Games Review: Plants Vs Zombies
PC, PopCap
(www.popcap.com), £14.95
Saturday 16 May 2009
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Where would you put your money in a face-off between the living dead and a geranium? While it might seem like the pot plant is sure to come offworse, PopCap’s latest title will have you thinking otherwise. Plants Vs Zombies is a stand-off between surprisingly cute zombies and plants, ranging from smiling sunflowers to Little Shop of Horrors-style sprouts. The zombies advance across the screen from right to left and it’s up to players to mount a greenfingered defence. Every new enemy requires a new plant, the seeds of which are earned by seeing off the zombies.Anearperfect ecology.
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