In a month filled with triple-A iPhone titles like Transformers G1: Awakening, Brothers in Arms 2: Global Front, Parachute Ninja, and Artist Colony, two games stood out for us as the best of the best. One has vegetarian zombies, and the other has lots of puns about "ore".
Plants vs Zombies eeked out a win this month by being the best tower defense variation we've played in a long time. You have to plant a garden filled with zombie-destroying flora, including rapid-fire peashooters and cabbage-flinging catapults. The variety of environments, weapons, and zombie attackers make this an extremely fun strategy adventure, and the crisp graphics and animation helped push it over the top.
This is the second time developer PopCap has been awarded our Game of the Month, and like with previous winner Peggle, we think Plants vs Zombies will be an ideal game to play on the big-screen iPad.
Our runner-up this month is a bit of a surprise. While we knew what to expect with Plants vs Zombies, it wasn't until we started playing Space Miner: Space Ore Bust, with its hilarious dialogue and surprisingly addictive ship customization, that we fell for it. Space Miner is an iPhone-exclusive title that makes great use of the system's pick-up-and-play accessibility.
Congratulations to our winners this month! Support these awesome iPhone developers by picking up these two games today.
Plants vs. Zombies
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I dunno... I actually really love Space Miner. Plants vs. Zombies is awesome, of course, but I've been playing Space Miner an awful lot more (although that may be because I already beat the PC version of PvZ).
It was a really close decision.
These were definitely the best two of the month, but I would've put Space miner on top, particularly because PvZ is just a shortened port, and Space Miner is a deeper game designed specifically for the iPhone. Don't get me wrong, PvZ is an incredibly fun game, but Space Miner will always be superior in my opinion.
What is PvZ missing? I noticed the lack of minigames, but other than that, I don't believe it's "shortened" in any way.
I just finished beating Space Miner today and I have to admit, it might be my favorite iPhone game to date. So yea, I'd go with Space Miner. But PvsZ would be a close second.
Nice choice, but I have to agree with the rest of the people and say that it should be flip-flopped. Of course, this is all my opinion, but I think that while PvZ is an extremely fun game, Space Miner should come out on top because it's a fresh game. It just seems right that a port of a popular PC game would fall below the witty and innovative Space Miner.
Game of the year: Space Miner. Keep that in mind when 2010 draws to a close.
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i love this game!
i very very love this game promise, this is soooo fun, fantastic, perfect!! hahaa.. lose zombies go plants.. i am the plants, are u the zombies?
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