Plants vs. Zombies is a tower
defense action video game developed and originally published by PopCap Games
for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. The game involves a homeowner using many
varieties of plants to repel an army of zombies from "eating their
brains". It was first released on May 5, 2009, and made available on Steam
on the same day. A version for iOS was released in February 2010, and an HD
version for the iPad. An extended Xbox Live Arcade version introducing new
gameplay modes and features was released on September 8, 2010.
PopCap released
a Nintendo DS version on January 18, 2011 with content unique to the platform.
The PlayStation 3 version was released in February 2011 also with added new co
op and versus modes found in the Xbox 360 version. An Android version of the
game, exclusive to the Amazon Android App Store, was released on May 31,
2011.[12] On February 16, 2012, a version was released for BlackBerry PlayBook.
Furthermore, both the original Windows and Mac version of the game have been
re-released with additional content in a Game of the Year version. The game
received a positive response from critics, and was nominated for multiple
Interactive Achievement Awards, alongside receiving praise for its musical
score. A sequel was announced in August 2012 and is currently set for release
in Spring 2013.
In Plants vs. Zombies, players
place different types of plants and fungi, each with their own unique offensive
or defensive capabilities, around a house in order to stop a horde of zombies
from eating the brains of the residents. The playing field is divided into a
number of horizontal lanes, and with rare exceptions, a zombie will only move
towards the player's house along one lane (the main exception is if it has
taken a bite out of a garlic). Most plants can only attack or defend against
zombies in the lane they are planted in. In later levels, players can purchase
upgrades so as to adapt their lawn mower to new environments like pools or
rooftops.
The game uses several
different level types and layouts. The game starts out in a front yard, and
progresses to nighttime levels, where the gameplay is more challenging, with no
replenishing sun unless specific plants are used, the backyard is visited, with
a pool added, and the final levels are nighttime pool levels (where fog fills
the right half of the screen except when specific plants are used), a lightning
storm level in pitch black (except when illuminated by occasional flashes of
lightning), and rooftop levels (on the final level, the player must face a huge
robot operated by a zombie known as Dr. Zomboss). Sporadically through the
game, the player is either warned through a letter by zombies or addressed by
Crazy Dave to prepare for an ambush, where the game takes on a bowling style,
using Wall-nuts to bowl down zombies, or a modified version of regular levels,
where random plant types come up on a small selection, and the player can use
the plants without spending sun.
The player starts with a
limited number of seed pack types and seed pack slots that they can use during
most levels. The number of slots can be increased through purchases with
in-game money. At the start of a level, the player is shown the various types
of zombies to expect and given the opportunity to select which seed packs to
take into the level. Several plants are nocturnal, such as mushrooms, having a
lower sunlight cost, and are ideal for nighttime levels. Certain plants are
highly effective against specific types of zombies, such as the Magnet-shroom,
which can remove metallic items from a zombie, such as helmets, buckets,
ladders, and pogosticks.
The zombies also come in a
number of types that have different attributes, in particular, speed, damage
tolerance, and abilities. Zombies include those wearing makeshift armour, those
that are able to jump or fly over plants, and a dancing zombie which has
different designs depending on the version that is able to summon other zombies
from the ground. At various points the player will be inundated with a huge
wave of zombies.
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