Common Sense Media Review
By Erin Bell
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Campy zombie game adds new twists, more waiting.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 13+?
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Plants vs. Zombies Adventures
What's It About?
Players fight off waves of attacking zombies by strategically placing projectile-shooting plants in the zombies' paths. The Facebook version adds a few new layers of gameplay: players must grow the plants themselves in a town, which they gradually expand by constructing new buildings and reclaiming pieces of land from the zombies. In addition to defending the town from random zombie attacks, players go on \"road trips\" to unlock new plants and rescue townspeople. Friends can send zombies to invade each other's towns for bonus cash; but they can also send friends cash and new plants.
Is It Any Good?
PLANTS VS. ZOMBIES ADVENTURES adapts Plants vs. Zombies to Facebook with thoughtful and fun twists. Zombies can now attack from different directions and go after multiple targets, and players must grow new plants from scratch in between levels to replace the ones they used. There are a handful of new plants and zombies too, like the Bee-Shooter (a bee-shaped Pea-Shooter that shoots swarms of bees), and the Barrel Zombie. Some players might chafe at having to wait 30 minutes or more to re-grow certain plants, but for better or worse that's par for the course for Facebook games. Plants vs. Zombies Adventures has some lofty expectations to live up to, but delivers the same quirky strategy fun as other games in the PvZ series.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how humor is used to make the zombies funny instead of scary. What are some other examples of campy humor?
Discuss the creativity behind the "Plants vs. Zombies" concept. What other fun "X vs. Y" game ideas can you come up with?
Game Details
- Platform : Facebook
- Skills : Self-Direction : achieving goals , Thinking & Reasoning : applying information , decision-making , strategy , Collaboration : meeting challenges together , Responsibility & Ethics : learning from consequences
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- Available online? : Available online
- Publisher : PopCap Games
- Release date : May 20, 2013
- Genre : Strategy
- Topics : Fantasy
- ESRB rating :
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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