There are zombies on the loose. They’re running after you, but you’ve got no place to hide. You’re defenseless, so how are you supposed to emerge unscathed? Well, in Plants vs. Zombies, you have one choice: to tactically surround your house with a particular set of armed plants. Coming in various shapes and sizes, the plants and zombies are progressively increasing in number as go from one level to another. Most of the time, you’re either on your front lawn or at your backyard, where the garden is a bit bigger and it even has a pond running down the middle. These are divided into grids, and you can put any plant of your choice on each square. The zombies will then trudge, sprint and swim toward your house, while you put up your defenses that can include up to 50 different plants; however you can’t use more than 10 different species in a level. You use sunflowers to collect the sun that serves as the currency in the game. Wall-nuts defend against zombies while they’re still undamaged. Potato mines explode when zombies unknowingly step on them. Peashooters obviously shoot peas. As your defense expands, you have to select the kinds of plants you’re taking into each level. This requires you to think of a smart strategy and come up with the most effective combination of plants to protect your home. The game adds replay value by tossing in minigames. These can range from the simple ones, where the plants available for the map are already picked out, to the unusual ones that involve going bowling with wall-nuts. These tend to pop up in the game itself, with the player having the option to skip them if they are so inclined. There are 20 different minigames available, some of which are twists on classic types of gameplay. These include fighting invisible zombies and an odd combination of plants and â€Bejeweled,†as well as the option of taking a crack at the zombie-making process in the zombiquarium. It’s too bad that Plants vs. Zombies' multiplayer mode can’t be played online; but you can still enjoy it with a friend. If you’re playing as the plants, the only thing that differentiates competitive and solo play is that you have to attack stationary zombies on the right of the screen while setting up the defense of your house. The quick play versus option allows players access to only the most basic forms of both plants and zombies, but a game with custom settings can give them the ability to use virtually any of the available options, allowing for a wider variety of things to throw at each other.
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