By John Walker on September 15th, 2011 at 5:56 pm.
You know the phrase, “more money than sense”? PopCap have an awful lot of money…
Plants Vs. Zombies continues to be a sensation on every format it touches – I’ve heard that it’s soon coming out for digital calculators and answer-phones – which is presumably bringing in enough money to pay enough people to create something as spectacularly silly as the latest… trailer? Video? Proof that there’s something in the air conditioning at their headquarters?
It’s the level of detail that gets me. The blurred out logo on the t-shirt, the realisation those super-vocoded voices are singing about brains, the effort that must have gone into that painting in the background for a few seconds.
15/09/2011 at 18:00 TillEulenspiegel says:
They must be working on sequel. Surely. That’s what PopCap does.
Now where the hell is it already? I demand more plants and/or zombies!
15/09/2011 at 18:12 bagitomacho says:
Could it be an FPS?
15/09/2011 at 18:26 Askeladd says:
My bet is on a MMO.
15/09/2011 at 19:21 ldemon says:
It’ll be a cyborg FPS … I hear they are all the rage again.
15/09/2011 at 19:25 Nicholas Totton says:
F2P MMO FPS where you need to spend $1 to buy every unit type.
16/09/2011 at 00:03 LionsPhil says:
…on Facebook.
16/09/2011 at 02:17 Gaytard Fondue says:
Funny, they actually are working on a sequel
16/09/2011 at 02:38 shoptroll says:
Well they are owned by EA now. This might be the first FPS where the protagonist is a pea plant. I can’t wait for 6 hours of zombie killing action with my squad of repeaters, snow peas wreck holy hell on the source of zombie plague. The action doesn’t stop there! Pre-order now and you’ll get access to an exclusive set of covert night operations featuring your favorite mushrooms!
Exclusively on Origin!
16/09/2011 at 07:20 Thermal Ions says:
+1 Shoptroll
But what I want to know is will it have dedicated servers?
19/09/2011 at 09:10 icupnimpn2 says:
…to be handled by Zeboyd
15/09/2011 at 18:04 nimzy says:
It’s good to see EA hasn’t crushed their spirits… yet.
15/09/2011 at 18:07 Ultra-Humanite says:
I’m guessing the pools of loose cash they have to swim through to get to their cubicles will help with that as well.
15/09/2011 at 18:07 Jumwa says:
Maybe encoded in his gibberish is some help message, pleading for assistance against their new EA overlords.
15/09/2011 at 18:11 Drinking with Skeletons says:
PopCap’s next game has been delayed after several employees were severely injured in what was described as “a Scrooge McDuck-style dive” into a pile of gold coins a hundred feet deep.
15/09/2011 at 21:03 Zogtee says:
No sequel (yet), no expansion, and no DLC. No DLC! Someone at EA must be going insane over that one.
15/09/2011 at 18:07 Drinking with Skeletons says:
Here’s the obvious cross-promotion:
The Left 4 Dead special zombies in PvZ2 and some of the weirder PvZ zombies (disco zombie, Zamboni zombie, Newspaper Zombie, etc.) in Left 4 Dead 3/next L4D1&2 update.
I await my paycheck, Valve & PopCap.
15/09/2011 at 19:05 Juan Carlo says:
Nah.
Since popcap is EA now, PVZ2 probably won’t even be on steam.
15/09/2011 at 21:33 Zak T Duck says:
Now you’re just being silly. Everyone knows Valve have triskaphobia, so until they get over it there will never be a third Left 4 Dead.
16/09/2011 at 06:39 Sabre_Justice says:
Have it pull a Leisure Suit Larry 4 then and go straight to L4D4.
15/09/2011 at 18:10 NecroKnight says:
Sense, this video has none.
15/09/2011 at 18:10 sincarne says:
Pedantry time: I think the phrase you’re looking for is “More dollars than sense.” It’s a pun!
