Played the game with my friends, my brother, seen the high & low tides all these years. Whereas I was stuck with CR, over & over again, witnessed all the new dynamic DLCs & Limited Time Events (LTEs) they’ve launched. I did try to go back to PvZ in between but that always resulted in a same predictable outcome, me un-installing the game once I’m (felt?) done with it. So, what happened afterwards? As a predictable Bollywood Romantic movie, I’ve continued with my CR and recently completed 3 yrs, maintaining a stable play pattern, in a stable clan kicking butts again, this time with fellow social players. It’s true there are other mini game modes but that feels mostly cut and dry and not so enticing as the “Adventure” Mode. That’s okay ‘coz I was having a pretty good time, kicking the butts of those Zombies which seemed to be worthy opponents - hats off to those level designers!īut the thing was - this didn’t last long (joy in playing PvZ) for me because I was able to complete the game in hardly 2 1/2 weeksĬontent Consumption - 100%. I could see a clear shift in terms of spending my mobile game time towards PvZ, which cross-subsidized my CR’s time. Surprisingly, looking back, I’ve started playing PvZ after my interaction with Clash Royale (CR), which is a bit uncommon, at least for me :) I won’t go in detail over the game’s basic mechanics, explain about Popcap’s first tower defence game, how its got charm & personality is so addictive appealing to all walks of gamers etc because that’s regular stuff, routine & boring (who wants boring these days, anyway?) I know of some game publishers who’d kill (metaphorically) for that user base, talk about the Zombie impact (of course plants too!). Also, note that other subsequent versions PvZ 2 & PvZ China are doing much better than this and the scope of this discussion is limited to only the first version!įun Fact: This game still garners around 170–180K installs per day, completely organic, even in this cut throat competitive world. The purpose of this post is not to do a typical product tear-down but express more of my personal thoughts on why there has been a great “opportunity loss” for this incredibly potent game and how can it be revived from a different (unexpected take), at least to a partial extent. I’m one of those guys who still adores the first mobile game version - infamously called PvZ FREE and won’t be ashamed to admit that I still play this game from time to time (of course over a series of installs & un-installs). Armed with a battalion of plants, Andi, and her parents, Damien and Alissa, help fight in a war seemingly as old as time itself.Those who play(ed) games over the last decade might probably know about one of the most popular franchises ever existed - Plants vs Zombies. Luckily, no one's going down easy in Suburbia. However, Zombies still want brains, and they do get some by the end of the day- or night. Humans may not be as numerous as before, but they'll bounce back with some outside factors. Electric Peashooter (Plants vs Zombies).
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