Great game if you were a fan of Battleheart 1 on the iPhone back in the day. It has an almost identical playstyle, but I would say is slightly more difficult:

1) cooldowns are longer, so can't always be used recklessly.
2) more environmental damage to dodge (fire on ground, etc)
3) characters only auto attack if they take damage or are given a command (slightly more micromanaging, but fortunately there is an attack-all keybinding)
4) even on Normal, must sometimes kite enemies to succeed (Again, Knight always takes aggro)
5) like Battleheart, must prioritize targets and focus fire, or you'll die.

I've been waiting about 6 years for exactly this type of game to come out (Battleheart 2 changed the original style and completely ♥♥♥♥ the bed), so my perception of the game is biased. I love the game, and have put about 10hrs in and I'm probably a little more than 1/2 way through. Fun, worth the $9, and totally satisfies my nostalgia.

There are 8 characters btw (Knight, Priestess, Rogue, Hunter, Archer, Mage, Warlock, and Shaman), and you get 4 in your party.

I saw a villager get his head chopped off, it was adorable!

Sentry Knight Tactics is a game where you control a party of 4 heroes, using a click and drag style of combat to focus each heroes attention on different enemies, making players who invest time in trying to do this quickly and efficiently be rewarded by seeing droves of enemies fall at your feet. The story is engaging and the first time I opened it up I lost about 7 hours (but it felt like a half hour). I highly recommend this game to players who enjoy: Meaningul talent choices, significant challenge, using powerful and well animated abilities and spells that change the tide of battle, fans of games that require mircro strategy, and difficult bosses.

It is an ok game, the difficulty bar is steep and you might start to loose at the first "big" battle.
What attracted me was the graphic very similar to a side scrolling brawler, i just got upset a bit when i discovered i had to pin point with the mouse instead of using the joypad, focusing more on the rpg element rather than sidescrolling action however it is quite a decent adventure, i began feeling bored once i couldn't get past a group of enemies because i had to level up better, this is the mood of the game.

I've just paid 8.99USD for SKT, I played it for few hours, in the end I got so bored.
This is just a very dissappointing game. I've played many rpgs. I love strategy,
and I've paid double or half for games that have been entertaining that have
given me over 1k hours or over 200 hours of fun respectively.

Cute game burdened by huge short comings and shallow concepts.
You have to issue all commands, characters will only attack if being attacked or ar assigned a target manually.
Yet another game that refuses to acknowledge that combat formation has any purpose, enemies can walk through your party without worry. Units taking attacked in the back take no extra damage.
Speaking of formations, it gets tedious to unravel your party when they are piled on top of each other.
Characters will WASTE TIME goin around an enemy to attack on the other side instead of just killing them.
Feels like you can max out equipment too easy or soon.
You are limited to 4 characters while the enemy can have as many as 12 units on screen.
This is a baby sitters game, you have to baby sit your inventory, you have to baby sit your characters in battle. If you like this style of arcade click festing your units then this is the game for you. I hate games where you win or lose based on how fast you can click and issue orders.

Some people genuinely like this type of game, but if you are looking for somethign with more depth... look elsewear.

Great mixture of RTS and RPG gameplay. Not overly complex. Yet not a bare bones experience. Fairly priced and runs smooth. Could use a few more graphical and control options. But it looks and controls great. So it's not a direly needed addition. If you enjoy RPG games and aren't adversed to a real time battle system i highly suggest buying this.

Amazingly well done art style with a hilarous story and exceptionally well done details and an amazingly interesting cast of characters. The amount of content for $10 is amazing. These developers should do more games. I love this game it's so charming.

Ok only 7 hours in - but great music, suprisingly challenging combat with multiple classes of characters, simple but variant weapon and armor crafting system. Skill progression very similar to the old Wow skill trees in Cata expansion era. Numerous side quests, hidden goodies. Art style for me enjoyable, but not for everyone, very very similar to Castle Crashers.

Make no mistake, I'm playing this game on regular mode and it is keeping me on my toes (and I have 40/40 achieves on Hammerwatch, including Hard mode Survival, I'm no slouch). Each battle plays like a mini MMORPG battle, sort of like the trash mobs in WoW raid instances. Mechanics must be respected and there are a reasonable number of types of enemies that like to hurt you in different ways, and if you don't pick up aggro, position/re-position your characters responsively, manage your abilities and cooldowns (particularly the Priesttess' heals), characters WILL die and you WILL get overwhelmed by mobs.

The writing isn't Tolkien but it's light, funny and the plot ticks along at a reasonable pace. Hard mode I anticipate would be damn challenging.

Characters obtained so far: Knight, Priesttess, Hunter (starting trio), plus Rogue, Witch, Archer.

I have to say I bought this title thinking it had potential and it has delivered. Can't promise it will blow you away but a very solid and highly enjoyable title. It doesn't look like there'd be a ton of replay value but extrapolating from my skill tree progression and the fact I just started Act II, I'm guessing there's about 25-35 hours of game in here. Definitely have no hestiations recommending it. Really look forward to more titles from this developer. Sentry Knight Tactics displays a highlevel of polish and the meat of the combat is very enjoyable.

Pros: Colourful and accessible graphical style.
Combat is easy to learn but tough to master,
Good degree of challenge on normal difficulty.
Decent length, mutiple party members and can customize party.
Quality music, though number of tracks is limited.
For me so far, completley bug free.

Cons: Overall a little simple in most regards. Pillars of Eternity this is not.
Can be a bit grindy (though personally found it balanced).
Customizabillity of party limited by Knight and Priestess being pretty much indispensible.


Overall = 9.0/10

***Update- 16 hours in. Got the Warlock and the Shaman. The shaman is more demanding for positional requirements to keep your team in range of her totems and use of her cooldowns but if you have the skill she's superior to Priestess as she can attack and heal simultaneously. And yes combinging her and the priestess (the poor priestess needs a damaging holy spell or two) for boss fights makes them a lot easier.

I have to admit the shammy surprised as I was expecting another plate wearer - instead there is one plate, 3 leather and 4 cloth wearers. I feel the witch suffers a bit in terms of balance compared with the much preferable warlock. Eg. Why does the witch's talent tree have her cooldowns decreasing only 1.5 per second compared with 2 per second for the warlock? The shaman is really a surprise because she plays so differently compared with those 4. Plus her talent tree is beautifully illustrated - lots of colour.

The knight, priestess, rogue and shaman are the most different classes requring the most individual skill, mechanics and management to play ie. they play differently whereas all four of the witch, warlock, marksman and archer you pretty much play them exactly the same way all 4 of them - straight up ranged pewpew. It's really a matter of taste which you go with (if you pick any of them at all).

If you guys ever do an expansion (yes please), I would suggest dark knight (plate, slightly more risky tank), and maybe something totally different like a minstrel. Oh, and a la Final Fantasy VI's Pheonix Cave and Kefka's Tower, the 8 party members are BEGGING to be put on a storyline quest that splits the group into two parties that battle separately. Also, the warlock and archer need lines - realize they aren't main storyline characters but they are well voiced would be nice to give them some personality along with the other characters and involvement in the story.

Oh btw, one change that would REALLY help is if you can see all 8 party members from the equip screen - please look at changing that in a patch, the inability to do so makes inventory management a bit of a pain at present.

Loving it so far! The gameplay hits all the right notes for me. Enjoying the simple art style too.