15/09/2011 at 18:20 Mr. Icarus says:
“More dollars than cents”
HA!
15/09/2011 at 18:49 Nick says:
Your pedantry fails. More money than sense is a saying as well.
15/09/2011 at 18:54 Lewie Procter says:
It’s actually “More pounds sterling than sense” where I come from.
15/09/2011 at 18:54 sincarne says:
It is? But there’s no pith! It seems like the people who misunderstand “Have your cake and eat it, too” to not mean both eat cake, and continue to have said cake after the eating.
Mr Icarus, that’s why this one works so much better when spoken.
15/09/2011 at 19:47 Wulf says:
I can honestly say that I’ve never heard of ‘more dollars than sense.’ I think you made that up! I have a number of American friends and they use ‘more money than sense’ too! I call shenanigans!
15/09/2011 at 23:16 Dawngreeter says:
Actually, it’s “more euros than euro sense”
15/09/2011 at 18:13 rayne117 says:
It’s good to see they’re still going for the family friendly appeal.
o_O
15/09/2011 at 18:13 Sweedums says:
Every time you post something PvZ related it confuses me as the first thing to come to mind is Protoss v Zerg…. GET OUT OF MY HEAD STARCRAFT!
15/09/2011 at 18:28 Ysellian says:
LMAO! Me too XD
15/09/2011 at 19:12 DigitalSignalX says:
Ditto. Saw headline and thought, WTF does Popcap have to do with StarCraft.
16/09/2011 at 04:15 age says:
I came here to post what you posted.
16/09/2011 at 07:27 Thermal Ions says:
Heathens, the lot of you.
15/09/2011 at 19:20 mdblin says:
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15/09/2011 at 19:51 Wulf says:
Are you trying to sell me robots? I mean, if you’re trying to sell me robots then you might be the first spam bot that I don’t find objectionable. Tell me more about your product line!
15/09/2011 at 19:24 BooleanBob says:
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15/09/2011 at 19:48 MikoSquiz says:
However, that is some remarkably poor mumble-rapping; it’s been done before, but seldom so badly.
15/09/2011 at 19:49 Wulf says:
What you are missing: That was entirely intentional.
Funny. I comprehend it.
15/09/2011 at 21:51 MikoSquiz says:
Doing things badly on purpose is hardly a fit substitute for actual humour.
16/09/2011 at 11:39 MajorManiac says:
That’s not mumbling. That just how crazy Dave talks.
15/09/2011 at 19:50 Scandalon says:
It also doubles as mocking hip-hop.
Which isn’t difficult, but is needed.
15/09/2011 at 19:56 Wulf says:
Precisely!
(And it’s doing a good job because it’s more of a light-hearted rib jab than a nasty out and out mocking, which I wouldn’t find funny at all.)
15/09/2011 at 22:53 JFS says:
By the way, do the inhabitants of Castle Shotgun like Hip Hop? I guess no, but then again, who does?
16/09/2011 at 00:22 rayne117 says:
Yeah I hate every single one of the thousands and thousands of hip hop artists too. I’ve heard every one of them and I hate them all. Every one.
16/09/2011 at 03:59 Thants says:
Yeah, no one likes Hip Hop. It’s not like it’s one of the most popular musical styles in the world or anything.
16/09/2011 at 07:34 Thermal Ions says:
@rayne117
Thanks for confirming for me that my opinion based upon limited exposure to hiphop is born out across the board. You’ve saved me many hours of pain and concern about having a misinformed opinion now.
16/09/2011 at 11:45 MajorManiac says:
@ JFS:
I’m not expert on the matter, but just encase you’re not aware. Don’t mistake pop hip-hop (ie. that terrible noise on the radio/tv) with what can be good hip-hop.
Gangster rap is a sub genre of hip-hop, and one that is generally puerile. There are other types that are more informative and nicer sounding.
