#PLANTS VS ZOMBIES 2 FORUM SERIES#
#PLANTS VS ZOMBIES 2 FORUM FREE#

One of the biggest new additions is plant food, a power-up that essentially turns any plant into a super-powered weapon for a brief period of time peashooters fire more bullets in crazy patterns, while snapdragons let loose with gigantic fireballs. At no point while playing did I feel the need to drop some real money on the game, since PvZ 2 is surprisingly generous with its in-game currencies. The good news, though, is that the game and its structure aren't really hurt by the shift to free-to-play. 'The options are nearly endless and we have a great time thinking up new settings and different characters that can inhabit each era.' 'Mechanically, time travel just gives us lots of options to have plants fighting zombies,' says Murray. The original game was crazy - it's about plants battling zombies, after all - and the sequel ups the ante with a new time travel theme that has you venturing into ancient Egypt, galavanting with pirates, and heading out to the Wild West.

Then our art director, David Ryan Paul, had the idea of a melee fighter and started to sketch a plant that literally punches.' They prototyped it and it played well, but the first concept was a flower whose petals shot projectiles at an angle down to the squares on either side. 'Design wanted a high-damage, low-hit-point plant that could attack one square forward and back. 'Bonk Choy is a great example of this,' says lead producer Allen Murray, describing the gameвЂ™s bok choy turned Tyson-esque punching machine. New additions to the game came as a result of collaboration between PvZ 2's designers and the art team. There are also new mini-games and challenges to keep things fresh. Combined with some new level designs, the additional plants and zombies add plenty of interesting strategic opportunities to PvZ 2. The fire-breathing snapdragon is a particular standout, shooting flames at multiple zombies at once, while the undead ranks have been strengthened by sarcophagi-wearing zombies and a pirate captain and his plant-stealing parrot. Instead, it builds on it with new enemies and unit types, and the additions are almost entirely welcome. It's the same casual take on strategy that made the first PvZ a breakaway hit, and the sequel doesn't mess with it too much.

Each plant has a different ability - from walnuts that serve as barriers to peashooters that act like automatic turrets - and the goal is to prevent the undead from getting through your defenses. The game plays identically to the original: you place plants on the left side of the screen, while zombies stumble in from the right.

#PLANTS VS ZOMBIES 2 FORUM FREE#

Zombies 2, which launches tomorrow on iOS, is the rare example of a free game done right. It seemed destined to be yet another example of a beloved franchise ruined by new monetization strategies. Worst of all, the long-awaited sequel was going to be free-to-play, a payment structure that has nearly crippled games like Real Racing 3. First came the release of a Facebook spin-off ( which turned out to be pretty good), then came news of a bizarre, gritty third-person shooter subtitled Garden Warfare.

#PLANTS VS ZOMBIES 2 FORUM SERIES#

After releasing the beloved original to much acclaim back in 2009, developer PopCap Games made what seemed like a series of bad decisions.

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