Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time/@comment-4009269-20140129155528/@comment-976523-20140213214549

PlantShielder wrote: Starfruity wrote: Hmm... I got it early. Strange. But anyways... THAT WAS THE BEST THING I'VE EVER PLAYED!!! I hope they always do stuff like that from now on. But easier. I did have to spend a bit of money. WHY ALL ARE SAYING THIS FREAKING PARTY IS FREAKING GOOD AND FUNNY???

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT!!! Because people like challenges?

I mean, while I split some hairs with the Not-OK Corral, I still wanted to complete it, just to say I could. The new version made zombies faster but relegated challenges to some stages, where instead of being optional they were enforced, and thus they had to make those challenges...well, not sure if easier, but certainly not that hair-splitting. Thus, seeing a Piñata Party that's actually challenging other than just "take these 3/4 plants, go beat up some zombies" is both refreshing and entertaining. The challenge is on how to beat up all the zombies despite the added difficulty, and basking on a well-done job when your strategy works. Note that, being a developer for an official game, PopCap is pretty much forced to make a challenge possible; if a challenge were truly impossible without, let's say, outright cheating or breaking the code, then the company would probably lose a lot of money out of angry people.

This Party was interesting in that it was a bonafide Brain Buster, where you have to think where to position plants and how to use each of the plants the best way possible to fulfill both challenges. While I usually bawl at the combination of "don't plant on mold colonies" with "don't let zombies cross at X lane", this one was entirely possible with some thought. The only thing I really bawled at was the cost for repeating, because it harms newcomers who lack the skill to succeed at the Party challenges and enough money to repeat them all.

In any case, once you figure the strategy, it's somewhat easier. It's still a luck-based mission because of Power Lily, but they give you Power Lily for a reason..