Listen, I "Like" the new G&G and HA maps but they arn't as good as the G&G maps in the first game, they feel very unbalanced. especially the G&G maps and to a greater extent, the entire Time Park map. The plants spawn RIGHT next to their garden so they can immediately stop invading zombies, and it feels like zombies have to team up and strategize, and when most of your community is 5-year olds screaming into their mics it's pretty hard to do anything. In the first game, the most fair G&G map was in opinion, was driftwood shores. The plants had to walk a fair distance to get to their garden to defend it. And it made death that more feared... But, now Plants/Zombies know that if they die they're spawning right next to their garden, ready to defend against the few zombies that breach the line. Making them more lazy, and precarious. If they were revamped and put into the game along with new maps, using the same design strategy as they old maps I'd enjoy it much more. The only problem with remaking these maps is some of the community would think of it as lazy... But I say not EVERY map just the great ones. Like Crash Course, Driftwood, Main Street, Jewel Junction, And Cactus Canyon... My Favorite. Maybe do polls to see what the community would want! What do you think? Would you think of it as lazy? What's your favorite GW1 map?

I don't normally buy DLC but i would pay to have the old maps ps my fav is Driftwood Shores

@delete180 wrote:Yes, old maps must return, and not like Garden Center. I don't like Garden center bacuse it got MUCH MORE trash everywhere, boxex, cars and other stuff. I want old maps back, but even they not return i want new maps not be so close quarteers oriented. And maybe not so insane, seriously there is alway an edge between acceptable and TOO MUCH. Maps in GW2 are TOO MUCH! Too much colorfull, too much crazy, too much twisted and t.c. GW1 map are, believeable. You beliveave that even if its cartoonish it has logic, people can live there. Its not a moon......A FREAKIN MOON! With absolutely stupid final objective wich a hate IMO. Zomburbia is okay, i don't like colors, but i belive that its area conqured by zombies, and final objective is.....meh, but will do. North pole, well, again its way too strange, Movin deers heads on doors....whyy!? Who will live in such house!? ew..... But 1 map i really love, its Time park. Okay we traveling true time, decorations changing is really good. Final objective is so epic and supported by really great music. But 1 question i can't trow from my head. Why its must be castle? Why zombies didn't chose as main target something like a biggest cave in stone age? Or Asian Temple? Or even Rome colliseum? Why it must be Castle? But okay, its just my proble.......not its not even a problem, just a question. I want from gw1Driftwood ShoresThe zombies must enter a cannon and launch themselves to the Mega Sunflower Lighthouse, trying to destroy it while dodging fire from the Flax Cannon.Wall nut HillsGet five zombies into the mansion, while Tallnut Cannons are shooting Tallnuts down the street killing both plants and zombies. My prefered maps. 🙂

I certainly wouldn't label it as "lazy" to simply carry over old maps into a successive title, but take a game like Gears of War, for example (another really great third person shooter). Gears of War, just as you are suggesting for PVZGW2, would usually end up bringing just a couple of the previous games maps over into a sometimes remodeled fashion, and this is perfectly fine. I personally think that with Garden Warfare 2, however, they should really focus on creating brand new maps, but try to bring the Turf War map count up to about 10 or more to have a really diverse game mode.I also disagree with you completely that the game isn't balanced, and I think it's perfectly fine that they defenders spawn near the objective. If there wasn't an extensive time limit, then I might see your point. But attackers have around 5 minutes to get to the objective and take it over, which is perfectly plausible.

Driftwood Shores was my favorite too. I would love to see that map return, but not if they plan to do what they did to Garden Center. I enjoyed Gardens and Graveyards a lot more in the first game as well. I think part of the issue in the new game is the map designs, but I think the issue runs deeper than just spawn points. Another problem is that there are still a lot of balance issues to work out with the characters. With some of the new characters, though, I am not sure this mode will ever be quite the same. Super Brainz twister and the Imps mechs really change the way capture points play out in this game compared to the first one. Gardens and Graveyards had a certain feel to it. There were moments of chaos in the first game, but in Garden Warfare 2 this game mode feels chaotic most of the time to me. Even with the old maps Turf Takeover may never be as much fun unfortunately. We won't really know for sure, though, until the character balance issues are worked out, and that will take a while.

