When comparing Secret Panchos vs Abzû, the Slant community recommends Abzû for most people. In the question“What are the best PSN games on PS4?” Abzû is ranked 14th while Secret Panchos is ranked 46th. The most important reason people chose Abzû is:
Diving through the ocean with an array of colorful fish is very soothing. Your character can even meditate, allowing you to gaze at the surrounding aquatic life. The orchestral music further adds to the soothing feeling, while also giving most locations a sense of wonder. Nothing quite like seeing a school of fish swimming around to the soft tune of pipe instruments.
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Pros
Pro Active community
Secret Panchos has a growing active community that has helped the developer refine the game over the course of early access this last year.
Pro Indie developer
The Indie developer group Switchblade Monkeys is a small group of friends working on this game over the last 6 years, creating quality content. They put a importance on player feedback and have used the community to refine the game over the last year, and are very active and vocal in the community.
Pro Outlaw customization
Play to earn perks, skins, and reputation classes, all while seeing your outlaw grow in notoriety with a bigger bounty on your head! 10 Outlaws with different abilities, weapons and play styles make for diverse team make-up!
Pro Spaghetti Western setting
Secret Panchos is set in a Spaghetti Western universe with colorful settings and characters.
Pro Fast and fun gameplay
Secret Panchos is an isometric top down PvP shooter that pits teams of 3 against each other in several different modes of play. Games are quick, and the game mechanics are based on skill shots using a primary or secondary weapon that differs depending on which character you use.
Pro Soft and calming
Diving through the ocean with an array of colorful fish is very soothing. Your character can even meditate, allowing you to gaze at the surrounding aquatic life. The orchestral music further adds to the soothing feeling, while also giving most locations a sense of wonder. Nothing quite like seeing a school of fish swimming around to the soft tune of pipe instruments.
Pro Educational
Every time you encounter a new fish, you can learn what it's called. There is also the 'meditate' mode which cycles between all the different kinds of fish, naming them on screen.
Pro Absolutely striking art style
Abzû was made by Thatgamecompany, the makers of Journey and Flower. In each of their games, they emphasize taking a distinctive art style and Abzû is no exception.
It uses a very bright and vivid color palette to bring out the allure and mystique of the ocean. Lots of colorful fish and underwater plants with the sun shining down on you.
Each location looks so peaceful it makes you rethink if the ocean truly is scary. Some of those are followed by a dark area, dim lights and ominous creatures to remind you of the fear.
Cons
Con Extremely short
The first playthrough will take you only about 3 hours, which is way too short for a game of its price. You won't get much replay value out of it either, unless you want to get all the trophies.