Plants vs Zombies

Creators: Pop Cap

Director: George Fan

Release date: May 5, 2009

Storyline: The aim of the game is to protect your owner’s home by growing deadly plants which you are supposed to use to fend off the undead zombies, which are desperate for a tasty lunch called brains.

Main characters: These are the two different lists of characters, the first one being plants and the second one being Zombies:

Plants are living organisms that belong to the kingdom of Plantae. They obtain most of their energy from sunlight in a process called photosynthesis. However, not all plants absorb energy via photosynthesis .

They are the main protagonists against a horde of Zombies, which are capable of eating them, and are the player’s main defence against the undead assailants. Plants also populate the Zen Garden, where the player is able to use the Watering Can, Bug Spray and Fertilizer to grow Plants and earn Money.

List of Plants:

Plant	Characteristics	Sun cost	Recharge
Peashooter	Shoots peas at zombies.	100	Fast
Sunflower	Produces 25 sun about every 24 seconds.	50	Fast
Cherry Bomb	Destroys all zombies in a 3×3 area.	150	Very Slow
Wall-nut	Much stronger than most plants and protects anything behind it.	50	Slow
Potato Mine	Explodes all zombies in its square, but takes 15 seconds to arm itself. Must be planted in the ground.	25	Slow
Snow Pea	Shoots frozen peas that damage and slow zombies.	175 (150 in Versus Mode, 100 inHeavy Weapon)	Fast
Chomper	Eats any zombie in front of itself, but is vulnerable while chewing.	150	Fast
Repeater	Shoots two Peas at a time.	200 (150 in Versus Mode)	Fast
Puff-shroom	Nocturnal, shoots Spores at zombies up to 3 squares away from it.	0	Fast
Sun-shroom	Nocturnal, gives 15 Sun first, then eventually grows and gives 25 Sun.	25	Fast
Fume-shroom	Nocturnal, shoots fumes that damage all zombies up to 4 squares away from it and penetrates shields (Screen Doors, Ladders, etc.)	75	Fast
Grave Buster	Destroys the grave it is planted on, dropping money. Can only be planted on gravestones.	75	Fast (Very Slow in Versus Mode)
Hypno-shroom	Nocturnal, hypnotizes zombies and makes them turn around and fight other zombies.	75	Slow
Scaredy-shroom	Nocturnal, shoots long ranged spores. Stops shooting and hides when a zombie is adjacent to it.	25	Fast
Ice-shroom	Nocturnal, does 1 damage. Immobilizes all zombies on-screen which gradually recover.	75	Very Slow
Doom-shroom	Nocturnal, destroys all zombies in radius 3.5, then leaves a crater that can’t be planted on but will heal itself in 180 seconds. Destroys Lily Pads orFlower Pots underneath.	125	Very Slow
Lily Pad	Aquatic, allows other plants to be planted in water.	25	Fast
Squash	Waits for a zombie to get to the right or left of it, then squashes all zombies in that square.	50 (75 inVersus Mode)	Slow
Threepeater	Shoots peas in 3 lanes (above, middle and below)	325 (200 in Versus Mode, 400 inHeavy Weapon)	Fast (Very Slow in Versus Mode)
Tangle Kelp	Aquatic, captures and drowns the first zombie that gets near it. Only able to drown one zombie at a time.	25	Slow
Jalapeno	Burns all zombies in its row.	125	Very Slow
Spikeweed	Does damage to zombies that step on it and pops tires on Zombonis. Is destroyed by vehicles, Jack-in-the-Box Zombies and Gargantuar only.	100	Fast
Torchwood	Doubles the damage of all regular green peas that pass through it.Flaming peas deal splash damage in the same square of the zombie hit. Also uncovers fog in 1 1/4 squares above, below, right and left, negates frozen peas and, if the target zombie is frozen, it unfreezes them.	175	Fast
Tall-nut	Stronger than a Wall-nut and can’t be jumped over, but can be flown over.	125	Slow