16/09/2011 at 15:30 Wang Tang says:
I agree with MajorManiac. For a start on good hip hop, try “k-os – Atlantis: Hymns for Disco”
For those German people with us, there are of course great hip hop songs from the golden 90s era, when not everything was gangsta-rap – now prevalent in Germany as well :(
16/09/2011 at 20:42 Nick says:
I was always partial to a bit of Jurassic 5.. and who can honestly say they don’t like The Sugarhill Gang?
15/09/2011 at 20:22 Navagon says:
“You know the phrase, “more money than sense”? PopCap have an awful lot of money…”
This site would be lost without you, John.
15/09/2011 at 20:29 Blackseraph says:
That yeti is marvelous.
Whatever they have in their air conditioning, they should get more of it.
15/09/2011 at 23:58 Wulf says:
And share it around with other developers.
15/09/2011 at 20:38 db1331 says:
Don’t stone me, but I’ve actually never played PvZ. What’s the definitive version? The Steam one?
15/09/2011 at 22:36 Navagon says:
I’m pretty sure they’re all the same (apart from the fact that the others aren’t tied to Steam, of course).
15/09/2011 at 23:49 Wulf says:
Uh, the PC version directly from PopCap isn’t tied to Steam, either.
I’m not entirely sure what you were trying to do there, but I think you shot the ISS whilst trying to hit the barn. Which is an accomplishment, but perhaps not the one you were shooting for.
16/09/2011 at 03:19 Qazi says:
The DS version has a new game mode, and a few more mini-games, that I think didn’t get patched into the PC version.
Not played the other ones, so I don’t know what features they’ve had added/removed.
16/09/2011 at 07:41 Thermal Ions says:
If looking for the PC version, I’d say go with getting it through Steam. I’ve had (admittedly some time back) mixed experiences with purchases direct from Popcap with games no longer available after an “upgrade” of their site left me unable to re-download and no response from their support. New releases were generally cheaper through Steam too.
16/09/2011 at 11:02 Capt. Eduardo del Mango says:
Edit – OK never mind.
For the record, haven’t played it myself, or even seen it played myself. Loaded, viewed… Unsure as to what the fuss is about, insufficiently concerned to find out.
15/09/2011 at 20:41 ain says:
What’s this got to do with Protoss vs Zerg again?
15/09/2011 at 23:47 Wulf says:
Eh? EH?!
*cough.*
15/09/2011 at 20:46 TsunamiWombat says:
Popcap got 99 problems but money ain’t one.
15/09/2011 at 23:46 Wulf says:
Hahaha. Well done. Well done.
15/09/2011 at 20:52 jay35 says:
They dick around with this stuff but have yet to update the iPad version to match the iPod’s last two content updates.
15/09/2011 at 21:36 Nathan says:
Yes, because work on this directly prevents their iOS developers from doing their port.
15/09/2011 at 23:45 Wulf says:
Of course it does! PopCap is staffed by only one person, whom is entirely overworked, but oh so very efficient.
15/09/2011 at 21:20 ulix says:
If Ypu’re doing a rap video like this, can’t you put in more than two sentences?
I mean, couldn’t the crazy dude have had an incredible flow and incredible rhymes in the language he is speaking?
Wasted opportunity.
15/09/2011 at 23:44 Wulf says:
They were making a jab at the qualitative content of rap with that.
It is a joke. I actually liked it! For you though it was a failed effort. Can’t do anything about that. Maybe their next video will click with you better.
16/09/2011 at 05:06 ulix says:
See, the thing is that many commercially successful rappers, judging by what they’re saying, already had their brains stolen. Sure.
But at the same time they usually have some kind of flow, delivery, style, voice-melody, rhyme-density, whatever… that elevates them from the thousands of rappers that are doing the same thing in their basement (even one’s with university degrees), only worse.
It would have been an intelligent joke if it hadn’t just displayed what the mainstream thinks of rap/hiphop, but would’ve also showed the flipside of the coin.
