Sentinel 4: Dark Star App Reviews

Good game (my favourite genre), better than FieldRunners 2. Need some performance improvements, because I have Lag when play this Game on my iPod touch 5G (buy I can play GTA:SA smother). Finally is too expensive, I bought it for .99$, maybe I would pay up to 1.99$ for this game.

For this review I am trying to remain largely impartial but with a background from Sentinel 3: Homeworld. This game is fun. Im not sure how it stacks up as much vs Homeworld as the better game though. Turret mechanics: I really like the buying improvements from credits earned by killing enemies in game. I also like the 2x2 and 3x3. But some turrets, Im not sure if the DPS is worth using a fully upgraded colossus, or two upgraded beam turrets; the colossus seems under-powered when put that way. On that note, some kind of DPS (damage [dealt] per square) would be nice so we can better evaluate it; the colossus charges fire... is the damage on the label when fully charged? How long is the sustained fire at maximum damage, or is the whole sequence generate that damage cap? In homeworld, the better turret(s) and placements are obvious. I think it should be similar in this installment--at least I should be able to tell if placing a 3x3 is better than two 2x2s, and if the colossus is actually better vs the bosses. I dislike the shield/booster turrets also, for their one flaw: they cant shield themselves. They have one purpose, but cant provide thier own shield? Really? Working around using two right next to each other, but still rather annoying (and makes placing other, weaker turrets way more expensive/impractical). Also, Anti-air. Quite overpowered. Whereas I can place a lot of those turrets (each with a very large range and moderate to high damage, and slows the enemy), the equivalent ground-unit (bombs) are worthless in the higher levels. Even with the cluster, their damage is a pittance, and they do not provide the useful side-effect of slowing to offset that. Finally, the slow tower... I dont know if its an improvement to freeze enemies like now, but I almost definitely prefer the extra slow ofr extra long "tri-boom" from S3:H. Possibly for the next installment/update, add a tree-system to buying upgrades for the "Final Evo", or give a choice. and a small cost to change to the other selection. Then you get some strategy as well. Orbital Weapons: Not happy. At all. The selection is very limited (where you have at least 1-4 other options so you have to decide what to put in which slot for everything else). Also, my orbital laser has been contaminated by the alien crystals and is now the power scrubber, great for polishing off small units, but only tickles the bosses. I can see removing the instant kill, now that there is 1.5 orbital laser charges on the sentinel and since youve updated and streamlined the power unit generation (I like those changes, good idea and job). but to have the laser (when placed over the boss for the whole duration) not even take off a quarter health? The orbital laser should do something like 25% remaining health damage per second, with a minimum damage of X (so it still instant kills little guys and can actually kill bosses at the end) and possibly last even a bit longer, but at around wave 100, its little more than useless. As for the turret booster, I tried it around the same level (something I also did at pre-laser needing levels in S3:H), and... there was no difference. Bosses still shrugged off the damage just like before. Is it broken? Or just not a strong enough boost to matter? The other weapons? I loved the rockets/targeted repair beam. They helped a lot in early campaign. The ion bomb is also a wonderful tool there. I havent used the slow much, but since you increased the duration while maintaining the small power draw, its alright in my book. Its just a shame the endgame-worthy powers got neutered. Map design: Quite ingenious, but overall, very frustrating. Yes, you limited areas that are 2x2 and 3x3 compatible, and for a decent reason. But by doing so, you also limited or removed completely the ability to form blocks (which was their main function) around the shield/booster turrets (because we need that real-estate for beam/artillery units, which actually do damage). There are a lot of places in maps where the 1x* sections stretch on and on, and with only highly under-powered units fitting in a 1x1 square, needing 2 shield units per 2 turrets, and only getting 2 "powered" turrets out of that? Its a bit beyond annoying. Add to it the fact that if you place turrets there stand-alone style (like you did in S3:H when booster blocs cut down on DPS), you just wasted your time and money within 2-3 waves, when either a boss or wave of damaging units pass by. Star fragments: I love this idea. I can do campaign (last level, on psycho, multiple times) and get a xp boost for my commander. I can buy 150% power on my turrets and 200% health for my buildings for a mission. And you can reliably get fragments while playing in-game (or buy them if you desire). What I dislike, though, is having endless scores be based off of how much money you want to spend. The command center blows up? Buy a new one for 20 fragments and continue. Ive not tried blowing it up again, but having that and allowing you to buy more fragments while still in the mission? Its disappointing. There should at least be strong-man endless, where you cant use fragment dmg/health boosts (credit/xp is fine), and no buy-backs. Overall... just because this game is still reasonably fun (not counting endless), I give it 3/5 stars because of the aforementioned issues. S3:H is still better in my books, but at least this version has an idea to keep me wanting to play after I maxed campaign and commander, though I still think you should be able to use credits to buy expendable energy units for the sentinel that last for the next mission, etc. There is no permanent expendable option for credits earned, just a large amount that can be soaked up in turrets. Update: Just got a "turret limit reached"... Um... What? Cant even fill in all the spots with towers anymore?

