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benn1nat0r
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6 years ago

Return of the Zen Garden (Suggestion)

As the title states, I would like to have the Zen Garden reintroduced in BfN. It would feature the relaxing Zen Gaden music form the first PvZ game. It could work as a feature for Ops Phase 3. You could collect seeds from playing ops and could plant them in the Zen Garden. These seeds would grow the plants that can be spawned in the pots. Every plant would boost the pot of his type in ops. These boosts would include armor, a small health gain and an increased rate of fire. After being used in one match, the plant in Zen Garden would disappear, just like in PvZ 2.

The zombies could have an equivalent to this. It would be a bot workshop and you would collect machine parts instead of seeds. In the workshop, you could build the bots from ops using the parts.

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  • Edit: I thought of another cool feature for this. In the original PvZ, the plants in the Zen Garden rewarded coins. In PvZ 2 they were used to give your plants boost. In Bfn the plants in your Zen Garden would give you small amount of rainbow stars until they are used in ops. After being housed in ops once, they would disappear, making room for a new plant to grow.
  • @benn1nat0r Loved the Zen Garden in PvZ 1, never got around to playing PvZ 2 so can’t really assess that. I do plan on playing that game at some point though.

    Zen Garden would be a cool feature to bring back to this game, they don’t appear in the PvZ Shooter series so I wonder how it would turn out it if was added to PvZ: BFN.
  • Something like this would be a nice way to add some personalized customization too. One thing I liked in GW2, even if they didn't do enough with it, but is completely lacking in BfN's Giddy Park, was adding decorations to your backyard battleground to add that little extra personal touch.

  • @benn1nat0r I fully agree! Zen garden needs to return, especially since

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    ops phase three is going to introduce so many things such as pot upgrades and a new economy system!
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    benn1nat0r
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago

    @PineapplePiano I agree, it would be really cool in ops phase 3.

    @Iron_Guard8 It would really add to the PvZ core of the game and would allow us to customize the game even further 🙂


    I thought about another idea for this: Giddy Park raids (I all make another post about this idea).

    You could infiltrate the other teams Zen Garden / Bot Workshop and would be rewarded for being successful. You would get a small amount of rainboww stars and materials for your Zen Garden. It would be a activity in Giddy park that can be activated by the players. It would have a cool down so it couldn't be abused. You would compete in groups of 4. One group would defend their Garden, while the other infiltrates. It could be like a mini version of Turf Takeover. In the end you would have to sprint to your escape vehicle in time.

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    benn1nat0r
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    @Mysterymaster_OP Thanks for the feedback! I think the Zen Garden would be a great addition, especially with the giddy park raids idea I had. I will make another post about my combo idea and have screenshots of locations and mockups to further illustrate my idea.

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