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''Plants vs. Zombies'' is a strategy game developed by PopCap Games and published by PopCap Games and Electronic Arts. In the game you are the survivor of a zombie apocalypse. However, huge groups of zombies have your house under siege. In order to protect yourself you must arrange sentient plants in your yard that will both attack the zombies and defend your home. As the game progresses there are craftier and craftier zombies, but you also gain more and more powerful plants. Using nothing but your wits and your gardening skills, your goal is to survive. There are also mini-games that can be unlocked through gameplay. The game is available to play online for free [http://www.popcap.com/games/plants-vs-zombies/online here]. It is also available on Google Chrome, Microsoft Windows, Mac OSX, Mac iOS, Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, Playstation Vita, Nintendo DS, Bada, DSiWare, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry Tablet OS, and BlackBerry 10.
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<div style="font-size: 1.5em;font-weight:bold;text-align: center;">Plants vs. Zombies</div>
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'''Systems:'''
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* Google Chrome
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* Microsoft Windows
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* Mac OSX
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* Mac iOS
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* Xbox Live Arcade
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* PlayStation Network
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* PlayStation Vita
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* Nintendo DS
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* Bada
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* DSiWare
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* Android
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* Windows Phone
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* BlackBerry Tablet OS
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* BlackBerry 10
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* Releases: <small>
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** Original Release: 2009
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</small>
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'''Publisher:'''
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* PopCap Games
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* Electronic Arts (Google Play)
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'''Developer:'''
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* PopCap Games
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'''ESRB Rating:'''
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* '''Everyone 10+ (E10+)'''
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* Reasoning: <small>
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** Animated Blood
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** Cartoon Violence
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** Fantasy Violence
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</small>
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</div>
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''Plants vs. Zombies'' is a strategy game. In the game you are the survivor of a zombie apocalypse. However, huge groups of zombies have your house under siege. In order to protect yourself you must arrange sentient plants in your yard that will both attack the zombies and defend your home. As the game progresses there are craftier and craftier zombies, but you also gain more and more powerful plants. Using nothing but your wits and your gardening skills, your goal is to survive. There are also mini-games that can be unlocked through gameplay. The game is available to play online for free [http://www.popcap.com/games/plants-vs-zombies/online here].
 
==General Comments==
 
==General Comments==
 
The game's art is very cartoon-y. Zombies and plants are rendered as cartoons, not in a realistic fashion.
 
The game's art is very cartoon-y. Zombies and plants are rendered as cartoons, not in a realistic fashion.
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Though the game is taking place after a zombie apocalypse, no hallmarks of the aftermath of a disaster are shown.
  
 
==[[Bones]]==
 
==[[Bones]]==
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">When zombies are attacked and begin to lose health their arms fall off and the bones are exposed.</div>
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:80%">When zombies are attacked and begin to lose health their arms fall off and the bones are exposed.</div>
  
 
==[[Cannibalism]]==
 
==[[Cannibalism]]==
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">Zombies can eat the sentient plants that you put up to protect your home. Some of the plants make sad facial expressions if they are eaten.
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:80%">Zombies can eat the sentient plants that you put up to protect your home. Some of the plants make sad facial expressions if they are eaten.
  
 
Zombies are implied to eat you if they reach your house. There is a scream and crunching noises.
 
Zombies are implied to eat you if they reach your house. There is a scream and crunching noises.
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==[[Darkness]]==
 
==[[Darkness]]==
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">In the nighttime pool level, half the lawn will be covered in fog. The player is unable to see zombies approaching in the fog but they are able to hear the zombies. The fog can be dispersed with the Torchwood and Plantern plants and temporarily dispersed with the Blover plant.</div>
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:80%">In the nighttime pool level, half the lawn will be covered in fog. The player is unable to see zombies approaching in the fog but they are able to hear the zombies. The fog can be dispersed with the Torchwood and Plantern plants and temporarily dispersed with the Blover plant.</div>
  
 
==[[Dead Bodies]]==
 
==[[Dead Bodies]]==
 
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">There are zombies, which do fall to the ground as corpses when they are defeated.</div>
 
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">There are zombies, which do fall to the ground as corpses when they are defeated.</div>
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==[[Depiction of War]]==
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">The gameplay mimics a war. The player must construct troops of plants and arrange them in certain formations to protect their home.
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There are plants that mimic machine guns and mines. See Guns and Explosions for more information.
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==[[Disease]]==
 
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==[[Explosions]]==
 
==[[Explosions]]==
 
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">Cherry Bomb, Doom Shroom, Jalapeno, and Potato Mine plants make explosion noises along with an explosion animation. Doom Shrooms make mushroom clouds as well. Jalapenos leave a line of fire in the column. You are not required to use these plants.
 