If they had left out the in-app purchases, the game would be 5 stars. Unfortunately, it is marred with an attempt to make money through in-app purchases, which ruins it. It feels like a money-play, instead of adding features a user may like.

Was about to pass on trying out this 4th edition given the prior versions but glad I didnt. Way better than the prior versions and definitely one of the better TD games. Not a top 3 pick but definitely Worth it. Lots of graphics and game play improvements its really like a whole new game. Played all way through on hard with good challenge and no in app needed.

Decently balanced, easy is extremely easy, but difficulty on higher levels dials up quite quickly. Was disappointed, at first, to see non-content IAP -- Im wary of such things as thats ruined several games for me in the past with pay-to-play feel -- this ends up in the right end of the IAP pool, where I can play-to-play without much extra effort. Not a grind pounding the same levels, but rotating through different parts of the campaign to beat myself or raise the difficulty. The "Global Nexus", if you choose to pay attention to it at all, encourages hopping around the map a bit once youve gone through the campaign at least once. Its a bit of a pain that I cant be certain if, when submits to the network fail, my outcomes are queued for a later time when I am connected to the network. (I dont always play where I can get a signal.) I think the one thing I most wish for would be a bit more variety to the in-game music. Many tracks havent changed a bit, not that I can tell, and having so few contributes to ear fatigue with the game. Other than that, not much to complain about.

The gameplay is better than before, but upgrades are still to expensive. Why not give a little more for each round. I have to replay some missions over and over again just to get a single upgrade. Thats boring and I dont like boring, so please give dont take.

I used to play sentinel 3: the home world (and Robot Rampage), its very cool but version 4: the dark star is better! A lot of faction, interesting turret, great commander robot, new alien and finally, latest update. Thanks for this awesome game!

I loved the first few versions but this one is just too much. I spend a lot less time playing and more clicking this and that and much of it is not needed. The 3rd and 2nd games were perfect. I dont want to work in my games, I want to play.

Like the 3nd 、now the 4 Cle

I want to love this game but the maps are so confusing and its hard to enjoy when all I do is click around the map. Too much going on.

I was born and raised on the td genre, and this version stand heads above the rest! keep up the good work!

The app crash

Minus a star for those random flying mob stages that wreck you when you arent paying attention. Get the bundle if you are new to Tower Defense genre!

Didnt think this classic game would take that cop out way to overprice a game. Weve had a good run origin8 farewell.

This game is without a doubt the best one of the series. When I saw that there would be a fourth installment I thought to myself that they couldnt possibly improve on an already great game (Sentinel 3) but origins proved me wrong yet again! The best part is it looks gorgeous on an iPhone 6. People please note that this game has ALOT more weaponry and enhancements as well as a different upgrading system than the previous games, but like said games it takes a little time and understanding to see how everything works so take your time and do a little exploring before you get frustrated and get on and give this game a 1 star rating. Youll get the hang of it quite fast actually and when you do I guarantee youll find yourself not being able to put it down! P.S Origins, I hope you guys make a 5th one, or at least continue to add more to the campaigns!:)

When I started playing sentinel4 the game did not seem very interesting. A lot of options to figure out and then there was the game play. I was thinking the latest version was not as good as sentinel 3. After playing a few scenarios I figured everything out and concluded the game is excellent. Some complain about the complexity of upgrading weapons and defenses but it allows you to customize the game towards how you like to play and enhance your favorite weapons. Well worth the money

The first level was so generic and lame that I deleted the app right after I beat that first level

Hey kids! Spend your hard earned money only to watch this thing on your $800 phone go round and round while loading .., Yes, you will be amazed when this fantastic expenditure just stares blankly back at you ... loading into your phone as if designed by the makers that brought you "AOL II: Electric Boogaloo" from 1985

I gladly paid 4.99 expecting the same quality as the 3 previous sentinel TD games. Lousy graphics, boring and tedious gameplay are bad enough, but having your towers destroyed as fast as you can build them is the game killer. This has taken the worst aspects of other TD games and created the least liked Sentinel sequel.

This game is in my top five TD games of all time.