Board Thread:Literature/@comment-24235314-20160514172725

I had been following Plants vs. Zombies for a long time, and I thought it was time that I downloaded Plants vs. Zombies 2. I had read extensively about it on the Plants vs. Zombies Wiki: I knew every plant, every zombie, every level. I had kept telling myself I would download it when the newest update came out, and eventually I did.

I downloaded it May 10th, and I couldn't have been more excited. Once it finished downloading, I immediately opened the app to find - a new epic quest? Weird. I thought that you didn't get your first epic quest until you were level 2. I opened the Travel Log tab and the quest was named Epicquest_1. I thought the name was a little suspicious, perhaps a beta quest was accidentally implemented. I decided to play it anyway, no matter how sketchy it was.

Step 1 actually appeared to be Step 1 of Gem Jam, but Locked and Loaded instead. The plants I had were Guacodile, Chomper, Peashooter, and Gold Bloom. Wait, what? Gold Bloom? Did the original Gem Jam have Gold Bloom as the prize? Anyways, the level continued as normal until the end. At the final wave, the only zombie to come was a half-health Basic Zombie. Of course, my Peashooters and Guacodiles killed it easily and the level ended. However, the coin bag at the end of the level just had a Zombie head in it, but I still got coins for the lawnmowers.

I exited to the map and went back to the Travel Log tab, but the description for Step 2 scared me a little. It just said "Why?" This was puzzling to me, but I pressed on. Step 2 looked like Wild West Day 14, but on the zombie side, all of the zombies were dead except for one, barely alive, sitting in a pool of zombie blood. I thought this game wasn't supposed to have blood! When the level finally started, I only had Iceberg Lettuce, Stallia, and Endurian. The first zombie was one akin to the last zombie in Step 1. I placed an Iceberg Lettuce on the tile it was on so I could start saving sun for an Endurian, but the Iceberg Lettuce didn't do anything and a message appeared at the bottom saying "No." I started having a feeling I should tell the wiki about this, but they would probaby think I was a liar. Then I turned my attention back to the game and I started getting frustrated. I tried to place a Stallia near the zombie, but a message appeared that said "You can't make me." Why were all my plants refusing to work? The zombie had reached the third column and I had saved up enough sun for an Endurian, so I placed it, but I noticed something strange. It was on its last degrade and crying. The zombie finally reached the Endurian, which started crying harder and fell onto its side. The zombie also fell over and started crying, that is until it had a sudden convulsion, spat up blood, and died. I completed the level and there was nothing in the coin bag, and I got no coins for my lawnmowers.

By this point it was just getting strange. Who had had the crazy idea to put THIS in the game?! Anyways, I went back to the Travel Log tab, and the description for Step 3 was "Why are you doing this?" I continued on unfazed. I had already seen enough weird stuff to estimate what was coming. The loading screen had also changed. The usually white background was black, and the flower was bloodied and crying. Once all of its petals were plucked off, they never grew back. When the level finally loaded, it was the Frostbite Caves lawn, but with the same dead zombies as Step 2 including the basic zombie. I also had the same plants, including the Iceberg Lettuce and crying Endurian. Then a series of messages appeared.

"You have caused too much pain."

"Pain to yourself and others."

"Even those on your side."

"You are a monster."

"You deserve to rot."

A cold wind came and completely froze my plants.

"You're not even going to save them, are you?"

Hot Potato was added to my plants.

"Not even if I give you the way to save them?"

I selected the Hot Potato and unfroze the Endurian, but it was too late. The Endurian had died from the cold.

"You couldn't even save it."

"You are pathetic."

After that, I won the level and recieved nothing. I was seriously getting scared now. None of this was leaked on the wiki or announced by EA. What was going on?

To be continued soon. 