Peacebloom versus Ghouls

Today as I was exploring the newly done areas of Azeroth, I came across a quaint little farm up in Hillsbrad. Stopping by I met up with a goblin botanist named Brazie.

On Brazie's farm.

Now apparently Brazie has been having a bit of trobule with a undead guy named Warden Stillwater, and every now and then he sends a horde of zombies to attack Brazie's farm. So in good old quest giver fashion he asks me if I can help a goblin out and defend his farm against the undead.

When you accept the the quest your in for a delight as WoW turns into a little mini game of Plants vs Zombies which is a very popular take on tower defence games by developer PopCap games.

The quest is broken up into five parts with the first two being pretty much a little tutorial on how to play. It's not the steepest of learning curves, but if you haven't played the original Plants Vs Zombies then you might take a little bit of trial and error to find a wining combination of plants to smash zombies. But if you have played the original than there's plenty of smiles as you'll feel right at home, flower-powering zombies back into the dirt.

Peacebloom versus Ghouls

As you progress through the levels (quests) the types of zombies coming at you start to get harder and they also come in bigger numbers. But to help you along, new plants are added to your floral arsenal which range from exploding pumpkins to plants that freeze and slow the undead attackers down.

I wont lie to ya, it took me a few tries to take out the Warden during the last quest (Aptly titled Lawn of the Dead) , and because the game is a sort of instance where Omega's level didn't matter, this quest can be played at any level and will still be a challenge.

At level 80 the quest gave me something like 13 gold per chain bit, with a 29gold reward for the last part.


But more so than the gold the most valuable thing you get out of this quest is Brazie's Sunflower Seeds which teaches you how to summon a singing Sunflower, which to me is cutest non combat pet available in the game (not counting things you can buy outside the game), especially when it starts to sing. The Sunflower's singing voice is that of Laura Shigihara who sang the original Plants Vs Zombies theme song, as well as composed the games music.

You gotta love Blizzard for not just adding such a cool and fun mini-game to break up the questing, but also for teaming up with the smaller developer and giving them some much deserved exposure.

The only thing bad about this whole thing is that whenever the Sunflower sings it makes Omega feel all soft and gooey inside, which can't be good for his blackened soul.