Plants Vs. Zombies

First of all, I'm sorry for not posting as much. Right now I don't have any underrated games that I can review without a T.V. recording device, so I'm just gonna review a game I thought was pretty good.

Plants Vs. Zombies
The first thing you discover about the game is visible even before you install it. It is one of the most unique games of modern gaming. The next thing you notice is that it's made by PopCap, a company known mostly for casual games. Now, onto the gameplay.

If one were to generalize this game as one type of game, most people would call it a tower defense game, but at the same time, it's sorta, not. You have five rows of lawn (or whatever else the game gives you) on which to plant your army. You start out with simple weapons, weak peashooters, wall-nuts which serve as barriers, and sunflowers, which give you sun, the currency for planting plants. as you play the game, you unlock more complicated and powerful plants.

The game is split into five chapters, each comprised of 9 levels, and a minigame. The levels are never too hard to overcome, but you still can fail if you're reckless. Each level is just long enough to be satisfying, but not long enough to be exhausting. Every level also has a set-up time of around 30 seconds, and then continuous zombies with 2 or 3 massive waves, the last being the biggest.

While the main campaign is not very long, (2 or 3 hours) after you fight the final boss, you get minigames, a zen garden, puzzle mode and survival. and you can start the adventure mode again, but your neighbor Crazy Dave, picks out 3 plants that you must use for that level.

Overall, this game definitely makes the $10.00 worth it, with lots of replay value, addictive gameplay, and a distinct personality that is guaranteed to make you laugh.

Ghostbusters!

Well people, it's finally here. The long anticipated Ghostbusters game just came out today for all consoles (including PS2!). This game was written by ghostbusting actors Dan Aykroyd (Ray) and Harold Ramis (Egon), which technically makes this game Ghostbusters 3. In this game you play as a new recruit, hired to test weapons too dangerous for the main characters. Throughout the game you use your movie-accurate proton pack to damage ghosts and then bring them into the trap to be captured. While I haven't bought the game (yet), the game has gotten more than favorable reviews, including from the most picky Ghostbusters fans. Even when the game looks bad, or comes to a bad spot, its sheer greatness manages to overshadow it all. Also after the main story is a multiplayer mode, lots of secrets in the single player, and an online co-op mode. You can bet I wont be the only one bustin' some ghosts soon.

Fear the Pan!

Love it or hate it, Left 4 Dead 2 is coming out. Valve has given out some gameplay footage from it, and I'd have to say it's really interesting. I'm starting to take back my mild disdain of it. Why? Two simple words: Fire Bullets.

Come on! Any game that lets you not only shoot zombies, but also light them on fire at the same time has to be awesome.

It's also got zombies in Hazmat suits. The thing that's got me about that is - how do they bite you? Yeah, I know the zombies in the Left 4 Dead series aren't the type that want to eat your flesh, but the kind that just want to beat the stuffing out of you. But anyways, I kinda find it funny for the zombies to run around awkwardly in the suits, along with sticking out like a sore thumb from the rest of them.

But enough of me babbling on, here's the video



(video from Kotaku)

Apple Jumping On the Portable Gaming Bandwagon?

At WWDC today, Apple announced their latest iPhone version. Granted, new iWhatever products come out pretty much every week. The interesting thing about it is that it's had major hardware improvements, specifically for gaming.

While the iPhone and iPod Touch have had a success with gaming apps, this could potentially bring higher-quality gaming on the iPhone.

And it also does video recording too:

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Another... "interesting" game from Nintendo is New Super Mario Bros Wii. Most gamers have played a Mario Bros side-scroller, but not one like this.

This one's most notable feature is the ability to play with up to 3 other friends offline. It seems like a good idea, but I can imagine it being abused quickly.

Welcome to Super Mario Assholes.


While one can try to work together to beat the game in the fastest time possible, people who have played it said that it's more fun to try to hoard all the items, jump on people, and throw them into pits rather than actually help other players. If you die, you get encased in a bubble, which the other players can save you (if they want to). Overall, it seems like a good idea, definitely better than last year.


Video from those awesome dudes at Screwattack.com
NOT MINE

Wii Music? Seriously? What where they smoking?