User blog:Tecku/TT: Jurassic Marsh Part 1 First Impressions

Alright, well..... this is going to be a little different. Normally, I give an introduction on my general opinion, review each new zombie and new plant, and then conclude on other tips. However, the Jurassic Marsh is... really different from the other worlds.

The Jurassic Marsh has yet again a very imaginitive concept, but like NMT Part 1 the implementation quality and difficulty seem to differ from level to level. Occasionally, it hits that sweet spot of being just right, but it often becomes a fast-paced jam-packed mess. I'll still mostly stick to the formula, but my opinion seems to be divided by each point.

- Primal Peashooter

Is this going to be a trend? First Mourning Glory/Grain Grave gets in, now Celekinesis? I'm okay with it, I guess... but I would like to know whether they're paying tribute to the community, ripping them off, or if this is all a coincidence (which it probably is). Anyways, Primal Peashooter is a pretty good plant. It's kinda like a souped up Kernel-Pult, but with slightly better crowd crowd control. He's fun to use, too.

- Primal Wall-Nut

Not very interesting, and often better than standard Wall-Nut. 25 Sun is a pittance compared to that lightning fast respawn. However, in this day and age, walling plants are getting worse and worse. Almost every level has a wall penetrator, and the huge hordes will tear the walls down lighting fast. We mostly rely on AOE plants to deal with zombies, which is why Chard Gaurd is far more interesting and fun.

- Garlic

Yep, for the first time, let me talk about another world's plant for a point. Now, why didn't they make this Garlic's world? In the Neon Mixtape Tour, almost every jam had some way to get the zombies past him. Not only is he surprisingly effective at moving zombies away from the dinos, the dinos will actually LEAVE once he diverts everyone! He's fun to use, and provides a lot of different strategies. If you never got around to finishing NMT, swing by and pick him up first. Trust me.

- Starfruit

Yep, another one. If you haven't bought Starfruit by this point.... don't. Rotobage usually outclasses him, and there are much better premiums like Power Lily. But again, the Jurassic Marsh does make him great for players that did purchase him. Rotobaga usually can't hit Pterodactyl zombies, and you'll often be using Starfruit or Rotobage whenever you use Garlic. It may be unintentional, but it is pretty nice.


 * More coming*