Comments on: A Short Public Service Announcement http://tleaves.com/2009/05/05/a-short-public-service-announcement/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://tleaves.com/2009/05/05/a-short-public-service-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-5373 Chris Thu, 07 May 2009 06:55:49 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=1748#comment-5373 $9.99 on Steam? Urgh -- I read this not 5 minutes after paying the $19.99 price. Oh well. It is worth it. I am totally addicted after playing the demo... $9.99 on Steam? Urgh — I read this not 5 minutes after paying the $19.99 price.

Oh well. It is worth it. I am totally addicted after playing the demo…

]]> By: Adam http://tleaves.com/2009/05/05/a-short-public-service-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-5377 Adam Wed, 06 May 2009 03:47:08 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=1748#comment-5377 (p.s. - I don't work for Popcap, but was a beta tester for the game. I hope I didn't sound like a shill.) (p.s. – I don’t work for Popcap, but was a beta tester for the game. I hope I didn’t sound like a shill.)

]]> By: Adam http://tleaves.com/2009/05/05/a-short-public-service-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-5376 Adam Wed, 06 May 2009 03:46:31 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=1748#comment-5376 It's _mostly_ a tower defense game. There's a 50-level campaign through five progressively more difficult areas, and it's constantly introducing both new zombie types and new plant types. (The plants are used for defense, offense, and support....they're your "towers".) Most levels in the campaign have you picking a selection of ~6 seeds that you can plant to protect your house. Every few levels in the campaign there'll be some sort of special level -- perhaps zombie bowling, or whack-a-zombie, or one that's dark and you can only see during lightning flashes, etc. After you beat the campaign you unlock a whole bunch more. There's a wide variety of mini-games that run the gamut from action to Bejewelled-like puzzle (with zombies attacking your "gems") to strategy. There are challenging survival levels that are much more difficult than the campaign. There's a weird little "Zen garden" metagame. And you can also replay the campaign in something akin to a "new game+" mode common in console games, where you keep what you have, face more difficult levels, and also gain access to all new items and seeds. The whole game is ridiculously addictive, especially since pretty much every level introduces some new element to the mix. The game is only $9.99 on Steam and I've gotten more value out of it than many $60 console games. It’s _mostly_ a tower defense game. There’s a 50-level campaign through five progressively more difficult areas, and it’s constantly introducing both new zombie types and new plant types. (The plants are used for defense, offense, and support….they’re your “towers”.) Most levels in the campaign have you picking a selection of ~6 seeds that you can plant to protect your house. Every few levels in the campaign there’ll be some sort of special level — perhaps zombie bowling, or whack-a-zombie, or one that’s dark and you can only see during lightning flashes, etc.

After you beat the campaign you unlock a whole bunch more. There’s a wide variety of mini-games that run the gamut from action to Bejewelled-like puzzle (with zombies attacking your “gems”) to strategy. There are challenging survival levels that are much more difficult than the campaign. There’s a weird little “Zen garden” metagame. And you can also replay the campaign in something akin to a “new game+” mode common in console games, where you keep what you have, face more difficult levels, and also gain access to all new items and seeds.

The whole game is ridiculously addictive, especially since pretty much every level introduces some new element to the mix. The game is only $9.99 on Steam and I’ve gotten more value out of it than many $60 console games.

]]> By: bhudson http://tleaves.com/2009/05/05/a-short-public-service-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-5375 bhudson Wed, 06 May 2009 03:14:23 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=1748#comment-5375 Just pretend I could read that page ("big orange splotch" doesn't say "link" to me). Hmm... is this basically a tower defense game? Just pretend I could read that page (“big orange splotch” doesn’t say “link” to me).

Hmm… is this basically a tower defense game?

]]> By: bhudson http://tleaves.com/2009/05/05/a-short-public-service-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-5374 bhudson Wed, 06 May 2009 02:57:28 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=1748#comment-5374 I notice the conspicuous absence of any operating system I run among the ones supported. I notice the conspicuous absence of any operating system I run among the ones supported.

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