Guys... What are we going to do? About the state of this franchise right now.
The way I see it. What can we do? When the solution is something EA AND POPCAP don't seem interested in doing on top of the fact, THEY ARE NOT LISTENING TO US OR TAKING ANYTHING SERIOUSLY, OR THEY ARE NOT COMMUNICATING WITH US ENOUGH. Which leads me to believe, no one at Popcap or EA gives a **bleep** about this franchise anymore. Something needs to be done soon and if it isn't... this franchise is just going to die eventually if nothing changes.
PvZ 2 could be worse I guess but it's not winning any awards or any people back that's for sure. Upcoming content does not look impressive at all.
PvZ Heroes is an ABSOULTE mess right now that went from one of the most fun strategy card games to one of the most unbalanced, glitchy and frustrating, thanks to numerous changes, and that includes Quarterly Bonus which in my opinion encapsulates the entire **bleep**ing problem with Modern PvZ right now, and the company that manages it. SOME changes are pretty good which leads me to believe with some help they can change but... it's been 3 months since this update... nothing.,..
PvZ Gw2 is still rocking and the same as it use to be, but it's filled with hackers using boss mods and space time dinosaurs, lobby crashers, annoying hackers picking Wallnut hills over and over again, and so much more I can't even list here. And it could really use some balance changes as well, however if it's anything like PvZ Heroes right now, I would forget about it.
PvZ BFN is just abandoned.
THE ONLY WAY, in my opinion that things can turn around, and what I would be doing if I were in charge of Popcap right now is REHIRING every old team member that worked on PvZ2's adventure mode and make new worlds or some sort of content BY THEM... every old team member that worked on PvZ Heroes and make them work with whoever made the awful balance patch to fix things and make another one AND THEN talk about a new set.... rehire the Gw2 team all of them, so maybe they can finish some planned content they had that was never released, make a few new characters or variants, balance some old ones, etc. And just scrap PvZ 3 entirely, and always focus on the second game because there is not reason it should keep getting supported when it's still pretty much the same flawed game from when it was first built.
However that is not going to happen, because most Popcap employees seem to give no **bleep**s to EVEN RESPOND TO FEEDBACK, that includes the social media manager, WHO actually responded. But of course gave the most vague response ever and told me to go on here WHICH I'VE BEEN DOING. Popcap serious question, WHY DO YOU THINK I MADE THAT REPLY TO THE PVZ TWITTER?! BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT LISTENING OR AT LEAST COMMUNICATING ENOUGH WITH US HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. So the chances of them doing all of what I just said, WHEN THEY CAN'T EVEN ADDRESS ANYTHING 90 PERCENT OF THE TIME... Well... I think PvZ Zombies will invade earth before that ever happens lets just say that. And I want to be proven wrong, but nobody has really showed there's a possibility or hint that they want to, aside from EA Shepard.
I said earlier Quarterly Bonus, as a card and just in general represents the problem with Modern PvZ and Popcap. It really is true. The card is overpowered, like one of the most overpowered and unbalanced things I have used in a videogame period. And NOTHING has been done about it for 3 MONTHS NOW, besides one vague reply on twitter that doesn't address or talk about the problem at all. What they are doing with this card, is what they are doing in the modern day as a company. Leaving something in an undesirable state, despite many complaints, not communicating about it or addressing anything, and pretend to give a **bleep** when they don't show it at all! Ignore complaints and just keep making that game that everyone hates, and dump more resources into it when we have superior games! And neglect those Superior games!
At the end of the day. I want change and so does everyone else, but this franchise may just eventually die forever, because what NEW content are we actually getting that doesn't **bleep** and isn't stupid? What communication are we getting? Nothing. That spells doom. Don't you think something's wrong with your franchise if your Rule 34 page gets updated more often than any communication your own company gives about your franchise? No one INSIDE OF POPCAP has proven or shown that they want to change or that they care. PvZ 2 in china is doing wonderfully right now, we get constant updates, Talkweb listens to feedback, and they communicate as well. THEY CARE. I have one message for Popcap.
WHAT HAPPENED TO WHEN YOU GAVE A **bleep**? WHAT HAPPENED TO WHEN YOU LOVED YOUR FANS AND ACTED LIKE IT AND DIDN'T **bleep**ING TOSS US ASSIDE AND NOT LISTEN TO US LIKE WE'RE GARBAGE? WHAT HAPPENED TO HANGING FANART UP IN YOUR OFFICES FROM FANS THAT YOU LIKED AND BEING PROUD?! WHY DON'T YOU LISTEN, WHY DON'T YOU REPLY, ADDRESS OUR CONCERS, WHEN IT WOULD TAKE LITTLE EFFORT ANYMORE?
I know making this post is not result in a fairytale ending and make whoever is in charge of Popcap right now tear up, listen or lord forbid REPLY to it. The truth is we will have to die and go to heaven before it seems like ANY of these problems will be fixed. And things will just be like the way they use to be. I am a 19 year old man, still playing these, "kids games" to this very day because I love them to death. But it's just not going to change because we are the only ones that actually care. And that's sad.