I would have played this for the first time in either 2009 or 2010, which makes it the first PC game I ever played. Pretty happy with that fact as returning to it here some 15 years later, it still rules. It's a very satisfying strategy game to actually have a successful strategy in, in pretty much every level where it's up to you to pick your system and run with it, and with a final boss that is quite tough but similarly rewarding (as the only one of the last levels in each "world" that wasn't just plant everything to win). Both the art style and sense of humour are really charming, things like having a little almanac to give silly personalities to each plant and zombie you encounter is a really great touch that just adds to that charm so much. It's just such a comfortable game, I think I could put it on at any time and play a few levels or some survival waves and be utterly at zen with it. Really great stuff.