Entertainment Buddha's Matt Heywood writes, "The Switchblade Monkeys booth was one of the more popular stops at the all encompassing PAX East Indie Megabooth thanks to its highly addictive Secret Ponchos twin-stick shooter for the PS4 (there’s a Steam Early Access version too.) I got some hands-on time with the game’s free-for-all mode (there’s also a PvP, and a Team Deathmatch modes) with a little coaching from Jared Fry, who is the lead digital artist on the game, and responsible for porting the concept art into a 3D game world."
Switchblade Monkeys Entertainment obviously knows they have a good thing going with Secret Ponchos.
NoobFeed writes - Secret Ponchos is a rather unique game with intense fights and a high skill ceiling but in need of more players.
Switchblade Monkeys' Secret Ponchos didn't have the success on PS4 that the developer had hoped for, even after giving it away as a freebie with PS Plus. The developers talk working with Sony, development of the PC version and the possibility of cross-play between the PS4 and PC versions of the spaghetti western.
I need to give this game another chance. It just didn't grab me after my first few games.
The lack of an in-depth tutorial and bot mode probably didn't help. I think they actually added both to PC release.
Ya it is a little tough at the start to figure it out but once you do its really a solid little game
Tried back this game 3 weeks ago. Could not find any online matches. Waited for a good 15 minutes.
Sounds like a ton of fun, this game is most definitely on my radar.
Guessing this will be next months free game?
I just can't take anything with the word "poncho" in it seriously ever since that bad Microsoft 2010 E3 conference that made everyone look like they were in some kind of weird sect.
this game looks fun but i doubt ill be any good at this western style showdown game.
local co op also sounds pretty cool.
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Love this games art style. It would be cool to get it for PS+