“There’s a zom-bie on your law-on…we don’t want zombies on da lawn” so goes the theme song to the hit game Plants vs Zombies. And it is very true. You really don’t want zombies on your lawn. They like to make their way into your house and eat your brains. Fortunately, in Plants vs Zombies, you have a great defense team, cute little plants that form an infantry against the shuffling invaders.
You plant your army of green stuff across your lawn, and with the right strategy in place, your sunflowers, pea shooters, wall-nuts, and at least one plant that looks suspiciously like it should be on Broadway, will keep your brains safe. The zombie are a pretty creative bunch, too. In the higher levels, they will make use of ladders, bungie cords and even a Zamboni.
There is nothing radically different about this game. It is a classic tower defense style. Things are coming at you, and you have to use your weapons to defend your tower (home). But even if it has been done before, it is arguable that it has never been done better, thanks to clever game play, whimsical graphics and just the right levels of difficulty that make it easy to play but with enough challenge to make it worthwhile. It is the kind of game that leaves you playing over and over again, even when you master it. There are extra achievements to collect and new strategies to try. I was almost through the second run of the game before I discovered how to make good use of the onion plant, for example.
There are a lot of little Easter Egg type surprises built in to the game. They are fun to find, so I won’t spoil any of them for you, but it pays to explore all parts of the game, including the options, help and achievement screens for these gems.
Plants vs Zombies is available on many different platforms, with more scheduled in the future (the DS version is coming out early next year).
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