I've never played this before and I haven't played many online games. In fact, I haven't played any games that are in the format of Plants vs. Zombies, a tower game. That showed because I put the plants in the middle in the beginning, instead of on the left side. Fortunately I was able to learn quickly and put the plants on the left side of the grass. There is a shallow learning curve so I was able to adapt without loosing.
As was said in the "Good Games, Good Learning" essay, you use your prior knowledge to progress. The more you learn, the better you get. However, you may progress in the game in the beginning with ease, but the later levels require you to think differently. The zombies get trickier and you must tweak your strategy to win. They can pole vault, wear cones on their heads, or can dig underneath the ground.
The advertisements were annoying, but the game was free and overall well done.
I agree with what you said about "tweaking your strategy" Beth. I understand in a game like Brickbreaker (I'm addicted) or the original Super Mario Bros for Nintendo (favorite thing ever) how you use your prior knowledge to further progress in the game, as was stated in "Good Games, Good Learning." But for PvZ, I didn't think it transitioned well. Once I understood the initial concept of the game, I thought I'd do ok- but after the Zombies started pulling out crazy tricks on me, I was totally lost! It brought me back to the days when my older brother would try and teach me how to play video games, much to his frustration. I just didn't get it! Oh well, maybe these games are not for me :)
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