User blog:Cavia porcellus/Lost City review

Yes, I am writing a Lost City review. My claws shan't be skipping the golden facade of Lost City's much deeper surface. Let's just hope this will be shorter and written faster than the Frostbite Caves review.

New plants
Red Stinger - Who expected this, really? At first, I thought it would be an environmental plant like Hot Potato, Lily Pad and Sun-shroom were. But PopCap decided to break the mold, and I'm happy. Wait, what about Gold Leaf?

I didn't think it would be a plant with several functions based on the first leak. I didn't really think anything of it at the time. I think it's pretty nice overall. It's a better Repeater limited to the first three columns only, so you'll have to possibly endanger your sun production by moving it to the left. Otherwise, it's the worst in the middle columns and mediocre at best in the last three. I thought its Plant Food effect was unoriginal before I realized it slowed zombies as well. I found it pretty cool, but it still does a low amount of damage. Overall, it should be paired with an AoE plant in the later stages, and it's good on its own in the first four worlds and perhaps FC with thawers.

Now I'll stop here. Isn't this the most illogical plant by far? Firstly, it's a torch ginger which I discovered but the game doesn't refer to this at all. Red Stinger is a pun on nothing. And it stings nothing. Secondly, why should it shoot projectiles at all? Nothing about its design hints to it. And why do its projectiles look the way they look? It seems to be a made-up plant part, as torch ginger seeds barely look like that. Thirdly, why the heck is it also a defensive plant? Again, I wasn't sure what it did after the leaks as it didn't look like a plant that does anything. But why defensive? Why are its leaves stronger than, say, Chomper? Fourthly, why does it hide? This isn't explained anywhere, not even in its Almanac entry. At least Scaredy-shroom had its reasons. And fifthly, what does its Plant Food effect have to do with anything??? Okay, so it attacks. It hides. It defends. And shoots lasers for some reason??? Which, again for some reason, slow down zombies??? Not even China reached this level of randomness. And what IS that sound it makes during its Plant Food effect, it sounds like the souls of former PopCap employees.

I like its costumes. I'll mention this now - Lost City has good costumes. I like the dark green hat more, though.

Grade: 5/5 (I just feel good about it, and I was pretty excited for it and it didn't disappoint overall.)