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Friday, October 12, 2012

Plants vs. Zombies

Grab your fertilizer and gardening shears everyone and prepare to defend your home against an onslaught of hilariously designed zombies in the tower defense game “Plants vs. Zombies”. The game puts you in charge of a homeowner who has to defend himself against various waves of zombies by planting plants and fungi to repel them and stopping them from devouring your brain. Each plant comes with its own set of skills that can attack or defend against the zombies attacking you, as players advance into higher levels they unlock more powerful  plants that greatly increase your chance of survival. Plants can be placed any green area on the field in front of you, the field is divided into a number of horizontal and vertical lanes which zombies travel down and you defend against by placing plants to defend against them or attack them. Planting gets a little more challenging in later levels due to the addition of pool lanes that require a lillie pad in order to plant on, as well as the addition of roof top levels that require pots of soil to plant on. The game incorporates several different level types and layouts all with its own set of unique challenges for you to face whether it be night levels that require you to make your own sunlight or fog levels where the zombies are unable to be seen for the first few lanes, as well as other challenges to keep you switching up your strategies and staying on your toes. Not only do your plants come in various shapes and sizes but zombies do as well, various levels introduce new zombies that increase the difficulty for players, some that quite frankly will have you laughing as some come strolling down lanes with traffic cones for protection. Players can also enjoy 5 multiplayer modes that can be played either co-operatively or competitively against your friends; additionally the game offers a few mini games and a virtual house for players to show off their achievements. “Plants vs. Zombies” adds a humor element to zombie survival games that hooks players for hours of enjoyment with the ridiculous zombies and plants as well as a cast of quirky characters. 


“Plants vs. Zombies” is a zombie game unlike any other and offers a wide variety of enjoyable features and easy to get understand controls as well as gameplay, the game offers much more content than most tower defense games with the entertaining story, mini games and the addition of multiplayer from the originally released PC version of the game. Players will find themselves hooked on the gameplay with the colorful cast of zombies, plants and characters while facing level after level of zombie killing goodness.

Good:
-Hilariously designed characters, zombies and plants
-Lasting and enjoyable zombie killing experience
-New multiplayer as well as creative mini games

Bad:
-Takes a few levels for the game to get challenging 

(Game Reviewed on Xbox 360)

Scully Rating: 8.5 out of 10