With nearly two weeks until PopCap's latest creation, Plants vs. Zombies, is thrust upon the gaming world, I am becoming seriously anxious. Having spent entire summers playing custom tower defense games in Warcraft III, the things are sort of my jam, in case you couldn't tell.
Steam sent out word earlier today about a special offer: if you pre-purchase the game for $9.99, you'll get another $9.99 title, Heavy Weapon Deluxe, for free. Not a bad promo, but I think the real news here is that Plants vs. Zombies is being priced so low; I honestly didn't see it coming.
Ever since Peggle won so many self-proclaimed hardcore gamers over, I think our perception of PopCap has changed significantly. With signs pointing toward Plants vs. Zombies being a damned fine game, are any of you finding yourself saying "casual games suck" less and "holy f*ck, this is so much fun" more and more?
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7:20 PM on 04.21.2009
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The thing about Popcap recently is they try to make their games really easy to pick up and play, but have sick challenges and an unusually deep system (like Peggle).
A new game a day, they're pretty much always $10 a piece (or less) with an easily found coupon code, and they get games from pretty much every casual site known to man.
And yeah, casual games can often be awesome. Though this site DOES go far to proving that 95% of them are horrible. Some quality titles squeak through on a regular basis, though.
Bookworm Adventures FTW!
'They want to eat the brains of the one that planted them there.'
I'm going to be humming that kiddy tune all DAY! And Im definitely getting this, no matter how evil Popcap proves to be.