Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 (stylized as Plants vs. Zombies GW2) is a third-person shooter video game developed by PopCap Games and published by mh:crappygames:Electronic Arts for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. It is the fourth game in the Plants vs. Zombies series and is the sequel to Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare.

Why It's Bigger, Badder, Bigger

 * 1) Twice as many plants and zombies, being sixteen (eight for each side) in total (six were available at launch and two were added in an update). It should be noted that while each class has an obvious counterpart, they are not completely carbon copy of each other.
 * 2) *Kernel Corn: The closest plant counterpart of the Foot Soldier, the other one being the Peashooter. Aside from having automatic weapons and abilities to shoot explosive missiles as similarities, Kernel Corn's Butter Barrage throws a potato at the ground and then summons a large amount of butter around the potato and Husk Hop allows him to leap and fire kernel corns below him at the same time.
 * 3) *Rose: A sorceress from the past whose main selling point is her ability to transform zombies into goats. Time Snare, when used creates a semisphere that slows down and disables ability usage for all zombies caught in it in a designated area. Arcane Enigma makes Rose immune to most damage and can also be used to deal area damage at the cost of 1/4 energy bar.
 * 4) *Citron: A bounty hunter from the future whose character is created specifically to counter Z-Mech. His primary weapon is the Orange Beam, which fires a laser beam that overheats if fired for too long. EMPeach, when used stuns all zombies in a medium area, this ability is more effective against Z-Mech. Citron can also create an energy shield in front of himself which absorbs incoming attacks. In addition, Citron can turn himself into a rolling ball.
 * 5) **As a ball form, Spin Dash when used spin himself in place for a few seconds before charging at full speed, knocking away anything that he collides into. Hyper Ball temporarily speeds himself up.
 * 6) *Torchwood (added in an update): Serves as a tank class to the plant side akin to the All-Star. Leaf Shield, when used takes reduced damage as long there are leaves surrounding him at the cost of moving slower. Blazin' Blast makes the Torchwood to blast out a big amount of fire, damaging any enemy in his path. Smoldering Madness temporarily boosts the Torchwood, gives him the ability to shoot indefinitely until the end of the ability, and does fire damage.
 * 7) *Captain Deadbeard: A pirate zombie that has been adrift for centuries, he is basically the zombie equivalent of Cactus, the notable differences are aside from being snipers that can deploy flying drones, Captain Deadbeard's primary weapon focuses on picking off enemies at close range. Barrel Blast, when used hides in an explosive barrel, which can be either used as a last resort attack or to surprise his opponents. Cannon Rodeo allows Captain Deadbeard to shoot six explosive cannonballs while stationary.
 * 8) *Super Brainz: A superhero zombie whose is melee class for the zombie side, Super Brainz punches plants at a close range and has Heroic Beam as his ranged attack/secondary weapon. Super Brainz is capable of jumping higher than other zombies. Heroic Kick allows Super Brainz to kick his way through opponents or to advance faster. Turbo Twister when used throws an explosive ball that does huge damage to the target as well as dealing splash damage. Turbo Twister makes Super Brainz to spin, dealing continuous damage to any enemy he hits.
 * 9) *Imp/Z-Mech: A fast but fragile zombie, like Citron comes from the future. His playstyle is a direct reference to the Titanfall series, being able to summon the Z-Mech to significantly increase his strength.
 * 10) **As an Imp, he wields dual guns which shoot lasers rapidly. The Imp also has a jetpack that allows him to hover for few seconds. Gravity Grenade, when used throws a grenade which creates a gravitational field that pulls all nearby plants and holds them in mid-air, trapping them for few seconds. Impkata makes the Imp to spin around rapidly in mid-air, damaging any enemy around him. Robo Call, when used summons the Z-Mech for the Imp to pilot.
 * 11) **As a Z-Mech, it has a laser gun attached to its right arm, which overheats if fired for too long. Robo Stomp makes the Z-Mech to stomp in the ground, releasing a shockwave that will toss away all nearby plants as well as damaging them. Missile Madness, as its name suggests, when used fires a large amount of missiles to deal a large amount of damage to enemies. Explosive Escape, which acts as a last resort ability ejects the Imp out of the Z-Mech, in which the mech explodes afterwards, heavily damaging all plants near the mech. Depending on the variant, the Z-Mech will have different abilities aside from the Explosive Escape.
 * 12) *Hover Goat-3000 (added in an update): A goat whose character is designed to aid zombies, his main trait that makes him stands out from other zombies is his immunity to Rose's Goatify (you should know why). His primary weapon is the Radical Raygun, which has a very fast rate of fire. Hover Goat's first ability shoots an orange beam that increases the damage to a nearby zombie. Mega Awesome Laser, like Sunflower's Sunbeam allows the Hover Goat to shoot a powerful beam but heavily decreases his speed. Tubular Turbo, when used temporarily increases the speed of all zombies around him, including himself.
 * 13) **On top of that, there are 96 variants to play, giving a lot of replay values.
 * 14) The game's premise stands out from previous games, instead of involving "plants defend home from zombies" formula, the game takes place after the zombies conquered the Surburia. In addition, there are three modes (Herbal Assault, Turf Takeover and Graveyard Ops) where the zombies on the defending side and the plants on the attacking side.
