With the recent Dungeon Keeper release, EA continues to prove they can do no wrong with mobile games with a recent update I just downloaded for Plants Vs. Zombies 2!



The update description for the update mentions that Dr. Zomboss is back for a new boss fight and also there's a new snowball power, both of which are true. Zomboss appears to be back as a final boss in each level, which I played and it was OK, but pretty much required that I use the coin powers to win, which is never satisfying (always feel like cheating). Also for some reason I appear to have 257 keys which don't appear to have any use other than unlocking new worlds, and there's only one still remaining (future world, which I assume is in an upcoming update or DLC).



During the fight, I lost a few lawnmowers, which is no big deal in a PvZ game, right? They'll be there in the next level I play... right?

WRONG!

With this new update, you now have to purchase lawnmowers to replace them one at a time, and the lost lawnmowers are gone on ALL levels, not just the super hard boss fight where I lost 5/6 of them. They cost about 2000 coins which is A LOT (unless they rebalanced the coin accumulation, which I highly doubt).



But hey, don't worry too much because now you can get up to 200,000 coins!... if you can get 5 Facebook friends to accept an invite when you "Send them Zombie Brainz." As I don't want to irritate my friends, I haven't tried this to see how it works, nor will I.



So in summary:

Good:

-New boss

-Snow power replaces the crappy "pinch" power which rarely worked right (haven't tried the new power since it's expensive)



Bad:

-Lawnmowers require a large amount of coins to respawn (2000).

-Bribes of coins if you agree to advertise the game on Facebook (you only get prizes if your friends accept, not even for just sending out the spam).



In typical fashion, an update that makes one step forward and two steps back. Bravo, EA!