Plants vs Zombies 2 It's About Time Gets Lost City Update!

Here I am with another introduction to one of my most favourite Tower Defense games, Plants vs Zombies 2. The latest update, Lost City, marks the 8th world in Plants vs Zombies 2 It's About Time and it's filled with brand new plants, zombies, and not to forget; very challenging 16 new missions.

Before I start talking about Lost City, let me remind everyone how to unlock this world. In order to unlock Lost City, you must defeat the previous Gargantuar bosses. Once you defeat a Gargantuar boss, you will be automatically given a key that you can use to unlock the 8th world. Don't forget that these levels only award only one key so you can't redo the "same" Gargantuar boss over and over again to farm keys. (Gargantuar encounters take place in level 16 for the latest worlds whereas they can be found in level 8 for the earlier worlds).

Lost City part 1 currently contains 16 new levels, 3 new plants and 4 new zombies. These zombies have their own strengths and weaknesses, and certain zombies must be tackled with the newly introduced plants. For example the new plant A.K.E.E lobs projectiles which will be completely ignored by the new Parasol Zombie but the dreaded Excavator zombie is vulnerable to these lob projectiles while being immune to regular projectiles, so your defense must be balanced to handle both of these new zombies.

Excavator Zombie (Left), Bug Zombie (Middle), Parasol Zombie (Right)

Speaking of Excavator zombie, he is by far the most annoying zombie that can be found in Lost City. He is rather tough to kill while also being quite fast. He blocks projectiles and he digs ANY plant in front of him, throwing these plants closer to where the zombies spawn. So excavator zombie is your number 1 priority in any given level because only 1 of them is enough to completely wreck a lane if it isn't properly protected.

The new plant Red Stinger is possibly the most versatile plant in the game so far. If you place it close to home, it will attack with 2 projectiles; if you place it in the middle he will attack with 1 projectile but he will withstand more attacks; if you place it furthest from your home, it will not attack but become a defensive plant to block or delay zombies.

Sun is easy to come by in Lost City due to gold tiles on your garden. If you place a plant on these gold tiles, they will gradually produce sun but sun production stops as soon as the plant on the gold tile is destroyed. As sun production is not an issue, Lost City plants cost a bit higher than the plants from the previous worlds, and you will often find yourself not having any issues when it comes to resource management.

As someone who finished all worlds, Lost City is nowhere near as hard as Big Wave Beach or Dark Ages and I find it on par with Frostbite Caves. But don't forget, we only have part 1 so far. Who knows maybe part 2 of Lost City will make us want to pluck our hair. Only time will show.

Until then, enjoy Lost City part 1. I surely did.