September 24th, 2009

Most Funny Games

On September 12, 2009, Origin8 Technologies released "Sentinel 2: Earth Defense", one of the best tower defense games (and it is a sequel). Origon8 is a developer, marketer and seller of innovative applications for Blackberry products and iPhone platform. Origin8 delivers not only fun games but also useful and creative games and applications, providing the best solutions for the chosen platforms. Their work could easily be resumed as an original twist to the mobile operating system entertainment. The current version of "Sentinel 2: Earth Defense" is ranked 1.2.2 and it can be found on App Store for $2.99 (listing price).

The game is compatible with iPod touch and iPhone running either the second or the third operating system offered for the iPhone platform. At its core, "Sentinel 2: Earth Defense" is a science fiction strategy game, with a premium touch. The game story begins from the end of the "Sentinel: Mars Defense" story. After the starship Sentinel lost the Martian mission, the aliens have diverted their attention to Earth. The old starship, Sentinel, has been upgraded with the latest weapons and renamed Sentinel 2, for a fresh start in terminating invaders. If you are familiar with the first game, then you will probably recognize the auto repairing module (also known as repairing drone) and the powerful electrified and impenetrable gates.

Visually the game provides everything you might want. "Sentinel 2: Earth Defense" will allow you to use all the special features that have to offer your iPod touch or iPhone touch screen. You get a new environment (different than the one used on Mars) and a new soundtrack, to go with the new sound effects (thanks to the improved weapons). However, "Sentinel 2: Earth Defense" offers a new mission (way more improved in terms of details), with ten scenarios.

The basic idea is that you are somehow compelled to achieve the necessary score so that the electrified gates are not damaged. By doing so, the developer intended to keep your interest in the game at a high level. This game will not always provide resources in order for you to survive every attack. Therefore management skills and logistic skills are mandatory if you are interested to actually finish the game. You get two ways to play the game. You can either choose the mission mode or go for the campaign mode. However, the campaign mode is divided in other two modes, and everything gets to complicated. This should be a fun game, and not a maze. Both new modes (under the Campaign mode) have 4 level of difficulty. The first three are the normal level found in every other game, from easy, to medium, and eventually hard. Then again on top of all these you get the psycho level (adrenaline rush, exactly what every arcade game fun should play once a week).

One of the sub modes of Campaign offers a predetermined number of alien attacks, while the other one offers unlimited alien attacks. You can play either in slow motion, normal speed, or fast motion. It is up to you to choose the speed or the mode you want to use. You will get all sort of enemies, including parasites, mutants and other species (a little disappointing, because it is hard to believe arachnids are capable of building spaceships and engage war against human kind). You also get some strong enemies that can teleport themselves from one place to another. The game will not push you right in the middle of an ongoing war. It will first bring up a tutorial, in order for you to gat familiarized with all weapons and enemies. You will get just a few new weapons than the ones used in "Sentinel: Mars Defense". If you are not familiarized with the first game, then you should learn as fast as you can the weapon's power and effects. Doing so, you will be more effective in combat.

The Sentinel's new weapons are more powerful than the one from the original starship. The orbital laser weapon will help you destroy everything that stand in front of you weapon. The attack drone weapon will launch (as name suggests) a drone attack over your enemy. You also get the homing missiles weapon and time warp weapon. Both are useful but sometimes these two weapons will just complicate the game too much. The controls are easy to use and intuitive. You just have to tap over the unit (from the defense system) in order for it to be upgraded. On the bottom of the screen you get all the information regarding the weapons or positioning. You just have to tap on the specific weapon you want to use and there you go success. "Sentinel 2: Earth Defense" is one of the best tower defense games on the App Store.

With this sequel you get all the great element from the "Sentinel: Mars Defense" but with a more powerful starship, heavy attack weapons, a new tower that offers all the other tower in the defense system power and range boost. Overall, if you are looking for a great strategy game that involves alien attack on Earth, or if you just want to play a better version of "Sentinel: Mars Defense", you should definitely choose "Sentinel 2: Earth Defense".