Analysis: "Sentinel 3: Homeworld"

INTRODUCTION :

Defending the tower games are perhaps one of the ones I like the most to enjoy on the iPhone or iPad, so I bring you the analysis of one of the best titles of this style that we can find in the App Store: «Sentinel 3: Homeworld«.

For those who do not know what these types of games are about, I will tell you that their purpose is to build and improve defenses that are shooting at a series of enemy waves to prevent them from penetrating our fortress, in addition, each wave is more forceful and faster than the previous one so we will have to plan our defensive strategy very well.

GAME MODES:

In "Sentinel 3: Homeworld" we will have 3 game modes:

Campaign mode: in this section we will have to pass a total of 20 tests that will give us money and experience.
Endless: It is the endless mode, that is, the waves will increase until our defenses do not give more of themselves and we end up dying. In this mode we can make use of the experience and improvements gained in the campaign mode since it is the only way to get a very high score.
Classic mode: we could say that it is the most effective method if we want to play a quick game.

CAMPAIGN MODE:

The campaign mode is the main mode of this game since we will have to pass different tests until we reach the final phase. To get to the next phase we will always have to have passed the previous one, otherwise, it will be blocked and we will not be able to play it.

As we go through the different screens we will earn a series of experience points and money that will allow us to add more defenses to our games or improve our «Comander» or protective robot.

El Checkout It is a robot that will be in charge of protecting our fortress when the enemies are too close. As we go through tests, our robot can improve its qualities or acquire new ones that will serve as a complement along with the defenses. The robot's skills are improved with experience points that we obtain at the end of each game (whether we win it or not) and to get new skills we will have to use money.

As for defenses, in the game we will have two well differentiated types:

Ground Units: these are the defenses that we install on the ground and that we must place along the route made by the enemies. There are a total of 10 different defenses and all of them allow up to 3 upgrades that will increase the damage they deal to enemies. Each defense is good for a type of enemy so you have to know how to choose well.
Sentinel Weapons: these defenses are aerial and to use them we make use of a kind of energy bar that is charged throughout the game. There are also a total of 10 Sentinel attacks although these do not support improvements.

Note: the campaign mode has 4 levels of difficulty. If you want to get a good experience with the game, I recommend that you do not play below the difficult level because otherwise the game becomes boring.

GRAPHIC SECTION:

Although it may seem that Sentinel 3 has very simple graphics, the truth is that they are very careful and will heat up your device after a good time playing.

When we start a game we have a global vision of the stage, although if we "pinch the screen" we can zoom in the same way that we do to enlarge an image. With the zoom to the maximum we will realize the amount of detail that Sentinel 3 has.

I emphasize that Sentinel 3 is adapted for the Retina Display of the iPhone 4.

SOUND SECTION:

As a futuristic game, the music in Sentinel 3 may not be to our liking. Luckily, we have the possibility to listen to the music of our iTunes library directly from the game itself.

The rest of the sound effects are quite good although they end up being too repetitive.

GAME CENTER:

"Sentinel 3: Homeworld" also has Game Center support. Thanks to this function, the game has a total of 47 achievements and leaderboards where we can see the world ranking and that of our friends.

UNIVERSAL GAME:

Although it is not a very common practice among developers (unfortunately), Sentinel 3 is a universal game, that is, it works on the iPad and the iPhone so we will not have to pay twice for the same.

Obviously, the version for the iPad is much better adapted at the interface level since the reduced size of the iPhone screen causes that sometimes we touch where we did not want or that we have to take many detours to access a specific function.

VIDEO-REVIEW:

I leave you with a video taken from YouTube in which you can see Sentinel 3 in action: