How to play Plants Vs. Zombies 2: Project Eclise on Mac
Game summary
Project Eclise is a mod for the game Plants Vs. Zombies 2: About Time. It was created by goodpea2 in collaboration with Mine Power and makes numerous changes in order to bring things more in line with what many fans loved about the original. Examples include:
- Removes "pay to play" aspects of the game (micro transactions), allowing things to be either earned through Adventure mode or bought with in-game currency.
- Introduces a tier system, allowing the player to strategically develop their plants for different strengths and weaknesses.
- A re-jigged, linear narrative, with tweaked dialogue and hundreds of original levels across the game's worlds.
- New game modes
- Some newly designed zombies and plants
The most notable change that players will encounter is the steep difficulty. The mod not only fixes problems with the game, but also makes it incredibly challenging - this is not a fault, but an intentional change for the appeal of those who have mastered the original game and desire more of a challenge, with a much greater emphasis on strategy. This may put off some players used to the usual skill level required of players from other games in the series.
Ultimately, the mod is a challenging and impressive overhaul which bares very little resemblance to the original PvZ2 game.
First released: Sep 2018
Play Plants Vs. Zombies 2: Project Eclise on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Plants Vs. Zombies 2: Project Eclise on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.
Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.
Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).
Plants Vs. Zombies 2: Project Eclise installation steps for Mac
Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Plants Vs. Zombies 2: Project Eclise like you would on any PC.
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