The Sentient

Dead game, dev abandoned it. Stay away

DON'T BUY! Started out as a barebones 2D view game that was trying to be like FTL with promise... For some reason they changed it to a 3D view that is horribly worse and makes the ship layout design, which was already the weakest part of the game, even more frustrating and pointless. The actual "gameplay" is a boring yawnfest in every regard. I bought this when it first came out into early access, and it seems in 2 years it's only gotten worse in almost every way.

Want to, but can't recommend. The idea of the AI isn't really a functioning component in the game. The room layout is mostly cosmetic, since each room has its minimum requirements, and the cosmetic isn't very cosmetic. FTL-like? How? Just because you jump from sector to sector with a static ship does not make it FTL-like. Very repetitous. The plotline doesn't really make sense... an all powerful AI that needed to be invited? And its not really doing anything. I think the thing that pushed me to thumbs down is the arbritary killing off of my crew, because of static blind choices. Its a great idea... maybe it will become something as it leaves EA.

The Sentient is an amazing new scifi strategy/sim/management/roguelike indie game that oozes potential. The devs are great about listening to the players and seem to have a genuine desire to put out a great game. As with most Early Access titles, there are some bugs to be worked out. The battle gameplay is engaging and the story is interesting and immediately draws you in from the instant you start the intro. The graphics and sound are solid and the gameplay seems very smooth and optimized. I feel I most definitely got my money's worth purchasing on release day and the thought that it will be improved and expanded on has me very optimistic for the future of this title.

Concept seems like it has quite a bit of potential. However at this time it is very pre-pre-alpha. I would have suggested that they hold out a bit longer in development before throwing it out to early access. Unfortunately at this time I cannot reccomend this game because of the amount of bugs. You will try to save but most likely the save will have some sort of error and you will have to continually start over and over again. I would try again in a few months. I do think there is potential for the devs to have a very fun game. I hope they can make it work because it seems like it could be a winner.

Was a promising game but has unfortunately been abandoned by the dev a long time ago.

Cannot recommend due to the following reasons: 1) AI and NPC are not really up to snuff, the guys on your ship rarely ever automatically manage their needs or get their jobs done leading to you having to micro managing them. Even when you micromanage the still can have problems doing the action you directly ordered them to do so. 2) Early game is brutal. You will send out a lot of ships before you get one back. Save scrumming is the only way I got one back so I could start investing and improving things to the point where I did not have to save scrum to survive. 3) Game appears to be abandoned. As of writing this review game has not recieved an update in 3 months. Normally this would be acceptable, however, the dev has not been seen in the same amount of time. It appears the discussion boards go unmonitored and we have no idea what progress is being made. Game has a really interesting concept and I would love for it to get more love, however, for now I would stay away until the deve...

I bought this game in 2016 and now i came back to check if anything changed. I was about to download it, but then i noticed that it's 2020 and the game is still in Early Access. Yeah, no. Just no.

AVOID Game dropped before it was publicly available on steam [it was available ealier for those with key]; Last update predating release as public; never finished. Better put your cash somewhere else. No sign of life from developer since early July [note - review is 10th october!]; Does not qualify as 'early access'; rather than 'cash-grab for abandoned game'. UPDATE 29th March 2018 STILL AVOID Due to past actions of developer this game's future is way too uncertain to warrant any support until final release [assuming IF it gets released] While major rewrite like one incoming COULD technically be explainable, what is not is both quality and frequency of information by the developers; For all intends and purposes this thing's update may be aimed to build up almost vanished hype back up to get new people to buy the product, and then drop it again. This this is too harsh on devs? They worked very hard on this opinion on them. TL:DR - Devs unreliable - wait until full release and then c...

Game was abandoned. Don't buy.