it off, on multiple enemies at once

story short duration

551
2023-02-22

GAMEPLAY Extreme difficulty spikes even on normal difficulty

538
2023-02-25

GAMEPLAY Some very difficult enemies with checkpoints set relatively far in front

511
2023-02-22

GAMEPLAY Seamless coming together of melee and ranged combat

music Small bugs like music sometimes overlapping in HQ

510
2023-02-22