![]() Send some Plant Food to a Sunflower’s way, and get ready to start scooping up the frantic burst of Suns that pours out. Give some Plant Food to a Pea Shooter, and watch a barrage of green bullets fly in a deadly flurry that will easily mow down any zombie headed your way. The biggest and brightest of these new elements is easily the Plant Food, which powers up the attacks of any given plant for several seconds, and it’s going to be hard now to imagine a game of Plants vs. Zombies 2 is that PopCap has managed to introduce so many exciting new elements into the mix, while still retaining the classic flower defense formula that turned so many of us into PvZ enthusiasts over the last several years. And then there’s just some wildly new ideas altogether, like the Chicken Wrangler Zombie – and probably the less we say about him, the better. While every new zombie type is inherently unique and distinct in its own right, there’s still some familiar and welcomed mechanics that carry over, like the Barrel Roller Zombie’s likeness to the original game’s Zomboni. Zombies history, with the pummeling Bonk Choy and his frenetic green punches becoming one of my early favorites, but with the Coconut Cannon and the gastrointestinal distress-inducing Chili Bean ranking right up there along with him. The new plant types you’ll come across are probably some of the best in Plants vs. Zombies 2 is filled to the brim with new plant types and even more new zombie designs, and all of them fit seamlessly into the quirky and loveable world that PopCap has meticulously created. The “story” is probably the weakest part of the entire experience, but the silly banter between Crazy Dave and Penny is always spot-on, and the narrative framework still serves as the perfect setup to some wonderful environments and set pieces, as players go through the game’s initial three themed worlds: Ancient Egypt, Pirate Seas, and the Wild West. In the game, players are tasked with traveling through time alongside Crazy Dave and series newcomer Penny, Crazy Dave’s talking time-machine van, so their bucket-headed mentor and guide can enjoy re-eating the same taco all over again. The soundtrack is also back in full force, with lots of different sounds and melodies, but also lots of smile-inducing hooks that you’ll remember from last time as well. While most of the basic design elements are relatively the same as the last game, everything has been made ten times more polished, and no minor detail in animation has been overlooked here: just look at how much care and attention has been put into something as simple as the Pea Shooter firing off a single pea. ![]() ![]() Zombies 2 is the giant step up from the first game in the visual department. The first thing you’ll probably notice about Plants vs. Zombies 2: It’s About Time truly is? Well after years of waiting, I’m happy to say that it is finally time to get those plant packets out and start protecting your time-traveling brainz once again. Because as I realized as soon as I started playing the game, how can I possibly put into words how amazing Plants vs. There have already been some pretty high expectations surrounding PvZ 2, and to be honest, it’s even a bit intimidating to be the one who gets to write this review. Sometimes it’s hard to know what you should expect from a sequel to a game that holds such a massive cult following among gamers old and young alike. There are very few games out there of any genre or audience that have achieved such a worldwide adoration as PopCap’s Plants vs.
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