Although the foundation for a great online twin-stick shooter has been laid with Secret Ponchos, it's going to need more content and a meatier core mode to really keep people interested -- until then, I think the game will struggle with keeping some of its community.
Secret Ponchos is a small project yet noteworthy. Unique in its mechanics from isometric shooter, offering rich gameplay and processed. Dynamic and highly tactical, goes perfectly with the nature of the competitive multiplayer game.
This game is awesome. Intelligent, addicting, beautiful graphics. The more I play, the more I appreciate the strategy and thought put into this game. Initially I was concerned about number of characters and maps (5 each), but there is more than enough content to get started and begin developing skills and learning/testing strategies. By the time I'm ready, I am confident there will be new **** fact the developers suggest at least 2 new characters are coming soon! Can't wait.
Switchblade monkey's have been on top of any problems (to be expected with first game), providing quick fixes as needed. This already awesome game is only going to get better.
I have not played a game like this before, and I'm giving it a high score because not only is it bold, but its fun. Isometric PVP with a fast paced action skillset. Only 5 character types at first seemed low, but the amount of variety within each character shows a lot of potential. There is a lot to them, and you end up thinking a lot while you fight, even though the combat can be very fast paced.
They have created a lot of variety between how the characters work, and you can spend a lot of time with one outlaw learning how to master its mechanics very akin to a fighting game.
If you want to see a new type of combat style then I would highly recommend this game. There is not a tutorial mode, but there is a practice mode hidden where you run around and get used to the controls and moves. Free for all is an ok mode, but where the game feels really different is Deathmatch and Domination and working with a team. I really hope this game does well because its nice to something new and they are doing a great job with it.
Secret Ponchos is well worth falling for, if only because playing as The Killer and using cover for a speedy reload is the closest a game has ever come to depicting the first Metal Gear Solid boss fight from Revolver Ocelot's perspective.
Secret Ponchos is a refined, intricate twin-stick shooter rooted in the Old West that, for those who enjoy simple, yet tactical, online battles, will stand on its own for a time to come.
Even though once you get to know how it works it's fun, the first impression isn't too positive, since it feels chaotic and confusing. Also, we would love to have more content to add variety to the experience.
There's some serviceable twin-stick multiplayer shooting under the cowboy fancy dress, but sadly it's below some glaring technical problems, too. [Feb 2015, p.95]
Despite debuting as part of PlayStation Plus' Instant Game Collection, the barren lobbies and long matchmaking times tell you everything you need to know about the state of Secret Ponchos. No one wants to play a laggy, imbalanced, and punitive multiplayer-only game, even if it's free.
Ultimately, a phenomenal game that has room for improvement. The gameplay is dynamic and deceptively complicated, as the bare-bones graphics would have you believing that all the action is as simple. It does take some time to get used to, and one does have to submit themselves to a fairly high load-time/play-time ratio, but the gameplay and the characters more than outweigh these issues. As soon as enough players get online so that wait-times are reduced, I'll be completely hooked, and I'm giving in a 10 in the hopes that good ratings will do that.
This is a fun online game but the annoying thing about it is that you gain "bounty" (xp) VERY hard! But I had fun playing it nevertheless! The mechanics are very easy to understand and you become better with each game.
Secret Ponchos is a top down shooter set in a mid-western vibe. It is an online only game with a nice variety of different characters and costumes, I downloaded it as I saw it was part of the Playstation plus bundle for December, so I thought I would review it as I've been doing it for the past free games that have come out on Ps4. So i'll Progress...
As westerns go there isn't that much variety to choose from out of the couple that exist already; such as Red Dead Redemption and Call of Juarez to name a few, as you don't see that genre that much anymore. So I was relatively surprised to see a game like this pop up on my dashboard, I didn't know what to expect because there was no gallery for it, so I didn't have a clue in what I was playing but the artwork looked nice and I downloaded it anyways.
The first thing I had to choose was what criminal I wanted to be, out of the 5 or 6 different characters on offer I thought that was a cool to have selection of different characters with different play styles e.g. Long range or close range depending on how you want to play. Also its not a compulsory decision; you can always change player if you didn't like a previous character. So as the game goes you play online in different game modes to increase your bounty I believe to level up your stats and costumes.
What I didn't like, There is no tutorial... how can you play a game with no tutorial, as I was having to improvise with the different controls which I found irritating as I would like to know how to play the game before getting thrown into the deep end and playing with other people; getting shot from every angle of a clock face. I know its a new game so there could be an update for it soon, giving you a tutorial and instructions on how to play in the future.
Overall I found the game entertaining at times and I did finish top the occasional game and was pretty proud myself for it. I love the different assortment of character models and how wacky the games can get online from just all-out brawls in the middle of the map. It's free at the moment so there's not much to complain about and I'm basing my score on if I payed for the game, as you may not be reading this in the month it was free and you may have friends pressuring you to get it.
I personally found it fun for a game I've never heard of, and it's cool just to hop on this game for a couple of matches have a fun time. It's artwork is sharp and crisp for an arcade game and its game play is relatively clean also. So pick up your six shooter and get shootin'
Thanks for reading my review on Secret Ponchos (Ps4)
Ninjo
Terrible game, that isn't worth the download in my opinion, very boring and repetitive. It doesn't have a storyline in my opinion. All I can say is try it if you got it for free, but don't if it will cost you
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha........ **** Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.
I get it, the jokes on us. Sony gave us this game for a joke on ps+ to troll us. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha..
I do love a good wind up........
Utterly awful game, I can only presume it is a wind up. The gameplay is bland and dull. The graphics are terrible. The controls are a disgrace and the basic game lags on a 80meg connection. Avoid at all costs.
SummaryEngage in one-on-one duels or all-out gunfights as one of several unique and customizable outlaws – each with his or her own strengths, weapon types, special moves and play styles – in a game that rewards tactical awareness, precision timing and player skill. Add in melee attacks, an original line-of-sight mechanic, cover fire, destructi...