Hey everybody i'm seriously considering picking up gw2 i'm in two minds though the division just launched but i'm not feeling it as much as most and am thinking of buying gw2, is this game better than the first pvz gw game? like in terms of content etc.
Without a doubt better than the first one and I didn't think that was possible. I don't want to spoil anything but the backyard really makes this game. Tons of stuff to do, not just multiplayer.
Lots more content than gw1, especially with the backyard. As a diehard gw1 fan I have to say yes, this is worth picking up. Amazing game. I currently have 54 hours in the game and it hasn't been out very long, so trust me I know.
I am also thinking about picking this game up, but with recent wounds from EA Support and the Battlefront fiasco, it's hard to shell out another $60. I want to know that this game will have a playerbase longer than a few months -_-.
I've been following the forums trying to determine how happy people are with this game. It seems split 50% between happy and unhappy, especially when it comes to balance. In Battlefront it took 2 months for devs to do anything, but I see popcap is already working on it, which makes me happy to see.
Just the fact they are under the EA name scares me though :-/
Anyone know a player stat site that shows current players online based on platform. I know Battlefield, battlefront, etc have one, but I have yet to see one for PvZ.
It's no where near as good as the first game which is epic so save your money
I have over 50 hours in the game now. I am really enjoying some aspects of the game. The Ops mode is better, the backyard is really fun to explore, and the quests are a lot of fun. The maps are really interesting to look at and to explore, but not as easy to play as the maps in the first game.
What I haven't been enjoying so far is the multiplayer modes. I love Gardens and Graveyards in the first game, but so far in this game I have not enjoyed Turf Takeover (which is a combination of Gardens and Graveyards and Herbal Assault—a new mode where the zombies defend and the plants attack). The game feels a lot more chaotic than the first, I personally find it harder to aim in this game, and I die a lot more often than I did in the first.
I would say the game is worth it for the other content, but the multiplayer in this game feels very different from the first, and not in a good way for me. I am hopeful that it will get better with balance changes, but I fear this may just be a fundamentally different game that may never be quite as fun or as charming for me as the first game. If so, I will enjoy the quests and the Ops mode with friends, but I'll have to go back to the first game for my Gardens and Graveyards and Taco Bandits fix.
Just to add to the above:
It's also worth mentioning that on top of the normal garden ops, everything that is available as multiplayer content is rather conveniently also available as offline (solo v's AI players) content, with each game option fully customisable to suit your needs. Aside from that I think fleet has summed things up pretty well.
Just one other thing. If you do decide to buy GW2 then I'd opt to buy a boxed copy as opposed to a digital download because with the considerable difference in price it may well be the case that you can also snap up a copy of GW1 with what you save. At least that way you get a shiny new game with a bunch of single player stuff and a secondary game that will guarantee you quality multiplayer.
If I were you then yes, I would most definitely consider purchasing both Garden Warfare's - assuming you could indeed get both of them for the same price as a digital copy of GW2.
Alternatively, snap up EA Access for a month, take the 10 hour trial and decide for yourself.
