“Plants vs. Zombies” for PC and Mac

Plants vs. Zombies comes out this week and I hadn’t heard of it before but I have to confess that the super cheesy (and moderately lame) trailer totally won me over.  I am a sucker for clever marketing and the ridiculous and slightly insane video for the game was super effective – I’m actually going to play this crazy-sounding game and I NEVER play PC games.  Besides, who can resist a game with a tagline like this: “get ready to soil your plants.”

The single player action-strategy game (available for both PC and Mac) pits brain-eating zombies against an arsenal of powerful perennials.  There are five different play modes and players will have to use whatever is at their disposal (peashooters, mushrooms, cherry bombs and more vegetation) to turn 26 types of zombies (including pole-vaulters and Zomboni drivers) into mulch before they can get to the front door.  You’ll also have to collect coins to buy a pet snail, power-ups and other items.

Players will have the choice to play in any of the following game modes: Adventure, Mini-Games, Puzzle, Survival and the Zen Garden (maybe it’s peaceful because it’s zombie-free?).  While I tend to prefer mini-games, what I’ve read about the Adventure mode sounds pretty cool since the battles take place in different settings (swimming pool, rooftop) and can happen in the day, night and/or fog.

Check out this ridiculous Plants vs. Zombies music video.  I won’t lie – I love it!

image: Amazon