ust when we think we’ve exhausted every way possible to kill zombies PopCap Games comes along and proves us all wrong. Plants vs. Zombies is the latest game to be released by PopCap and is currently available through PopCap’s site for $19.99 or through Steam for $9.99. The goal is to simply keep zombies from making it inside your house by planting different plants in their way to stop them. It sounds simple enough and it is, but there is so much to do in this game. With a pretty lengthy adventure mode, puzzles, minigames, survival mode and a zen garden Plants vs. Zombies is an easy to recommend purchase for tower defense or RTS fans as well as being a solid introduction to both genres.

Plants vs. Zombies (PvZ) is set up in an easy to learn way for the first few levels. The playing field usually has nine squares across and five squares down. You can place plants on any of these squares though it’s recommended you start from the left and gradually move to the right. You start off with a peashooter plant and a sunflower and will soon amass a variety of different plants. Sunflowers act as the currency delivery system in PvZ. Every so often a little sun icon will burst out of the sunflower and you have to click on it in order to add 25 points of “Sun” to your inventory. The more sunflowers you have, the more Sun you will accumulate. You then use these points to pick different plants to place on the field. There is no limit on how much Sun you can accumulate but there is a limit on how many plant types you can bring into battle.

PvZ is always bringing new surprises into the mix. At first it just seems like you complete a stage and receive a new plant that will be helpful for the next stage. When you least expect it the game throws in a currency system that adds on to replay value. As the levels go on you eventually meet Crazy Dave who will sell you useful items such as additional plants, extra lines of defense such as lawnmowers and pool cleaners and extra space in your inventory to bring more plants to each level. He will also sell you items that help you to maximize your zen garden’s potential. Those plants can also be sold for even more money.

-OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
-CPU: 1.2GHz
-RAM: 512+ MB
-Hard Drive: 65+ MB
-Video: DirectX
-Sound: N/A
-Input: N/A
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