“POPCAP GAMES THAT WE CAN’T FORGET ABOUT”
by: Blessed Hope B. Solis and Mon Alfran C. Andreo, BSIT- 3B
Games have been a part of our growing years form PC to mobile games, even up to this date we’re still playing games it can be on our mobile or playing on our PC. We may love the games today but we can never forget the classic games that we played in our childhood. I will give you the TOP 3 games published by PopCap. PopCap Games was founded in 2000 in a Seattle attic apartment by three twenty-something refugees from the dot-com start-up wars who wanted to make fun video games for anyone to pick up and play. (Source: https://www.ea.com/studios/popcap/about)
Let’s start it of by the classic among three. The Zuma Deluxe this was published or released in the year 2003. This is an action-puzzler challenge game. You have to survive the temples of Zuma, these hidden temples have traps and tricks and you have to uncover the hidden treasures that lie in the hidden temples of Zuma. In order to win this game you have to fire balls from the stoned frog to match the color of the balls to make three or more matches in order to clear the chain before it reaches the skull.
If you’re into word games this game is the perfect for you. Bookworm Adventures released on November of year 2006. This is a word puzzle game in which you have to form words from the given letters. Lex the bookworm guides you throughout the different chapters or level of the game. Each Chapter you have to fight different enemy inspired from the Greek Mythology, Chinese Mythology and fairy tales. Instead of using weapons the player needs to create words to fight. You have to create longer words to create greater impact on your opponent in order to win against your opponent because you’re opponent also create words and those words will knock you down. You have to win each level to proceed to the next. Each level will give you potions or things that can help you fight against your enemy.
And the Last game that I will show you is the Plants vs. Zombies. Plants vs. Zombies was published on May in the year 2009. This is like a defense game that you have to defend your house from the army of zombies that will eat your brain. You have to defend your house by using a variety of 49 plants to prevent the army of zombies from entering your house. You have to collect suns in order to buy your plants each plant have their own unique kind of offensive or defensive capabilities. Plants vs. Zombies have also different modes this include the survival mode, normal mode and puzzle mode. At the end of each level you must be prepared for the final wave which will indicate that there will be a huge army of zombie. At the end of the game you have win over the leader or boss of the zombies Dr. Zomboss.
This three games have been a huge impact on our childhood and even up to this date many are still playing this type of games. “Life is more fun if you play games”-Roald Dahl.
