Chapter 35 (1/2)

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Translated by Coldtaco

Edited by Aelryinth

On the extreme end, it was possible to have twenty-two or more Cob Cannons. Chen Mo didn’t want to show that one, as it was quite easy to fail. It wouldn’t look good if he failed during the demonstration.

Moreover, every single one of the Cob Cannons needed to be managed properly, it wasn’t as simple as firing it everywhere. It required a certain knowledge of how the zombies appeared and firing ahead of time.

Furthermore, it wasn’t the only strategy. In reality, there was so much to learn in terms of strategy that you could have twenty to thirty pages posts on Baidu Sticky Notes, many of which were difficult to think up. For example, only using up half the map, or arranging the plants in the shape of an arrow, a heart shape or even strategies without using Cob Cannons. There were also extremely difficult-to-master strategies that used twenty-two or more Cob Cannons…

Chen Mo understood the theory behind them, but if he had to perform them himself, there was no way he could pull them off without some practice, especially since firing the Cob Cannons and placing bombs was extremely technical. Some players in his previous life even went as far as making up mnemonics to memorize the strategy.

Other than that, there were many other small tricks, such as freezing the water in the pool level during specific times to stop zombies from spawning from the pool.

There were many other small tricks like this, though Chen Mo didn’t plan to reveal any of them, letting the players find out themselves.

The passion of Wen Lingwei and the others was reignited once again, trying to figure out Chen Mo’s strategy.

“Hey, interesting. I finished placing down the plants!”

“How is it, is it good?”

“It’s good! Feels much stronger than my previous strategy!”

“Be careful and protect the Cob Cannon.”

Everyone had their heads deep in trying to figure out Endless Mode, and had tossed the game release to the back of their minds.

-I thought they said they were here to cheer me on?-

Chen Mo was speechless. He went back to the app store and focused on the statistics for Plants vs Zombies.

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From the afternoon through the evening was the golden time for video game downloads. Every hour when the statistics were updated, the rate of increase for the downloads increased, from five hundred downloads per hour, to eight hundred downloads per hour!

While Plants vs Zombies convincingly held the first place on the new games leaderboards, it also started making progress on the other leaderboards.

Puzzle games, strategy games, casual games… Plants vs Zombies started to show itself in the other leaderboards, and even reached the top five hundred paid games!

It hadn’t been twenty-four hours yet. It was crazy to be able to achieve results like this.

At the same time, the topic of Plants vs Zombies started gaining momentum, and Chen Mo’s Weibo post was gaining more and more reposts.

All the large video game media were downloading Plants vs Zombies in order to introduce the game in their articles.

Some video game designers that had caught wind of the game were shocked, downloading the game in order to find out why the game was such a popular topic.

Right now, everyone was waiting for the statistics at the twenty four mark for Plants vs Zombies!

Currently Plants vs Zombies had a score of 9.2, maintaining its high rating. The vast majority of player discussions were positive.

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“Very innovative puzzle game!”

“This game is very rich in content. There’s still more to come after playing for a few hours, very much worth my money.”

“Thumbs up for the music and graphics!”

“I initially thought that the theme of plants and zombies didn’t match, but turned out to work quite well together.”

“I downloaded the game during noon, and have been playing for a few hours. I just can’t stop playing!”

“I thought a game made in three months would be quite crude, but this is the complete opposite. This game is highly refined, and the creativity is out of this world!”

“I’m a professional hater, but I can’t find anything to complain about. Am I about to lose my job?”