Sea-shroom	Aquatic and nocturnal, shoots spores to zombies 3 squares away from it.	0	Slow
Plantern	Uncovers fog in a 5×5 area.	25	Slow
Cactus	Shoots spikes that deal normal damage and can stretch up high to pop balloons.	125 (100 in Versus Mode)	Fast
Blover	Blows away fog temporarily and allBalloon Zombies.	100	Fast
Split Pea	Shoots one pea forwards and two peas backwards.	125	Fast (Very Slow in Versus Mode)
Starfruit	Shoots stars in 5 directions.	125 (175 in Versus Mode)	Fast
Pumpkin	As strong as a Wall-nut and can be planted over another plant.	125	Slow
Magnet-shroom	Nocturnal, attracts all metal items on zombies in a 3 square radius. Reloads in 15 seconds.	100	Fast
Cabbage-pult	Lobs cabbages at the half the rate of aPeashooter for double damage.	100	Fast
Flower Pot	Allows a plant to be planted on theroof.	25	Fast
Kernel-pult	Lobs corn kernels that do light damage and butter that does double damage and immobilizes zombies.	100	Fast
Coffee Bean	Can only be planted on sleepingmushrooms and wakes them up.	75 (25 inVersus Mode)	Fast
Garlic	Diverts zombies that bite it to the lane above or below.	50 (75 inVersus Mode)	Fast (Very Slow on Versus Mode)
Umbrella Leaf	Bounces off all Bungee Zombies and can deflect basketballs launched by the Catapult Zombies in a 3×3 area.	100	Fast
Marigold	Drops silver and gold coins.	50	Slow
Melon-pult	Lobs melons at the half the rate of aPeashooter and does splash damage to all adjacent squares. Can hit groups of zombies.	300	Fast (Very Slow in Versus Mode)
Gatling Pea	Shoots 4 peas at a time. Upgrade ofRepeater.	250(+200) in all 450	Very Slow
Twin Sunflower	Produces 2 regular sun about every 3 seconds. Upgrade of Sunflower.	150 (+50) in all 200	Very Slow
Gloom-shroom	Shoots fumes 4 times per second in a 3×3 area and penetrates shields. Upgrade of Fume-shroom.	150 (+75) in all 225	Very Slow
Cattail	Aquatic, shoots spikes in any lane and pops balloons. Upgrade of Lily Pad.	225 (+25) in all 250	Very Slow
Winter Melon	Lobs frozen melons that deal splash damage, damage and slow zombies. Upgrade of Melon-pult.	200(+300) in all 500	Very Slow
Gold Magnet	Attracts all money and does not need a Coffee Bean, as it is diurnal. Upgrade of Magnet-shroom.	50(+100) in all 150	Very Slow
Spikerock	Does 2 damages per second to all zombies that step on it and takes 9 vehicles or Gargantuar smashes to be destroyed. Upgrade of Spikeweed.	125(+100) in all 225	Very Slow
Cob Cannon	Click to target where to launch a deadly corn cob, blowing up an area. Upgrade of 2 horizontally adjacentKernel-pults.	500 (+100×2) in all 700	Very Slow
Imitater	Allows you to have 2 of a plant in any level (except for upgrades). Recharge and cost depend on the imitated plant. Takes 1.1 seconds before imitating.	Depends on plant to copy	As the Imitated Plant
Explode-o-nut	Explodes when touches Zombies, only appears in Wall-nut Bowling and Wall-nut Bowling 2	Free	None
Giant Wall-nut	Crushes a row of Zombies in Wall-nut Bowling 2, has 2x health more than aWall-nut in Big Time	Free, 50 in Big Time	None, Slow in Big Time
Giant Sunflower	Produces two regular sun about every 24 seconds.	50	Fast
Giant Marigold	Drops two silver or gold coins.	50	Slow

Zombies are reanimated, mindless, decaying corpses with a hunger for human brains. They are the main antagonists of Plants vs Zombies as the objective of the game is to prevent them from eating your brains. However, in Versus Mode, the player can play as the zombies. Zombies, like their defensive counterparts the plants, are varied in strength as well as speed, and command unique aspects which must be countered appropriately.

