Plants Vs Zombies GW2 A Great Family Game

   Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is a great family game. With it's colorful art style, kid friendly mechanics, awesome story mode, and co-op or couch co-op game-play not only is it great for the family it is just fun to play all around. Back before my son was born the wife and I played the first part of this series and it was almost the complete opposite. Between it's co-op mode being mostly defending from invasions and it being incredibly difficult it seemed like the game hit it's limits. To tell you the truth I wasn't to sure about part 2, but I was pleasantly surprised. Not only can you join the other persons game outside of pvp/pve environments, but you can just hang out around town and try out your different plants or zombies. This is a bonus because there are a lot of different plants and zombies this time to try out. They range from fire types to toxic and many others all being able to be unlocked without having to pay real money. Of course to unlock them you have to put in the time, but from pvp to pve there are many different options to collect stars, coins, and chest. As I said before, if you have just one system to play on no problem just turn on couch co-op and then jam away. Another great Aspect is the fact that if you want to practice the pvp modes, but don't want to deal with the highly competitive or the people who might be further ahead than you then you can also make the portal a private match where its just you vs the bots. That means no highly ranked individual wrecking and then talking trash in the lobby. Also since you can still collect stars, do mission board objectives, and get tones of coins you not only get experience, but you also get your creatures up to par as well.
   That being said, I would like to talk about some of the problems that I had with the game mostly being the pvp. I know in today's society the word unbalanced gets tossed around a lot, but for this game I think it truly reigns true. I can't tell you how many times that I have either had to carry my team to victory or just completely get wrecked by the other team because they all were all star competitive players. I noticed there is a semi ranking system but it doesn't seem to match you with liked individuals or give you the option to play with casual players. There is no alternative to those to aspect's really. I try to play the game with my 7 year old son and he can rack up kills, but when it comes to the really competitive people it discourages him a lot. Sure its a matter of getting better and hell I get angry at it as well, but I can't help and think that it can be polished a little better with love and care. Other than that the only thing I don't like about the game is that I can't do story missions with co-op mode. I like that I can do almost anything else, but I can't enjoy the story with my son.
   In conclusion, Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is a great game that gives you hours of fun and enjoyment. Its great for co-op and family fun, but could use some tweaking to make it just a little more family friendly. The pvp is fun and can break the monotony of just fighting bots or grinding defense missions to gain gold and have bigger rewards for gold if you dare, but can sometimes seem completely unbalanced. It is a far-cry from the first game that came out, but if they just worked on those minor details I think this game or future installments of the franchise can really thrive. Thank you for your time reading my review and have a great day.