The newest game from Peggle-creators PopCap is a tower defense game that pits, you guessed it, plants against zombies.
Some rivalries ring out through the annals of time. Yankees vs. Red Sox. McDonald's vs. Burger King. Nintendo vs. Sega. French toilets vs German toilets. Plants vs...zombies? Alright, that's a new one but I suppose it's actually not all that weird considering it comes from the wacky minds at PopCap, the creators of uber-addictive (and equally ridiculous) casual games like Peggle and Zuma.
Plants vs. Zombies is the company's latest attempt to drop worldwide workplace productivity into the red, and will be released on May 5 this year. Details about the title are scarce, aside from the self-explanatory premise. From the catchy music video trailer and single screenshot dug up by Offworld, it appears that Plants vs. Zombies is PopCap's take on the popular tower defense genre in which the player is tasked with defending a base from oncoming waves of enemies. Zombies are trying to get into a house so they can snack on some brains, and it's up to you to use plants to stop them.
There are different types of plants, each with different strategic uses like killing zombies, repelling zombies, creating light, etc, according to a PopCap staffer posting on Quarter to Three. Seems that you choose a different "deck" of six or so plants that you can use on a given stage. The zombies, meanwhile, also come in several varieties. In the trailer, there's a zombie with a screen door shield, a zombie with a cone on its head, a zombie shark and maybe even a gigantic zombie.
Hopefully we'll get more details soon, but in the meantime, you can sign up for early access to the game by adding your email to the mailing list over here.
Susan Arendt: I've played the game. It's friggin fantastic.
I think I remember seeing a preview for this in a gaming magazine a while back, but it had a different title. It said you could plant things like pea-shooters and cherry bombs to defen your garden. Is this still the case, Susan?
Edit: It also had zombies in American Football uniforms which looked quite friendly and endearing as far as zombies go.
Susan Arendt: I've played the game. It's friggin fantastic.
I think I remember seeing a preview for this in a gaming magazine a while back, but it had a different title. It said you could plant things like pea-shooters and cherry bombs to defen your garden. Is this still the case, Susan?
Edit: It also had zombies in American Football uniforms which looked quite friendly and endearing as far as zombies go.
Yes, the football player zombies seem to be in here.
RougeWaveform: Really how many Tower Defense games do we really need?
How many MMO's do we need? How many FPS's do we need? HOW MUCH OXYGEN DO WE NEED?!?!?
barring that last one, they all have one thing in common: They're all a particular genre which appeals to a different group of people (Not to say there is no overlap). Tower defense (Or defence, given the situation) maps may seem limited, but I'm willing to bet they turn big profits off this game.
RougeWaveform: Really how many Tower Defense games do we really need?
How many MMO's do we need? How many FPS's do we need? HOW MUCH OXYGEN DO WE NEED?!?!?
barring that last one, they all have one thing in common: They're all a particular genre which appeals to a different group of people (Not to say there is no overlap). Tower defense (Or defence, given the situation) maps may seem limited, but I'm willing to bet they turn big profits off this game.
Including all those... If there is extremely noticeable variation and differences other than appearance then there is no point. Regardless of genre or medium. And sure they'll make money, but that doesn't mean that the game will be interesting or anything.
Wow what a concept, even thought its kinda like a tower defense game. Plants vs Zombies has originality. Defiantly a great game for when you meed distractions.
RougeWaveform: Really how many Tower Defense games do we really need?
How many MMO's do we need? How many FPS's do we need? HOW MUCH OXYGEN DO WE NEED?!?!?
barring that last one, they all have one thing in common: They're all a particular genre which appeals to a different group of people (Not to say there is no overlap). Tower defense (Or defence, given the situation) maps may seem limited, but I'm willing to bet they turn big profits off this game.
Including all those... If there is extremely noticeable variation and differences other than appearance then there is no point. Regardless of genre or medium. And sure they'll make money, but that doesn't mean that the game will be interesting or anything.
Halo...All of them, in fact...
But the very fact that they will make money means there is a point. And it is a new take on the genre, a more random, not Srs take, and that makes it more enjoyable.
