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COMPLETE: Plants vs. Zombies
After bouncing off Plants vs. Zombies 2 because of how aggressively EA the series had become, I noticed a few comments lamenting that even the original had gone that route these days. This struck me as odd, because last I checked, my copy (an Android version I picked up from one of the original Humble Mobile Bundiles like a kjhgpillion years ago) still seemed fine?
I loaded it up to check if they'd ruined it in a patch or something, and no, this was still the same unspoiled PopCap version. I tried a couple levels just to make sure. And then a couple more, because this is a fun game when it's not microtransaction'd to death. And then a cou... aww hell, I fell back into this again didn't I.
So I've sort of been picking at it, a stage or two before going to bed here and there, and this morning I finally cleared Adventure Mode (again.) Other than it taking me back to the main menu without playing Zombies on Your Lawn, everything was exactly as I remembered it. And now here we are!
Plants vs. Zombies is a line defense game where you plants and they zombies and blah blah everyone knows this game. It's really good, enough that even I love it and I hate tower/line defense games, and it has an endless amount of personality and charm. And then EA brutally murdered it later. But hey.
Now that I have an Adventure clear, I can try the endless stuff, try to grind for the more expensive twiddlydinkies, etc. or just play through Adventure again someday. I'm probably done for now, but the option is nice to have. If you happen to have an original copy of PvZ1 lying around anywhere, treasure it. It's a constant reminder that, at its core, there is something great here, and that there's a reason this game is so popular and missed.
I loaded it up to check if they'd ruined it in a patch or something, and no, this was still the same unspoiled PopCap version. I tried a couple levels just to make sure. And then a couple more, because this is a fun game when it's not microtransaction'd to death. And then a cou... aww hell, I fell back into this again didn't I.
So I've sort of been picking at it, a stage or two before going to bed here and there, and this morning I finally cleared Adventure Mode (again.) Other than it taking me back to the main menu without playing Zombies on Your Lawn, everything was exactly as I remembered it. And now here we are!
Plants vs. Zombies is a line defense game where you plants and they zombies and blah blah everyone knows this game. It's really good, enough that even I love it and I hate tower/line defense games, and it has an endless amount of personality and charm. And then EA brutally murdered it later. But hey.
Now that I have an Adventure clear, I can try the endless stuff, try to grind for the more expensive twiddlydinkies, etc. or just play through Adventure again someday. I'm probably done for now, but the option is nice to have. If you happen to have an original copy of PvZ1 lying around anywhere, treasure it. It's a constant reminder that, at its core, there is something great here, and that there's a reason this game is so popular and missed.