List of Zombies:

Name	Image	Characteristics	Health
Zombie		A normal zombie.	10
Flag Zombie		Moves slightly faster and signals a huge wave incoming. Can be customized with the Zombatar feature.	10
Conehead Zombie		Headwear Zombie, uses a traffic cone to protect itself.	28 (18 forRoadcone)
Pole Vaulting Zombie		Vaulting Zombie, single jump; jumps over the first plant it encounters with a fiberglass pole that cannot be attracted by a Magnet-shroom.	17
Buckethead Zombie		Headwear Zombie, has a bucket that is extremely resistant to damage, but attractable by a Magnet-shroom.	65 (55 forBucket)
Newspaper Zombie		Shield zombie, moves slowly at first, moves twice as fast and grunts after his Newspaper is destroyed.	16 (8 forNewspaper)
Screen Door Zombie		Shield zombie, is not affected by Snow Peas and fire peas, unless the Screen Door is removed. Screen Doors can be taken away by Magnet-shrooms.	65 (55 forScreen Door)
Football Zombie		Headwear Zombie, very durable, moves fast. Helmet can be taken away by Magnet-shroom.	80 (70 for Football Helmet),
Dancing Zombie		Dances as it walks, summons Backup Dancers. Has a new look on the Game of the Year, DS, XBLA and PS3 Version (the one on the left is the old version).	17
Backup Dancer		Dances as it walks in groups of four. Can be re-summoned if leadDancing Zombie which is controlling it has not been killed. Has a new look on the Game of the Year, DS, XBLA and PS3 Version (the one on the left is the old version).	10
Ducky Tube Zombie		Only appears in the Pool. Is just as strong as the on-land version of the zombie of which it is a variation. It has Flag, Conehead, Bucketheadand ZomBotany Zombies variations. Is always Pool/Fog ambush zombie.	10, 17, 28, 65 or 120
Snorkel Zombie		Invulnerable to most plants (except Lobbed Shots, Tangle Kelp and Explosive Plants while underwater. Only resurfaces to eat Plants. Also appears in Zombiquarium.	10
Zomboni		Rides a Zamboni which crushes Plants, leaving an ice trail behind.	58
Zombie Bobsled Team		Only appears on an ice trail left by a Zomboni. Appears in groups of four in a Bobsled. After its Bobsled reaches the end of the ice trail, it will get off and walk normally.	54 (10 per Zombie/14 for Bobsled)
Dolphin Rider Zombie		Vaulting zombie, single jump. While riding his Dolphin, he’s much faster. Dolphin will disappear after its jump.	17
Jack-in-the-Box Zombie		Carries an exploding Jack-in-the-Box and moves twice as fast as normal Zombies. It shakes while cranking it up. Its Jack-in-the-Box can be taken by Magnet-shroom.	17
Balloon Zombie		Floats over the ground. Protected from ground attacks; however, it can be blown away by Blovers & its Balloon can be popped by Cactus andCattail.	11 (1 forBalloon and on the water)
Digger Zombie		Digs through the ground and appears on the left side of the lawn, then eats through your defenses from the left. Vulnerable to Magnet-shroom,Gloom-shroom, Starfruit, Potato Mine (Only when armed) and Split Pea.	15 (5 for Digging Helmet)
Pogo Zombie		Vaulting zombie, makes multiple jumps. His Pogo Stick can be stolen by a Magnet-shroom. Also, he stops bouncing when he reaches a Tall-nut.	17
Zombie Yeti**		Runs away if not killed, drops 4 (5 if first time) Diamonds if killed. Appears after beating Adventure Mode a second time, on level 4-10.	46
Bungee Zombie		Steals a plant at random positions or drops zombies. An Umbrella Leaf offers protection to the surrounding area.	23
Ladder Zombie		Shield zombie, attaches ladder to defensive plants to let others go over them. Shield unaffected by Snow Peas and flaming peas.	42 (25 for ladder)
Catapult Zombie		Attacks the last attack-able plant in a row, until it is out of Basketballs, or if there aren’t any Plants in the row, then moves forward and crushesPlants (if any).	33
Gargantuar		Takes two instant kills, but Lawn Mowers, Pool Cleaners, and Roof Cleaners kill them instantly. Crushes Plants instead of eating them and throws an Imp when weakened.	150
Imp		Thrown by Gargantuars deep into your defenses after losing half of their health.	10 (3 in I,Zombie)
Dr. Zomboss		Final boss, has double health in Dr. Zomboss’s Revenge.	1,583 (3,165 in Dr. Zomboss’s Revenge)
Trash Can Zombie		Shield zombie, moves about 1/4th the speed of a Zombie, only appears in the PS3, Xbox Live Arcade and DS version.	50 (40 for Trash Can)
Target Zombie		Only appears in Versus Mode.	10
Peashooter Zombie		Shoots Peas at plants, only appears in ZomBotany and ZomBotany 2.	10
Wall-nut Zombie		Takes high amounts of damage, only appears in ZomBotany andZomBotany 2.	65
Gatling Pea Zombie		Shoots 4 Peas at once, only appears in ZomBotany 2.	10
Tall-nut Zombie		Takes about 2 instant kills, except for Chomper, which eats it whole, only appears in ZomBotany 2.	120
Jalapeno Zombie		Explodes after a short time and destroys all Plants in the row, only appears in ZomBotany 2.	17
Squash Zombie		Squashes the first plant it comes near, moves faster than a normal zombie, only appears in ZomBotany 2.	10
Giga Football Zombie		Appears in the Plants vs. Zombies Web Version, in Survival: Endlessand Vasebreaker.	150 (140 for Black Football Helmet).
Giga-gargantuar		Takes four Instant Kills, but Lawn Mowers, Pool Cleaners, and Roof Cleaners kill them instantly. Crushes Plants instead of eating them and throws an Imp when weakened.	300
Catapult Baseball Zombie		Unknown, though it must have the same health as Catapult Zombies‘. Only appears in Homerun Derby.	Unknown; possibly 33
Baseball Zombie		Unknown, though it must have the same health as Normal Zombies‘. Only appears in Homerun Derby.	Unknown; possibly 10

