‘Plants vs Zombies’ Review
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There are an unbelievable amount of tower defense games on the App Store, in fact, I don’t think I know someone without one on the iDevice, be it the free Tapdefense by Tapjoy or the or the futuristic neon TD Geodefense. Plants vs Zombie, however, manages to put an all-new twist on the tower defense genre and makes an all new gaming experience.
In Plants vs Zombies, instead of defending a set path in which the enemies go on, you have to protect several lanes in which the zombies attack from. This gives an interesting spin to the average tower defense formula and really makes the game a lot more enjoyable to play, in my opinion.

The graphics in this game are top notch and no other graphics could have worked better. This is, however, for two reasons. The first being that they really fit the jokey feeling the games emits, the other being that if they were any more graphically intensive (for example in 3D) the game would be so laggy it would be virtually unplayable! When a large wave of zombies come on screen, there is guaranteed to be lag, no matter what, which can get pretty annoying sometimes.
The music is also great and it’s eeriness is just enough to keep this game on the ‘kinda eerie’ side rather than on the just plain funny side. It doesn’t actually stand out that much, but instead is just there in the background so well implemented that I took it for granted!

Those of you who have played the PC/Mac version however, might be a bit disappointed as some features have been removed. The zen garden has been removed as well as the survival mode, which I’m guessing was removed to prevent unbelievable amounts of lag. The minigames can be found in quickplay after the completion of the game, though I’ve been told that they’re limited, unlike they’re computer counterparts
Overall though, I still think that this is a excellent game for the iPhone and iPod touch and you’d be crazy to miss out on this, though perhaps the more hardcore gamers might find this game to be a bit easy. Still, this is in my opinion the best tower defense game to be found on the App Store.
Rating- 5/5 (best tower defense on the App Store without a doubt)














