

Ladies and gentlemen, meet the bane of mobile gaming enthusiasts around the world, now a front and center feature of a Plants vs. Until you consider one other new gameplay feature, that is: in-app purchases. Fun for a few seconds, perhaps, but their inclusion in a game like Plants vs. The lightning power zaps whole groups of zombies at once, clearing out crowds in short order. The toss ability lets you pick up and throw zombies from the screen. The pinch power-up lets you squeeze zombies' heads to send them packing. There are also a handful of power-ups you can use, all of which break the mold of letting the plants do all the dirty work. Plant food provides a temporary boost for a single plant, allowing it to unleash a quick barrage of attacks to clear out zombies. The basic mechanics are largely unchanged, but now you've got a few special abilities to help you out of a jam. Zombies 2 has been tweaked in a few places. You can clearly see where many plant upgrades and other events will occur, but there are some surprises in store as well.Īnalysis: The defense gameplay of Plants vs. Connecting the levels in each of these areas is an overworld map, complete with branching paths that are blocked by locked doors. Zombies 2 takes place in three distinct areas: Ancient Egypt, Pirate Seas, and Wild West.


There are some key differences introduced in the sequel that make it stand apart from its predecessor, however. Zombies 2 is pretty much the same as Plants vs. By populating your yard with a healthy array of plants, you can stave off the zombie hordes and live to fight another day. Each plant has its own ability, ranging from the basic pea shooter to the punch-happy Bonk Choy or the classic potato mine (SPUD-OW!). Taking plants from your inventory and spending sunshine as currency, set offensive and defensive units in the soil and watch them do their thing. Zombies of all types shamble in from the right side of the screen, each occupying one of five rows on the grid. Plants are just as plentiful as well, and they're eager dispatch some undead. Zombies are as prevalent in ancient Egypt as they are in a modern day backyard. Since tacos won't be invented for several centuries, looks like he's got some work to do if he wants that second lunch. Instead of moving back a few minutes or hours, Dave pulled everyone to ancient Egypt. He used his time machine to travel back in time, but things didn't go quite as planned.

It was so delicious he wanted to eat it again. Zombies 2 is largely focused on Crazy Dave, the speech-garbled, sauce pan on the head neighbor from the first game. Oh, and by introducing tons of in-app purchases! How do you follow something like that? By adding more plants, more zombies, and more levels. Its predecessor won dozens of awards and has been praised as one of the most original and creative games in recent years. The sequel has some enormous expectations to live up to. After a brief limited launch in Australia and New Zealand, PopCap and EA have unleashed the game worldwide, closing the four year gap opened by the original Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time has finally arrived.