Here is a video about some of the characters from the game above. Try to spot all of them:

Game Synopsis: Plants and zombies aren’t exactly what you’d call natural enemies, given the latter’s single-minded hunger for brains and the former’s complete lack thereof. Despite being brainless, plants apparently appreciate the hand that waters them, so when zombie hordes come to eat your brains, it’s Plants vs. Zombies. To protect your own gray matter, you create defensive fortifications around your house by cultivating a wide variety of cute, combat-ready plants to handle the goofy varieties of zombie attackers. Plants vs. Zombies is solidly rooted in the tower defense genre, but it grows and branches in such a charming, accessible way that almost anyone can pick it up and have a lot of fun.

The basic gameplay is pleasantly engaging, but it will take seasoned defenders a few hours before they can play legitimately challenging levels. Fortunately, Plants vs. Zombies rolls out new units and environments at a good pace, and the minigames, puzzles, and Survival mode offer some clever and challenging diversions. It’s a delightful game that is both addictive and accessible, and you’ll never look at your garden the same way again.

Screenshots:

Plants vs Zombies Wallpaper - plants-vs-zombies Photo

TRAILER:

Personal Review: Variety and creativity take this basic mission structure and turn it into something special. Just when you’ve gotten your daytime defence strategy down, the zombies decide to attack at night and you have a whole new set of plants to manage. Within every level, new units come along that fit the new environments, and this steady trickle of new elements helps keep the gentle difficulty curve from becoming dull.

Still, tower defence veterans will have to endure a lot of simple, familiar action in order to find a real challenge, and the wait may prove too long for some.Each unit has a great sense of personality, and the first time you watch a dancing zombie moonwalk onto your lawn and summon his garishly dressed backup dancers, you’ll likely chuckle with amusement. The visual charm makes the game a pleasure to look at, and it helps keep things feeling fresh.

This game requires lots of strategy for completion upon levels. There are many modes and mini games which will surely keep veteran players entertainment and all the practice they need to become much better at the game.There is even a Zen Garden to water your plants and to help them become much stronger.I would recommend this game to strategy lovers and for people 12 and over.