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Caspian: 10
Stroke of genius. I got completely hooked playing it. The pacing is perfect, the arrival of new things piques the interest constantly, and it expired on me right at the point that I was so hooked that I have to buy the game now. It is taking a monumental effort of will to keep my credit card locked away because otherwise I won’t get any work done for several days.

This flawlessly presented gem abounds with a daft sense of humour, excellent playability, and great variation. There are all sorts of minigames and brilliant little touches. Go on, try it. I defy you not to love this game.

Mike: 10
Popcap is damn good at creating an addictive game and they demonstrate that once again with Plants vs. Zombies. Just writing the game’s title makes me want to boot up the demo and play some more. I guess I would describe the game as a simplified Tower-Defense Game. You grow different plants that will protect you from crazed zombies. There is a decent amount of strategy in the game, the concept itself is hilarious, and the game is completely addicting. What more could you ask for?

Sam: 9
Plants vs. Zombies is basically tower defense with lots of polish and a novel theme. You place plants that shoot, eat, or blow up attacking zombies, keeping them from reaching your house. The difficulty ramps up nicely, and even if you’ve never seen a tower defense game before, you’ll pick it up quickly. It might be a little easy for people who have played this type of game before, but there’s still enough tension and variety to keep it exciting, and plenty of incentives to keep you playing. You earn new plants after the completion of levels, and you can collect coins used to purchase new plant cards. Having to choose which plants you’ll be able to use in a level is a nice touch of strategy, and helps add some more depth. The resource collection, “sun” tokens that you have to collect as they fall from the sky or spawn from special plants, keeps you on your toes and gives you something to do while waiting for the next wave of undead. There are also different game modes, including one where you bowl down zombies with walnuts that were especially fun and a nice break from the usual. Like most PopCap games, this is highly addictive, and I wanted more when the trial ended. I’m not sure I would pay $20 for it, but it’s the best tower defense game I’ve played, and the demo is certainly worth a download.

Kayla: 10
This game is bound to be a favorite among casual gamers (and perhaps even those who dub themselves as ‘hardcore’). Plants vs. Zombies provides a wide array of plants to choose from (around 45, I believe), plenty of feral zombies to slaughter with peashooters, a hilariously crazy neighbor and five different levels in which you must protect your yard from the zombie invasion. Strategy varies depending on the type of zombie and the level presented: for example, in the first level you collect sun in order to plant new foliage in your yard to help protect your house, but the next level is during the night. Since collecting sun is nigh impossible, so you have to utilize the vicious spores of special mushrooms and get what sun you can from sunflowers. A later level houses a pool in your backyard, forcing you to erect lily pads in the water so the plants can stay afloat.

My intent was to sit down just to play the game for a few minutes before skipping off to something else, and an hour and a half later I was still setting up potato bombs to keep the zombies at bay. The game is wonderfully addictive, the songs are catchy, and the graphics are original…what more can you ask for? I suggest everyone at least try it out.

Average: 9.75!