 * 15) Unlike the first game, PopCap Games has added a singleplayer campaign, and the missions are interesting.
 * 16) *In addition, PopCap also added a hub world named Backyard Battleground where you can decorate your hub and invite your friends to play with.
 * 17) **Also every mode in the game can be played solo.
 * 18) ***The ops mode, which was restricted to plants in the first game, now can be played as zombies, being Graveyard Ops.
 * 19) Instead of completing objectives in order to rank up in the first game, this game now uses the XP system that is more based on the player's skills, which makes ranking up less grindy.
 * 20) Sunflower and Scientist, which are both healer classes receive a buff that allows them to revive vanquished teammates faster and at full health compared to other classes.
 * 21) Great graphics and visuals that look better that the first game, thanks to using Frostbite 3 again.
 * 22) The soundtrack is great, being composed by Peter McConnell, who also composed the first Garden Warfare game and Plants vs. Zombies 2.
 * 23) Prior to February 28, 2017, players could transfer their plant and zombie variants earned in the original game. In addition, if the players reached rank 313, the maximum rank in the first game, they would be awarded the Unicorn Chomper.
 * 24) There are many references to Plants vs. Zombies 2 are shown in this game, given the fact that both games have time-traveling element and being sequels to their respective series.
 * 25) *In addition to Plants vs. Zombies 2 references, there are also references to other EA properties such as PEA Sports (spoof of EA Sports) and Z-Mech is being based on the Titan from Titanfall.
 * 26) **Buying the Deluxe edition gives you Z7 Imp, which is a spoof of Mass Effect, another EA franchise. In fact, BioWare assisted PopCap with developing the Mass Effect-inspired mech-suit.
 * 27) Microtransactions in this game are much tamer compared to the first game, as the game gives you more coins to open the sticker packs, along with a level system that they may get an upgrade for that character depending on what level their character is at.
 * 28) *Although it should be noted that the sticker packs are more expensive compared to the first game.
 * 29) Infinity Time is a good variation of the Garden/Graveyard Ops mode. Instead of defending the garden/graveyard, the players are now using the Junkasaurus/Mecha Cat to fight an endless hordes of gnomes.
 * 30) The September 2016 update adds Trials of Gnomus areas, where players can play to beat the Trials and fight the gnomes in Guardian Room to unlock Torchwood and Hover Goat-3000. If you don't mind beating the Trials, you can buy the Torch and Tail Upgrade.
 * 31) There are 54 golden gnomes in the entire game (14 in Backyard Battleground and the rest are in multiplayer maps.) If the player manages to find all 54 Golden Gnomes, a secret door will open and the player can open three chests. You can spend 200 stars to receive the legendary Everlasting Crown.
 * 32) Unlike the first game, it is possible to mod the game on PC, allowing players to create mods to play.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The single-player campaign is short and can be completed in 5 - 8 hours and doesn't have much variety. However, Battle for Neighborville managed to add more variety to the single-player portion.
 * 2) The game had a horrible launch thanks to the fact that it was rushed to February 2016, just to release only 3 months before Overwatch. Though PopCap eventually patched the game to make it more playable.
 * 3) The Capture the Taco DLC (the first content update since 2016) isn't very great.
 * 4) Character balancing is terrible. While some characters such as Electro Pea and Toxic Brainz are broken in terms of balancing and fair gameplay, some characters seem to exist for the sole purpose of being a worse option than the stock (default) variant (Rock Pea, Electro Brainz).
 * 5) The PC version is notorious for having many hackers flooding multiplayer, as many of them use mods, such as playing as characters that cannot be used normally.
 * 6) *What's worse is PopCap did nothing to stop hackers running rampant.
 * 7) Map/visual department is weaker compared to the first game.
 * 8) There are three variants that cannot be obtained normally without using mods:
 * 9) *The Z7 Imp and Twilight Chomper can only be obtained with real money, costing 10 dollars each (the former is Deluxe Edition.)
 * 10) *The Unicorn Chomper requires you to own the first game and max ranked.
 * 11) Obtaining Torchwood and Hover Goat-3000 requires you grinding Mystery Portal, which opens once per month to obtain the Rainbow Stars since the second method of obtaining rainbow stars is more painful, requiring you to '''grind normal stars to convert them into rainbow stars.
 * 12) It is currently impossible to obtain all achievements due to the fact that some achievements such as Team Player, Together we Win, etc... have their objectives discontinued.
 * 13) The ally collision issue hasn't been fixed

Reception
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 received positive reviews by critics. On Metacritic, the PC, PS4, and Xbox One versions have a critic score of 82/100, 81/100, and 80/100 respectively.

Like the previous game, the game is also well-received by audiences and Plants vs. Zombies fans, with the PC version has a user score of 7.6/10, the PS4 version has a 7.8/10, and the Xbox One has a 7.8/10.

Trivia

 * The six new characters introduced in this game reference to past, present and future respectively. Rose and Captain Deadbeard reference to the past, Kernel Corn and Super Brainz reference to the present-day, Citron and Imp/Z-Mech reference to the future.
 * All of eight characters introduced in this game also appear in mh:crappygames:Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, with Citron, Rose, Super Brainz and Z-Mech appear as heroes while Kernel Corn, Captain Deadbeard, Torchwood (in his tower-defense games appearance rather than the shooter one) and Hover-Goat 3000 appear as fighters.