I tried GW2 for the first time...

@MrOoahOoah  I like Battle for Neighborville more than GW2, because it is newer and is still getting support, and it has the potential to become a massively awesome game like it slowly is becoming.

That said, I still love the old days of GW2, even though I did not play it as soon as it came out. And I still really like GW2 now and play it occasionally.

P.S. I sometimes check out and post on the GW2 forums as well.

I like all 3 PvZ shooters and I feel BfN could be better than GW2 but it has too many core issues. Just the fact that the hit registration has so many problems; see @GutmanSca 's thread here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/The-True-Reason-why-Hit-Detection-is-bad-in-PvZ-BfN/m-p/9382749#M24839 brings BfN down several notches, when you combine that with the game's economy issues (coins, rainbow stars, and regional currencies), the lack of excitement in Ops, and some other problems (balance-although GW1 and 2 also have balance issues, Giddy Park exploits, and so on) all bring the game down below where it could be.

BfN does have a few improvements, the fact that we can save builds/costume slots is a great change and something I asked for in GW2 for a long time. I also love the UI for customizing our characters in BfN over either GW1's or GW2's. In GW2, it was a pain to find the one thing you wanted in a single ribbon of options that you had to scroll through.

To be fair, GW2 did have a lot of issues at launch; the Rose plague, the connection problems that would interfere with capping a point, the account reset issues, and so on. And it still suffers from some balancing problems, but most of this was fixed and usually fairly quickly. To this day some variants are still UP or OP, and while some people are really upset about the lack of variants, I feel that BfN adding completely new characters could add a lot to the character selection once we have them in our hands.

I have 313 hours in GW1, 2415 in GW2, and 648 in BfN. GW1 was good but the lack of zombie OPs and other PvE options, meant I wasn't going to play it as much, and GW2 released so I moved on to that. GW2 kept me playing and I still login pretty much every day, even if only briefly to check on the quests and get a couple done. BfN has huge potential for me to play it more, but only future improvements can guarantee that. I do still login to GW1 once in awhile as well, as some of those maps have some great memories for me. 

BfN is good, I enjoy it, but it feels like that potential we know it has just isn't here yet, and for all its issues GW2 was a great experience that BfN hasn't matched, at least not yet.

@Iron_Guard8 & @gametrieuk 

I feel like the both of you have summarized the differences between the games very well.

You stated your opinion on BfN very respectfully and I really appreciate your comments.

Unfortunately the game has many issues holding it back.

BfN is good. While it has problems and devs are a bit too silent, there is a lot to explore. Even more, the game is young and we will have plenty of time to improve and get new content.

I agree with point mentioned there and have some to add. BfN has superior anticheat system( I am a PC player😕 . GW2 is Land of Cheaters here) . And ping for me was reduced from 60 to 30(and that is a lot). I don't experience any lag apart from map start, I guess. In GW 2 you could only pray for this.

PS

Also, this year is not exactly user-friendly

@voidlistener the cheaters are a big problem in GW2, that's for sure. When I first heard about them, I hadn't seen any at all, but then found a match with someone playing a gnome, and someone else playing a pirate that could fire his sniper like a foot solider's weapon, and a sunflower queen, and so on. I tended to play a lot of private matches in GW2 anyway, although I made sure to try to get some regular PvP matches in, but as the cheating grew, I played MP matches less and less there, so I don't even bother right now. I just play private matches when I feel like visiting those maps again, wish I could do that in GW1!

If anything, the customization was my least favorite thing about GW2 and I'm glad that they've given it an overhaul in BFN. That said, I can't get myself to enjoy much about this game. Outside of excellent presentation, QOL improvements and said cosmetics; sprinting ruins games, lack of variants (to an extent), maps are mediocre. So yes, while BFN is a great game, I can't get myself to play it as much as GW2.

I really enjoyed GW2, but it got a little stale for me after the backyard battleground quests. I'm the kind of person that loves story and strategy games, I love sinking into a game with a deep plot and memorable characters. If a game does not have that, I am usually satisfied with fun, creative gameplay that I can appreciate with friends. I think this is why I love the PVZ games so much, they have always been so creative and memorable to me, and especially BFN in this regard. I absolutely loved the PVE regions, and that's what sold the game to me in the first place.

Another reason I've been enjoying BFN is because of the removal of variants; because now singular, unique characters are being added instead. Especially with the knowledge now that AI can become playable characters, I have high hopes for the future of the PVZ roster and I'm excited to see the variety we'll have by the end of the game's lifespan. I'm especially excited for Iceberg lettuce, can't wait to get some hours in as my personal favorite from PVZ2.

Also, with the addition of Giddy Park as a social hub and text emotes to communicate, I find hanging out with other plants and zombies in Giddy Park to be a blast. I feel that BFN has improved on GW2 in most ways, but has severely been worse in other areas. (Such as FOMO strategies with Rux's store and lack of things to spend coins on.)