Garden Warfare started out as a multiplayer-only online shooter. It did offer one mode that could be played in single-player or split-screen (on Xbox One and PS4) though: Garden Ops. However, the game required Xbox Live or PS+ to even play, so nobody could actually buy it for offline play.
The new game improves on offline support dramatically. You can now play all game types in single-player without the need for Xbox Live or PS+. Whichever modes you choose, the game supplies bots as enemies, 🤓
2-player split-screen has gotten much better as well. Now both players can use their own profiles, making progress and earning Achievements independently. At last, people might actually want to play split-screen! Sadly, split-screen players can't join in online games – another oversight. But at least local teams can battle bots together.
Core Features Local Co-Op 2 Players Online Co-Op 4 Players Combo Co-Op (Local + Online) Not Supported LAN Play or System Link Not Supported
Co-Op Extras
- Co-Op Specific Content
- Splitscreen
The Co-Op Experience
Rally the zombies together and defend against the plants in the 4-player co-op mode, Graveyard Ops, or play through every game mode with the help of a friend in local split screen against enemy A.I.
2-player split-screen has gotten much better as well. Now both players can use their own profiles, making progress and earning Achievements independently. At last, people might actually want to play split-screen! Sadly, split-screen players can't join in online games – another oversight. But at least local teams can battle bots together.
new cooperative game mode: Zombie Ops. It works just like Garden Ops, but with the teams reversed. A team of up to four players will play as the zombies against waves of AI plants. Just like Garden Ops, the zombie team will have to fight giant bosses on some waves. The bosses we faced were Giga Torchwoods, gigantic flaming tree stumps.
n between certain waves, Crazy Dave now scatters presents across the map. The team will have to rush to grab them before the next wave starts. The presents I grabbed contained money, though some of them might also hold consumable defense items as well.
After completing the final wave, the zombie team must reach an evacuation point and survive the oncoming plants for several seconds, much as in Garden Ops. Zombie Ops proved just as fun as anything I played in the previous game – maybe even moreso.