AW, yes, I do know that they said that long ago. But I guess if anything they should throw out this new map making system and go back to the old way. I think we can all agree that Time Park, is very unbalanced. In many ways. And im not saying identical replicas, I'm saying maps that have been redesigned for all characters to have a unique experience while playing that map. And while with Fleet117, yes I didn't like the "reskin" of garden center either. You're not alone.

Old Maps Remakes - Should They Be Made?

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Eyerex
10 years ago
I don't normally buy DLC but i would pay to have the old maps ps my fav is Driftwood Shores
kumaxking
10 years ago
They have stated previously that they will not be bringing back the old maps because it doesn't fit with the new characters.

As unfortunate as that may be, I wish they would do something with it. Maybe update and tweak like they did with the recent one. New twist on familiar maps.
AWMaxSterling
10 years ago
*yawn*... another person starting this subject?
Anonymous
10 years ago
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@AWMaxSterling wrote:

*yawn*... another person starting this subject?

Problem?

On a serious note, I do agree. The old maps were more enjoyable than the new ones. I mean, I enjoy using characters like the scientists to wreck up close but it gets old quick.
AWMaxSterling
10 years ago
@Artomos wrote:

@AWMaxSterling wrote:

*yawn*... another person starting this subject?

Problem?

Horse... dead stick. I've mentioned the same thing since the Beta... http://answers.ea.com/t5/PvZ-Garden-Warfare-2-Beta/GW1-maps-vs-GW2-maps/m-p/5120433#M1749
RoboSensei
10 years ago
Though the final stage of Wall-Nut Hills was imbalanced af, it's still my favorite G&G map, next to Driftwood. Cactus Canyon felt too short to me.
fleet117
10 years ago
Driftwood Shores was my favorite too. I would love to see that map return, but not if they plan to do what they did to Garden Center.

I enjoyed Gardens and Graveyards a lot more in the first game as well. I think part of the issue in the new game is the map designs, but I think the issue runs deeper than just spawn points. Another problem is that there are still a lot of balance issues to work out with the characters. With some of the new characters, though, I am not sure this mode will ever be quite the same. Super Brainz twister and the Imps mechs really change the way capture points play out in this game compared to the first one.

Gardens and Graveyards had a certain feel to it. There were moments of chaos in the first game, but in Garden Warfare 2 this game mode feels chaotic most of the time to me. Even with the old maps Turf Takeover may never be as much fun unfortunately. We won't really know for sure, though, until the character balance issues are worked out, and that will take a while.
CabbageheadPHD
10 years ago
AW, yes, I do know that they said that long ago. But I guess if anything they should throw out this new map making system and go back to the old way.

I think we can all agree that Time Park, is very unbalanced. In many ways.

And im not saying identical replicas, I'm saying maps that have been redesigned for all characters to have a unique experience while playing that map.

And while with Fleet117, yes I didn't like the "reskin" of garden center either. You're not alone.
CabbageheadPHD
10 years ago
@RoboSensei wrote:

Though the final stage of Wall-Nut Hills was imbalanced af, it's still my favorite G&G map, next to Driftwood. Cactus Canyon felt too short to me.

Energy Warp scientists man.
delete180
10 years ago
Yes, old maps must return, and not like Garden Center. I don't like Garden center bacuse it got MUCH MORE trash everywhere, boxex, cars and other stuff.
I want old maps back, but even they not return i want new maps not be so close quarteers oriented. And maybe not so insane, seriously there is alway an edge between acceptable and TOO MUCH. Maps in GW2 are TOO MUCH! Too much colorfull, too much crazy, too much twisted and t.c.
GW1 map are, believeable. You beliveave that even if its cartoonish it has logic, people can live there. Its not a moon......A FREAKIN MOON! With absolutely stupid final objective wich a hate IMO. Zomburbia is okay, i don't like colors, but i belive that its area conqured by zombies, and final objective is.....meh, but will do. North pole, well, again its way too strange, Movin deers heads on doors....whyy!? Who will live in such house!? ew.....
But 1 map i really love, its Time park. Okay we traveling true time, decorations changing is really good. Final objective is so epic and supported by really great music. But 1 question i can't trow from my head. Why its must be castle? Why zombies didn't chose as main target something like a biggest cave in stone age? Or Asian Temple? Or even Rome colliseum? Why it must be Castle? But okay, its just my proble.......not its not even a problem, just a question.