Bring the Classic PvZ feel back to Garden Warfare!
Have you played the original Plants vs Zombies game back on the pc? I'm sure most of you have, and I'm also sure most of you were extremely addicted to it like I was. The Original PvZ was an amazing experience with a setting so relatable: Defending a suburban paradise from brain hungry zombies. Throughout all my years of being a PvZ fan in the past, I always Wondered what it would be like to see the Plants face the Zombies in 3D ...... Then Plants vs zombies Garden warfare came out!
I absolutely LOVE the First Garden warfare! Seeing all the plants and zombies in Rich, next generation graphics made me weep with nostalgia! The summoning pots and zombies allowed me to relive the original PvZ experience in a whole new way!
Don't even get me started on the Maps: The relatable suburban paradise! It was the last thread that finished the stitching on the PvZ experience.
Whenever I looked at gardens (Anywhere Green for that matter) in real life, it always made me think of PvZ Garden wafare, it did that good of a job of recapturing what plants vs zombies really is into a new experience!
But with Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2 ...... its unfortunately lost that charm.
Seeing the plants fight on the moon in space is definitely a fun experience in this franchise; But to have that as one of the few maps in the game takes the charm away. Purple grass and brain filled trees on the Zombiefied maps Don't scream relatable like previous PvZ experience do. With such dark and dull colours (Which do justice for the zombies might I add) it makes the map look boring to fight in. The Incredible detail the developers put into these maps are unfortunately drowned out because of this, and the plants feel so unnatural to be stuck in maps that mosly look like this. I'm not complaining about these maps, but I'm saying that these shouldn't be what we're limited to in this Sequel
Frontline Fighters however, finally added an untouched suburban map to the game (well, half a map) And its actually one of my favourites now for obvious reasons. This map is styled like the backyard battle ground, which is what I feel most maps should look like! this way we have an array of visuals from beautiful gardens to intimidating ones.
Backyard battle ground tells us that the Zombies haven't completely won, so why must all maps treat it like they have?
This game has really great graphics, and they really only show on the plants side because its relatable and appropriately styled!
PvZ garden warfare 2 as sequal is great! A free roaming battle hub that allows players to explore the best of both worlds with tons of new content: Its great.
But the charm is unfortunately lost, and it doesn't appeal or grab me as much as the first did.
I feel that the developers Should make a whole new turf takeover map that is an untouched, fresh aired suburban paradise where plants thrive!
Not just that, but to perhaps port over Wall Nut hills from the first game and remaster it with the new games graphics to even it out, so plants have as much maps that fit them as the zombies.
If this game were to get that, It would feel like Plants vs Zombies again. And this is coming from a player who's been a fan since Day one for the series.
What do you guys think?
