Secret Ponchos
2014 video game
Secret Ponchos is an online multiplayer top-down shooter developed by Canadian indie studio Switchblade Monkeys. The game was released in Early Access in July 2014 for Windows and on December 2, 2014, for PlayStation 4. The game was released on PC as Most Wanted Edition on October 13, 2015, with more characters and maps. The PlayStation 4 version has added these expansion packs.
Gameplay
The game is set in the Wild West, where the player is an outlaw and fugitive. The primary focus is player versus player (PvP), where players duel online to gain reputation and notoriety. The game plays from a top-down perspective. The controls play like twin stick shooters.
Players who perform well receive a bounty on their heads, where they become the targets of players who want to receive the bounty's increased reputation reward. Other players can team up against the player with the bounty.
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