The video game The Sentinel was first released, showcasing innovative gameplay involving elevation tactics and 3D graphics.
The game was praised for its innovative design and strategic gameplay, influencing future puzzle and strategy games.
The player awakens in a strange, alien environment controlled by the Sentinel, realizing it is a sentient landscape and must manipulate it to survive.
The player first encounters the towering Sentinal figure who surveys the landscape from elevated positions, initiating the strategic challenge.
The player absorbs their first energy block, gaining the ability to raise and rotate landscape elements and begin the climb towards the Sentinel's height.
The player ascends the complex terrain by solving puzzles and manipulating the environment to reach higher ground where the Sentinel is less powerful.
The player finally manages to absorb the Sentinel's own square, thereby taking control and moving to the next level of the game.
