Top 5 Indie PC Games of the Decade #4

The most outstanding feature of this incredibly fun title is its personality. Every inch of Plants vs. Zombies is jam-packed with humor and attention to detail, and I never once stopped enjoying its clever take on the genre even after I had exhausted everything it had to offer. Do not miss this game -- titles this good don't come around often. - Destructoid's Review of Plants Vs. Zombies.

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Popcap's Plants Vs. Zombies, a casual game about plants, and well, zombies, puts you in the shoes of a homeowner as he faces the by product of a zombie apocalypse. You defend your home from the hordes of the undead using nothing but the plants on your lawn. Seriously. As mundane and boring as this sounds, plants Vs Zombies actually manages to pull this off quite well. Using 'sun power' to grow plants, you defend your home from all manner of zombies, ranging from zombie bob sled teams, to football players, to Micheal Jackson lookalikes. (Complete with summonable dance crew!)

You didn't think I was serious, did you?

Even with such a common tower-defense style gameplay, Plants Vs Zombies manages to stay fun and unique by tossing in the ability to buy unlockable plant types using money you pick up from killing zombies. You'd be surprised to know that the plants you pick on each level can actually be the difference between life or death in some cases. Say some dolphin riding zombie (Yes, they really do exist) is planning on climbing in your windows, and snatching your people up. What do you do about it? You use tallnuts to block those brain snatching deadheads, and you shoot them down from a distance. The gameplay is multi-faceted, coming with 20 mini game challenges to satisfy those looking for a more difficult experience. Once you master each level, you unlock more items in the shop which you can use in the campaign.

KILL IT WITH FIRE!

PvZ is a well polished and highly addicting game that will keep you entertained for hours as you mercilessly plow through rows and rows of zombies using only the plants in your front yard. It is just as bad-ass it sounds, so make sure to grab a copy at the link below, or on steam if you can.

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