Sentience: The Android's Tale

“So, I tried, but I genuinely couldn't find anything positive about this game: it's an RPG Maker game with no true artistic effort whatsoever and there was zero reason not to make this into a visual novel; the gameplay is one of the most tedious I've ever experienced and the wide array of quests feels just like a way to increase the length of a playthrough in the most unnecessary way without actually driving any significant message to the player.”

“The gameplay is menial and tedious - whilst that is supposed to reflect the frontier planet's everyday hardships, the routineness of it all is exceptional: most of the quests (or tasks, as they are called in this game) consist of collecting items which can be very small, terribly illustrated, and indistinguishable from the background (i.e., non-interactive objects) or talking to people with no variation whatsoever, having to sit through unimaginative, poorly written dialogues. The characters are bland and unremarkable, every single one of them.”

“Its interesting, but despite the fact it has multiple endings and routes to the story, I felt it was only worth a single playthrough as sadly the gameplay is dull and repetitive.”

“The only downside of this game are the limitations of the RPG Maker engine and the poor graphics it brings with it.”

“As with all RPG Maker games, the poor quality engine displays badly in fullscreen and doesn't have full HD support or any graphics tweaking options, making this unacceptable for any dedicated modern PC gamer.”

“There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customise the graphics settings.”

“The music honestly got mind-numbing fairly quickly.”

“The ambient music is casually incoherent with the on-screen situation.”

“Feel free to play your own music while you play.”

“I really wanted to get in the atmosphere of this game, I spent an hour walking and all I found was an empty trash bin.”

“Some interactions and sections could also benefit from more variety, while the relatively simple gameplay means that most of the appeal comes from the story and atmosphere.”

“The story and atmosphere is a mix of Blade Runner and Dune.”

“Cons: little replayability, though necessary to watch all endings and get all achievements.”

“Would probably be more replayable as a visual novel, but it is what it is.”

“[b]length and replayability[/b]”

“The gameplay is menial and tedious - whilst that is supposed to reflect the frontier planet's everyday hardships, the routineness of it all is exceptional: most of the quests (or tasks, that is what they are called in this game) consist of collecting items which can be very small, terribly illustrated, and indistinguishable from the background, or talking to people with no variation whatsoever, having to sit through unimaginative, poorly written dialogues with bland and unremarkable characters.”

“So, I tried, but I genuinely couldn't find anything positive about this game: it's an RPG-maker game with no true artistic effort whatsoever and there was zero reason to not make this into a visual novel; the gameplay is one of the most tedious I've ever experienced and the wide array of quests feels just a way to increase the length of a playthrough in the most unnecessary way and without actually driving some significant message to the player.”

“It's too slow and tedious.”

“A hollow and buggy experience.”

“A bit buggy, froze a couple of times and had to load a save because one of the quests wouldn't complete.”

“Sentience: The android's tale has a cash grab price of around $4 USD. It's not worth it given the defects and shortcomings of the product, especially considering the sheer number of completely free, much higher quality games on Steam.”