By: Aseem Gaurav, April 19, 2011 (New Delhi)
Today, iPadfanzz reviews PopCap Games’ HD iPad version of its massively popular and multi-award winning iPhone game Plants vs. Zombies. The iPad HD version of the game has more modes and better graphics than the iPhone version. The best thing about this version is that it fills the iPad wonderfully and your tablet’s touch interface adds to the gaming experience. Apart from pretty vivid colors and graphics, you’d certainly like the size of those absurd zombies and plants on your mammoth iPad screen.
Plants vs. Zombies is a tower defense action video game developed and originally published by PopCap Games for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It is an enjoyable and engaging game as it rolls out new units and environments at a good pace. 26 types of Zombies are invading your home, and your garden is your last line of defense against these brain-crazy cannibals. The Zombies will jump, run, dance, swim and even eat plants to get into your house. As a first line of action you can plant seeds of Potatos, Peas, Cabbage, Melon, with each having its own offensive and defensive capabilities. A Zombie will only move towards the player’s house along one track and you can plant a seed through tapping the seed and tapping a “square” on your lawn.
You basic line of attack is your plant shooting peas down the rows, so you’ll need one in each row as Zombies will now start coming in each row. The next important thing is picking up sunlight as this helps you plant stronger towers. In daytime levels, sun occasionally drops in from the sky in 25-sun units. Zombies move from right to left in rows, and you have to use your intelligence to pick right kind of plant in the right place. Setting a plant in your lawn’s square grid costs sunlight, which falls from the sky. But you need more need more sunlight than is freely available, so you have to plant sunflowers to generate more sunlight. Your first goal is to have as many sunflowers as possible. Initially you need a minimum of three, but by the end of level three you really need to be looking at six to eight. Try keeping your sunflowers as close to the house as possible since the Zombies had to traverse the entire lane before getting close to a sunflower. It means more time for you to collect more sunlight so you can stop the Zombies. During the gameplay, you have to be careful about how use your limited supply of greens and seeds. As you battle the Zombies, obstacles like a setting sun, creeping fog and a swimming pool will add to the challenge.
The thing that makes this game so special is the variety and creativity the developers have used at different levels. Just when you think you’ve gotten your daytime defense strategy right, the Zombies will attack at night and then you’ll have to devise a new set of plants to manage them. The game has been wisely animated that keeps you thinking about new strategies when you’re faced with pole-vaulting and dancing Zombies. Adding to the game's charm is the variety of zombies, ranging from dancing Michael Jackson types to aquatic zombies that ride dolphins (you have a pool in the backyard).
The game is great fun on an iPad, as the multi-touch controls let you tap eleven different spots on the screen at once. Plants vs. Zombies HD also include a brand new minigame, called Buttered Popcorn, where you grease the Zombies with butter before blasting them with corncob cannons.
With 20 levels of puzzles and 20 different minigames, Plants vs. Zombies scores very high in entertainment value. So keep playing!
Game Details:
Published by: PopCap Games
Developed by: PopCap Games
Genre: Puzzle
Number of Players: 1
Release Date: US: March 31, 2010
MSRP: $9.99
Also Available On: Xbox 360, iPhone, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PC, Macintosh
Current Version: 1.0.3
1.0.3 (iOS 4.0 Tested)
Size: 49.4 MB
Language: English
Requirements: Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later.
Today, iPadfanzz reviews PopCap Games’ HD iPad version of its massively popular and multi-award winning iPhone game Plants vs. Zombies. The iPad HD version of the game has more modes and better graphics than the iPhone version. The best thing about this version is that it fills the iPad wonderfully and your tablet’s touch interface adds to the gaming experience. Apart from pretty vivid colors and graphics, you’d certainly like the size of those absurd zombies and plants on your mammoth iPad screen.
Plants vs. Zombies is a tower defense action video game developed and originally published by PopCap Games for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It is an enjoyable and engaging game as it rolls out new units and environments at a good pace. 26 types of Zombies are invading your home, and your garden is your last line of defense against these brain-crazy cannibals. The Zombies will jump, run, dance, swim and even eat plants to get into your house. As a first line of action you can plant seeds of Potatos, Peas, Cabbage, Melon, with each having its own offensive and defensive capabilities. A Zombie will only move towards the player’s house along one track and you can plant a seed through tapping the seed and tapping a “square” on your lawn.
You basic line of attack is your plant shooting peas down the rows, so you’ll need one in each row as Zombies will now start coming in each row. The next important thing is picking up sunlight as this helps you plant stronger towers. In daytime levels, sun occasionally drops in from the sky in 25-sun units. Zombies move from right to left in rows, and you have to use your intelligence to pick right kind of plant in the right place. Setting a plant in your lawn’s square grid costs sunlight, which falls from the sky. But you need more need more sunlight than is freely available, so you have to plant sunflowers to generate more sunlight. Your first goal is to have as many sunflowers as possible. Initially you need a minimum of three, but by the end of level three you really need to be looking at six to eight. Try keeping your sunflowers as close to the house as possible since the Zombies had to traverse the entire lane before getting close to a sunflower. It means more time for you to collect more sunlight so you can stop the Zombies. During the gameplay, you have to be careful about how use your limited supply of greens and seeds. As you battle the Zombies, obstacles like a setting sun, creeping fog and a swimming pool will add to the challenge.
The thing that makes this game so special is the variety and creativity the developers have used at different levels. Just when you think you’ve gotten your daytime defense strategy right, the Zombies will attack at night and then you’ll have to devise a new set of plants to manage them. The game has been wisely animated that keeps you thinking about new strategies when you’re faced with pole-vaulting and dancing Zombies. Adding to the game's charm is the variety of zombies, ranging from dancing Michael Jackson types to aquatic zombies that ride dolphins (you have a pool in the backyard).
The game is great fun on an iPad, as the multi-touch controls let you tap eleven different spots on the screen at once. Plants vs. Zombies HD also include a brand new minigame, called Buttered Popcorn, where you grease the Zombies with butter before blasting them with corncob cannons.
With 20 levels of puzzles and 20 different minigames, Plants vs. Zombies scores very high in entertainment value. So keep playing!
Game Details:
Published by: PopCap Games
Developed by: PopCap Games
Genre: Puzzle
Number of Players: 1
Release Date: US: March 31, 2010
MSRP: $9.99
Also Available On: Xbox 360, iPhone, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PC, Macintosh
Current Version: 1.0.3
1.0.3 (iOS 4.0 Tested)
Size: 49.4 MB
Language: English
Requirements: Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later.
