One advantage to having kids (and there are a bunch actually) is that they play a variety of games you wouldn't have found and you get to look over their shoulders and check them out. My spawn are both hardened gamers at this point, so the variety of games this exposes me to is quite high.
My son found this one and soon had us all addicted to it. More importantly perhaps, he went the extra step and bought the full version of it, so we got the chance to play it start to finish with all the bells and whistles.
Plants vs. Zombies is a functionally simple single player strategy game where you defend your yard from Zombie assault by use of a variety of combat-oriented plants. Shooting plants, biting plants, magnetic plants, snowball plants, exploding plants, you name it, plants and violence just go together! Which is good, since there sure do seem to be a lot of Zombies out there in need of some chlorophyll laden crushing.
In the 'campaign' mode you are gradually introduced to an ever increasing array of plant options, while new types of Zombies are unlocked to assault you. The whole thing is done with an outstanding sense of humor. The help screen for example reads "When the Zombies show up, just sit there and don't do anything... - this help section brought to you by the Zombies". Each level you choose which of your plants to bring (enough to give some variety, but not enough to have the perfect solution to every problem) to match against the Zombies lurking outside your yard. Later levels include water plants for your pool (and corresponding Zombies with scuba masks, flippers, ducky floaters, etc..), fog, roof levels, and even a Zombie Zamboni machine that lays down ice for ice-loving Zombies to follow.
In addition to the campaign mode there are a plethora of minigames, puzzles, and alternate game modes. There are quite a few easter eggs buried in, which are gradually shown to you with a purchasable Tree of Wisdom. And you absolutely want to reach the final level on campaign mode. The end credits are a blast!
Plants vs. Zombies is light gaming, relatively easy with cartoony graphics, but its well worth a full play through. It is definitely fun, and was worth the purchase for the full version. Give it a try!
Plants vs. Zombies
Rating: 9.0
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