Plants Vs Zombies: Giant X's on your eyes, and with your half of the ransom you bought some sweet sweet sweet sunflowers

And again with the living dead, Plants Vs Zombies from PopCap Games isn't your usual change your pants scared-dy cat type of zombie killer thriller.  PvZ is another puzzle type game comically making light of flesh eating zombies much to the appreciation of Zombies Ate My Neighbors fans.

This fast, easy to learn game is another hard to shake addiction.  You know that darn PopCap company sitting on that dim light corner of the Internet is holding.  So if you have a tiny taste of brains, PopCap is ready for the sleight of hand exchange with a smile.

The point is quite simple.  Your job is to use garden friendly plants with various abilities to stop different types of zombies from getting into your house.  Battles are fought around your house with a 5 lane highway/lawn/grid.  Using the sun as a system of currency, you spend points placing various plants while collecting a constant stream of sunny income and waiting for cooldowns of your plants to be able to place them again.  If a zombie reaches a plant he will begin to devour it with the ultimate goal of making it across your lawn and into his newly acquired dining room.

The game plays out like other strategy type games where utilizing resources early on determines ease of success later.  It also becomes a very fast paced game as there are many things to keep your mouse clicking(sun chips, money, and plants).  This is probably where the "jonesing" for more comes into play as wave upon wave of zombies pour in and a constant tending of your garden needs to be maintained to stay alive.

Additional mini-games and game modes such as zombie bowling and survival become available as you chip away at the adventure mode.   There are also extra challenges as the adventure mode is finished such as replaying with random plant sets and purchasing speciality items with all your money earned.  

If you like the constant struggle of the living versus the living dead, fun puzzle/strategy games, or if you are just looking to find another game that anyone and everyone can play, Plants Vs Zombies is a sound choice.  So get planting.

Rating: 6.0 {on a scale of -10 to 10, 5 being a must play}

Low - Sunflower