What is the difference between blue and striped blue-and-white defeated levels?
I've completed many levels in Plants vs. Zombies 2. After completion, some levels are solid blue, while others are striped blue and white. What does this striping of levels indicate?
I have used both starter boosts from the garden as well as power upgrades (purchased with coins or from gift boxes) to defeat levels, but I did not need them for every level. I didn't keep track of which level was aided with these tools. Is their usage causing the stripes? Do I need to replay the levels without the boosts/upgrades for "true" completion?
Note that I have solved 99% of the levels (Besides one final level that is neither striped nor solid), so I am looking at a fully "completed" iteration of the game and have not compared it to an unresolved game.
I ask not only out of curiosity, but if I need to replay these in a more challenging fashion in order to unlock level 25 of Far Future.
Best Answer
If you played Plants vs. Zombies 2 prior to the "linearization" update, there was a main path that consisted solely of generic levels. Zombies rarely dropped keys, which after collecting enough, could unlock gates which branched off this main path.
The striped levels you see in the current game are the same levels that were in the branched paths that required keys to unlock. These striped levels are considered 'challenges', which require specific criteria in order to complete. Rules for each challenge are different, and are clearly stated before entering a level.
Basically if you see a non-striped level, it means you don't have to do anything special to beat it (aside from surviving).
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