I want I want I want. I want I want I want! I WANT I WANT I WANT! FOR PONY!
Ehm...
Please tell me this is going to be on PC. Please tell me I won't need Steam or some other crap-app to purchase it (ugh, EA Downloader, I will kill you some day!). And please for the love of crazed undead wizards who like to torture, maim and torment, tell me this game really does have zombie dolphins... Or sharks.
Susan Arendt: I've played the game. It's friggin fantastic.
I think I remember seeing a preview for this in a gaming magazine a while back, but it had a different title. It said you could plant things like pea-shooters and cherry bombs to defen your garden. Is this still the case, Susan?
Edit: It also had zombies in American Football uniforms which looked quite friendly and endearing as far as zombies go.
I'm not sure how much I'm allowed to say yet, but I will say that it is a defense game, has a truly surprising amount of stuff to do even after you've finished the game, and is very, very funny.
Even if you don't like defense games, you will enjoy this, I virtually guarantee. I believe it's my favorite PopCap game ever - yes, I like it even more than Peggle.
Khell_Sennet: I want I want I want. I want I want I want! I WANT I WANT I WANT! FOR PONY!
Ehm...
Please tell me this is going to be on PC. Please tell me I won't need Steam or some other crap-app to purchase it (ugh, EA Downloader, I will kill you some day!). And please for the love of crazed undead wizards who like to torture, maim and torment, tell me this game really does have zombie dolphins... Or sharks.
Susan Arendt: I've played the game. It's friggin fantastic.
I think I remember seeing a preview for this in a gaming magazine a while back, but it had a different title. It said you could plant things like pea-shooters and cherry bombs to defen your garden. Is this still the case, Susan?
Edit: It also had zombies in American Football uniforms which looked quite friendly and endearing as far as zombies go.
I'm not sure how much I'm allowed to say yet, but I will say that it is a defense game, has a truly surprising amount of stuff to do even after you've finished the game, and is very, very funny.
Even if you don't like defense games, you will enjoy this, I virtually guarantee. I believe it's my favorite PopCap game ever - yes, I like it even more than Peggle.
Wow, that's quite the reccomendation. As for stuff to do after the game is finished, that's great, after-endgame bits are always fun (case in point: Fallout 2).
Wow... I cant express the weirdness of this... Not that they would make a game about zombies and plants(even though thats pretty wierd) but that in my class we are at the moment creating small game prototypes and one of the groups chose to do a game about a plant shooting zombies in a top-down shooter... That's one weird coincidence...
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PopCap Reveals Plants vs. Zombies
The newest game from Peggle-creators PopCap is a tower defense game that pits, you guessed it, plants against zombies.
Some rivalries ring out through the annals of time. Yankees vs. Red Sox. McDonald's vs. Burger King. Nintendo vs. Sega. French toilets vs German toilets. Plants vs...zombies? Alright, that's a new one but I suppose it's actually not all that weird considering it comes from the wacky minds at PopCap, the creators of uber-addictive (and equally ridiculous) casual games like Peggle and Zuma.
Plants vs. Zombies is the company's latest attempt to drop worldwide workplace productivity into the red, and will be released on May 5 this year. Details about the title are scarce, aside from the self-explanatory premise. From the catchy music video trailer and single screenshot dug up by Offworld, it appears that Plants vs. Zombies is PopCap's take on the popular tower defense genre in which the player is tasked with defending a base from oncoming waves of enemies. Zombies are trying to get into a house so they can snack on some brains, and it's up to you to use plants to stop them.
There are different types of plants, each with different strategic uses like killing zombies, repelling zombies, creating light, etc, according to a PopCap staffer posting on Quarter to Three. Seems that you choose a different "deck" of six or so plants that you can use on a given stage. The zombies, meanwhile, also come in several varieties. In the trailer, there's a zombie with a screen door shield, a zombie with a cone on its head, a zombie shark and maybe even a gigantic zombie.
Hopefully we'll get more details soon, but in the meantime, you can sign up for early access to the game by adding your email to the mailing list over here.
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