CNET Editors' review
Plants vs. Zombies is a fun, funny, and remarkably well-designed game that should prove addictive for newcomers to tower-defense games, as well as challenging and satisfying to serious fans of this real-time-strategy subgenre. The interface and gameplay start out simply: you must plant seeds, collect sunlight, and tend a gridded garden that is your only defense against ravenous waves of the cartoonish undead. Zombies advance right to left in rows, and you have to decide which kind of plants to use and where to put them, whether you choose sunflowers to accelerate sunlight production or a variety of other plants to shoot, chomp, freeze, block, or otherwise frustrate the zombies.
From here, the game gets crazy-good (not to mention addictively rewarding), by endlessly tweaking this basic recipe on almost every single level, over time adding 49 kinds of plants, 26 kinds of zombies (from basic brain-eaters on up to pole-vaulters and Michael Jackson lookalikes), different rules for day and night, and a play grid that eventually includes a swimming pool and then even moves to your home's slanted roof--and that's just the 50-level Adventure mode. Plants vs. Zombies also includes Survival and Puzzle modes, 20 surprisingly good minigames (which let you do everything from fight invisible zombies to switch places and take on the plants), and a relaxing (but still useful in game terms) "Zen Garden."
Overall, this is an excellent game at a good price, with many interesting qualities and few flaws. Plants vs. Zombies is a must-buy for fans of tower-defense games, and even casual Mac gamers should check out the 60-minute demo.
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.
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"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!
