Sentinel 2: Earth Defense, a Sci Fi Strategy Sequel

[Origin8]

There are a few Sentinel: Mars Defense fans around here, so we thought you'd like to know that a sequel, Sentinel 2: Earth Defense, is now live on the App Store, priced at $2.99: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=320388936&mt=8

Official trailer (and sweet tunes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DBooXpiDSU

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Here's the app description:
Sentinel 2: Earth Defense - a premium Sci Fi strategy game.

It’s war, and this time it’s too close to home. The Martian mission may be over, but the aliens haven’t finished playing space invaders yet. Extraterrestrial eyes have turned to a new target: they want Earth, and you’re the one that has to say ‘no’. Welcome to the future of Tower Defense.

Sentinel 2: Earth Defense expands upon the acclaimed gameplay of Sentinel: Mars Defense. The action takes place across varied, lushly rendered Earth environments, and the alien assault force has grown more vicious than ever. Luckily, human turret technology has also advanced, and the ship weapons system provides a spectacular new way to eradicate invaders!

New in Sentinel 2:

- Unleash the Sentinel’s incredible ship weapons system – if you’ve got the power to do so…
- Deploy mobile attack drones to harass the enemy and augment static defenses.
- Construct boosters to buff your offense, and upgrade to top-tier towers for devastating special moves!
- Pit yourself against previously unseen members of the star spawned horde.
- Mission mode provides quick tactical challenges. Beat a scenario to earn achievements!
- Full online highscores, achievements, friends and chat using the OpenFeint system
- Exclusive new music written by Specimen A

Classic Sentinel features:

- Specialised structures and units provide unique tactical gameplay.
- Use the landscape and destructible defenses to maximize the effectiveness of your weapons.
- Resource harvesting and interest system adds a new dimension of risk and reward.
- Assault mode provides hours of play; endurance mode is an endless challenge.
- Visually stunning environments, towers and enemies with fluid zooming and scrolling.

Initial feedback has been very, very positive. Let us know what you think.

Cheers!

[Fedorov]

As posted on some other forums when I saw it released, bought immediately and loving it, beautiful fluid animations and graphics.

I'm hoping you guys bring a few updates out on this version to keep adding new maps/layouts just to keep it extending for a while longer as I think that's what most people like to see.

Great work, wish you every success!

[Gokunama]

Looks great! Enjoyed the first one, I'll pick this up when I get on WiFi next.

[Khryz]

Geez this is absolutely a no-brainer buy. Loved Sentinel.

Does this mean though that you are going to stop updating Sentinel: Mars Defense? I wanted the ability to have all the turrets available on all 4 of the maps, not just the last 2.

[Khryz]

Bump to this as I just started playing. WOW this has like 3x the content as the first App of yours.

When I first tapped the missile defense system from the spaceship and saw the missiles flying around everywhere I was stunned. This is awesome! The best TD game by far right now.

[Origin8]

Good to hear everyone's enjoying the game! :D

Khryz, I suspect we replied to you on another forum, but just in case that was a different person with the same questions: we're not currently planning on enabling all towers on all maps in Sentinel 1, as that would affect balance for the high score tables. We ARE still supporting Sentinel 1 with bugfixes and performance enhancements, but new content will depend on sales. Dev's got to eat!

[Khryz]

Lol. Yup, same person. Sorry for being annoying.

[Origin8]

Lol. Yup, same person. Sorry for being annoying.

It's fine - gave us an excuse to post some relevant information over here and bump this thread in the process ;)

[techguy1]

The original Sentinel is one of the few games that I've kept on my iPhone after downloading quite a few games. It was always a challenging but rewarding game and I have to admit I've lost a few hours of life playing it.

Look forward to the latest Sentinel 2 .. downloading now .. keep up the great work guys.

[PrinceDraven]

Loved Sentinel and Sentinel 2 tops it!!!!
Was a bit concerned about paying for what appears at first to be the same game, but the new content provides new challenges and creates a new feel.

Great work!

[Origin8]

Version 1.1 has been submitted for approval. Here's the list of changes:

- Added OS3.0 iPod Music Player (OS3.0 or later required)
- Added two new missions and corresponding achievements
- made it quicker to replay a failed mission
- Reduced download size
- Bosses on map 4 now use all 3 paths


So a few usability tweaks and a couple of fresh challenge missions, hopefully available soon. It's nice to know Sentinel 1 fans are finding Earth Defense a worthwhile purchase :)

[Khryz]

Yes, a very worthwhile purchase. Hurry up and come out with Sentinel 3: Moon Defense now! :D