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Plants vs. Zombies
Although this game has been out for awhile, Impulse
Gamer was finally given the opportunity to review this
entertaining puzzle game that pits Zombies against
Plants. Reminiscent of those tower defence type games,
players must use a variety of plants to stop the never
ending hoard of undead from reaching one side of the
screen to another.
Thankfully like other games of this genre, there
are a variety of different plants that can be
"cultivated", each with their pros and cons towards the
zombie threat. Best of all, this game can be played by
anyone and although the learning curve is relatively
low, as you do progress, the levels and your enemies
strategies to get more complicated which generally has
the player changing their defences to match the attacks.
The main goal of the game is prevent the zombies from
getting inside your house and the map that you play on
is broken up into grids which allows you to plant your
"towers". Unfortunately each time you put a plant down,
it zaps the sunlight and the amount of plants that you
can put down.
However to even up the odds against this
darkness, the player has the ability to plant sunflowers
which generate more light because they are "sunflowers".
Okay to suspend disbelief for a little bit, even though
the theme may be a little over the top, the gameplay of
Plants vs. Zombies is brilliant as you plant your plants
to create your offences and attacks. As you shoot, burn
and blast the zombies, the further you progress, the more difficulty it
gets but working out the strategy of how to complete the level is the
entertaining aspect of the game.
As you continue to progress,
the gaming environment also changes and Zombies also
like to attack at night which means you need rethink
your strategies because you have new plants at your
disposal. Even though the levels at the start are quite
easy to complete, as you move on, things get more
hectic but thankfully the new levels, mini-games and new
plants awarded to the gamer at the end of the levels are
another incentive.
The humour of the game plays a big
part of the enjoyment factor of the title from the
animated plants with their attacks to the various zombie
units that attack you from snorkel zombies to pole
vaulting zombies. After playing the title for awhile, it's hard not to smile when
you see these whacky zombies and plants for the first
time and unlike other puzzle type games, the developers
ensure that everything changes quite often so nothing
becomes monotonous. To compliment the gameplay, we have
some great cartoony graphics and some funky sound effects to help
immerse you in this totally bizarre experience.
Once you have completed
the adventure mode, you can then try the survival mode which increases
the difficulty of the challenges and really needs you to think your
feet. With around 50 levels and some fun mini-games, Plants vs. Zombies
is a different type of puzzle/tower defence game that works on just
about all levels. Addictively fun!
Features
- Play five game modes: Adventure,
Mini-Games, Puzzle, Survival, plus the
stress-free Zen Garden
- Conquer all 50 levels of Adventure
mode -- through day, night and fog, in a
swimming pool and on the rooftop
- Battle 26 types of zombies including
pole-vaulters, snorkelers and “Zomboni”
drivers
- Earn 49 powerful perennials and
collect coins to buy a pet snail,
power-ups and more!
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