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">Cherry Bomb, Doom Shroom, Jalapeno, and Potato Mine plants make explosion noises along with an explosion animation. Doom Shrooms make mushroom clouds as well. Jalapenos leave a line of fire in the column. You are not required to use these plants.
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In the bowling minigames there are Explode-o-Nuts that cause an explosion that kills zombies, with an explosion noise and animation. These are required to play the minigame.</div>
 
In the bowling minigames there are Explode-o-Nuts that cause an explosion that kills zombies, with an explosion noise and animation. These are required to play the minigame.</div>
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[[Category:Animal Death-free]]
 
[[Category:Animal Death-free]]
 
[[Category:Aquatic Violence-free]]
 
[[Category:Aquatic Violence-free]]
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[[Category:Bigoted Language-free]]
 
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[[Category:Blood-free]]
 
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[[Category:Bones]]
 
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[[Category:Cannibalism]]
 
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Latest revision as of 13:19, 15 November 2014

Plants vs. Zombies

Systems:

  • Google Chrome
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Mac OSX
  • Mac iOS
  • Xbox Live Arcade
  • PlayStation Network
  • PlayStation Vita
  • Nintendo DS
  • Bada
  • DSiWare
  • Android
  • Windows Phone
  • BlackBerry Tablet OS
  • BlackBerry 10
  • Releases:
    • Original Release: 2009

Publisher:

  • PopCap Games
  • Electronic Arts (Google Play)

Developer:

  • PopCap Games

ESRB Rating:

  • Everyone 10+ (E10+)
  • Reasoning:
    • Animated Blood
    • Cartoon Violence
    • Fantasy Violence

Plants vs. Zombies is a strategy game. In the game you are the survivor of a zombie apocalypse. However, huge groups of zombies have your house under siege. In order to protect yourself you must arrange sentient plants in your yard that will both attack the zombies and defend your home. As the game progresses there are craftier and craftier zombies, but you also gain more and more powerful plants. Using nothing but your wits and your gardening skills, your goal is to survive. There are also mini-games that can be unlocked through gameplay. The game is available to play online for free here.

General Comments

The game's art is very cartoon-y. Zombies and plants are rendered as cartoons, not in a realistic fashion.

Though the game is taking place after a zombie apocalypse, no hallmarks of the aftermath of a disaster are shown.

Bones

When zombies are attacked and begin to lose health their arms fall off and the bones are exposed.

Cannibalism

Zombies can eat the sentient plants that you put up to protect your home. Some of the plants make sad facial expressions if they are eaten.

Zombies are implied to eat you if they reach your house. There is a scream and crunching noises.

Zombies will eat each other if you use the Hypno-shroom on them. You are not required to use this plant.

Darkness

In the nighttime pool level, half the lawn will be covered in fog. The player is unable to see zombies approaching in the fog but they are able to hear the zombies. The fog can be dispersed with the Torchwood and Plantern plants and temporarily dispersed with the Blover plant.

Dead Bodies

There are zombies, which do fall to the ground as corpses when they are defeated.

Depiction of War

The gameplay mimics a war. The player must construct troops of plants and arrange them in certain formations to protect their home.

There are plants that mimic machine guns and mines. See Guns and Explosions for more information.

Disease

The game implies that zombies are the result of a zombie disease. The player cannot become a zombie.

Drowning

The Tangle Kelp plant you can use in the pool level will drag zombies underwater to kill them. You are not required to use this plant.

Explosions

Cherry Bomb, Doom Shroom, Jalapeno, and Potato Mine plants make explosion noises along with an explosion animation. Doom Shrooms make mushroom clouds as well. Jalapenos leave a line of fire in the column. You are not required to use these plants.


In the bowling minigames there are Explode-o-Nuts that cause an explosion that kills zombies, with an explosion noise and animation. These are required to play the minigame.

Fire

Torchwood and Jalapeño plants involve fire. The Torchwoods burn constantly and set other projectiles on fire, the Jalapeños streak a line of fire down the column that burns enemies. You are not required to use these plants. The final boss throws fire balls at the player’s plants.

Guns

The Gatling Pea upgrade is modeled to look like a gatling gun. It shoots peas instead of bullets and has no noise to go along with it. You are not required to use this upgrade.

Mind Control

The Hypno-shroom forces zombies to turn around and fight other zombies for you. You are not required to use this plant.

Murder

The player can be killed off screen if a zombie reaches the house. There are crunching sounds and a scream if this happens.

Mutilation

When zombies get low on health, they begin to lose limbs. Their heads pop off when they are defeated.

Undead/Zombies

The game involves fighting zombies. The zombies are green, slightly deformed, and shuffle like zombies. They also make moaning noises and chant "Brains" as they move.

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