Review Silent Storm: Sentinels - 90% according to ActionTrip

[Whipporowill]

Tags: Nival Interactive; Silent Storm: Sentinels

<a href="http://www.actiontrip.com" target=_blank>Actiontrip</a> serves up what mightn't amount to the best written <a href="http://www.actiontrip.com/reviews/silentstormsentinels.phtml" target=_blank>review</a> I've ever read, but from what I know it's the first take on Nival's Silent Storm: Sentinels in English. Here's a quick nibble:
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<blockquote>One thing at a time, ladies and germs; when you start the game, you will first be offered a choice between the tutorial and the campaign. If you have no experience with the original game, it is highly recommended that you go through the excellent and highly informative tutorial. If you happen to be the creative type, you may even design your own missions in the mission editor. This game is a strategy in every sense of the word. You will have to think hard, as the AI tends to be quite intelligent. The game takes place in real-time until it comes to a fight, when it turns to a turn-based mode, which gives you sufficient time to decide what you want to do. This isn’t as simple as it sounds, as you always have a certain number of action points at disposal. These points define what can be achieved within a single move (you cannon move, shoot, reload and heal in the same turn).</blockquote>
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For the sake of mankind, this guy needs an editor!
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[Spazmo]

No, no, Whip, "ladies and germs" is just a joke.

 

[Whipporowill]

Read the rest of the interview and you'll see what I'm saying Spaz - it's just plain awful. Missed commas, some spelling errors, horrible choppy sentences - if not totally gramatically erroneous.

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

• This isn’t as simple as it sounds, as you always have a certain number of action points at disposal.

You mean like the above sentence, Whip?

 

[Sol Invictus]

Not to mention that the review is a complete handjob of the game.

 

[Briosafreak]

90% wOOt! I love the guy, even if he writes more oe less like me, wich isn`t good.

 

[Whipporowill]

Not to mention that the review is a complete handjob of the game.

At least he must be smarter than you considering he had no problems with the game mechanics - but still writes like 5'yo on speed! TEH implications!

Still. After having played Ja2 - it's not worth 90%. But then, most games that get 90% aren't.

 

[Sol Invictus]

I never said the game didn't have its plusses. It just has too many faults for me to ignore. If I were to rate JA2 and Silent Storm I'd give JA2 a 90% and Silent Storm a 70%. It's somewhat good, but it isn't great, either.

 

[Whipporowill]

Hehe. Nifty sig there Rex.

 

[kenney bounces]

Agreed. After finishing Silent storm sentinels and playing JA2, i would rate sentinels prolly around the 70% area.

 

[Whipporowill]

It's not like S2 or S3 are bad games, they aren't just in the same league as Ja2. Comparison sort of hurts Nival's games, as it shows how good they COULD've been...

 

[Flarnet]

Not in the same league, definitely. But the most important thing is that it's getting better. By the sequel or beyond we could be approaching JA.

Hell, with the suckage I expect out of the new JA games maybe SS has already passed JA!

 

[Whipporowill]

Considering Strategy First is under Chap 11, us seeing the new JA games looks pretty flakey, so yeah - I guess we either hope some ex-Sirtech employees get their hands on the franchise or hold our breaths for Nival's future attempts at the genre.

 

[Fez]

I finally got around to trying the S3 demo, I did like the sound of the mercenaries and bartering - it brought back pleasant memories of JA2. After trying out the demo I can see of course that it has very little to do with JA2, but I am still interested in a decent TB tactical game.

The problem I have is that after playing the demo missions for a while I got to the one where you had to go deep into a mine and save some archives. I killed off an enemy agent who tried to run, grabbed the encrypted notes he had on him and then went to leave using the ladder to the south, but my troops walk over to operate it and just stand there. Game over it seems. Is the rest of the game as buggy as this? Will there be show stoppers at every corner? I've also heard rumblings about "Sci-fi" elements that have "ruined" the game apparently. Personally I don't give a shit if the exit velocity of the garand is one unit off or they have mutants shooting lasers out of their eyes, as long as it is set in well and adds to the game, so should I be worried? I can live without it if it will simply frustrate more than entertain.

The last thing about the game is that I am disappointed when I think about what could be done with such a good engine but has not.

 

[Whipporowill]

The supposed Sci-Fi is the Panzerkleins, from what I gather. They were already in S2, but you get your hands on them earlier this time. And no, I don't think I ever saw any major bugs.