I recommend to you the Channel 4 documentary “Life of Rhyme” that recently ran, it takes a decent (non-condescending), look at the rap scene in the UK.
Whoever thinks hiphop is dominated by stupidity surely is stupid themselves. Mainstream-rap? Maybe. Rap in general? Nothing could be further from the truth.
Hiphop can be, and often is, today’s most demanding music style, lyrically and content-wise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EqV8EtUeZI
/Rant over. nuff said.
15/09/2011 at 21:46 Kleppy says:
PvZ is one of most overrated games I have ever played. I played through something like 50 levels on my phone hoping It’s going to actually become fun any minute… it never did. I wonder if all tower defense games are as boring as this one.
15/09/2011 at 22:23 ZeroMatter says:
I couldn’t disagree more. PvZ is easily amongst my top ten favorite games of all time. (And I never play casual games at all – the other nine are mostly RPGs.)
You are actually the first person I’ve ever heard from who didn’t like it.
Heck, I even have a friend who hates TDs with a passion, and he loves PvZ.
15/09/2011 at 22:49 pipman3000 says:
“…boring…” “…I played through something like 50 levels…”
“…boring…”
“…played…50 levels…”
15/09/2011 at 23:42 Wulf says:
Different strokes! I’m a big fan of PvZ too.
16/09/2011 at 01:43 Kleppy says:
IRT pipman3000:
My job entails me sitting on my ass for 8 hours a day mostly doing nothing. So yes, it’s very possible for me to play even the dullest of games while being bored out of my mind.
16/09/2011 at 01:47 gummybearsliveonthemoon says:
So boring I beat the game eight times waiting for the fun, right?
Kleppy, I suggest getting a Genesis emulator and Super Hydlide for your iPhone if you really want to experience boring.
16/09/2011 at 07:47 Thermal Ions says:
Wait, PvZ is a tower defence game? I thought it was a third person zombie shooter.
16/09/2011 at 11:53 MajorManiac says:
I don’t know if the phone version differs, but I would suggest trying a demo on the PC to see if it plays in a more fun way.
15/09/2011 at 21:47 TeraTelnet says:
But – but I … wait, what?
15/09/2011 at 22:09 Adekan says:
Never cared for the game, couldn’t make it through the demo without losing interest. Got a good chuckle out of this though.
16/09/2011 at 00:02 amishmonster says:
So that’s what that jerk did with all my coins from buying tree-fertilizer.
16/09/2011 at 01:14 Fumarole says:
And now I simply must have that medallion as my new avatar.
16/09/2011 at 02:12 Kez says:
Ugh, RPS is getting unreadable with these slow-as-molasses loading ads. I stare at the stupid eurogamer.com URL trying to load the ads for 30 seconds.
16/09/2011 at 05:00 Vinraith says:
PvZ was cute as hell, and reasonably entertaining, but the adventure mode was too damned long and repetitive IMO. By the time the game opened up and unlocked all the best modes, I was kind of sick of it, which is a damned shame. I really loved “I, Zombie” mode, though.
Oh, and this video, like all PvZ media it seems, is marvelous. The hydraulics on the bobsled alone make the entire exercise worthwhile.
16/09/2011 at 08:19 Tei says:
Maybe is time for then to make another awesome game. Re-re-releasing new versions, and tryiing to sell the game to people that already have the game is getting old. Lets move on.
16/09/2011 at 09:48 kazooka says:
The PC version has a lot of mini-games that the various other versions do not. Based on my girlfriend’s relentless consumption of all things Plant vs. Zombie.
edit: This was supposed to be a response to the earlier question about versions. Oh well.
16/09/2011 at 09:55 sokkur says:
Meybe it’s just to show off how rich Popcap really is.
19/09/2011 at 07:33 Haml3t says:
Seems to me they should capitalize on the Crazy Dave brand potential they’ve created here. T-shirts, product endorsements, taco company, this could be huge. I for one would do quite a lot to get Crazy Dave to endorse my party.