Plants vs. Zombies will Eat your iPhone Alive
Looking for an iPhone app that will sell like hotcakes? Make one about a garden with plants and zombies. Seriously!
Introducing Plants vs. Zombies, the fastest ever selling app that broke the App Store records within just 9 days of its release. PopCap proudly declares that this quirky app “is the top-grossing iPhone launch ever” that sold more than 300,000 copies in the App Store.
For those of you living under a rock, Plants vs. Zombies is a tower defense game. The rules are simple: defend your house from the evil Doctor Zomboss and his horde of zombie minions by planting zombie-slaying plants. The real skill lies in mastering how to combine the available elements and use them to your advantage.
There are 26 types of zombies with varying abilities and you get to choose between plants such as corn on the cob, potato shooters and wallnuts. The trick lies on choosing which plants to deploy at a time since different plants have different strengths and weaknesses.
PopCap, the developers of this record breaking app also made other highly-addictive puzzle games such as Bejeweled and Peggle. Director George Fan intended for Plants vs. Zombies to be both “gritty” and “sickeningly cute”. He made sure to integrate aspects that are appealing to both the hardcore and casual gamers, making the concept simple for easy pick-up-and-play but still offering varying strategic elements for those who want to want to perfect their zombie killing techniques.
For series veterans, you may miss a few modes such as the endless mode and the Zen garden but with 50 levels from the original game and a quick play option, this iPhone app is still sure to satisfy your daily craving of Plants vs. Zombies mayhem. Minor interface changes such as icons being moved around detract nothing from the charm of the app version and its move to the iPhone definitely a resounding success.
Read more about this wonder app at Stuff TV.
