Sentinel 3: Homeworld for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By Faragaut1945

  Original and one of the best

  In my opinion there are only 2 tower defense games that are absolutely essential on the Windows App Store, IBomber Defense & Sentinel 3. IBomber is the standard for tower defense games, with it's WWII setting, and most TD games are basically a clone of this type of game except for rare exceptions like Sentinel 3. Sentinel 3 holds it's own with it's upgradable towers, unlockable weapons, and killer enemy waves; not to mention it's amazing graphics, sound, and UI. The additions of a Commander (which makes you feel like much more a part of the action) and multiple gates to defend (which adds multiple levels of strategy to the game, with the new need of a possible fallback position) are what makes this game truely special. Though the Commader is provided to you from the start there are a TON of upgrades you can earn for him including weapons, new abilities, and his individual stats (health, weapons range, strength, firepower). The campagn consists of 20 levels with 4 modes of difficulty, so you'll need those upgrades, and has a ton of replay value; not to mention the Classic mode (which is kind of like a challenge mode with set weapons and powers for different maps) and of course, Endless mode for all 16 maps. For 3 bucks this game is a steal, for the high quality of it's gameplay/design and quantity of content it's also one of the best games I've bought on the Windows App Store.

  
  
• By Alex5621

  Aspect Ratio Fail on Pc 11"

  The aspect ratio for the game is 16:10, however I'm useing a PC 11" which is 16:9, the resulting game is squashed into the same screen area resulting in everything being vertically squashed by an inch. Its very annoying, plus there seems no way to change the resolution or aspect ratio inside the game itself. I have never had this problem with PC games, as they always allow you to change the resolution to the size of your screen. Not this game. Sometimes the game will zoom in to show you things, but then give you no way to zoom back out, as you an imagine, this becomes very frustrating as well, forcing you to scroll over to see if there are enemies or not. Its a good game, but if you have a PC 11" I reccomend that you DO NOT BUY this game. Its NOT MADE FOR YOUR Windows.

  
  
• By Swartzfeger

  5 star w/ massive caveat

  I bought this for my iPad and fell in love with S3. Bought it for the Windows and it's the same great game. There's one major difference that's a dealbreaker for me -- there are no high scores, no leaderboards, no nuthin'. This isn't Origin 8's fault, as OpenFeint and GameCenter haven't been ported to OS X. The game's big appeal for me is the global leaderboard. The Windows version doesn't have it. I won't ding the game with a poor 1 star review, because it's a fantastic game, but as it stands I won't bother playing it on the Windows. If tracking highscores or leaderboards are important to you, pass this up and get the iOS version.

  
  
• By UberG33K

  Excellent TD

  I have sentinel 2 on my iphone and love it. I was browsing the Windows AppStore, and figured this was worth a try. Very glad I made the purchase. This game is very good. Excellent graphics. Very good gameplay (although it is sometimes a bit of a pain to click on your towers). I like the new commander mode which allows you to outfit a mech for use on the various levels. All in all, this is a significant improvement on an already polished iOS game. It made the translatio to Windows very well. If you're a TD fan, this is one of the best in the AppStore.

  
  

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