[Feedback] Feedback On The PvZ Series

Probably not, no matter how much people ask they probably wont do a single thing to the shooters ever again ☹️

@DecreeNo9 Its a shame that gw2 pc has exploded in popularity on steam but nothing will likely come of it.

Bfn was a rushed hack job from the cancellation of project hot tub and I guess popcap Vancouver just didn't have or wasnt making enough money to continue on.

Pvz has gotta be one of the most wasted series right now. Steam proved good sales and marketing go a long way with gw2 and all the new players learning stuff is cool but it's unlikely the series will pick up traction again.

I'm of the opinion they should license out the shooter branch to a smaller team or something and just see what they make to test the waters because there is clearly a way that pvz can and has been successful.

Hey, @DecreeNo9 Thius has been brought up many times. Short answer is that there are no plans currently to make another one in the series for either title. They are working on a mobile version but as for an HD version, not likely at all.

I really wish they would make a GW3. GW2 is still so good, but the lack of new stuff and new players unable to get certain things done doesn't sit well. It'd also be nice to see the classic GW maps with the new characters and variants in GW2, which would require a new title. It's a shame more isn't done with these shooters these days.

yeah, it's impressive that GW2 actually is filled with a lot of new players, i think they could bring back boss hunt, cats vs dinos and community challenges AND EVEN START TO WORK IN A GW3 (i know the studio who made the shooters is closed but even with that i have hope)

@Iron_Guard8 Its a shame the new players wont get to see the game at it's best. Shame it couldn't in some way be given to the community to work on it because there are plenty of passionate fans who would love to fix things with the game.

@dastrictor shame they couldn't give out the license to a small dev studio or something like they did with pvz match and just see what they cook up. Maybe even give them a chance to relight hope for a 3rd entry.

Considering that the original GW was a surprise hit for EA, the fact that GW2 performed even better should speak volumes. BfN didn't live up to GW games, but it wasn't a complete flop, unlike something like Redfall for example, and while I'm not a huge fan of BfN I did get my money's worth from it, and it has some fun ideas and UI improvements, just wish they had made it more like the GW games to start with.

There are a bunch of GW2 videos popping up on YouTube these days. Some are from tiny channels, but some bigger ones have been playing, Mattshea has a series just starting up and he's having a blast with the quests, it brings back happy memories to see. Hero shooters like this aren't in their heyday, with very mixed views on a couple upcoming ones (such as Concord and Marvel Rivals), but the PvZ shooters are still my goto games these days, it'd be great to have a new one, that respects its roots while taking us forward.

I wanted to add since I went and checked Steam Charts on a lark and saw that GW has over 4k players in it right now! That's good stuff since PC is not as populated as consoles, and a lot of us got the game before it was on Steam. An 8 year old game in the highly competitive hero shooter space with no active support doing that well is astounding! Imagine if it had full support and/or news of a sequel...

@Iron_Guard8The fact that gw2 still does well is just a testament to the game itself.

Hero shooters probably peaked back in 2016 when overwatch and paladins came out before they inspired a crowded market that gw thankfully slipped in before hand but after that it was a painful decline when everybody and their mother started putting hero shooter mechanics into games that didn't even usually do them.

Did black ops 4 and battlefield 2042 really need the "quirky" character casts with unique abilities gameplay design?

A lot of them also just cant bring anything new to the table either that hasn't already been done. A cartoony artstyle has been used for practically all of then so it's not like it's a unique highlight these days. Nor is a cast of oh so "relatable" characters.

Been putting together a 5 year look back post on bfn and a tangent on modern hero shooters is definetly something I'm adressing.

Yeah the only good thing to say about this situation is that this old game, despite of all of its problems, does very well. Steam alone reports numbers other online games could only dream of:

https://steamdb.info/app/1922560/charts/

A couple days ago the Steam version alone was just shy of 10000 active players, and thats only Steam players. There is definitely potential. 

But things are complicated.