Mobile gaming has really come on leaps and bounds in the last couple of years. With phones like the iPhone 15 Pro Max and the newly-unveiled Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, we're essentially getting powerful portable games consoles in handset form.
And you only need to look at some of the more recent game releases, such as the iOS version of Resident Evil 4, to see how far we've come from flinging 2D birds at pigs, or moving a few Gummy Bears around a screen.
But that said, there's still something satisfying in playing a casual phone game every so often. In fact, there's really nothing better for a short commute to work or to while away some time between favourite TV shows.
That's why I'm thrilled about the news that Plants vs Zombies is back. It was one of the first phone games that I got hooked on after Snake in the 90s. The PopCap title took one of my favourite genres, Tower Defence, slapped a whole load of humour on top and I even still play the original today.
It spawned a whole franchise, including the multiplayer online shooter series, Garden Warfare, while a mobile sequel did arrive in the form of the equally great PvZ 2. However, that was in 2013 and we've nary a sniff of a follow-up since.
Just starting the game up for the first time and it is reassuringly familiar. There's a brand-new storyline that effectively once again has to protecting gardens from the undead, and new puzzle-adventure elements have been added to jeuje up the gameplay a notch.
So welcome back Plants vs Zombies, you've been gone far too long. We really needed something new to test our brainzzzzzzz!
