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It’s time to do the ZombieSmash!

Published September 28, 2010 | By RottenOne

Plants vs. Zombies isn’t the only zombie tower defense out there. Actually, there’s dozens, but let’s stay focused. ZombieSmash is another tower defense where you protect your precious home from the incoming zombie invasion. At first, you simply flick the little devils off the screen with your fingers, sending them on a wild ride as their bodies twist and turn before crashing into the ground with a mighty thud. And if the crash is good enough you can watch the reply in slow motion. That alone is quite entertaining and satisfying, but there’s more.

As you thwart their dastardly attempts, they get bigger and tougher. But as they say, when the going gets tough, the tough get bigger guns! Bring on the onslaught! Soon you’ll be laying down suppressive fire with your shotgun. You’ll lace the ground with landmines and watch them reach all new heights. You’ll be hunkered down with a fistful of ammo and a bad attitude. Let the carnage begin!

It’s a simple game, but sometimes simple is better. No need to get bogged down in strategy and military precision. All you need is more ammo and you’ll get through this!

The graphics are simple, but work exceptionally well for the environment. The game has been updated with lots of upgraded weapons such as a wrecking ball, some liquid nitrogen and even a large boulder that you can crush them all with. Who doesn’t need that in a zombie game?

You can play in campaign mode, siege mode or if you just want some casual wanton zombie destruction you can sit back with the sandbox mode and let ‘er rip.

I got this game quite awhile ago and it just cracks me up every time. Of course, I’ve decided to give it a try on the iPad and like so many other games, it works really well. Yes, you’re upsizing the graphics a little, but it’s not enough to cause any real problems. In fact, it’s probably easier to grab the little zombie devils on the larger screen.

Either way this should be another stop on your zombie smashing adventures. It’s cheap entertainment that will keep you coming back for more! Ozzy does the Zombie Stomp, you can do the ZombieSmash!

Plants vs. Zombies

Published September 28, 2010 | By RottenOne

No zombie invasion would be complete without a look at Plants vs. Zombies. Instead of growing plants and creating mutated zombies (which is awesomely cool!), you must grow plants that defend against the mutated zombies. The mindless drones are coming to invade your garden and you must do everything in your power to keep them at bay. Each one of your plants does a different kind of damage that could bring the zombie to his knees or at least lop off his head.

Can you build the right combination of defense to defeat the growing horde? It all sounds so simple, but that’s what they all say right before things go sideways.

PopCap has ported over their insanely popular game to the iPad. It looks and plays exceptionally well. As you advance you get more and varied kinds of plants, each doing more and different kinds of damage. But as you get better, so do the zombies. There’s more of them, and they’ve got armor. Sure, a road cone on the head may look silly, but it’s enough to keep them coming right at you. It only takes a few minutes to understand the rules, but building up the right combination of defenses takes patience and skill. Should you unleash the fury of the buttered popcorn or use the butter and the corn?

And now that Plants vs. Zombies has gone HD with the iPad, you get plenty of room to plan your defensive strategy.

Before there was ZombieLand there was ZombieVille

Published September 27, 2010 | By RottenOne

Back in July of 2009 I got a copy of Zombieville and thought it was one of the best games I’d played. And now that zombies are front and center again, it’s time to bring out Zombieville. But wait, there’s something new. Not only has the game gone through some massive updates and gotten a slew of new content, there’s an iPad version! It’s bigger and better than before with some new weapons, there’s even some vehicles you can use and you might actually find some other survivors to help you out. Once you’ve had enough fun growing zombie minions in Zombie Farm, you can flip the coin, grab your gun and ball cap and head out there to blast their damn heads off!

With the new content, Zombieville has been updated with a whole slew of new characters that have unique abilities and strengths. Some collect more money, some are stronger, some handle certain weapons better, some have better defense. Each character has a whole new look, and you can even fight off zombies while you look like a clown. F-this clown!!!

The controls have also been improved. You can switch guns with the touch of a button and breaking into homes and looting them for all they’re worth is much easier this time around as well. They’ve really taken user feedback and improved the game in a variety of ways. Lots of really good updates. I haven’t played Zombieville in awhile and clearly I’m missing out!

If you want to live the cartoon ZombieLand experience then you need to get this game. I have the iPhone version, but I’m going all in and getting the updated iPad version. It’ll be just like blowing them away in 3D! Minus the 3D part.

Here’s a quick gamplay video.

And in case you’re wondering, there are 99 grueling levels to get through, but let’s be realistic, most of us will never get there…

But we can dare to dream…

Zombie Fun on the Zombie Farm

Published September 27, 2010 | By RottenOne

I stumbled across this game over the weekend and I admit I’ve been playing it ever since. I can’t say I’ve played too many farming games, but there is something about growing zombies and zombie mutations that just made me want this game.

Zombie Farm is a casual little game where you tend to your farm in the countryside where you grow various vegetables like carrots, tomatoes, onions, turnips and potatoes and then take them to the market to sell for a profit. The way this game works, that alone could be amused, oh but there is so much more. You don’t just grow vegetables you are a farmer with a green thumb and an ability to grow zombies. You plant them in your garden, tend to them, then wait for them to spring from the earth and join your zombie herd. And then what do you do? Well, invade other farms of course! Once your zombie army is built up you attack your neighbors and loot them for everything they’re worth including money, farm equipment and brains.

Brains will keep your minions happy and it allows you to upgrade to bigger and better things. You can upgrade zombies, create bigger and badder mutations, buy headstones and other adornments to decorate your undead garden, as well as sell them for big money if you need to.

Quite frankly this game is silly and awesome. I have to say, the graphics are really very good, and even though I’m playing it on an iPad everything looks just fine. In fact I think the iPad might make it easier to select and move things. The developers, ThePlayForge, have put a lot of time and effort into making this new style of farming sim. Everything works extremely well and you can waste hours tending to your garden and plotting your next invasion (which I have). But don’t just plant some seeds and wander off thinking you’ll get back it when you have some spare time. Oh no! Your garden needs to be tended to and if you go to long without checking in on it your crops will wither and die on the vine. Your zombies will be the real dead rather than just the undead. And when this happens you have a huge mess to clean up. Not to mention seeing the decaying arm of a zombie slouched over in the ground is just heart wrenching.

Zombie Farm is incredibly enjoyable, but the part that will throw you for a loop is that it’s FREE. You can begin to raise a zombie horde for no initial investment. However, If you want to move through the game faster or just thank the devs for a job well done, you can buy more brains and other improvement as an in-app purchase at any time.

This game is well worth the download and not only is it a good game, the zombie aspect just adds even more fun!

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