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Plants vs Zombies is one of the most popular games on the Windows, iPhone, and iPad platforms, and now it's on the Mac. The goal of Plants vs Zombies is to stop zombies from marching across your lawn or roof and eating you. To defend yourself you have to put various plants in their way, each plant having special skills. Plants vs Zombies installs easily.
The plants in Plants vs Zombies get laid out on a grid. Some plants shoot peas, which injure zombies, some plants eat zombies, and so on. There's about a dozen different plants that can be used to defeat the oncoming hordes of zombies. As plants get eaten by the zombies, you can replant, but they take time to grow and react. And there's always the issue of affording the plants. To buy them you need to collect sunshine, and each plant costs a certain amount of sun. Sounds complicated? It isn't. Sounds weird? It is, but this is one of the most addictive games we've played, and replay is still strong. The music and effects are great, too.
The publishers of Plants vs Zombies have other highly popular games (Peggle, Zuma, etc.), but this is the classic that everyone knows. Play the free version for an hour and you'll likely be buying the full release with its hours and hours of play. It's still one of our favorite games on the iPad, and seeing it on the Mac is great.
Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of Plants vs Zombies 1.0.40.
Publisher's Description
From PopCap Games:
Get ready to soil your plants in an all-new action-strategy game from PopCap! A mob of fun-loving zombies is about to invade your home, and your only defense is an arsenal of 49 zombie-zapping plants. Use peashooters, wall-nuts, cherry bombs and more to mulchify 26 types of zombies before they can reach your front door.
Each zombie has its own special skills, so you'll need to think fast and plant faster to combat them all. But be careful how you use your limited supply of greens and seeds... as you battle the fun-dead, obstacles like a setting sun, creeping fog and a swimming pool add to the challenge. And with five game modes to dig into, the fun never dies!
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"Great the first few times you play"
Version: Plants vs Zombies 1.0
Pros
Addicting at first. easy to pick up, doesn't require a whole lot of skill.
Cons
Too easy to beat. Sound effects are annoying. Takes too long to get to the more challenging levels.
Summary
I loved this when I first got it, but I beat it quickly and then never weatned to play again because I had to start back at the easiest levels and play for hours in order to get to the fun stuff again.
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"Pointless and Pointless"
Version: Plants vs Zombies 1.0
Pros
None. I have no pros to offer because I can't even open it.
Cons
I downloaded it, installed it, and when I try to open it it says "You can't play this game with your version of OS X" . I have Lion for eff sakes.
Summary
Don't
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"Great game, plays horribly on Mac"
Version: Plants vs Zombies 1.0
Pros
The game is great fun, especially for people like me who don't like to get sucked in for hours at a time. The puzzle Vasebreaker is my mindless entertainment while I'm on hold on the phone, or when I have a couple of minutes to kill. Definitely addictive.
Cons
Plays like crap on the Mac. Never shuts down properly. And everytime I restart my computer, I have to enter a new license key in...finally I ran out of keys and got a message to "contact customer service" ... but PopCap's customer service stinks. The "nohwid" is an issue many mac users have, and PopCap hasn't done anything to fix it.
Summary
I like this game, and wish I could keep playing it...especially since I paid for it! I hope PopCap releases some sort of patch to get around this bug.
Don't make games for Mac at all unless you intend on making sure they work and supporting them! -
"One of the best game!!!"
Version: Plants vs Zombies 1.0
Pros
Good fun, different strategies, different zombies
Cons
WE WANT PvsZ2!!!!
Summary
I love this game!!!
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"Crashes when it quits."
Version: Plants vs Zombies 1.0
Pros
Kids like it.
Cons
The game can't seem to quit. It either takes a very long time to quit, or it takes a very long time to quit and then (humorously) reports that it quit unexpectedly.
Summary
Clean up the dumb bugs (application's ability to quit without crashing?), then ask for compensation.
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"i love this game"
Version: Plants vs Zombies 1.0
Pros
memory inhanser
Cons
i have nothing in my mind right now
Summary
not so good,but it's really fun.......
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"I like the game"
Version: Plants vs Zombies 1.0
Pros
It keep me thinking of how to get to the next level
Cons
I cant think of any right now
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"Very fun and addictive"
Version: Plants vs Zombies 1.0
Pros
Keeps changing
Cons
None so far
Summary
Really fun
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"Heaps of Fun"
Version: Plants vs Zombies 1.0
Pros
Takes just enough time to beat the game - you'll find yourself addicted quickly
Cons
once finished can get very repetitive.
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"Average, Not challenge"
Version: Plants vs Zombies 1.0
Pros
Good fun, different strategies, different zombies adds a little bit of challenge
Cons
Too easy, demo doesn't give enough time to see if there's any depth in gameplay
Summary
An average, fun for a few hours game. From playing the demo its not worth 20!
