The Zombie Apocalypse is here, and hordes of mindless hungry flesh eaters are attempting to break into my home to eat my brains. Intent on survival I have hunkered down with a like minded individual, a big shout out to fellow blogger: teapotrobot of Taking Life Advice From Rappers, to defend my white picket fenced yard. To defeat the horde we thought we'd think outside the box. Rather than the typical armory of AK47's, double barrelled shotguns, and replica ninja swords, we have armed ourselves with a collection of wacky mutant plants that we have obtained from our neighbour, Crazy Dave. He's C-R-A-Z-Y.
Okay, so this isn't exactly my life, but it is the plot of the video game that is filling all of my free time at work these days.
PLANTS VS. ZOMBIES from POPCAP games. This game is available for just about every platform imaginable, except the Wii, but since not even people who own Wii's use them anymore, no big loss there. We downloaded it on the PSN, and have been playing it non-stop between shows for at least 6 weeks.
The premise is fairly straight-forward. Its a tower defense style game with a funky twist. You use a wacky collection of Flora to stop the advancing Zombie Horde from gaining access to your back door and thus keep them from snacking on your brains.
With zany plants like the pea shooter, cabbagepault, cat tail, and wall nut, you have plenty of amusing options for mounting your defense. Collect coins, gems, and other bonus perks along the way to access upgrades and unlock new and exciting ways to decimate the zombie horde.
Game modes include traditional story, survival, puzzle, bowling, among others, and most have a co-op option for those of you who want to get your game on with a friend. There is also a really engaging Zen Garden that will help you generate in game cash.
We've already completed story mode twice, unlocked 90% of the trophy's (We are going to tackle the endless survival mode for the last trophy tomorrow).
Over our two playthroughs we have come up with a solid plant selection for survival: from back to front: two rows of sunflowers - upgraded to double sun for later levels, a row of double shooters, upgraded to Gatling guns for later levels, a row of freezy shooters, a row of cornapaults, a row of melonpaults upgraded to freezy melonpaults for later levels, a mixed row of magnets, woken up with coffee beans, (1,3,5) and shooting stars (2,4), a row of chompers, and a row of Tall Nuts. If you have the extra slots pick up both a squash, and a jalapeno as they come in handy for destroying any sneaky zombies that manage to tunnel under/float over/smash through your defenses.
For a good laugh, read through the almanac for the Bios on all of the plants and different Zombies you'll encounter. Also the secret music video found at end of story mode: There's a Zombie on my lawn, is just as good as any Robin Sparkles video. See for yourself:
All in all, Plants vs Zombies is a very amusing distraction for all of your brain consuming needs!
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